heathrow airport news
Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest international airport. It was voted 'Best Airport in Europe' in 2007, there are more than 90 airlines flying to over 170 international destinations from the hub and in 2007 67.9 million passengers passed through its 4 terminals (now 5 terminals) on 475,713 flights. It accounts for almost 30% of UK air passenger activity and more than 35% of Heathrow's passengers are business travellers. It is also the world's second busiest airport for cargo, with 55% by volume of all UK air freight. Almost 70,000 people work at the airport.
Below we have collated all of the latest heathrow airport news. Click on any of the links to find out more:
July 2008
19.07.08 Heathrow protesters to hold conference
19.07.08 Walsh criticises EU emissions trading plans
19.07.08 SIA increase A380 Heathrow frequency
18.07.08 BA / Virgin 'should trace price-fix victims'
18.07.08 Qantas to axe 1500 staff
18.07.08 Nigerian airline plans Heathrow flights
17.07.08 bmi deny ghost flight plans
17.07.08 FT: BA / American agree joint venture
17.07.08 Brown blasts ghosts flights
17.07.08 Heathrow congestion landing fears
17.07.08 American report $1.4bn loss
16.07.08 BA: break-even would be ‘considerable achievement’
16.07.08 bmi to operate ghost flights from Heathrow
16.07.08 BA to cut 3 – 5% of flights; raise fares this winter
15.07.08 Conservatives and Liberals: Hutton's comments show Heathrow whitewash
15.07.08 BAA appoints new marketing boss
15.07.08 BA directors face shareholders on T5 and surcharges
15.07.08 Etihad buys Boeing and Airbus planes worth £10bn
15.07.08 Bombardier unveils 'green' plane plan
14.07.08 Heathrow 'could get third runway'
14.07.08 BAA reveals details of £4.5bn bond deal
14.07.08 Three admit liquid bomb plot charges
14.07.08 Boeing: high oil prices 'an opportunity'
14.07.08 ABI approves Ferrovial new bondholder structure
13.07.08 Branson predicts ‘spectacular’ airline casualties
13.07.08 Walsh denies T5 baggage loss reports
13.07.08 Moodie to publish airport websites index
13.07.08 New AOA boss backs London runways
13.07.08 New fire station at Heathrow airport
12.07.08 Passengers down at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
12.07.08 Airport delay fears prompt holiday rethink
12.07.08 Nats says no flight growth in June
12.07.08 Council leaders 'confident' over Heathrow air pollution controls
11.07.08 BA / Rolls Royce work on alternative fuels
11.07.08 BA launch Apple 3G iPhone service
11.07.08 Kuwait Airways renews Menzies Aviation cargo contract
11.07.08 Morgan Ashurst win £28m Heathrow T3 work
11.07.08 Gulf Air sponsor QPR
10.07.08 BA / American deal seen as 'must do'
10.07.08 Racism claims delay Heathrow decision
10.07.08 Unions warned BA / BAA warned about T5 chaos
10.07.08 Survey calls for London airport expansion
10.07.08 Heathrow Airport hotel site on the market
10.07.08 JAL may axe Heathrow - Kansai Flights
10.07.08 Super scanners cut queues at BAA airports
09.07.08 Lufthansa want compensation over Heathrow terminal move delay
09.07.08 ERA and AOA slam EU emissions trading deal
09.07.08 Councils take Heathrow fight to Europe
09.07.08 BA honours Heathrow crash pilots and crew
08.07.08 Government Heathrow expansion decision delayed
08.07.08 Virgin lose business development head
08.07.08 BA cuts late Glasgow – Heathrow flight
08.07.08 Air New Zealand switches Heathrow terminals
07.07.08 BA denies imminent AA / Iberia alliance
07.07.08 Hero Heathrow pilot in new scare
07.07.08 Star Alliance open Heathrow lounge
07.07.08 Free parking at Heathrow hotel for travellers with green cars
06.07.08 Public ‘misled’ over Heathrow pollution
06.07.08 Moody’s: US airline business model unsustainable
05.07.08 American plans further capacity / staff cuts and $1.3bn charge
05.07.08 BA ‘narrows service gap with rivals’
05.07.08 BA Cargo arm increase fuel surcharge again
05.07.08 BAA staff to accept pension changes
05.07.08 Heathrow bridge death
05.07.08 bmi recruit two ex-Silverjet staff
04.07.08 BA passengers drop on higher fares
04.07.08 Walsh: passengers love T5
04.07.08 Ruth Kelly's homes 'flashmobbed'
04.07.08 Plan to replace APD with aircraft tax 'on track'
04.07.08 Heathrow crash answers 'within weeks'
04.07.08 BA / Virgin price fixing compensation ads
04.07.08 BA dedicated business check-in at T5
03.07.08 BA in talks with American and Iberia of alliance
03.07.08 Heathrow paper plane protest
03.07.08 Airline bosses slam airport ID card plan
03.07.08 Probation for Virgin air rage passenger
02.07.08 British Airways to buy France's L’Avion
02.07.08 Heathrow worst for delays again
02.07.08 Curry grounds BA plane
02.07.08 Cathay Pacific issues profit warning over fuel prices
01.07.08 US student in Court over BA flight air rage
01.07.08 Virgin online check-in promotion
01.07.08 BA launch new 'taste team'
01.07.08 BA to sell Mondial travel insurance
01.07.08 Avanta launch Heathrow serviced office
June 2008
30.06.08 BA chairman sees relaxation of US airline ownership laws
30.06.08 Branson: don't run Heathrow into the ground
30.06.08 BAA launch ad campaign
30.06.08 China unveils new turboprop plane
30.06.08 Airlines join forces to develop green aviation fuel
30.06.08 Paul Smith hosts Weller exhibition at Heathrow T5 store
29.06.08 BA U-turn on airports sell-offs
29.06.08 Alitalia faces 'last chance'
29.06.08 BA plane targeted by Navy battleship
29.06.08 SIA gets fifth superjumbo; to be used on Heathrow route
29.06.08 Tax means fewer travellers at Schiphol airport
29.06.08 Heathrow police trial electric car
28.06.08 Airlines tell pilots to slow down
28.06.08 Virgin Atlantic CEO: airfares are going to get steeper
28.06.08 bmi plan more Heathrow – Saudi Arabia flights
28.06.08 BAA £7.15bn loan launched
28.06.08 Airlines angered by EU emissions tax
28.06.08 AOA: deal on Emissions Trading Scheme step in the right direction
27.06.08 EU to cap airline emissions from 2012
27.06.08 BA staff wary of latest cost cutting plans
27.06.08 United scraps Heathrow – Denver route
27.06.08 NATS: profits down, delays up
27.06.08 Airlines agree to pay $504m in price-fixing fines
27.06.08 MPs criticise Bush Heathrow flight
26.06.08 BA plans capacity freeze
26.06.08 Kelly backs Heathrow runway
26.06.08 Councils vow to fight on in Heathrow night flight challenge
26.06.08 Heathrow ‘will take a long time to regain reputation after T5’
26.06.08 BA and BAA bosses attack Cameron over Heathrow expansion
26.06.08 BA 'average', easyJet and Ryanair ‘reasonable’
26.06.08 Alitalia ‘needs recapitalisation then foreign partner’
25.06.08 BAA boss: Heathrow needs third runway
25.06.08 Business group: cut flights to solve Heathrow hassle
25.06.08 BAA to refinance £7.15 billion loans
25.06.08 Greenpeace Heathrow protestors fined £5,700
25.06.08 United axe 14% of pilots
25.06.08 Rating agency say BA outlook negative
25.06.08 BA staff to sue Campbell over racism claims
25.06.08 Union says economy needs trains not planes
25.06.08 BA axe earliest Glasgow – Heathrow flight
25.06.08 Virgin Brazil airline plan
24.06.08 Walsh slams BAA over Bush Heathrow flights
24.06.08 Lufthansa and Qantas hit by strikes
24.06.08 SAA seek Heathrow slots
24.06.08 BA sell stake in Air Mauritius
24.06.08 New York wines at Virgin Heathrow lounge
23.06.08 BA ‘face strikes over pay cut plans’
23.06.08 More slot trades at Heathrow
23.06.08 Campbell to return to Heathrow for community service
23.06.08 SriLankan to offer winter Heathrow – Maldives flights
23.06.08 Kingfisher plans Heathrow – India flights
23.06.08 20 hour delay for Virgin New Delhi – Heathrow flight
23.06.08 BAWC increase fuel surcharge
22.06.08 Aer Lingus turns down bids for Heathrow slots
22.06.08 Campbell says sorry to police, but not BA
22.06.08 Heathrow hero revealed
21.06.08 BA increase fuel surcharge for premium passengers
21.06.08 BAA to speed up security checks
21.06.08 Community service for Campbell over Heathrow assaults
20.06.08 Analyst says air fares could rise by 40 percent
20.06.08 Continental and United agree ‘comprehensive’ alliance
20.06.08 Campbell pleads guilty to Heathrow assault
19.06.08 BA launch OpenSkies
19.06.08 T5 immigration blunder
19.06.08 Heathrow supporters blast Cameron’s ‘lies’
19.06.08 BA chief marketer to leave
18.06.08 US airlines could lose $10bn in 2008
18.06.08 Boeing and Airbus: plane orders dropping
18.06.08 Heathrow’s ‘lyrical terrorist’ wins appeal
18.06.08 Air Canada to cut 2000 jobs
18.06.08 Finnair axe 500 jobs
18.06.08 Lufthansa commits to biofuel flights by 2020
18.06.08 Bravery award for Virgin cabin crew member
17.06.08 Conservative leader slams Heathrow expansion plans
17.06.08 BA reveal T5 check-in and bag wait times
17.06.08 Qantas to launch Heathrow – Sydney A380 flights early next year
17.06.08 Singapore Airlines flight supervisor fined for stealing champagne and caviar
16.06.08 Liberals: Heathrow expansion economically and environmentally unviable
16.06.08 Ferrovial founder dies
16.06.08 Californian firm building A380 model for Heathrow roundabout
16.06.08 Seats on OpenSkies inaugural flight for website community members
16.06.08 Virgin release flying without fear book
15.06.08 Greenpeace plan paper plane flashmob
14.06.08 US airlines heading for ‘massive failure’
14.06.08 Times: Pollution rules may be suspended to allow Heathrow expansion
14.06.08 Parliament Heathrow protestors charged
14.06.08 200mph Atlantic winds add to Heathrow problems
14.06.08 BA in talks for Boeing 777-300ERs to bridge 787 delay
13.06.08 Council: Heathrow expansion concerns could be ignored
13.06.08 Heathrow delays this weekend – because Bush is coming
13.06.08 New Heathrow runway debris system
13.06.08 US Airways cuts capacity, jobs, planes
13.06.08 Sofitel / BA agree frequent flier deal as Heathrow hotel prepares to open
12.06.08 Spanish analysts says Heathrow problems may benefit Ferrovial
12.06.08 Virgin: ‘fundamental repricing’ needed
12.06.08 T5 help cause worst Heathrow delays for 7 years
12.06.08 BA fuel surcharge ‘disparity’
12.06.08 Polish passenger plane close to catastrophe over London
12.06.08 Air France says Heathrow jams increasing fuel bill
12.06.08 Boeing begins key Dreamliner tests
12.06.08 Alitalia chairman: loan in line with EU rules
11.06.08 BAA passengers down 0.5 percent
11.06.08 BA spends £17m on OpenSkies
11.06.08 Pay rise for BA’s Walsh
11.06.08 EU probes Alitalia loan
10.06.08 BTN interview with OpenSkies boss
10.06.08 Flybe boss calls for BAA break up
10.06.08 Virgin still benefiting from T5 chaos
10.06.08 Virgin doubles Heathrow – Hong Kong service
10.06.08 Study says flying infection risk exaggerated
09.06.08 Air France-KLM boss: airlines will pay price for creating 'flying is cheap' image
08.06.08 BAA face pensions strike threat
08.06.08 Airline rivals unite to fight Alitalia bailout
08.06.08 Airline shares slump and air fares rise on fuel costs and weakening demand
08.06.08 Airlines ‘may be forced to fit anti-terror cameras in seats’
08.06.08 Resident’s anger over council failure to back Heathrow protest
07.06.08 US Embassy criticises UK air tax plan
07.06.08 Airbus plans greener planes
07.06.08 Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
06.06.08 Peer: Ferrovial’s BAA ownership ‘threatens 2012 success’
06.06.08 Continental announce flight, plane, job cuts
06.06.08 2M group expands
06.06.08 US require online registration for visa waver passengers
05.06.08 BA move long-haul flights to T5
05.06.08 BA passengers down 0.7%
05.06.08 Northwest considers compensation claim for Heathrow move delay
05.06.08 United slash flights, jobs and planes
04.06.08 Terror plot targeted Heathrow T3
04.06.08 BA plan plane order despite air industry turmoil
04.06.08 BAA talks to bondholders on refinancing
04.06.08 Walsh: EU should block Alitalia aid
04.06.08 Emergency landing for BA flight
03.06.08 BA to ground flights unless fuel costs fall
03.06.08 Virgin boss predicts ‘three years of turbulence’
03.06.08 ABTA: passengers will fly despite fuel surcharges
03.06.08 JAL add Heathrow - Manchester flight to codeshare deal
03.06.08 BA extend Amadeus technology deal
02.06.08 Ferrovial agree £7.5bn BAA debt deal
02.06.08 Full service airlines ‘could levy budget charges'
02.06.08 Airlines to lose $2.3bn in 2008
02.06.08 IATA boss slams Heathrow and CAA
02.06.08 BAA ‘on collision course with junior creditors’
02.06.08 T5 guards ban cartoon t-shirt
02.06.08 Airlines making fuel and emissions savings
01.06.08 3000 attend Heathrow protest
01.06.08 More problems for Heathrow T5 baggage system
01.06.08 Virgin in new Bond film
May 2008
31.05.08 Airlines face ‘severe’ recession
31.05.08 United and US Airways scrap merger talks
31.05.08 OgilvyOne get BA’s direct and loyalty marketing
30.05.08 Heathrow protest tomorrow
30.05.08 BA prepares for T5 long haul launch
30.05.08 Emergency landing for BA plane after passenger hits head
29.05.08 BA increase fuel surcharge
29.05.08 Virgin increase fuel surcharge – premium passengers pay more
29.05.08 Naomi Campbell faces 5 charges over Heathrow air rage
28.05.08 BAA blames operating loss on security costs / T5
28.05.08 ERA slam EU emissions trading plans
28.05.08 BA announce more Heathrow long haul move dates
28.05.08 BA India flight emergency landing
28.05.08 Heathrow Express barcode tickets
27.05.08 Virgin dismiss Lufthansa / bmi link
27.05.08 BA boss slams BAA break-up talk
26.05.08 OpenSkies launch online marketing campaign
26.05.08 Air Mauritius upgrade business class
25.05.08 Another bmi purchase hint from Lufthansa
25.05.08 BAA seeks bank advisors
25.05.08 New vodka at Virgin Heathrow lounge
25.05.08 BA named ‘best European airline’
24.05.08 Councils lose Heathrow night flights legal challenge
24.05.08 bmi launch mobile phone boarding pass
24.05.08 BA flights European Emissions Trading Scheme
24.05.08 bmi values Heathrow slots at £770m
24.05.08 9½ years for Heathrow child drug smuggler
24.05.08 Naomi Campbell to face charges over Heathrow incident
24.05.08 SIA to add A380 on Singapore – Heathrow route
24.05.08 Dot2 add Kings Cross – Gatwick / Heathrow link
23.05.08 Balpa drop BA OpenSkies strike bid
23.05.08 bmi profits halve
23.05.08 BA boss says cheap flights era over
23.05.08 Boris pulls out of Heathrow rally
23.05.08 CAA backs BAA break up calls
23.05.08 BA ‘would welcome’ Continental alliance
23.05.08 10 years for Heathrow drug smuggler
23.05.08 Airports expect busy weekend
23.05.08 Heathrow parking company hails T5 success
22.05.08 American announce big staff / plane / route cuts; $15 bag fee
22.05.08 BA shares dive on oil price rise / Air France profit warning
22.05.08 OpenSkies starts selling tickets
22.05.08 BA crash captain returns to work
22.05.08 BA upgrades New York terminal
22.05.08 Virgin Atlantic considers eco surcharge hike in Upper Class
21.05.08 Big decline in business class travel in March
21.05.08 Green watchdog says evidence supporting airport expansion flawed
21.05.08 Ladbrokes ban staff from BA flights
21.05.08 Cargo revenues up 4.7% at BA
21.05.08 BAA look for advertising help
20.05.08 BA Heathrow crash inquiry reveals pilot heroics
20.05.08 Government looks set to back Heathrow mixed mode
20.05.08 BA boss predicts more bankruptcies and mergers
20.05.08 BA and pilots in court over right to strike
20.05.08 Walsh says alliance talks with American ‘at early stage’
20.05.08 Actresses join Heathrow Westminster protest today
20.05.08 Heathrow noise case at High Court
20.05.08 BA downgraded to ‘sell’
19.05.08 BAA chairman briefly detained in US
19.05.08 OpenSkies receives US approval
19.05.08 New York airport slots to be auctioned
18.05.08 Branson predicts $200 oil and US airline bankruptcies
18.05.08 Times: Airline tie-ups loom as crunch hits
18.05.08 BA has top airline website
18.05.08 IRIS passes million milestone
18.05.08 Wetherspoon won’t seek T5 compensation
18.05.08 Ex-CWT boss to chair BA advisory board
17.05.08 Arup proposes Eurostar extension to Heathrow
17.05.08 EC clears Autogrill BAA duty free purchase
17.05.08 BA asks agents to stop slating T5
17.05.08 BA World Cargo launch summer schedule
16.05.08 BA profits up 45%; Walsh declines bonus
16.05.08 BAA passengers down 3%
16.05.08 BA likely to cut capacity this winter
16.05.08 Flybe urge BAA breakup
16.05.08 EU – US open skies talks launch
16.05.08 Burst tyre closed Heathrow runway
15.05.08 BA exec: air fare rises ‘inevitable’
15.05.08 SIA seeks offers for Virgin stake
15.05.08 BAA bondholders hire advisors
15.05.08 Virgin report Heathrow passenger boost
15.05.08 Terror alert hoaxer jailed
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 Heathrow transit passengers ‘cost taxman £500m’
14.05.08 El Al launch Heathrow online check-in
13.05.08 Heathrow boss leaves
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 Heathrow – US airfares fall
13.05.08 PM’s electronic security did not cause Heathrow crash
13.05.08 Sick crew member sees Virgin Heathrow flight land in Ireland
13.05.08 Heathrow coach driver convicted over road rage
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 BA seeks new operations director; potential Walsh successor
12.05.08 Etihad and bmi in cooperation talks
12.05.08 First OpenSkies plane ready for takeoff
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 China announce passenger plane maker plan
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 Virgin renew Tata IT contract
10.05.08 BA cut beef from economy menu
09.05.08 BA confirms June start for next phase of T5
09.05.08 BAA struggling with refinancing
09.05.08 BAA shareholders to inject £400m emergency funding
09.05.08 OpenSkies June 19 launch for ORY - JFK route
08.05.08 BAA ‘unaware’; BA ‘failed for foresee’ of T5 problems
08.05.08 Balpa / BA court date set
08.05.08 Foreign airport staff avoid criminal reference check
08.05.08 Co-op Travel MD slams BAA
08.05.08 Just 100,000 apply for BA / Virgin compensation
08.05.08 Archbishop backs Heathrow demo
07.05.08 BA passengers down 7.9%
07.05.08 New delays for A380?
07.05.08 MPs to quiz BA and BAA bosses today
07.05.08 Charity loses legal bid for BA / Virgin refunds
06.05.08 Broker downgrades BA
06.05.08 bmi launch Heathrow – Sierra Leone flights
06.05.08 New Heathrow lounge for SAA
05.05.08 EU allow sale of airport slots
05.05.08 Virgin Heathrow lounge wins award
05.05.08 BA reveals ‘inspiration’ website
04.05.08 Former BA boss slams Heathrow third runway plans
04.05.08 Boeing denies press reports of further Dreamliner delays
04.05.08 Retailers ‘mothball’ T5 stores; seek compensation
04.05.08 Fergie told off for texting at 20,000ft
04.05.08 Heathrow drug smugglers jailed for 50 years
04.05.08 Government pays over £1m for Heathrow and Gatwick airport lounges
03.05.08 US pilots told to fly slower to save fuel
03.05.08 Airlines to unite to combat fraud
03.05.08 BA appoints affiliate marketing agencies
03.05.08 Virgin use IT to improve Heathrow customer service
02.05.08 Union highlights aviation job loses
02.05.08 BAA confident T5 can cope with bank holiday weekend rush
02.05.08 BA.com received huge usage surge from 2006 terror alert
02.05.08 T5 checks failed to spot bullet in bag
02.05.08 Airport car raffle company issues profit warning
02.05.08 BA cut emissions with hybrid car order
02.05.08 Menzies wins Thai Heathrow contract
01.05.08 BA in ‘co-operation’ talks with US airlines
01.05.08 BA bottom of lost bags league table
01.05.08 Airlines demand damages for Heathrow T4 transfer delays
01.05.08 Walsh: T5 ‘needs more time’; Heathrow ‘damaging Britain’
01.05.08 BA ‘casual racism’ whistleblower receives threats from fellow pilots
01.05.08 Heathrow expansion plans backed after debate
01.05.08 Airlines to boost asset values by adding slots to balance sheets
01.05.08 Virgin confirms axing in flight beauty treatments
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