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]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is bringing back its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Cape Town (CPT/FACT service from 25th October 2020. The route was last served by the airline in 2015 and Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer at Virgin Atlantic commented: “We’re delighted to be flying to Cape Town again – we’re [read more]
The addition of a third runway at London Heathrow Aiport (LHR/EGLL) will be delayed by at least 1 year and up to 3 years after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) rejected the spending plans. Heathrow Airport had asked the CAA to lift its spending from £650m to £2.4bn which the [read more]
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGL) has reported its busiest November ever as it prepares for the big Christmas getaway. The airport saw 6.2 million passengers in November helped in part by travellers heading home to the United States of America for thanksgiving. Traffic to the US from Heathrow grew by over [read more]
Australian airline Qantas (QF/QFA) is expected to operate its latest ‘Project Sunrise’ ultra-long-haul test flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sydney this week. According to sources close to the operation, the airline will be repurposing a the delivery of their latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to carry out a trial run [read more]
Air New Zealand (NZ/ANZ) is ending its one of its flagship routes, NZ1 from London to Los Angeles, in October 2020 after 36 years of operating it. The move comes as the Auckland based airline says it is accelerating its ambitions into North America leading it to make “difficult decisions” [read more]
Planned strikes by ground staff at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) have been suspended to allow workers to vote on a new pay deal. Talks continued between the Unite Union and Heathrow Airport throughout Monday with a new deal being offered to workers. Staff will now vote on whether to accept the [read more]
Heathrow Airport is planning to cancel around 170 flights on Monday and Tuesday as ground staff stage a walkout following the rejection of a pay deal. Members of the Unite union have voted to strike with 88% supporting the action which will be held by Engineers, Security Staff and Firefighters. [read more]
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