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Heathrow has turned airport noises into music. Here’s why

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The Independent UK

Virgin Atlantic: 5-year plan includes Starlink wifi and more posh seats, but not a return to Gatwick

Plane Talk: When Richard Branson founded his airline, only 5% of seats were better than economy – on some planes soon it will be 45%

The Independent UK

Heathrow terminals to play new track created entirely from airport sounds

Musician and producer Jordan Rakei recorded more than 50 sounds such as travellers’ footsteps, passports being stamped and aircraft engines.

Evening Standard

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Heathrow Airport in bid to cure nervous flyers with ASMR and engine music track

The track, which is designed to loop, is being played inside Heathrow’s four terminals and is available to download

The Independent UK

UK airports prepare for busiest-ever summer – and these are the peak dates

Exclusive: Fridays in July and August see the biggest crowds at five top airports, while at Gatwick landings and take-offs will be just 65 seconds apart

The Independent UK

OPINION - Who needs Russian sabotage when you have the Great British planning system?

A fire at Heathrow Airport had nothing to do with foreign interference, and everything to do with Britain’s shoddy infrastructure

Evening Standard

I try United Airlines’ business class suite — here’s what I love about it (and what I don’t)

The Independent’s US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill puts United’s Polaris business-class suite to the test on flights between London Heathrow and Newark. The seat can cost up to $11,000 on this route. Ted discovers how much bang you get for this big pile of bucks

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Heathrow fires: What caused the substation blaze which led to travel chaos

A new report unveils that a catastrophic failure by the National Grid led to the power outage, prompting an Ofgem investigation into preventable faults

Evening Standard

National Grid aware of fault behind Heathrow shutdown fire for seven years

National Grid blamed for failing to act on known transformer problem, while Heathrow accepted risk as a ‘high-impact, low-probability event’

The Independent UK

Fire That Closed Heathrow Traced To Unrepaired Transformer

A fire at an electrical substation that forced a shutdown at London's Heathrow Airport in March was likely caused by moisture entering electrical components, a problem first flagged in 2018, a report said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Fire that shut Heathrow was caused by a preventable technical fault known for years, report finds

An inquiry has found that an electrical substation fire that shut down Heathrow Airport in March was caused by a preventable technical fault identified almost seven years earlier

The Independent UK

Substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport was preventable, says watchdog report

Ofgem said it had opened an official enforcement investigation into National Grid Electricity Transmission.

Evening Standard

Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’

Ofgem opens investigation into National Grid as report finds incident that cut airport power was preventable

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow fire caused by preventable fault, report finds, as Ofgem launches investigation into incident – as it happened

Fire caused by ‘catastrophic failure’ on one of transformer’s high voltage bushings, a ‘technical fault’ most likely caused by moisture and first detected in 2018

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Evening Standard

National Grid blamed for 'catastrophic failure' that led to Heathrow substation fire, report reveals

Moisture in the oil at the substation was detected by National Grid as long ago at 2018 but was not tackled

The Independent UK

Heathrow, Edinburgh and Prestwick airports ‘must improve’ accessibility assistance, says report

Cardiff and Gatwick both ‘improved significantly’ in the course of a year

Evening Standard

What are substations and why are they going up in flames?

The latest substation blaze could have been avoided, a report has found

The Independent UK

British Airways Gulf flights cancelled and diverted after Trump strikes Iran and tension mounts

Exclusive: BA Heathrow-Dubai flight flew 5,000 miles and ended up just 500 miles from its starting point

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The Independent UK

Mother’s deportation to Gambia halted by judge after she was rushed to Heathrow at 3am

Lawyers for Fatou Tamba, who has been living in the UK for 16 years, say she has been left ‘traumatised’ by her treatment over the last four months

Evening Standard

OPINION - Air India, Boeing and the reason I'm no longer unafraid of flying

With a major Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash and another flight forced to return to Heathrow in under a week, I’m running out of rescue remedies for my fear of flying

The Independent UK

Football tourists help Manchester cement place among UK’s busiest airports

Northwest hub and London Heathrow saw passenger numbers soar for Europa League final in Bilbao between United and Spurs

Evening Standard

Heathrow says record demand shows ‘honest conversation’ is needed on expansion

More than 7.2 million passengers travelled through its four terminals last month.

The Independent UK

Heathrow issues fresh expansion plea after record-breaking month

7.2 million passengers passed through the airport’s terminals in May

The Guardian - UK

Investigation launched after deportee breaks free on Heathrow runway

Man apprehended after freeing himself from restraints and sprinting across runway at Terminal 2

Evening Standard

Stansted seeks go-ahead to boost capacity to 51 million passengers a year

The planning application comes as Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports also plot big increases in passenger capacity

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