March 2010
10.03.10 BA strike talks deadline extended
10.03.10 Councils want new Heathrow regulator
09.03.10 Hopes of avoiding BA strike in the balance
08.03.10 New A380 departure procedure to reduce emissions
08.03.10 SAS add Heathrow – Stockholm flight
07.03.10 Tobacco seizure first at Heathrow
06.03.10 Unite offer pay freeze and 'new fleet' to avert BA strike
06.03.10 Contract signed to build new Heathrow terminal
05.03.10 Virgin plan Ghana service
05.03.10 BT lose BAA airports wi-fi contract
04.03.10 1000 cabin crew staff and wet lease planes to help BA break strike
04.03.10 BA passenger traffic up 1.1%
04.03.10 BA aim to sign Iberia merger by end of Q1
03.03.10 RAF jets scrambled after woman tried to enter plane cockpit
02.03.10 Airlines dismiss ‘Boris Island’ airport
02.03.10 Walsh urges BA staff to ‘pull together’ to beat strike
01.03.10 Big fall in BA sales on strike fears
01.03.10 Continental launch mobile boarding passes at Heathrow
February 2010
28.02.10 BA run ‘ghost flights’ to train strike breaking cabin crew
28.02.10 Flight to Heathrow cancelled after rat spotted in overhead lockers
27.02.10 BA cabin crew back negotiations
25.02.10 150kg drugs find at Heathrow
24.02.10 BA strike delayed during talks
24.02.10 O’Leary urges BA to take on union
24.02.10 BA in court again – this time over pilot holiday pay
23.02.10 BA make global marketing appointment
22.02.10 Heathrow recovering quicker than European rivals
22.02.10 BA cabin crew vote to strike
21.02.10 3500 staff to help BA break strike
20.02.10 Suspended sentence for drunk pilot
19.02.10 Unite lose BA High Court challenge
18.02.10 S&P downgrade BA debt
17.02.10 Third runway judicial review next week
17.02.10 Heathrow boutique hotel to reopen after refit
16.02.10 New full body scanners may be unlawful
16.02.10 US turn back BA Mexico bound flight
15.02.10 BA announce biofuel plant plans
14.02.10 BA / AA to receive US antitrust approval
13.02.10 76 year old admits drug smuggling charges
12.02.10 15 BA cabin crew suspended over web comments
12.02.10 Three arrested after 54kg Heathrow cocaine find
11.02.10 Snow hits BAA passengers
10.02.10 BA ask former cabin crew to help cover strike
10.02.10 BA passengers down again
10.02.10 Virgin axe Heathrow – Mauritius route
09.02.10 Labour continue to back third runway
09.02.10 Ice ‘probably’ caused BA Heathrow crash
08.02.10 BA cut Australian flights
08.02.10 Tripadvisor reviews added to BA website
07.02.10 Criminal investigation over runway expansion ‘cover up’
07.02.10 IBM update BMI’s self-service check-in options
06.02.10 Government could be fined over Heathrow pollution
05.02.10 Smaller loss at BA on cost cutting
05.02.10 BA and Unite talking again
04.02.10 BA / Iberia have not fixed merger date
04.02.10 Heathrow Airtrack inquiry delayed again
03.02.10 BA cabin crew changes to save £80m
03.02.10 Heathrow immigration blunder
02.02.10 Passengers warned 'no body scan, no flight'
02.02.10 BA / AA concessions on transatlantic partnership
01.02.10 Report says flight management changes could cut emissions by up to 95%
January 2010
31.01.10 BA an Unite go back to court
30.01.10 BA / AA discuss slot concessions for EU deal approval
30.01.10 BA ‘heading for £1bn recession losses’
30.01.10 Continental add New York – Heathrow flights
29.01.10 New runway pollution plan ‘inadequate’
29.01.10 Conservatives repeat Heathrow runway opposition
28.01.10 Union state their case against BA on video
28.01.10 Greenpeace wants to build Heathrow fortress
27.01.10 Aviance fined over Heathrow death
26.01.10 Unite say just 216 offer to train as BA emergency cabin crew
26.01.10 New body scanner trials to begin at Heathrow next month
26.01.10 A quarter of Sipson residents sell homes to BAA
25.01.10 BA starts training strike breakers
25.01.10 Union launch BA strike vote
24.01.10 TUC will try to rescue BA cabin crew talks
24.01.10 Two stopped at Heathrow over terror concerns
23.01.10 EU and US to boost airport security
23.01.10 Union urges ground staff not to help BA break strike
23.01.10 Striking BA crew face loss of perks
22.01.10 Conservative group backs Heathrow runway
22.01.10 Air France discriminates against fat passengers
21.01.10 BA will not face Easter strike
21.01.10 Iberia / BA deal next month?
21.01.10 BMI to launch Heathrow – Vienna flights
20.01.10 Ministers admit third runway will mean more short haul flights
20.01.10 Consultation on Heathrow runway ‘within a year’
20.01.10 BMI axe business class on domestic routes
19.01.10 BA to train baggage handlers / check-in staff as strike busting crew
19.01.10 BA cabin crew ballot dates announced
19.01.10 Ethiopian air stewardess jailed for drug smuggling
18.01.10 US flights down despite ‘open skies’
18.01.10 Watchdog warns on body scanners privacy risk
18.01.10 Sofitel Heathrow ‘best airport hotel in the world’
17.01.10 Environment award for Heathrow hotel
16.01.10 Swiss launch Geneva flights
15.01.10 Staff given ‘behavioural profiling’ training
15.01.10 Passengers support full body scanners
13.01.10 BMI to cut Dublin flights and staff
13.01.10 BA and AA push for antitrust approval
13.01.10 BA offers JAL Heathrow slots to stick with oneworld
12.01.10 BA respond to US Justice Department concerns over AA deal
12.01.10 BA start first class upgrade
11.01.10 BAA passengers down 0.9%
10.01.10 Unite announce new BA cabin crew strike ballot
10.01.10 Two charged over Emirates Heathrow arrests
09.01.10 Three arrested over bomb threat
08.01.10 EU countries divided on full body scanners
07.01.10 BA / Unite to hold fresh talks
07.01.10 BA passengers down 4%
06.01.10 US pilot admits drink charges
04.01.10 BAA to introduce body scanners at Heathrow
03.01.10 Brown confirms full body scanners for UK airports
03.01.10 New full body scanners ‘don’t work’
03.01.10 Express breaks airport security
02.01.10 IATA boss calls for passenger profiling
02.01.10 Heathrow launch gift list website
01.01.10 Gordon Brown orders urgent review of airport security
01.01.10 BA and Iberia ‘edge closer to mid-February merger’
December 2009
31.12.09 BA extend Amadeus contract
30.12.09 Airports under pressure to introduce ‘naked’ scanners
30.12.09 BA to axe first class
29.12.09 No problems for US bound passengers
27.12.09 Long delays caused by new security measures after fresh terror attack
26.12.09 Unite working on fresh BA strike ballot
25.12.09 OpenSkies switch New York airports
24.12.09 Air Canada to relaunch St John's service
22.12.09 US Justice Department wants BA / AA to give up slots
22.12.09 Qantas to operate Heathrow – Sydney route with A380
21.12.09 BAA wins airport sales appeal
20.12.09 Passengers left with no bags in overtime row
20.12.09 Segro favourite to buy Heathrow properties stake
18.12.09 Weather his Heathrow flights
18.12.09 BA strike blocked by court ruling
18.12.09 BAA profits up 16.8%
16.12.09 Unite slam BA 'macho management'
15.12.09 BA launch legal bid to block strike
15.12.09 Virgin and easyJet seek to profit from BA strike
14.12.09 BA cabin crew to strike; announce £3.7bn pension deficit
13.12.09 Oman Air upgrade Muscat service
12.12.09 Iberia COO joins BA board
12.12.09 BA website down for 6 hours
12.12.09 BA to keep OpenSkies
11.12.09 BMI boss confirms Heathrow slot sale rumours
10.12.09 BAA passengers up 0.8 percent
10.12.09 Loophole could see Heathrow runway approved without inquiry
10.12.09 Three more convicted over transatlantic liquid bomb plot
08.12.09 Airlines and Conservatives clash over third runway
07.12.09 MPs back third runway
05.12.09 Continental's Cleveland flights axed for good
03.12.09 BA optimistic despite passenger fall
02.12.09 Campaigners slam Government over runway support
02.12.09 Paddington check-in for Heathrow Express passengers
01.12.09 Heathrow eboarders rollout
November 2009
30.11.09 JAL passengers to use BA lounges
30.11.09 Heathrow T5 has world’s largest mistletoe
27.11.09 BAA sign Lufthansa loyalty program partnership
26.11.09 BA add summer Grenada flights
25.11.09 BMI to 600 jobs, 5 routes and planes
25.11.09 BA to return to Zimbabwe?
23.11.09 Terminal 2 closes today
23.11.09 BA’s Walsh refuses to compromise on staff cuts despite strike vote
22.11.09 BA interested in Qantas tie up
22.11.09 New Nigeria link for Heathrow
22.11.09 BA may move Concorde from Heathrow
20.11.09 BA crash survivors sue Boeing for $1m each
19.11.09 BA to increase Shanghai flights
18.11.09 Runway application could take 4 years
18.11.09 Big cut in transatlantic flights
17.11.09 Man removed from US Airways plane
17.11.09 Terror alert arrest at Heathrow hotel
17.11.09 Aeroflot moves terminals at Heathrow
16.11.09 BA expect pensions deal by Christmas
16.11.09 Heathrow hotel adds overnight parking charge
15.11.09 Union wants guarantees on BA / Iberia merger
14.11.09 BAA announce £500m additional capital for London airports
14.11.09 Walsh: Heathrow full; wants more slots
13.11.09 BA / Iberia reach merger agreement
13.11.09 Smugglers try to bring fake antique in to UK
13.11.09 BAA construction director to leave
12.11.09 BA / Iberia merger ‘agreement this week’
12.11.09 ‘Little or no interest’ in BMI’s Heathrow slots
12.11.09 BMI report £155m loss
12.11.09 S&P positive on BAA debt
11.11.09 BAA passengers down 1.4%; Heathrow up 1%
11.11.09 BA debt could be downgraded on larger loss fears
11.11.09 Heathrow Express Wi-Fi service now free
10.11.09 BMI in advanced talks to sell slots
10.11.09 BA cargo revenue down almost a third
10.11.09 ‘Drunk’ Heathrow pilot arrested
09.11.09 BA plays down strike threat
09.11.09 BA & BMI fight lost luggage compensation rise
09.11.09 Mouse grounds Heathrow bound plane
08.11.09 Union serves BA strike vote notice
08.11.09 Delay for Heathrow Airtrack inquiry
07.11.09 BA interested in BMI assets
07.11.09 Flying for business down 15%
06.11.09 BA makes £292m loss
06.11.09 Union legal challenge to BA changes fails
06.11.09 BA passenger traffic down 1.9%
05.11.09 JP Morgan to help Iberia with BA merger
03.11.09 New code share for BMI and Continental
02.11.09 BMI sale pulled by Lufthansa
02.11.09 BA receive union legal challenge
02.11.09 Mass meeting for BA cabin crew today
01.11.09 BA expected to report record interim loss
01.11.09 Six faint on BA Heathrow flight
October 2009
31.10.09 Union launches court challenge to BA cabin crew changes
31.10.09 BA expects answers on American alliance and Iberia merger next month
31.10.09 BA to pay Canadian price fixing fine
30.10.09 MP backs third runway to support regional flights
30.10.09 Lufthansa expect continued BMI losses
29.10.09 BAA pushing ahead with third runway plans
29.10.09 BA want to axe cabin crew bonuses
28.10.09 Star alliance partners could use BMI's Heathrow slots
28.10.09 BA to meet unions today
28.10.09 Heathrow giant poppy man
27.10.09 BA to push ahead with changes despite strike threat
27.10.09 BA: no need to give up Heathrow slots
26.10.09 BA / AA may have to give up slots to seal alliance
26.10.09 BA shares fall on broker sell recommendation
25.10.09 BA / AA transatlantic flights deal ‘to get the go-ahead’
25.10.09 Mass meeting for BA cabin crew
24.10.09 BA union could take legal action rather than strike
24.10.09 Unite urge EU to allow BA / AA transatlantic cooperation
23.10.09 Regional body gives up on slots chase
23.10.09 Final oneworld Heathrow moves next week
22.10.09 Heathrow named worst airport in the world
22.10.09 New baggage system for Heathrow T3
21.10.09 BAA offers to buy runway homes
21.10.09 Mouse halts Heathrow flight
20.10.09 BA says meeting with union bosses ‘open and frank’
20.10.09 Switch in Heathrow take-offs 'will cause more aircraft noise'
19.10.09 Business passengers down at Heathrow; up at Luton and Stansted
19.10.09 BA’s Walsh defends aviation’s environmental credentials
18.10.09 BAA to launch airport sale challenge
18.10.09 Jet switch Heathrow terminals
17.10.09 BMI sign Greek airline codeshare
16.10.09 Union warns BA strike could be ‘inevitable’
16.10.09 BA / AA alliance ‘won’t cost Heathrow slots’
15.10.09 'Transatlantic duopoly' concerns raised by Walsh
14.10.09 Walsh expects UK aviation recovery ‘mid-2010’
14.10.09 BA / Union talks start today
13.10.09 BAA deny backing down on third runway
13.10.09 BAA welcomes ‘airport regulation backtrack’
12.10.09 Ryanair 'could buy Aer Lingus and BMI'
11.10.09 BAA ‘to give up on third runway’
11.10.09 BA to impose new working conditions
10.10.09 Pilots oppose AA / BA antitrust immunity bid
10.10.09 Virgin launch agent website
09.10.09 BAA passengers down 2.6 percent
09.10.09 UK to oppose EU plans to relax airport liquids ban
09.10.09 Wolfgang Prock-Schauer new CEO of bmi
08.10.09 Unite threaten BA with strike action
08.10.09 Conservatives to include axing Heathrow expansion in manifesto
08.10.09 Council says Heathrow noise plan breaks EU rules
07.10.09 BA risk union wrath with 1700 job cuts
07.10.09 Heathrow hotel named world’s best
06.10.09 £50 to jump airport immigration queue
06.10.09 Walsh: Scotland needs Heathrow third runway
06.10.09 BA Passengers down 0.8%
05.10.09 Pilot flying hours protest
05.10.09 Virgin sign new Amadeus deal
04.10.09 Transatlantic flights hit by air traffic control failure
04.10.09 Virgin Atlantic coolest travel brand
03.10.09 BA to address EU concerns on AA joint venture
03.10.09 Heathrow Airtrack could close level crossings for 39 minutes every hour
03.10.09 BA / Iberia merger may force Vueling bid
03.10.09 BA has best ever September flight punctuality
02.10.09 EU regulators raise BA / AA joint venture objections
02.10.09 Lack of Heathrow third runway ‘costs UK £1bn a year’
02.10.09 Lufthansa takes control of BMI
01.10.09 Walsh says BA no longer in ‘fight for survival’; confirms BMI interest
01.10.09 Emergency landing for BA Heathrow bound flight
01.10.09 Etihad switches Heathrow terminals
September 2009
30.09.09 BA will cut short haul flights if third runway blocked
30.09.09 Heathrow T2 demolition starts
30.09.09 BA ‘expect clarity on Iberia merger next month’
30.09.09 Flybe confirm BMI interest
29.09.09 Unite slam BA over seat reservation fees
29.09.09 Expert says BA needs to cut short haul routes
28.09.09 Lufthansa seeks deal with SAS on BMI stake
27.09.09 Flybe ‘enters the race to buy BMI’
27.09.09 BA confirms JAL talks
26.09.09 Airport book to be launched next week
25.09.09 BA to charge passengers to pick their seat
24.09.09 Link between plane toxins and crew brain damage
24.09.09 Hacan reveals London’s most overflown boroughs
24.09.09 BA cut staff food subsidies
24.09.09 Award for Heathrow Airport duty free
23.09.09 New Chesham bus launched
23.09.09 Virgin launch online visa service
22.09.09 Aviation industry to make emissions cut pledge
22.09.09 BA steward accused of fondling male passenger
22.09.09 Company fined over Heathrow worker accident
22.09.09 BAA appoints new Heathrow retail boss
21.09.09 Liquid ban to be lifted in 2012 - and 2014
21.09.09 Government wants cleaner, greener aviation
20.09.09 EU set to rule on BA / AA alliance
20.09.09 BA long service award axed
19.09.09 Campaigners concerned Heathrow plans ‘mixed mode by stealth’
19.09.09 Drugs worth £25m seized at Heathrow
18.09.09 Government to push for next open skies phase
18.09.09 BA part of consortium working on JAL rescue
18.09.09 IATA sees signs of premium class recovery
18.09.09 BMI and Brussels Airlines extend codeshare
17.09.09 Cabin crew union slam BA management plans
16.09.09 Just 140 BA cabin crew seek redundancy
16.09.09 AUC wants 24 hour cooling off period for online flight sales
16.09.09 BMI cut Belfast – Heathrow flights
16.09.09 BMI cut Heathrow – Tel Aviv flights
15.09.09 BA / Iberia talks 'pick up pace'
15.09.09 Long life sentences for liquid bomb plot trio
15.09.09 BA train cabin crew with virtual tool
14.09.09 BA / Iberia merger to go ahead despite pension deficit
14.09.09 Heathrow Airport boss returns to London Underground
12.09.09 Surrey Council to object to Airtrack scheme
11.09.09 Virgin becomes latest airline to cut baggage limits
11.09.09 Heathrow punctuality improves
10.09.09 BAA passengers down 3.1 percent; Heathrow up 0.3 percent
10.09.09 Twelve groups interested in BMI
09.09.09 Government Committee say flight costs must rise to cut emissions
08.09.09 Unite seek clarification on BMI’s future
08.09.09 As plotters found guilty, new scanners could ease liquid restrictions
08.09.09 BMI axe two Heathrow routes
08.09.09 Heathrow cocaine smuggler in court
06.09.09 BA considering BMI bid
06.09.09 Empty planes flown from US for cleaning
05.09.09 Horse-drawn protest
05.09.09 British airlines dominate Conde Nast awards
04.09.09 BA passenger traffic down 0.7 percent
04.09.09 BA not expecting slot use waiver this winter
02.09.09 Etihad to open new Heathrow Airport lounge
01.09.09 New first class suite for Etihad flight
Older Heathrow Airport News Stories
Heathrow Airport News August 2009
Heathrow Airport News July 2009
Heathrow Airport News June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
Heathrow Airport News 2005
Heathrow Airport News 2004
To book heathrow hotels or heathrow parking at the lowest price, click on these links to two great heathrow parking and heathrow hotels price comparison pages.
