The Latest Breaking News from Heathrow

Business use of air travel ‘peaked in 2006’, said an economist

In the opening scene of Love, Actually, Hugh Grant’s character says how, whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world, he thinks about the arrivals gate at Heathrow airport. The reason is on screen: we see couples kissing, old friends embracing, children smiling and laughing as they jump…

Trans-Atlantic growth particularly strong with UK-US traffic rising 8%

More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month

More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month.

At present, only two ‘Lizzie line’ trains an hour arrive at and depart from the biggest of Heathrow’s terminals

Modernising airspace, reform of regulation, and getting planning consent are all formidable hurdles

IAG and Virgin Atlantic have urged regulator the CAA to prevent passengers and airlines being ‘locked into higher charges for decades to come’.

In a campaign called Heathrow Reimagined, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways’ parent IAG, AOC and the Arora hotel group have joined forces