Travellers at Heathrow continue to be affected by long delays caused by a technical issue with British Airways. One passenger who is currently stranded at the airport told the PA news agency it will be two days before she is provided with a new flight. Michelle Heinrich, a student and translator from Germany who lives…
British Airways Cancels All Short-Haul Flights From Heathrow After IT Outage
British Airways has cancelled all short-haul flights from Heathrow until midday and further disruption is expected throughout Saturday due to ongoing technical issues. The airline said the problem, which may also cause delays for its customers using Gatwick and London City Airport, is related to a hardware issue and is not because of a cyber…
Heathrow to Raise Passenger Charges by up to 76 Percent
Heathrow airport has been given the go-ahead to hike passenger charges by up to 76 percent. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced its plan to raise the cap on the west London airport’s average charge per passenger from the current level of £19.60 ($26.80) to between £24.50 and £34.40 ($33.60 and $47.20). The airline industry branded…
Heathrow’s Pandemic Losses Hit £2.9 Billion
Heathrow has announced that its cumulative losses from the COVID-19 pandemic have hit £2.9 billion ($4 billion). Fewer than four million passengers travelled through the west London airport in the first half of the year. It took just 18 days to reach that total in 2019. The airport warned that its passenger numbers could be lower…
Heathrow Passenger Numbers Remain Almost 90 Percent Down on Pre-Pandemic Levels
Heathrow passenger numbers remain almost 90 percent down on pre-pandemic levels and significantly lower than EU rival airports, new figures show. Airport bosses revealed just 957,000 passengers passed through its terminals in June compared with 7,246,157 who used the west London airport in June 2019. The number of passengers travelling through the airport covers the…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`