Heathrow urges airlines to cut 10 per cent of flights following luggage chaos June 20, 2022 Heathrow has urged airlines operating from terminals 2 and 3 to cut 10 per cent of flights after on Friday it reported significant luggage issues. “The technical issues affecting baggage systems have led to us making the decision to request airlines operating in terminals 2 and 3 to consolidate their schedules on Monday June 20,” [...]
Heathrow calls on aviation regulator to ‘protect services’ with favourable price cap June 13, 2022 Heathrow has urged the aviation regulator to “protect services and resilience levels” by setting a price cap favourable to the airport. “The last thing passengers want is a cut price plan that leads to the cancelled holidays, stress and ‘hassle’ seen at other airports,” the hub said in an update on Monday. The airport asked [...]
It’s back: Heathrow reopens terminal 4 to ramp up capacity June 7, 2022 Heathrow has announced it will reopen its terminal 4 next week to ramp up capacity as passenger demand continues to grow. Elizabeth and Piccadilly line services as well as bus routes will operate into the terminal starting on 14 June. Qatar Airways will be the first airline to move to the terminal, followed by another [...]
Capacity restrictions at Heathrow to ease ‘dangerous’ overcrowding amid cancellations June 5, 2022 HEATHROW airport has asked airlines to reduce the number of peak-time passengers at the airport by a third to alleviate “dangerous levels of congestion” at various choke-points across the airport. The move comes amid unprecedented levels of chaos to Britain’s airports, with dozens of flights cancelled in recent days due to staff shortages and logistical [...]
Airline chaos not exactly a good advert for Global Britain June 5, 2022 The chaos at Britain’s airports in recent weeks has been little short of a national embarrassment. The farce – for that is what it is – is the child of many mothers, with government, airlines and airports all at least in part to blame. It is therefore rather frustrating that the trio seem unable to [...]
Half term travel bloodbath with endless queues at UK airport, delayed flights and last-minute cancellations May 30, 2022 Tens of thousands more Brits face queues, delays and even cancellations today after what some social media users described as a ‘Sunday from hell’. Half-term holidaymakers who tried to get away over the weekend face delays of up to nearly eight bours with some passengers being told at the very last minute that their flight [...]
Lower airport charges will impact passenger service, says Heathrow chairman May 26, 2022 Lowering Heathrow’s airport charges will impact passenger services, according to the airport’s chairman Lord Paul Deighton. A former commercial secretary to the Treasury and chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Deighton said higher airport chargers are needed if Heathrow wants to remain Britain’s hub airport and deliver an [...]
Heathrow urges govt to ‘bring pace to the policies’ as 10-point plan is rolled out for aviation recovery May 26, 2022 The Government must “bring pace to the policies” after publishing a long-awaited strategy to support the recovery of aviation from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Heathrow Airport. A 10-point plan named Flightpath to the Future has been released by the Department for Transport, focusing on growth, sustainability and protecting passengers. It commits to “position the [...]
Passengers face ‘apocalyptic’ queues at Heathrow with some waiting for two hours May 25, 2022 Heathrow has found itself once again in hot water after travellers complained about “apocalyptic queues” at its terminals. “The queues at T2 are an absolute shambles, why can every other European airport do a better job?” complained one Twitter user while another said it took them two hours to get through Border Force controls. A [...]
Cheaper airport journeys in sight as Elizabeth line tickets will cost half of Heathrow Express May 18, 2022 Travelling to Heathrow aboard the Elizabeth line will cost half compared with the Heathrow Express. Tickets to the airport will be £10.70 off peak and £12.70 at peak times, respectively 57 and 49 per cent less compared with the high speed rail’s £25 ticket, the Evening Standard reported. In terms of duration, Crossrail services departing [...]