Huge discounts on Heathrow Connect to encourage commuting

Airport staff are being offered huge 75 per cent discounts on season tickets with the Heathrow Connect service in a bid to get more of them to use it for commuting. The discount applies to weekly, monthly or annual season tickets compared to the normal price and is available from 1 September. Heathrow Connect, operated [...]

Heathrow gets stuck into British food

The best of traditional British cuisine, including fish and chips, crumpets and pork pies, is on the menu for Heathrow pasengers as the airport launches its first-ever British Food Fortnight. From the 26 August – 12 September, more than 20 restaurants, bars and cafés across the terminals are highlighting some of the nation’s favourite treats [...]

Virgin Atlantic name dominates new livery

Virgin Atlantic has unveiled its new aircraft livery – with the company name emblazoned down the length of the fuselage. The first jet to display the branding is a Boeing 747-400 but it will be applied to all of Virgin’s 38 aircraft as well as elements of the company’s signage, communication and advertising, the company [...]

Photographer Dennis gets ‘key’ to Heathrow

Congratulations to our old friend Dennis Stone on receiving the ‘key’ to Heathrow after a lifetime of photography at the airport. We’ve worked alongside him for many years and he represents a great tradition of gentler news photography, where politeness and relationships are the name of the game. He’s been on first name terms with [...]

British Airways targets smartphone users

British Airways has launched an innovative check-in tool for the rapidly increasing number of smart phone users. Executive Club iPhone users can use the new ‘app’ to display mobile boarding passes on their phones, which can be scanned check-in areas to speed up and enhance the boarding process In addition, customers using Android and Blackberry devices [...]

2010 Farnborough air show sees new airline orders for Boeing, Airbus

It was a busy week at this year’s Farnborough Air Show, and as usual some of the world’s major airlines placed big orders with the two big aircraft manufacturers; Boeing and Airbus. The show’s first day of business saw Dubai-based airline Emirates place an order with Boeing for 30 of its 777-300s in a deal [...]

‘Perfect flight’ exercise produces important data

Britain’s aviation industry has come together to reach an important environmental milestone, turning the normal Saturday evening service from Heathrow to Edinburgh into the UK’s first “perfect flight”. To the passengers it seemed just like an ordinary flight but every factor within the journey – from pushback from the stand and taxiing to an optimised [...]

Third Heathrow runway ‘vital’ for Britain – report

     The government’s decision to abandon plans for a third runway at Heathrow could significantly damage Britain’s competitiveness, an engineering lobby group has warned.      The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said the government’s approach to airport capacity could “seriously undermine the UK’s global connectivity and competitiveness, and see us lagging behind North European rivals.” [...]

Huge cargo warehouse fire at Heathrow

       More than 100 fightfighters battled a huge blaze at a Heathrow warehouse – although no flights were affected.      The fire, at the Servisair warehouse in the heart of the airport’s cargo area, is believed to have started in a fork-lift truck and rapidly spread throughout the large building.      There were no injuries [...]

Campaign promotes Heathrow’s shopping deals

     A major advertising campaign has been launched to promote the advantages of shopping at Heathrow rather than London’s west end.      Using the tagline ‘Heathrow shopping the West End for less’, it will target passengers from both the UK and abroad to communicate the average 15 per cent saving compared to the capital’s West End [...]

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