A new advert claiming that a third runway at Heathrow will not make the airport noisier or dirtier has now been ruled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. They went on to claim that the ad was also misleading for claiming that the runway would not go ahead unless local air quality meets EU standards on concentration of nitrogen dioxide. This ad has now been placed in many papers by pro-Heathrow expansion groups and was published in the period before the government’s January 2009 decision to approve a third runway at the west London airport.
The Advertising Standards Authority [...]

First impressions of the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow reveal Norman Foster at his mighty architectural best. Uncluttered, crisp, elegant spaces are combined with 10m windows keep the new building as free of artificial light as possible under an aerofoil shaped sweeping roof.
Foster’s visionary design will rank Heathrow, long an aesthetic and logistic nightmare, among the world’s best terminals.
Completion of the new terminal is forecast for 2019, a year which will likely see Heathrow almost unrecognisable from its current state, with upgrades slated for Terminals 3 and 4 along with an extension to the Richard Roger’s inspired Terminal 5. A [...]

London Heathrow airport has now just released details of its new £1 billion Terminal 2 building, which will eventually be used to house Star Alliance carriers. The new terminal, which was part of a large £4.8 billion investment across the airport, will have tons more floor space. The terminal will also have self-service check in machines, check-in desks, security search lanes, and fast bag drops.
Mike Brown from Heathrow airport said, “The new Terminal 2 is part of a major program of work already underway. Passengers traveling through Heathrow will be using new and extensively refurbished facilities which provide us with [...]

Gatwick Airport could possibly see a second runway expansion rather than Stansted Airport or Heathrow Airport with secret plans being created by the companies who are bidding to purchase the second biggest airport in Britain. On Wednesday of last week, the Competition Commission supported the idea effectively, calling on the government to change their aviation policy. Their statement threatens to reveal state policy during a period when the Cabinet is having a dispute over building a 3rd runway at the Heathrow Airport.
If Gatwick Airport is to have an expansion, as many as 300 homes would be destroyed. [...]

For travelers that are planning to park at an airport, pre-booking a parking space is now an option that Superbreak is offering its customers for many of the major airports in the United Kingdom.  Superbreak is a travel operator for short holidays, and now travelers can book a parking space with them if they are departing from any 9 of the United Kingdom’s major airports.  When customers book with Superbreak, they can save up to 60% on the standard price of parking that the airport offers, which makes this a very desirable option.
Travelers can secure a parking space for their [...]

The British Airports Authority and British Airways have decided that the London Heathrow Airport needs a third runway.  Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways, said in a transport conference that the hub in London need another short runway and a mixed-mode operating system on the two runways that they already have to supply more space for take-offs and landings.  He says that the lack of extra space on the runway is what caused the global network at Heathrow to decrease from 227 destination spots in 1990 to only 180 now.  The decreasing cycle, he added, needs to be [...]

There are 30 flights that are planned for transfer from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 at British Airways’ Heathrow Airport. This will be the second move in a series that was started on June 5th, and this new one is scheduled to start on September 17th. This next phase in the series after that will relocate 12 more routes to Terminal 5, which is set to take place at the end of October. There was a joint statement from the British Airport Authority and the Airway that said the aim of the relocations is to avoid the paralysis that occurred [...]

British Airways has slowly started the transition of moving their flights into the brand new Terminal 5 building located at Heathrow Airport. Flights are starting to arrive from destinations in Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States.
BA was hoping to have already completed the transition of moving their long haul operation but massive delays and luggage problems forced them to push back the transition date.
Because of the huge delays a lot of Corporate Executives at BA have been dismissed and intense pressure from investors are ordering that Chief Executive Willie Walsh quit. Willie Walsh did not accept his annual [...]