The strong performance was driven by enhancements in Terminal 5 and new openings in Terminal 2, which includes Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Café and YO! Sushi.
The catering portfolio at Heathrow saw the biggest year-on-year growth across the whole retail sector at 17.2%, ahead of Bureaux de change (15.6%), Airside specialist shops (10.3%) and car parking (9.6%).
Heathrow saw total net retail income hit £379 million, a 7.4% increase on last year’s £353 million.
Across its whole estate, the airport saw revenue up 4.1% to £2.1 billion, EBITDA up 4.4% to £1.2 billion and traffic increase 2.3% to a record 56.9 million passengers.
Heathrow’s restaurant and café outlets include, giraffe and giraffe Stop, Gordon Ramsay’s Plane Food, Wetherspoon’s The Crown Rivers and The Flying Chariot and wagamama.