Drop off charges at UK airports hit £1 per minute July 17, 2025 Drop off charges at UK airports have reached the highest level on record amid booming travel demand over the summer. Analysis from the motoring group RAC found 11 airports have jacked up so-called ‘kiss and fly’ fees since last year as part of a long-running trend in the UK. Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport, increased charges [...]
Heathrow: Third runway car park plans more costly than entire Gatwick expansion July 11, 2025 Upheaving Heathrow Airport’s car parks as part of plans for a third runway would cost more than the entire expansion of its closest rival Gatwick, leaked documents that reveal the magnitude of financing the controversial project show. The UK’s biggest airport plans to replace most, if not all, of its existing car parks to build [...]
Gatwick: Boss of worst airport for flight delays promoted May 30, 2025 London Gatwick Airport has named a new top boss after its long-serving chief executive was promoted to a newly created position. Stewart Wingate has served as the airport’s CEO for the last 15 years but has now been named as managing director, UK airports, for Vinci Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners. Vinci Airports owns a [...]
More airlines flying from Gatwick than ever before as long-haul drive continues April 24, 2025 More airlines flew from London Gatwick Airport than ever before last year as the Sussex hub continues to drive expansion of its long-haul offering. Chief executive Stewart Wingate said the UK’s second biggest airport was “well positioned” to grow its connections further but reiterated concern over capacity constraints. A decision on Gatwick’s plan for a [...]
Heathrow Airport holds outlook as profit edges up April 23, 2025 London Heathrow Airport has maintained its outlook for profit and passenger traffic as work continues “at pace” on a planning application for its third runway. The West London hub anticipates carrying a record 84.2m passengers in 2025, up 0.5 per cent year-on-year. But pre-tax earnings (EBITDA) are expected to decrease by 11 per cent to [...]
Gatwick is worst airport for flight delays for second year in a row April 21, 2025 Gatwick has retained its position as the UK’s worst airport for flight delays, as it continues to suffer from air traffic control (ATC) disruption. Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule in 2024, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the PA news [...]
Easter getaway disruption expected on railways, roads and at Gatwick April 18, 2025 Millions of people are set to face disruption to their Easter travel plans this weekend due to major rail engineering works, strike action, heavy traffic and possible flooding. More than 300 engineering projects will be carried out by Network Rail across Britain between Good Friday and Easter Monday, prompting warnings for passengers to check their [...]
Passengers urged to stay home as Heathrow closed following electrical fire March 21, 2025 Heathrow airport will be closed for all of Friday, after a large electrical fire at a nearby substation. Passengers are being urged not to travel to Europe’s busiest airport, with the website FlightRadar24 reporting that at least 1,300 flights will be cancelled. In the surrounding area in West London, around 150 people have been evacuated [...]
Growing aviation does not conflict with protecting the environment, says transport secretary March 19, 2025 Growing the UK’s aviation sector is not a trade-off against protecting the environment, the Transport Secretary has said. Speaking at the annual dinner of the trade association AirportsUK, Heidi Alexander said she will “never accept the false trade-off” that pits the two issues against each other. The UK government has placed airport expansion at the [...]
Gatwick expansion raises questions over Heathrow third runway, Khan says February 27, 2025 Sir Sadiq Khan has said the government’s pathway towards approving plans for use of a second runway at Gatwick “begs the question” over the need for a third runway at Heathrow. The mayor of London made the comments following the launch of his London Growth Plan at Imperial College this morning which sets out how [...]