Heathrow to/from Ealing Broadway on the Elizabeth Line

From the website TfL.gov.uk

Peak: £2.90
Monday to Friday from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Off Peak: £1.90
At all other times including public holidays.

See TFL fare finder-
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/tube-and-rail-fares/single-fare-finder?intcmp=54716

Peak £7.60 each way, Off Peak £6.60 each way

The £2.90/£1.90 fares are by London Underground Piccadily line changing to the District Line- a normal Zone 6 to Zone 3 fare. On the Elizabeth line you have to pay the airport premium.

So there IS a premium to pay if you are going to zone 3 which is not central London or starting at zone 3 and going to Heathrow (zone 6), is that correct?

Yes on the Elizabeth Line, any fare from Heathrow stations, even a one stop to Hayes and Harlington has the premium. But from any other station except Heathrow Elizabeth line is standard zonal fares.
So Hayes and Harlington to Ealing Broadway would be a standard zonal fare.
The tube is the only way to avoid the premium in the outer zones, although even that has a premium into central London.
The way to avoid the premium, which is not for a visitor with luggage, is to catch a bus from Heathrow to Hayes and Harlington, then the train.
But as a visitor just soak up the premium.

Thank you for the explanation. I will pay the premium; it is much easier to take one train than having to change to the District line.

What about going to Heathrow from Ealing Broadway? Is there a premium to pay?

We loved the efficiency, new cars and some upgrades at stations for the Elizabeth Line when we used it when staying in Ealing this past summer. We had dinner with some Ealing friends who have really liked this improved route into central London and they affectionately call her Lizzy :)

Yes, same premium into Heathrow as out of it.
The Mayor of London has to get the billions of pounds spent on the line back somehow.
And meet the government conditions on the ball outs given to stop TFL going bankrupt during Covid.