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There is so much going on at UK airports, that it's hard to keep track. And this is where we can help. We scour online and offline news sources every day for news about UK airports. We read the stories and the press releases, pick out the facts, and we post them on this website.
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The Latest UK Airport News Stories:
16.05.08 BA profits up 45%; Walsh declines bonus
16.05.08 BAA passengers down 3%
16.05.08 MAp increase Bristol Airport stake
16.05.08 BA likely to cut capacity this winter
16.05.08 Stansted hijacker working for BA
16.05.08 Manchester flight diverted over drunken rowing couple
16.05.08 BA release more London City – New York details
16.05.08 Flybe urge BAA breakup
16.05.08 Edinburgh continues to top Glasgow as Scotland’s favourite
16.05.08 EU – US open skies talks launch
16.05.08 Silverjet 100,000th passenger sale
16.05.08 Burst tyre closed Heathrow runway
16.05.08 Gatwick security missed knife
16.05.08 Jet2 add Blackpool Airport ski route
16.05.08 Greens attack Edinburgh Airport growth plans
16.05.08 Leeds Bradford Airport traffic survey
16.05.08 Birmingham Airport dismiss WWF business flights fall claims
16.05.08 Ryanair launch holiday home website
16.05.08 Bristol Airport drug smuggler jailed
15.05.08 BA exec: air fare rises ‘inevitable’
15.05.08 Bristol Airport planning setback
15.05.08 SIA seeks offers for Virgin stake
15.05.08 BAA bondholders hire advisors
15.05.08 Funny lastminute.com Stansted viral ad
15.05.08 CAA warn non-ATOL flight sellers of legal action
15.05.08 Passengers down at Norwich Airport
15.05.08 Virgin report Heathrow passenger boost
15.05.08 £15 - 25m for Leeds Bradford Airport rail link
15.05.08 Terror alert hoaxer jailed
15.05.08 Aviance closing Gatwick base
15.05.08 Safety fears over wind farm near Durham Tees Valley Airport
15.05.08 Flybe add Manchester – IOM flights
15.05.08 Row over Gatwick – Guernsey route
15.05.08 Bristol Airport group plan flight
15.05.08 Aberdeen Airport passengers up 1.6%
15.05.08 Cardiff Airport car park expands
15.05.08 Spotters at Manchester Airport for Russian planes
14.05.08 Ferrovial expects BAA profits to double
14.05.08 US softens on airline ownership
14.05.08 Court challenge to early morning Heathrow flights
14.05.08 Ferrovial ‘optimistic’ on BAA refinancing
14.05.08 Campaigners want to reopen Stansted inquiry
14.05.08 Plans for Edinburgh Airport – M8 link ‘under consideration’
14.05.08 easyJet planes arrive at Manchester Airport
14.05.08 Flybe thanks Manchester Airport for EuroManx help
14.05.08 Heathrow transit passengers ‘cost taxman £500m’
14.05.08 Burma flight takes off from East Midlands Airport
14.05.08 Ryanair announce Manchester – Frankfurt route
14.05.08 El Al launch Heathrow online check-in
14.05.08 Monarch flights pulled from Worldspan and Sabre
14.05.08 Man with £69m cheques at Durham Tees Valley Airport freed
14.05.08 CityJet axe Belfast – London City route
14.05.08 easyJet launch Autumn schedule
14.05.08 EuroManx had 40,000 creditors
14.05.08 Leeds Bradford Airport helicopter firm expands
13.05.08 Heathrow boss leaves
13.05.08 Ryanair investigated over ‘cynical’ flight move
13.05.08 Heathrow crash landing 'could have been caused by cold weather'
13.05.08 Caisse made 15% gain on sale of part of BAA stake
13.05.08 Airbus confirms new A380 delays
13.05.08 New security area opened at Manchester Airport
13.05.08 Heathrow – US airfares fall
13.05.08 Record April for Birmingham Airport
13.05.08 Ryanair wants Italian air traffic control compensation
13.05.08 PM’s electronic security did not cause Heathrow crash
13.05.08 Flybe axe UK – Ireland routes
13.05.08 Sick crew member sees Virgin Heathrow flight land in Ireland
13.05.08 Two new capitals for Stansted
13.05.08 Heathrow coach driver convicted over road rage
13.05.08 Bombardier want new plane London City Airport certified
13.05.08 Newcastle Airport reminds passenger about liquid restrictions
13.05.08 Gulfstream appoint new Luton Airport manager
12.05.08 Virgin want ‘truly open skies’
12.05.08 BA T5 move will not be completed until 2009
12.05.08 BA ‘risks revolt as dividend blocked’
12.05.08 Ryanair to halve fares; predicts more airline failures
12.05.08 BA seeks new operations director; potential Walsh successor
12.05.08 MAG ‘will recoup Humberside investment’
12.05.08 Protest over Luton Airport flightpath changes
12.05.08 CityJet adjusts London City Airport schedule
12.05.08 Etihad and bmi in cooperation talks
12.05.08 Giant anti-smoking message at Liverpool Airport
12.05.08 First OpenSkies plane ready for takeoff
12.05.08 Green busses for Luton Airport
12.05.08 Legal threat to Snowdonia Airport
12.05.08 Huge response to Kent Airport survey
12.05.08 Flash floods hit Liverpool Airport flights
12.05.08 Manchester Airport £1m football fan boost
11.05.08 US says new plane tax ‘illegal’
11.05.08 Continental boss predicts slump
11.05.08 T5 error allowed foreign passengers in unchecked
11.05.08 Sabre says somne budget airlines no longer low cost
11.05.08 Man arrested at Manchester Airport over terrorism offences
11.05.08 Eastern launch Newcastle – Norway flights tomorrow
11.05.08 China announce passenger plane maker plan
11.05.08 Plans for aerospace business park at Nottingham Airport
11.05.08 Free newspapers for London City Airport passengers
10.05.08 Times: ‘BAA in grave danger’
10.05.08 Edinburgh Airport boss leaves for new BAA role
10.05.08 Banks downgrade easyJet, BA and Ryanair
10.05.08 BA could face city clash over director’s bonus
10.05.08 Flightpath consultation extended
10.05.08 Flybe offer jobs to EuroManx staff
10.05.08 AAIB report Stansted cargo flight problem
10.05.08 Brother of Glasgow Airport car bomber deported
10.05.08 Flybe extend Birmingham - IOM route
10.05.08 New Blackpool Airport owners target London link
10.05.08 OFT want slot divestment from Air France KLM at London City Airport
10.05.08 Virgin renew Tata IT contract
10.05.08 Council to join Luton Airport flightpath fight
10.05.08 Flybe Inverness flights take off
10.05.08 Gatwick drug smuggling mums jailed
10.05.08 BA cut beef from economy menu
09.05.08 Euromanx stops flying
09.05.08 BA confirms June start for next phase of T5
09.05.08 BAA struggling with refinancing
09.05.08 Aer Lingus add Belfast routes
09.05.08 BAA shareholders to inject £400m emergency funding
09.05.08 Leeds Bradford - Pakistan flights axed
09.05.08 OpenSkies June 19 launch for ORY - JFK route
09.05.08 London City Airport aims to cut delays
09.05.08 Another emergency landing at Bristol Airport
09.05.08 Roadworks on Luton Airport approach road
09.05.08 Lufthansa launch Birmingham – Hamburg flights
09.05.08 Manx2 offer free Belfast flights for Euromanx passengers
09.05.08 Man died on Monarch Larnaca – Gatwick flight
09.05.08 Fund manager adds Ryanair shares
09.05.08 Bird strike grounds Air Zimbabwe Gatwick bound flight
08.05.08 BAA ‘unaware’; BA ‘failed for foresee’ T5 problems
08.05.08 Balpa / BA court date set
08.05.08 easyJet passengers up 13.4%
08.05.08 Foreign airport staff avoid criminal reference check
08.05.08 EU says flight websites mislead consumers
08.05.08 Legal threat to Stansted flightpath plan
08.05.08 Jet2 announce Leeds Bradford – New York pre-Christmas flights
08.05.08 Co-op Travel MD slams BAA
08.05.08 easyJet convert A319 orders to A320s
08.05.08 Wizz axe Coventry – Poland flights
08.05.08 Just 100,000 apply for BA / Virgin compensation
08.05.08 Arora / Accor to open Gatwick hotel
08.05.08 Ryanair launch Birmingham – Marseille flights
08.05.08 Archbishop backs Heathrow demo
08.05.08 Delta shut Gatwick lounge
08.05.08 Thomas Cook add Birmingham - Greece / Egypt flights
08.05.08 Teenage Gatwick drug smuggler jailed
08.05.08 Southampton Airport chaplain meeting
07.05.08 easyJet losses double on fuel costs
07.05.08 BA passengers down 7.9%
07.05.08 New delays for A380?
There is a lot happening at UK airports at the moment. Heathrow airport, the worlds busiest international airport with 67.9 million passengers in 2007, has opened a £4.2 billion terminal 5, waiting on a planning decision for a new runway (and sixth terminal) and has planning permission for another new terminal called Heathrow East. Gatwick Airport, the worlds busiest single runway airport (two terminals, but one runway), with 35.2 million passengers in 2007 continues to hope for a new runway in 2020.
These two London airports still dominate in terms of flights and passenger numbers, but regional airports growing at a much faster rate. The two other large London Airports - Stansted Airport and Luton Airport - where the UK's original budget airline started - continue to grow at a steady rate. Stansted airport will be the site the first of the UK's new runways some time after 2013, if it can get planning approval. However, Luton Airport recently scrapped plans for a new runway.
But it is at the the regional airports - led by Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Bristol - where the growth is much more dramatic. These airports have been transformed by the emergence budget airlines, all doubling in size over the last 10 years and aiming to double again over the next 10.
These smaller UK airports are not content with with short haul routes, the larger regionals are now picking up inter-continental routes too, and many, including Belfast, Cardiff, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, East Midlands and Southampton have set increasing the number of routes they offer as a key target.
Then there are smaller UK airports and even new airports adding routes and offering more choice and local flights to a growing number of UK residents. Many, including Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Coventry, Durham Tees Valley, Kent, London City, Norwich, Prestwick, Robin Hood have all set 1 million passengers a year as a realistic target. Some will even achieve it this year.
These are interesting times for UK airports. Keep up to date with all of the latest developments at uk-airport-news.info.
