Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has announced it will operate an additional five-a-week service to London Heathrow starting from 31 October 2023 until 30March 2024. This temporary service will meet market demand during the busy winter season and offer customers more travel choices. Emirates currently serves London Heathrow with six daily A380 flights. The…
British Airways trials new digital wayfinding tool to support customers travelling through London Heathrow
British Airways is trialling a new digital wayfinding tool to help customers navigate through London Heathrow. The new technology offers maps of both London Heathrow Terminal 5 and Terminal 3, helping customers who are travelling through the airline’s London hub to locate their departure gate and points of interest including shops, lounges and restaurants. The…
British Airways announces exclusive new Whispering Angel lounge bar at Heathrow terminal 5
British Airways has announced plans for an exclusive Whispering Angel lounge bar, becoming the first airline to have a bespoke bar dedicated to the famed rosé wine. The bespoke bar, which will exclusively offer Caves d’Esclans’ Whispering Angel rosé, will be located in the airline’s lounge at Terminal 5 B at London Heathrow – often referred to…
Strike at Heathrow airport could scupper travel plans this summer
Security officers at Heathrow airport T3 and T5 terminals plan to strike for 31 days over peak holiday period. 7 Holidaymakers departing from London’s Heathrow Airport are bracing for a summer of travel chaos. More than 2, 000 security officers are planning to strike for 31 days during the peak holiday period starting June 24th.…
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place, Heathrow Airport
Ten minutes’ drive from all Heathrow terminals, Hyatt Place is a cut above its neighbours with rooms of a high standard. The Bath Road runs alongside the runways at Heathrow with Hyatt Place one of many hotels catering for airline passengers. If you’re just staying there to catch an early morning flight, it’s tempting to…
Ibis Styles, nr Heathrow Airport, London
At Ibis Styles there’s no frills, just a good night’s sleep before waking in time for that early flight from Heathrow airport. An early morning flight from Heathrow Terminal 2 meant leaving home at 3am and risking fatigue and the ensuing grumpiness caused by sleep deprivation. Nightmare. Ibis Styles hotel on Bath Road offered a…
Don’t fake disability to get fast-tracked through the airport pleads Heathrow boss.
Able ‘People are using the wheelchair support to try to get fast-tracked through the airport,’ says John Holland-Kaye Anyone listening to Nick Ferrari’s show on LBC would have been privy to a disturbing conversation he had with Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye regarding the plight of 20 wheelchair passengers. Nick Ferrari put this to Holland-Kaye:…
British Airways workers at Heathrow voted to strike this summer
The BA strikes could go ahead as early as July 8th. Seven hundred British Airways workers at London’s Heathrow airport have overwhelmingly voted to strike says the GMB and United unions. The walk-out is likely to happen during the peak school summer holidays and will include ground handling and check-in staff. The actual dates will…
Heathrow Airport asks airlines departing from Terminals 2 & 3 to cancel 10 per cent of flights
Heathrow airport has requested airlines operating at Terminals 2 and 3 to cancel 10 per cent of flights after hundreds of passengers were left waiting for over three hours to collect their luggage with no explanation. The airport also suggested that airlines could consolidate flights rather than cancel by moving passengers on to other flights…
London Heathrow faces a new harsh reality
5 million passengers traveled through Heathrow in April, with outbound leisure travelers and Brits cashing in airline travel vouchers driving the recovery in passenger demand which is expected to last throughout the summer. As a result, we have increased our 2022 forecast from 45.5 million passengers to nearly 53 million – a 16% increase on…
