Heathrow Airport

Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) has clarified its planned flight schedule for July 2020 but it only includes one UK airport. Pre-pandemic Singapore Airlines operated daily to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC), the latter also continuing on to Houston in the U.S. The post-pandemic schedule though looks very different with just [read more]

Air China (CA/CCA, the flag carrier of China, is adding another series of charters from Mainland China to the UK. The planned charter flights to Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) cover the period from the tomorrow through to the end of July. They will be operated by a mixture [read more]

Lufthansa Group has become the latest group of airlines to announce it will be resuming flights from the UK & Ireland to Germany from next month. The German airline will resume flights from Birmingham, Edinburgh & Manchester in the UK, as well as increasing its Heathrow flights. In Ireland, the [read more]

London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) is expected to begin to close Terminals 3 and 4 from Monday 6th April and consolidate operations from the remaining two terminals. Operations will be transferred from over the next couple of weeks leaving the airport with just two newest terminals, Terminal 2 and Terminal 5, [read more]

The Airport Operators Association (AOA) has warned that UK could be shut within weeks if the UK Government doesn’t introduce measures to help them cope with the massive drop in passenger numbers as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Karen Dee, Chief Executive of AOA said: “Governments across the world [read more]

Campaigners against the expansion of Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), including its Third Runway, have a won a ruling on environmental grounds at the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal rejected all appeals regarding noise and air pollution but did rule that the decision to expand at Heathrow was unlawful on [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has announced new routes from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) starting this Winter season. Manchester Airport Manchester sees a new route to Delhi (DEL/VIDP) from 26th October 2020 and coincides with the airlines 20th year of flying to Delhi from the UK. The three-times-per-week service [read more]

Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has announced that it has gained Carbon Neutral status for its infrastructure. The UK’s busiest airport has also become the first major airport in the world to target zero carbon by 2030. The airport has invested £100 million in projects which improve the efficiency of energy use [read more]