Heathrow Airport

British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled its first retro-liveried aircraft to mark its #BA100 celebrations. The Boeing 747-400, G-BYGC, has been repainted into the blue and gold livery of BOAC (which became British Airways in 1971) and we were on hand to watch it arrive into Heathrow for the first time [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced it will be painting a series of its Boeing 747 Jumbo Jets in special retro liveries covering the airlines history as the type nears retirement. The first livery, BOAC, will be applied to Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC which will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) resplendent in [read more]

Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) is changing its Jakarta to London service to operate a one-way service to Denpasar, Bali. From the 22nd January 2019, Garuda will operate Jakarta (CGK/WIII) – London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) – Denpasar (DPS/WADDS). The service operates three-times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays using a Boeing 777-300ER [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is adding two new short-haul destinations from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) for 2019. Starting on the 11th July 2019, British Airways will operate a four-times-weekly service to Montpellier, France (BA336/337) followed by a twice-weekly service to Ljubljana, Slovenia (BA690/691) from the 15th July 2019. Montpellier is in Southern France [read more]

Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) is resuming its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Jakarta (CGK/WIII) service from the 27th November 2018. The flight returns as a three-times weekly non-stop service and will be operated by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The Skyteam Alliance member previously suspended the service at the end of October and [read more]

A near-miss took place over West London this afternoon between two jetliners bound for London’s Heathrow airport. The incident occurred just before 5pm when a Malaysian Airlines Airbus A350-900 (9M-MAG), MH4, come into conflict with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner (G-VOWS) operating VS251. The Malaysian Airbus from Kuala Lumpar [read more]

Cypriot airline Cobalt Air (CO/FCB) has suspended all operations with immediate effect leaving passengers stranded and holidays cancelled. The airline has hit financial difficulties as it failed to raise further investment to feed its ambitious growth programme and the money has simply run out according to sources close to the [read more]

British Airways and Heathrow Baggage Handlers marked Freddie Mercury’s birthday in style today with a special performance of Queens hit “I want to break free”, complete with Hi-Vis Freddie jackets! Back in the days when he was known as Farrokh Bulsara, Freddie spent some time as a baggage Handler at Heathrow [read more]