French flag carrier Air France is launching a direct flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Nice in the south of France from the end of June. Air France will operate the service four times per week on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 28th June. The route will put [read more]
Vietnamese carrier Bamboo airways has been granted six weekly slot pairs for London Heathrow by UK slot regulator Airport Coordination Ltd. The airline is expected to launch flights in May between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh to London operating a 50/50 split between the two with 3 flights each per [read more]
Low-cost transatlantic travel looks set to arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this summer after it emerged that JetBlue appears to have been successful in obtaining slots on the 2nd time of trying. Information released by Airport Coordination Ltd, the UK slot regulator appears to show 14 weekly slots allocated to [read more]
Uganda Airlines (UR/UGD) has announced that it is launching its London Heathrow route as part of its network for its Airbus A330neo fleet. The Entebbe Airport based airline has taken delivery of two Airbus A330-800 aircraft which are currently being operations certification with the airline. In a statement on Twitter, [read more]
Heathrow Airport has come under fire after a picture emerged of large crowds not socially distanced inside Heathrow’s Terminal 2 sparking fears of a super-spreading. The image was posted on social media by former British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott who captioned it “T2 Heathrow Friday afternoon. No ventilation. Long delays. [read more]
Campaigners including Friends of the Earth Ltd and Plan B Earth have had their appeal victory against Heathrow Airports 3rd Runway overturned by the UK’s highest court. The move paves the way for Heathrow Airport to formally obtain permission to build the 3rd Runway at the UK’s largest airport. Friends [read more]
Workers employed by Heathrow Airport are carrying out strike action over 3 days this week in a protest about proposed pay cuts. Staff that are members of the Unite Union are ramping up strike action with action today, and also on Thursday 17th December and Friday 18th December. Todays action [read more]
Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (AT/RAM) is set to launch a direct service from the Atlantic coast city of Agadir to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The routes will be served by two-flights per week. In addition to Agadir, Royal Air Maroc will also be launching a four-flights-per-week [read more]
Some might say that launching a brand new magazine in the current climate is simply crazy but sometimes passion outweighs everything else and that’s exactly what Ken Carr has done with LHR Magazine. Published by Visions International Entertainment Ltd the new bi-monthly magazine is packed full of features and news [read more]
US-based low-cost airline JetBlue (B6/JBU) will start transatlantic flights from Boston and New York to London but without their desired route to Heathrow after the UK’s slot regulator Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) denied a request for 48 slot pairs at the UK’s biggest airport. As a result, JetBlue has been [read more]
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