London Luton Airport plans for 1m more passengers given green light December 2, 2021 Luton councillors have approved proposals to expand the airport’s capacity for an additional one million passengers, according to reports. The decision means the fifth busiest airport in the UK will see 19m people a year using the airport for their travel, according to the BBC, which first reported the news. The airport will see an [...]
Turn off Zoom: London City airport exec bullish on the return of business travel August 23, 2021 Business travel is expected to quickly rebound in 2022, as executives ditch Zoom calls and return to Europe, the US and beyond to press the flesh, a London City airport executive said today. So far, business travel has lagged behind leisure travel in recovery, as technological alternatives has proven cheaper and more resilient to the [...]
Heathrow Airport begins third runway Supreme Court appeal October 7, 2020 Heathrow Airport will today begin a Supreme Court appeal over the decision to block the building of a third runway on the grounds that it did not take into account the UK’s climate pledges. Back in February, the Court of Appeal ruled that the government had failed to take the 2015 Paris climate agreement into [...]
The government must adopt airport testing to help rebuild the economy October 2, 2020 Last month, the Prime Minister announced new curbs to control the rising number of coronavirus cases for at least six months – and the prospect of tighter restrictions or a second lockdown still looms large. The outcry was predictable: the measures are confusing, sometimes contradictory, and of course, there are concerns about the impact on [...]
Let’s end the airline monopoly over Europe’s busiest airport September 12, 2019 This week’s two-day strike by British Airways (BA) pilots is not just another blow for the brand and a pain for thousands of passengers. It is also a vivid demonstration of the pitfalls of letting one airline group have an effective monopoly over many routes at Europe’s busiest airport, Heathrow. Luckily, expansion at Heathrow provides the [...]
London’s bursting airports could harm the tourist trade August 30, 2019 London’s crown as Europe’s top tourist city will continue to shine despite Brexit, as it has done throughout our nation’s history. With its exciting mixture of high and low culture, history and (Tate) modernism – as well as fantastic food that has dispelled the country’s undeserved fish-and chips-obsessed reputation – it is no surprise that [...]
Heathrow announces longlisted innovation partners for airport expansion September 18, 2018 Tata Consultancy Services and Wood Group are among those longlisted to work on Heathrow's expansion, the airport announced this morning. The Innovation Partners process, which was launched in April, seeks to ensure the final third runway plan is efficient, sustainable and affordable, as well as meeting all the criteria of improving passenger experience, driving cost efficiencies [...]
Heathrow Airport expansion plans: Just build the third runway says business September 9, 2015 Business leaders are putting more pressure on the government today to move ahead with building a new runway at Heathrow. At an event in Westminster this morning, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye, Icap group chief executive Michael Spencer and Arora International chief executive Surinder Arora, among others, will call on ministers to make a [...]
Government procrastination must end: Give the green light to Heathrow expansion now September 8, 2015 As ministers return to their desks this week from their summer holidays, the government will be faced with the pressing issue of whether to back the expansion of airport capacity in London and the South East. This follows the clear recommendation of the Airports Commission in July to build a new runway at Heathrow. [...]
2016 London mayoral election: Conservative candidate Syed Kamall wants a London referendum on future airport capacity September 4, 2015 Londoners should be able to decide themselves whether airport capacity is expanded at Heathrow or elsewhere, Conservative London mayoral candidate Syed Kamall has said. The future of aviation capacity in London is for the people of London to decide, and should not be left to “unelected bureaucrats and vested interests to decide between Heathrow, Gatwick [...]