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Heathrow’s new Star Alliance hub dubbed “The Queen’s Terminal”
TransportHeathrow may not get the extra runway it needs, but it’s been on a tear building new terminals. The new Terminal 2 that’s currently in progress will be home to the 23 Star Alliance airlines, as well as Virgin’s Little Red, Aer Lingus, and germanwings. Today Heathrow authorities announced that Terminal 2 would be known as [...]
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Heathrow’s new T2 to open in exactly a year, home for all Star Alliance airlines
TransportHeathrow’s new Terminal 2 will open its doors on 4th June 2014, with the first aircraft, a United Airlines flight from Chicago, scheduled to land at 05.55. Terminal 2 will eventually serve 20 million passengers a year and be home to 23 Star Alliance airlines, as well as Aer Lingus, Virgin Atlantic Little Red and [...]
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Airport industry bosses agree that Heathrow is a mess
TransportHeathrow has been branded one of the biggest airport problems by senior industry figures. Aviation bosses say the west London hub is too expensive and overcrowded, warning that its service may decline unless it changes course. Tony Tyler, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said Heathrow “drives me mad with frustration”, [...]
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Heathrow to provide free Wi-Fi to passengers
TransportHeathrow airport is to offer all passengers free wifi from Saturday. The London hub will offer online access without charge for 45 minutes per calendar day across all five terminals. Heathrow Rewards cardholders will receive 90 minutes of free browsing.
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Bi-partisan group of UK lawmakers says Heathrow needs at least three runways
TransportLondon’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, should be expanded with the addition of a third and even a fourth runway, a cross-party panel of lawmakers said. The building of a new hub airport to the east of the U.K. capital, as championed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, would not be commercially viable without “significant” taxpayer funding [...]
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UK’s best-known foodies to revamp Heathrow’s food offerings
TransportTwo of UK’s best-known foodies have been appointed as the official taste buds of Heathrow. BBC’s Masterchef show star chefs John Torode and Gregg Wallace were tasked with eating their way around the UK’s only hub airport in 80 plates and to set Heathrow a six-month challenge to improve the airport dining experience. The duo [...]
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UK aviation authority to shake-up rules at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
TransportLondon’s top three airports are facing the biggest regulatory shake-up for a quarter of a century, with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) poised to introduce different pricing regimes at each of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. In a radical departure, the CAA is looking to replace the outmoded regulatory formula at Stansted and give Gatwick more [...]
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UK lawmakers propose Heathrow name change: Thatcher International Airport
TransportOne of the U.K.’s major airports should be renamed to honor former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died four days ago, two lawmakers from her Conservative Party suggested. Stephen Metcalfe and Eleanor Laing, who represent districts in Essex to the northeast of London, made the proposal in a so- called early-day motion in Parliament this [...]
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Heathrow’s failures lose UK £1.5 billion a year says British business group
TransportThe U.K. needs to improve airport connections and expand hub capacity to encourage direct flights to emerging trade partners like Brazil, Russia and China, according to the Confederation of British Industry. A new daily flight to each of the world’s eight fastest- growing markets would boost U.K. trade by as much as 1 billion pounds [...]
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London Heathrow’s redesigned Terminal 2 may be the future of airports
TransportShould you have an appointment at Heathrow to see the future of flying, let me offer a tip: don’t fly there. My plane touched down on the northern runway on time, but there was no spare gate at Terminal 5. (This is the £3.4bn structure that, you may recall, was supposed to ease the squeeze [...]
