Heathrow Strike to Cause Chaos

A strike by UK public sector workers next Wednesday is set to cause chaos at Heathrow and other airports as border control union workers join the strike, the first time they have taken such action in the 28 year history of the Union. BAA who operates Heathrow and other major airports in the UK [...]

Heathrow Airports Personal Transport Pods

Recently going into operation after several years in development, the Heathrow Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) system is now up and running at the new Terminal 5, whizzing passengers around the airport in space-age looking pods! Here’s a video of the actual vehicles . It’s unusual to see such innovative transport ideas go from the drawing [...]

New Winter Weather Plan for Heathrow

Heathrow Airport has published its Winter Resilience Programme Update which is aimed at highlighting the steps taken and work implemented by the airport to improve Heathrow’s ability to cope with extreme winter conditions. This comes after December 2010 saw heavy snow fall which caused the delay and cancellation of thousands of flights at the Airport.

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