Is this the end of the great holiday getaway?
Between the start of the Easter Holidays and Good Friday, 640 flights at Heathrow had been cancelled. Gatwick was in second place with 221, with Luton a…
Heathrow faces pressure to drop rise in landing fees
Heathrow is under pressure to drop plans for higher landing charges after the airport welcomed the most travellers since the start of the pandemic. Almost 4.2m passengers…
Five ways to avoid the travel chaos on your next holiday
Right on cue, as we gear up for our Easter getaways, a perfect storm of flight cancellations, airport queues and technical issues are stopping holidaymakers in their…
How to dodge the travel chaos this summer
Right on cue, as we gear up for our Easter getaways, a perfect storm of flight cancellations, airport queues and technical issues are stopping holidaymakers in their…
Ex-baggage handler revives bid to rival Heathrow’s third runway
Hotels tycoon Surinder Arora is rekindling his bid to build a rival terminal at Heathrow as ministers delay a final decision on the building of the airport’s…
Heathrow plots revival of third runway to satisfy ‘pent-up demand’
A five-year charging schedule is due to be agreed with the CAA. Failure to acquiesce to the airport’s demands risks the “Heathrow hassle” of long queues and…
Heathrow chief quits civil service recruitment panel after backlash from airlines
When the job was first advertised, one industry insider said that airline heads had “certainly made their feelings known” to the Department for Transport. Nigel Wicking, chief…
From ‘wind shear’ to ‘wingstrike’, pilots explain the dangers of landing during Storm Eunice
Patrick Smith, a US pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential explains that the correct landing technique is “a slightly skewed alignment, with one set of tyres hitting…
Airlines’ fury as Heathrow helps pick Britain’s senior aviation chief
The head of Heathrow Airport is to help choose Britain’s most senior aviation official in a move that has sparked anger from airline executives. Amid a bitter…
Heathrow chief warns aviation could take years to recover from pandemic as passengers stay away
Willie Walsh, the former chief executive of British Airways owner IAG who now runs airlines group Iata, said last month the decision raised significant concerns on the…