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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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24.05.12 Luton Airport 'wants 30 million passengers a year' secret plans show
24.05.12 Airlines say Stansted strike had ‘little impact’
24.05.12 Thomas Cook appoints industry outsider as new chief exec
24.05.12 Boris warns Government may reconsider third Heathrow runway
24.05.12 PM seeks action on Heathrow queues
24.05.12 Heathrow delays 'risk losing trade with China'
24.05.12 Stop being so squeamish over Heathrow, business tells MPs
24.05.12 Leading banker gives reasons Thames airport won’t fly
24.05.12 MPs to meet Cameron over Thames Estuary airport plans
24.05.12 Regeneration in Manchester: Airport City off to a flier
24.05.12 Greek dispute means early end to Ryanair flights from Bournemouth
24.05.12 Rare firefighting plane set for Prestwick stop-off
24.05.12 Jet2 launch flights to Ibiza from Glasgow
24.05.12 Suspended sentence for Cardiff Airport benefits cheat
24.05.12 Facebook campaign launched against Bristol airport car park plans
24.05.12 Unpaid welcome hosts to be given a regular slot at Heathrow
24.05.12 BA unveils pop-up orchestra campaign in Terminal Five
24.05.12 Sinn Fein battles on in bid to rename Derry airport after Amelia Earhart
24.05.12 Consumers shun Orlando for Tenerife (switch from long to short haul holidays)
24.05.12 Passengers stranded at Manchester Airport as Sweden-based City Airline collapses
24.05.12 BA takes on projectiondesign's latest simulator projector
24.05.12 Huge haul of smuggled tobacco found at Birmingham Airport
24.05.12 Arrow Cars wins two-year Manchester Airport taxi contract extension
24.05.12 American Airlines announce initial Boeing 777-300ER schedule
24.05.12 BA champions cabin crew in new ad
23.05.12 "Business as usual" at Stansted despite strike
23.05.12 Border Force chief doesn't 'anticipate' long Olympic queues at airports
23.05.12 Gatwick second runway plan dubbed 'antisocial' by conservationists
23.05.12 Heathrow crisis: Reconsider third runway, say over half of Londoners
23.05.12 Scheduled flights get priority for Games
23.05.12 UK considers sale of aviation fuel network
23.05.12 Stansted Airport workers begin strike action over rosters
23.05.12 Ryanair's O'Leary says he'll profit out of Greek crisis
23.05.12 Heathrow passport wait may hit four
23.05.12 Newquay Airport sees 'biggest drop in passengers in UK'
23.05.12 Finnair CEO: Flybe deal a first step; expects more JVs in summer
23.05.12 Ryanair takes battle over Aer Lingus stake to Supreme Court
23.05.12 UK court allows probe into Ryanair's Aer Lingus stake
23.05.12 Aer Lingus welcomes UK court victory over Ryanair
23.05.12 London 2012: Heathrow Airport in numbers
23.05.12 Southend Airport: The jewel in Stobart's crown
23.05.12 X Factor judge caught up in Glasgow Airport row after PA 'headbutted'
23.05.12 Alderney say: ‘We can cut airport loss’
23.05.12 Heathrow lags behind its European rivals in routes to key emerging nations
23.05.12 New Bristol Airport car park opposed
23.05.12 Investec raises easyJet to buy
23.05.12 Heathrow Airtrack Lite 'just as bad as old scheme for Staines'
23.05.12 Flyer scalded in Ryanair tea spill wins €4k
23.05.12 Florida firm to create Stansted Airport jobs
23.05.12 Roadworks started near Birmingham Airport
23.05.12 "I'm on the plane!" Most Britons oppose in-flight mobile phone calls
23.05.12 Virgin to boost Gatwick - Jamaica service from November
23.05.12 Monarch launching Nice and Barcelona flights from Birmingham
23.05.12 Korean Air partners with No.1 Traveller for Gatwick lounge
23.05.12 Portugal picks banks for TAP sale
23.05.12 Monarch Aircraft Engineering extends line maintenance agreement with Aer Lingus
23.05.12 Jacobs wins 4-year contract to help develop Gatwick Airport
22.05.12 Britain's airport crisis will cost £100bn in the next 20 years, ministers are warned
22.05.12 Stansted Airport workers vote to strike over Jubilee bank holiday
22.05.12 Ministers have 'mental shutters down' on Heathrow
22.05.12 Heathrow border staff 'are ready' for Olympics demand
22.05.12 MoD to control London airspace during Olympics
22.05.12 Ryanair warns Edinburgh Airport over landing fees
22.05.12 Heathrow prepared for busiest day
22.05.12 Anger over Stansted baggage handlers' Jubilee strike plan
22.05.12 Finnair steps up ties with Flybe to cut costs
22.05.12 easyJet looks to the corporate market; signs new distribution deal
22.05.12 Richard Wilson sculpture to dominate Heathrow's new Terminal 2
22.05.12 Waste recycling investment at East Midlands Airport
22.05.12 Long delays at Southampton Airport
22.05.12 Demand high for Durham Tees Valley – Jersey flights
22.05.12 Dubai to overtake Heathrow in 2020
22.05.12 Monarch announce new flights for summer 2013
22.05.12 BMI to end flights to Damascus
22.05.12 Chinese aircraft giant picks Paris over London for air links
22.05.12 Air Canada launch summer Heathrow - St. Johns flights
22.05.12 Cardiff Airport worker admits disability allowance breach
22.05.12 Inverness - Jersey flights to resume
22.05.12 Uproar over new taxi firm at Farnborough airport
22.05.12 Gatwick staff become martial arts world record breakers
22.05.12 BA names new brand chief
21.05.12 Ryanair posts record €503m profit; predicts sharp fall this year
21.05.12 Ministers hire filing clerks to guard borders, after 3 months training in just 3 days
21.05.12 Ryanair announce second dividend
21.05.12 Heathrow hits back at government in blame game over queues
21.05.12 Tax report calls for abolition of APD
21.05.12 Clerks and receptionists to man border control
21.05.12 Flybe scare at IOM Airport
21.05.12 Heathrow ‘free to lobby on third runway’
21.05.12 Eyes to the skies for Southend Airshow next weekend
21.05.12 John Menzies figures taking off, led by aviation division contract wins
21.05.12 Ryanair reopens 'faster' upgraded website
21.05.12 Qantas cut 500 maintenance jobs as high fuel costs and weak demand hit profits
21.05.12 Air France-KLM denies report on planned job cuts
21.05.12 Virgin Atlantic “happy with returns” from Ghana flights
21.05.12 Flybe receive MRO authorisation to service Bombardier CRJ regional passenger jets
21.05.12 Horsham first aiders flying high thanks to Gatwick donation
21.05.12 Delta staff dance for charity at Heathrow
20.05.12 Support regional airports not Thames hub, Kent Council says
20.05.12 East Midlands Airport: Monarch to take over bmibaby routes
20.05.12 Heathrow plans to store summer’s heat to thaw frozen winter runways
20.05.12 On board Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner
20.05.12 Stansted immigration fraudster jailed
20.05.12 Glasgow worst place in UK for laser attacks on planes
20.05.12 Police officer fined for racist abuse on Gatwick train
20.05.12 Pupils given behind-the-scenes tour of Bristol Airport
20.05.12 Villagers to fight plan for huge warehouse complex near East Midlands Airport
20.05.12 Safety checks for taxis at Bristol Airport
20.05.12 Kitten’s epic journey trapped inside car engine on journey to Stansted
20.05.12 Robin Hood Airport staff begin fundraising walk
19.05.12 New Civil Engineer asks "Should Gatwick become London's hub?"
19.05.12 Alternative to Heathrow is vital for London, insists Lord Foster
19.05.12 Ryanair told to fill 'unpaid-for' seats at emergency exits
19.05.12 Bristol Airport under pressure to refinance debt
19.05.12 The view from Heathrow's control tower (photographs)
19.05.12 easyJet and Belfast International Airport respond to air accident report
19.05.12 Passengers choose Southend over rival Stansted
19.05.12 Heathrow’s neighbours urged to speak up about early morning landings
19.05.12 Airports contribution to economy highlighted
19.05.12 Night flights not 'make or break' for Manston Airport
19.05.12 Mid-air 'punch-up': Two arrests as easyJet flight makes unplanned landing
19.05.12 Flybe’s latest route takes off from Southampton Airport
19.05.12 Jet2 boss welcomes rival Monarch at Leeds Bradford Airport
19.05.12 Mohammed Al-Fayed moves in at Stansted Airport
19.05.12 Four jailed over £4m Gatwick cocaine haul
19.05.12 American Airlines celebrates 30 years of service between Dallas and London
18.05.12 You’ll get a shock if you revive Heathrow third runway, Boris warns PM
18.05.12 Ryanair cancels Greek island flights citing ‘failure to honour agreement’
18.05.12 Heavy landing at Bristol Airport caused by undulating runway
18.05.12 Edinburgh Airport demonstrates commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
18.05.12 Newcastle Airport law firm “failed to meet standards”
18.05.12 Final early check-in warning for Ryanair passengers
18.05.12 BA announce Gatwick – Las Vegas flights
18.05.12 Under-fire Cardiff Airport starts search for new managing director
18.05.12 Video: Hornet Moth returns to Manchester Airport 75 years on
18.05.12 Norwich Airport sees growth in helicopter activity
18.05.12 Stobart owner hails Southend Airport success
18.05.12 Call for flight service to Swansea Airport
18.05.12 Baroness slams Heathrow queues
18.05.12 Costa revamps Luton Airport store and opens classroom in Uganda
18.05.12 New Birmingham – Knock flights for Aer Lingus Regional
There is a lot happening at UK airports at the moment. Heathrow airport, the worlds busiest international airport with 69.4 million passengers in 2011, received Government backing for a new runway (and sixth terminal), but this changed in 2010 with the new Government. It has started work on a new Terminal 2 (already closed) that will also replace the current Terminal 1 (still open). Gatwick Airport, the worlds busiest single runway airport (two terminals, but one runway), with 31.35 million passengers in 2010 continues to hope for a new runway in 2020 and was sold in 2009 by BAA to GIP.
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 - look set to grow in 2012. Stansted Airport was to be the site the first of the UK's new runways some time after 2013, but it too was blocked by the new Government. Luton Airport scrapped plans for a new runway in 2008.
But it is at the the regional airports - led by Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Bristol - where the growth is likely to be much more dramatic, when the economy picks up. These airports were transformed by the emergence budget airlines, all doubling in size over the last 10 years and aiming to double again over the next 10. Whether a return to economic growth will see this resume is doubtful, but Bristol has received permission for a £150m expansion and Birmingham for a runway extension that could cost £120m.
These smaller UK airports are not content with with short haul routes, the larger regionals 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, even during the current recession.
Then there are smaller UK airports and even new airports looking for routes and local flights to a growing number of UK residents. Many, including Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Durham Tees Valley, Kent, London City, Norwich, Prestwick, Robin Hood have all set 1 million passengers a year as a target. None will achieve it this year, and some my even struggle as Coventry did in 2009.
These are interesting but challenging times for UK airports. Keep up to date with all of the latest developments at uk-airport-news.info.
