Christmas travel latest: Heathrow flights cancelled; drivers urged to travel at specific times; part of motorway closed as pinch points revealed | UK News

Christmas travel latest: Heathrow flights cancelled; drivers urged to travel at specific times; part of motorway closed as pinch points revealed | UK News

London Heathrow is expecting the busiest winter’s day since before the COVID pandemic today, a travel journalist has said. Simon Calder, the Independent’s travel correspondent, told Sky News the airport is also... Read more »
Heathrow expects passenger numbers to hit record levels in 2024

Heathrow expects passenger numbers to hit record levels in 2024

Heathrow Airport expects passenger numbers to reach record levels next year. Some 81.4 million passengers are predicted to travel through its terminals in 2024, according to a report published by the west... Read more »
Potential contagion incident on British Airways flight landing at London Heathrow

Potential contagion incident on British Airways flight landing at London Heathrow

Lots of fire trucks and ambulances rushed to London Heathrow airport. Police escorted ambulances and firetrucks to London Heathrow Terminal 5 over a ‘Potential contagion’ incident. A British Airways flight from Barcelona... Read more »
Meghan Markle flies back to Britain (but only for a few minutes): Duchess is pictured arriving at LAX airport as she flies to Germany via Heathrow for Invictus Games – while Prince Harry arrives for third day of sports contest

Meghan Markle flies back to Britain (but only for a few minutes): Duchess is pictured arriving at LAX airport as she flies to Germany via Heathrow for Invictus Games – while Prince Harry arrives for third day of sports contest

Meghan Markle looked delighted as she jetted out of the US last night to join her husband at the Invictus Games in Germany – but despite landing in London today she will... Read more »
Heathrow records 22% jump in passenger numbers

Heathrow records 22% jump in passenger numbers

Heathrow said 7.7 million passengers travelled through the airport in July, demonstrating the resurgence in foreign travel. That is up 22% on the total of 6.3 million during the same month last... Read more »
Heathrow boss regrets lack of ‘diggers’ over Boris Johnson’s constituency

Heathrow boss regrets lack of ‘diggers’ over Boris Johnson’s constituency

Outgoing Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye has expressed frustration there are no “diggers over my friend Boris Johnson’s constituency” due to expansion delays. He insisted a third runway at the west London... Read more »
BA forced to cancel at least 50 flights from Heathrow after IT issue | British Airways

BA forced to cancel at least 50 flights from Heathrow after IT issue | British Airways

A “technical issue” has left thousands of British Airways passengers facing cancelled flights and long delays at Heathrow. At least 50 BA flights from the airport in west London were cancelled on... Read more »
British Airways flight in emergency landing at London Heathrow

British Airways flight in emergency landing at London Heathrow

A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport shortly after departing for Nice in France.   British Airways flight BA348 was forced into making an... Read more »
Army of stand-in workers quashes fears of Heathrow chaos | Heathrow airport

Army of stand-in workers quashes fears of Heathrow chaos | Heathrow airport

Passengers entered Heathrow braced for the sight of queues snaking their way around the airport and departure boards coldly telling them that their festive season was ruined. With concerns that travel problems... Read more »
Heathrow criticised by watchdog after disabled passengers missed summer flights | Air transport

Heathrow criticised by watchdog after disabled passengers missed summer flights | Air transport

Many disabled and less mobile passengers missed summer flights at Heathrow – one of the busiest airports in the world – due to its poor accessibility performance, the aviation watchdog has found.... Read more »