Heathrow Airport to trial security booking slots in bid to cut wait times October 3, 2023 Heathrow Airport has launched a six month free trial allowing passengers to pre-book slots at security, in a bid to reduce wait times.
Heathrow Airport braced for October half-term chaos as baggage workers to strike September 13, 2023 Heathrow Airport is to face strike chaos this autumn, as 170 baggage staff walk-out in October in an ongoing dispute over pay. Members of the Unite Union, who conduct high-end maintenance and servicing of baggage carousels, will strike over 13 separate days in October. The strikes will be between 17:30 on the 6th and 6am [...]
Don’t have Silver? Pret sells almost 1m sandwiches at Heathrow in August September 11, 2023 Heathrow Airport saw a series of records fall in August as the British summer getaway took off.
Heathrow: competition regulator says airport charges should be reconsidered after errors made September 9, 2023 The competition regulator has provisionally found that some errors were made in a decision on how much Heathrow Airport can charge airlines. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it proposes to require aviation regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to reconsider certain aspects of its conclusion. In February, the CAA said the cap on [...]
Air traffic control chaos: Over a quarter of UK flights nixed as Heathrow crippled August 29, 2023 Over a quarter of flights to and from UK airports were cancelled yesterday, revealing the huge and ongoing impact of the network-wide air traffic control failure currently disrupting the sector. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, 790 departures and 785 arrivals were cancelled, equating to 27 per cent of all flights from the UK. Heathrow [...]
Heathrow Airport: Damp July weather sends 7.6 million Brits jet-setting in search of sun August 11, 2023 Some 7.6 million jet-setters flocked to Heathrow Airport in July as damp weather sent Brits searching for summer sun. New figures from London’s biggest airport shows that while they still remain below pre-pandemic levels, demand for international travel is picking up. Over 73,000 passengers flew to Turkey in July, the busiest month ever for the [...]
Holidaymakers warned of ‘financial sting’ with airport parking – but which is the worst culprit? August 4, 2023 Holidaymakers are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance, according to new research. Consumer group Which? said its analysis of prices at 16 UK airport car parks revealed the “serious financial sting”. It compared prices for a week’s stay in mid-August paid for [...]
Heathrow: UK-US flights power summer travel surge – but it’s STILL 200,000 behind pre-pandemic levels July 11, 2023 Heathrow Airport reported seven million passengers passed through the hub last month thanks to UK-US flights, a massive uptick on last year but still 200,000 behind pre-pandemic levels. The figure, which comes as airports and airlines are in full swing with summer travel, still falls short of the equivalent month pre-pandemic – but marks a [...]
London Heathrow confirms Copenhagen hub boss as CEO as it looks towards expansion June 30, 2023 London Heathrow airport has confirmed the boss of Copenhagen’s international hub as its new chief executive. Thomas Woldbye was appointed by its board as the successor to John Holland-Kaye, following a decade at the helm. The new CEO served as chief of Copenhagen Airport since 2011, and previously was previously at Møller-Mærsk, leading the global [...]
London Heathrow workers call off 31 days of strike this summer as pay deal reached June 23, 2023 31 days of strike action at Heathrow have been averted following a last-ditch deal with Unite members, meaning Brits can once again go on their summer holidays without disruption. A new pay deal was reached between Britain’s biggest airport, and the UK’s biggest union, with 2,000 security officers at terminals 3 and 5, scheduled to [...]