The UK Government has won the House of Commons vote on airport expansion at Heathrow by 415 to 119. Expansion at Heathrow was the governments preferred option despite an option at Gatwick being cheaper and requiring less destruction of residential properties. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson has opposed the third runway at [read more]
British low-cost airliner Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said it sees an opportunity for low-cost flights from Heathrow if the expansion goes ahead. Easyjet says that if the expansion goes ahead then passengers could see fares reduce by up to 30% as low-cost carriers compete against Heathrow’s legacy carriers. The Government has approved [read more]
The cabinet recently approved the Heathrow Expansion plan but what does that mean for regional airports? How have they taken the news? We ask 3 major regional airports for their views. Cardiff Airport was quick to point out how Cardiff can complement London’s air traffic. Chief Executive Officer Deb Barber [read more]
Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]
Australian carrier, Qantas (QF/QFA) is will begin its QF10 non-stop Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Perth (PER/YPPH) service tomorrow. Known as “The Kangaroo Route”, the ultra-long-haul flight will take 16hrs 45mins to get to Perth, leaving Heathrow at 13:15hrs and arriving in Western Australia at 13:00hrs the next day. For many, the thought [read more]
Airbus and London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) have celebrated 10 years of the Airbus A380 at the Airport. The very first Airbus A380 flight, operated by Singapore Airlines, touched down at the airport on the March 2008. SQ308 flew to Heathrow from Singapore’s Changi Airport. Heathrow now sees around 50 Airbus A380 flights [read more]
Tianjin Airlines (GS/GCR) will start a twice-weekly service to Xi’An (XIY/ZLXY) from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) for Summer 2018. The route, which begins on the 7th May replaces the plans Tianjin Airlines had to operate from London Gatwick (LHR/EGKK). Tianjin Airlines will fly the route with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft and it will [read more]
Air Astana has announced it will increase its London to Astana service to a daily service from June. The flight, which connects London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to the Kazakhstan capital Astana (TSE/UACC), currently operates 5 times per week but as of 1st June 2018 it will have 2 additional weekly rotations making [read more]
Qatar Airways has announced that it’s first Airbus A350-1000 route will be the daily QR15 Doha (DOH/OTHH) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) service. Starting from the 24th February, the QR15 service will be operated by the Rolls-Royce XWB-97-powered twinjet, the first of its type in service. The A350-1000 was finally handed over to [read more]
One man has died in what has been described as a “serious accident” shortly after 6 am this morning at Heathrow Airport. The Emergency services rushed to the incident which involved a Heathrow Airport operations vehicle and a British Airways Kangoo van. Two members of staff were injured in the [read more]
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