Author of the best selling Man and Boy, Tony Parsons, has taken up residence at Heathrow Airport where he will observe and interview passengers and staff for a new book of short stories. Parsons follows the example of Alain de Botton, the writer and philosopher, who penned a diary about his experiences behind-the-scenes at Terminal [...]

The owners of Heathrow Airport have admitted that thousands of passengers could remain stranded over Christmas. BAA said that severe weather meant it would have to cancel around two-thirds of the flights coming into and going out of the country’s busiest airport until at least the middle of the week.
Currently, the airport is only able [...]

The UK’s flagship carrier, British Airways has announced that the three-day strike by cabin crew had cost the airline £21 million less than previously expected, while two out of three flights managed to take off on Monday as the strike came to an end.
Despite the airline showing a high level of confidence, shares closed down one [...]

Temperatures in some parts of the U.K. last night fell below -21C meaning that it was colder outside that it would have been in a domestic freezer and there are no signs that there will be a let up in the near future. Another day of freezing weather means that many schools throughout the country [...]

As temperatures begin to creep above freezing across the U.K. and the rest of Europe transport services try to get back to normal. Eurostar say that at last it is beginning to clear its backlog of passengers and that it is doing its best to find seats for those who have tickets. It says that [...]

Philosopher Alain de Botton is being given full access to London’s Heathrow Airport.   Living for a week in Terminal Five, this writer in residence of sorts hopes to chronicle the stories of travelers and capture the overall feeling of what it is like to be in an airport.    Once completed, Heathrow Airport plans to give [...]

Financially-strapped airlines in Europe have asserted that increases in airport fees make it difficult for them to deal with the economic downturn as passenger traffic continues to decline.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) is saying that airports in the region “could do with a reality check” when considering introducing fees that passengers are required to [...]

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In June, air passenger traffic at major UK airports fell to its lowest level in nine months, according to figures released by airports operator BAA.
The figures show 12.7 million passengers passing through the operator’s airports during the month, which was 5.9 per cent lower than in June of 2008.
In May, the decline was 7.3 per [...]