Heathrow sale?

Heathrow’s largest shareholder, Spanish multinational Ferrovial, is reportedly assessing options over a possible sale of its 25% stake in the airport. The Madrid-based company is said…

London Heathrow & trade

Over 860,000 passengers travelled through Heathrow in July, down 88% on the previous year the airport has revealed. This reflects a slight uplift in passenger traffic, since the start of…

New lounge for Heathrow T3

Airport Lounge Development (ALD), a subsidiary of Collinson Group, and Swissport are to launch a new lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 in response to a significant increase in demand for lounge…

ibis opens new Heathrow hotel

ibis Styles London Heathrow Airport has officially opened for business.  The 140-room hotel is located adjacent to London Heathrow Airport and features a contemporary stylish design with…

Heathrow appoints new chairman

Heathrow Airport Holdings has announced that Lord Paul Deighton will succeed Sir Nigel Rudd as chairman of the Board when he steps down later this year.  Lord Deighton will guide Heathrow…

Heathrow boss steps down

Heathrow Airport’s CEO Colin Matthews has stepped down from the role. Matthews joined the airport in March 2008 and will leave after the new Terminal 2 opens in June. Under his…

Heathrow passengers increase 5.5%

The UK’s busiest airport Heathrow saw 6.9 million passengers pass through its terminal in July, a 5.5% increase on the previous year. The increase is being put down to 2012’s low base…

China firm to take Heathrow stake

China's sovereign wealth fund has announced plans to purchase a stake in the company that owns London's Heathrow airport. In a statement released on Thursday, reported by Xinhua, the…

Heathrow debate rolls on

The debate into the future of the UK’s airport capacity continued this week after a report and government stances were made. While the All Party Parliamentary Group on Aviation (APPG) said…

Heathrow sets new H1 record

Heathrow Airport has continued to see a growth in passengers throughout 2012, with June figures up 1.6%. The airport carried a record 6.2 million passengers through last month and it also…

TAM doubles Heathrow-Rio service

TAM Airlines has announced it will double its services between Heathrow and Rio de Janeiro this summer. The airline will operate six flights a week from 2 August using an Airbus A330-200,…

Heathrow traffic improves

Heathrow Airport recorded its busiest September this year with passenger arrivals up 7.6%. Figures from BAA have shown that an increase in long-haul routes has boosted operations at…

Qantas moves to Heathrow T3

SYDNEY, 29 OCTOBER 2009: Qantas today transferred its London Heathrow operations from Terminal 4 to Terminal 3. Qantas Executive Manager International Sales Stephen Thompson said Qantas…

London City Airport reopens

British Airways reopened London City Airport last night with a flight from Douglas Isle of Man carrying just six passengers. But it was a start. When the pandemic started, back in March,…

JetBlue for London

Talking in a webinar sponsored by the World Aviation Festival last week Joanna Geraghty, COO and President of JetBlue, was very positive regarding a London start-up in 2021 writes Malcolm…