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- BAA Could Sell Gatwick
- 15th May 2008
- Experts believe that BAA might be forced to bring forward their planned sale of Gatwick Airport if the company is unable to complete the £10 billion refinancing of its debts. BAA, which operates Stansted, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, has recently...
- 300 Jobs Lost at Gatwick Airport
- 15th May 2008
- Aviance, who are one of the UK's biggest baggage handling firms, has had to make 308 full-time employees redundant from Gatwick Airport, claiming that they can no longer operate due to the punishing financial restrictions that govern UK airports. Unite, ...
- Heathrow Crash Jet Caused by Cold Weather
- 14th May 2008
- Aviation experts have attributed the crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 jet at Heathrow to problems with fuel flow. All 136 passengers and 16 members of crew survived the crash, which occurred in January, although one passenger suffered a broke...
- Heathrow Responsible for Millions of Pounds in Lost Tax Revenue
- 14th May 2008
- Figures obtained by reporters at The Times indicate that over a quarter of passengers at Heathrow Airport are overseas travellers who are stopping there only to change planes. Since 1991, the amount of international passengers arriving at Heathrow Airpor...
- Heathrow Terminal 5 Boss Leaves
- 14th May 2008
- BAA has announced that Mark Bullock, the Heathrow Airport boss who oversaw the opening of the disastrous Terminal 5, is to leave his job. Spanish-owned BAA operates Heathrow Airport, as well as Gatwick and a number of other airports throughout the country...
- Heathrow and Gatwick Operator BAA Delays Refinancing
- 24th April 2008
- According to reports, the global credit crunch has caused airport operator BAA to delay the planned refinancing of their massive debt. Just last month, the business said that it hoped to have refinancing in place by June, although this is no longer likely...
- Snow Causes More Delays at Heathrow’s Terminal 5
- 23rd April 2008
- The weather caused yet more problems at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 this week, after the heaviest snow in two decades prompted a number of flight cancellations. Since the terminal opened at the end of March, it has been plagued by baggage problems that c...
- Scottish Airports Suffer Due to Heathrow Chaos
- 23rd April 2008
- According to statistics, passenger numbers at Scottish airports have dwindled due to the chaos surrounding the opening of Heathrow’s new Terminal Five. Airport operator BAA has said that the number of people passing through the country’s th...
- Naomi Campbell Banned from BA after Abusing Staff at Heathrow
- 23rd April 2008
- Temperamental supermodel Naomi Campbell, 38, has been banned for life from flying with British Airways after her recent arrest in Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. The charge occurred after the model rowed with B...
- Dead Man’s Baggage Lost in Heathrow’s Terminal 5
- 23rd April 2008
- The family of a man who died on a British Airways flight from Hong Kong have accused British Airways of losing his luggage at Heathrow’s Terminal Five. British airways confirmed that the man’s things were among the 20,000 items of lost luggag...