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Is Heathrow’s third runway the best solution?
British Airways (CEO Willie Wash) and BAA (CEO Colin Matthews) have called for the construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. This statement came after a business group, London...
SriLankan Airlines adds flights from Heathrow to Maldives
Starting October 26th 2008, SriLankan Airlines, national airline of Sri Lanka and previously know as Air Lanka, will start a new flight between London’s Heathrow Airport and the island nation (a...
Naomi Charged on the Terminal 5 incident
Naomi Cambell has been charged on the incidence assaulting two police officers during a luggage incidence at Terminal 5 of London’s Heathrow Airport. The incidence happened during the infamous c...
Heathrow Expansion: Anna Chancellor joins the protest
Anna Chancellor, the “Four Wedding and a Funeral” star is the latest celebrity to join the celebrity mothers protesting against airport expansion. From here -“The group will hold a ...
Terminal 5 Update: Heathrow’s Managing Director Quits!
Terminal 5 has taken new victim or should I say guilty as charged. Mark Butler, Managing Director of London’s Heathrow Airport, has resigned from the position at BAA. He is supposed to have left...
Heathrow Airport: UK’s dump?
Events in order - Terminal 5 Opening day (/week/month) Chaos with bags misplaced/mislaid, passengers mis-connected and a lot of delays. Since January 2008, BA has mislaid 28.9 bags per 1,000 passenge...
Terminal 5: My Story
Finally, I made it to the famous (read notorious) Terminal 5 of London’s Heathrow Airport. Entrance to the Terminal - If you are transiting, you take the Heathrow Express (from Terminal 1,2,3). ...
BAA: Breaking up?
BAA (British Airport Authority Ltd), the owner and operator of seven British Airports (2nd largest transport company in the world), is preparing the divest some of its airport. On April 22nd, the comp...
Terminal 5: The problems were known before opening day
During a March 8th dry run for testing the new facility, out of 100 transfer passengers (using volunteers who acted as transfer passengers) only 2 made their connecting flights. That is a 98% fail rat...
Terminal 5 Update: British Airways ousts two for the fiasco
It is about time that some accountability is assigned for the fiasco. The Terminal 5 fiasco is supposed to cost British Airways around $8+ billion. Two senior managers - Gareth Kirkwood (Director of O...
Terminal 5: Finally some good news
British Airways has announced that it will delay the shift of its long haul flights (and other flights from Terminal 4) to Heathrow’s Terminal 5. BA will postpone the move from April 30th 2008 t...
Terminal 5: Looking Back
Problem Summary from here - Parking - Road signs misleading, problems paying and exiting Check in - Not open till 4am on start day Baggage - The crux of the problem. Understaffed or belt system jam, ...
Terminal 5 Updates
The chaos at London Heathrow Airport’s $8.5 billion Terminal 5 has caused British Airways to reconsider moving its remaining long haul flights to and from USA. Earlier, it was planned, starting ...
Terminal 5 Upate: BA Pilots
British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said that the $8.4 billion Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport has become a source of “acute embarrassment” over passenger woes over bags and cancella...
Terminal 5 Update: Insider Story
A fellow blogger, Jayne Og who works at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 left me a comment on one of my earlier posts. She left her blog web address which is aptly named “T5 Launch”. The blog d...
Heathrow’s Terminal 5 Update: Snow leads to 100 Cancellations
Over 100 flights were canceled at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 due to heavy snow between 0700 and 0800 BST (April 7th 2008). This uncontrollable event adds to the Terminal 5’s woes that started o...
Heathrow’s Terminal 5: More Woes?
First the opening day woes, then Naomi Campbell, now 24 year old Scottish singer, song writer and record producer DJ Calvin Harris. Harris was flying from US to London’s Heathrow (Terminal 5) wh...
Naomi Campbell arrested at London Airport
Earlier today (April 3rd 2008) British supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested for investigation of assaulting a police officer at London’s Heathrow Airport. She was arrested after she boarded a ...