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Don't expect the congestion in the skies above Heathrow Airport to magically clear up anytime soon.
The British government will approve plans to add a controversial third runway to London's chronically congested Heathrow Airport, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Wednesday.
An environmental coalition led by Greenpeace has thrown a monkey wrench into expansion plans for London's chronically congested Heathrow Airport.
An expansion of London's Heathrow airport shouldn't be authorized without proof major improvements can be made in cutting pollution, Environment Minister Hilary Benn was quoted as saying Sunday.
Britain says it has delayed its decision on whether to build a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.
Nearly 40,000 travelers will remember U.S. President George W. Bush's stopover in London. Their flights were canceled or delayed at Heathrow Airport to accommodate him, according to British Airways.
British Airways postponed the transfer of most long-haul flights to Heathrow's problem-plagued Terminal 5 to ensure it can handle the extra passengers and baggage.
Looks great, doesn't work very well. That was the verdict on Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 building early Friday, as embarrassed British Airways officials said flight cancellations may extend into Saturday.
Opening day at Heathrow Airport's grand new Terminal 5 turned sour Thursday as severe baggage handling delays led to numerous flight cancellations, stranding many irate passengers.
The operator of Heathrow Airport is delaying plans to fingerprint domestic passengers after an independent watchdog complained.
Thousands of passengers had their flights delayed or canceled at the world's busiest airport Wednesday after a baggage system computer crashed.
British Airways showed off its new terminal at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, a light-flooded, gleaming white modern facility with some of the latest technology, a first-class lounge with a cinema and a five-story-high wall of windows offering a view of Windsor Castle.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed plans Monday to expand Heathrow airport with a third runway, saying Britain's prosperity depends on improving transportation.
Environmentalists pitched tents, erected a wind turbine and built a solar- powered movie theater Monday near London's Heathrow Airport as part of a protest against a proposed new runway and the environmental damage caused by air travel.
De Botton reflects on life at London's HeathrowDuring the summer Swiss author Alain de Botton spent a week at Britain's newest passenger hub, Terminal 5, as Heathrow airport's first ever writer-in-residence. His time spent in full view of passengers and staff would provide material for a book just published called A Week at …
Turbulent Air India flight as pilots brawl with cabin crewMid-air fight breaks out in cockpit after alleged abuse of woman flight attendant...
Britons Jailed For 9 / 11 - Scale Airline Bomb Plot "hree Britons were jailed for life on Monday for plotting a "terrorist outrage" on the scale of the September 11 attacks by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives.
Driverless cars with bug-eyed windows, arriving soon at HeathrowThe main gallery of the Science Museum contains George Stephenson's Rocket and a Model T Ford, machines that revolutionised transport in the 19th and 20th centuries.
British Airways to start daily non-stop service to Las Vegas from London HeathrowBritish Airways, an airline that annually flies 36 million passengers and has flights connecting six continents, will begin daily service between London's Heathrow International Airport and Las Vegas this fall.
Heathrow: Richard Briers digs in to help stop the third runway Yes, the latest guest to the Airplot is Richard Briers, who has dusted off his spade and started digging up the land earmarked by Gordon Brown for the construction of a new runway at Heathrow airport.
Microwaves 'improve fog landings' Passengers flying into Heathrow in fog or poor visibility will be guided in using a new microwave-based system. The existing Instrument Landing System (ILS) is susceptible to interference, meaning aircraft had to be spaced further apart on their final approach.
Muntadhar al-Zaidi was beaten, allegedly tortured, and remains on trial for the crime of hurling a shoe at George W Bush.
Protester Throws Green Custard On Lord MandelsonAn anti-Heathrow protestester has thrown green custard over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson as he arrived at the Government's low carbon economy summit.
Flight Crew Arrested Over Cocaine In Baggage Fifteen airline flight crew members have been arrested after cocaine was found in baggage - the second such incident in a month.
19th December 2008 Reading East MP, Rob Wilson, today blasted the Government for its failure to heed the warnings of environmental experts and the decision to expand Heathrow to accommodate a third runway and sixth terminal.
Government accused of using 'fantasy economics' to justify Heathrow's third runwayThe government was accused of using "fantasy economics" to justify the expansion of Heathrow airport this morning, as a row erupted over the true financial benefits of a third runway.
Heathrow's protesters bridge the class divideMilitancy, the kind that sees politicians pelted with abuse and rotten eggs, is a particular no-no.
Celebs and green campaigners buy Heathrow runway site from under ministers' nosesIn order to prevent Heathrow expanding and creating even more pollution, a group of politicians, celebrities and green campaigners have bought a plot of land earmarked for a new runway at the airport
Ingenious block to third runwayTHE environmental group Greenpeace has adopted an ingenious approach to blocking a third runway at Heathrow.
Thousands apply to co-own land that would block Heathrow's expansionIn one of the southern England's greatest modern property rushes, over 5,000 people signed up today to become joint owners of an acre of farmland on the line of the proposed third runway at Heathrow airport.
Cabinet rift over Heathrow third runway A Cabinet rift has emerged over the proposed third runway at Heathrow airport after Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, suggested that its development might stop the Government reaching its climate change targets.
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Heathrow plane crash caused by ice in fuel systemAirlines have been urged to implement safety measures to reduce the risk of ice restricting the flow of fuel, following the crash of a British Airways jet at Heathrow Airport in January.
Virgin looking at buying Gatwick AirportVirgin Atlantic has confirmed it is interested in being part of a consortium to buy Gatwick Airport. Its comments come two weeks after the Competition Commission said in an interim ruling that BAA may have to sell three of its UK airports.
BAA told to end UK monopoly by selling Gatwick and StanstedAirports operator BAA is likely to have to sell off at least two of its three London airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. This was the finding of a Competition Commission report out today.
Watchdog expected to order BAA's break-upAirports operator BAA could be ordered to sell Gatwick airport to a rival in a move that would represent the biggest shake-up in British airport ownership since BAA was privatised more than 20 years ago.
Fathers 4 Justice Protest Shuts Four Lanes Of M25Drivers are still enduring long queues several hours after a Fathers 4 Justice protest forced the closure of four lanes on the M25.
Terminal 5 still losing 900 bags every dayHeathrow's Terminal 5 is still losing 900-1,000 bags per day, it has been revealed.
Britain goes slow as trains, planes and ships cut fuel costsThe soaring cost of oil has led to the slowing of vehicles of almost every type in Britain, from planes to trains, ferries, merchant vessels, buses and private cars.
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