The British-Irish Airports EXPO is the biggest-ever UK airports trade show attracting 160 exhibitors, and up to 3,000 visitors Heathrow’s spokespeople will be joined by key political figures such as Baroness Sugg, David Blunkett and other aviation industry experts as they speak at five specialist conferences over two days LONDON, 2018-May-29 — /Travel PR News/… Read the full press release
Heathrow collaborates with spoken word artist Caleb Femi to launch his new poem A Tale of Modern Britain Heathrow partners with London’s Young People’s Laureate Caleb Femi to describe Modern Britain and travel in 2018 New research into what being British means found that one in five Brits (20%) now travel to visit family… Read the full press release
LONDON, UK, 2017-Dec-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Heathrow Airport, alongside the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee (HACC), have launched a campaign to recruit a high-profile Chair to head up the new independent Community Engagement Board (CEB). The CEB will take on the role of the current consultative committee and was a recommendation by the Airports Commission,… Read the full press release
Heathrow becomes an accredited Living Wage employer as part of its vision for the airport to be a great place to live and work Accreditation from The Living Wage Foundation will see 3,200 airport workers receive the living wage in this first phased transition and by the end of 2020 Heathrow’s vision goes further than accreditation… Read the full press release
Chancellor urged to support British industry in Autumn Budget by scrapping uncompetitive aviation tax on internal flights Proposal builds on Heathrow’s efforts to improve domestic access to UK’s hub – saving passengers at least £24 million annually on flights to Heathrow alone, boosting domestic journeys by 8% and driving economic growth during key early years… Read the full press release
Heathrow sees its best April on record: 6 million passengers London, 2017-May-15 — /Travel PR News/ — A thumping Easter getaway helped Heathrow secure its best April on record. The airport welcomed over 6 million passengers, jumping 11% on the same month in 2016. The Middle East climbed 22% on the back of more… Read the full press release
Heathrow Makes A Major Push to Support More Offsite Construction in the UK Heathrow to use £16bn expansion to push growth in off-site construction in UK In a first for a major infrastructure project, Heathrow invites communities across Britain to showcase why their area should host one of four new off-site logistics hubs New… Read the full press release
Heathrow 2.0, the airport’s new sustainability strategy, launches new initiatives to make Heathrow into a centre of excellence for aviation Plans include a new R&D incubator, an ambition for growth from a new runway to be carbon neutral and at least halving the number of late-running departures to reduce noise for local communities Hounslow TW6,… Read the full press release
Heathrow cuts passenger charges on domestic trips by £10 Heathrow fulfils pledge to families and businesses across Britain by cutting domestic passenger charges by over a third – resulting in over a £500m saving The discount is a key part of Heathrow’s plan to encourage growth outside London by making it cheaper to travel… Read the full press release
Aberdeen, Scotland, 2016-Dec-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today announced (20thDecember 2016) that it is heading to London Heathrow for the first time next year to connect the UK’s largest international airport with Scotland, offering a choice of more than 40 scheduled flights a week from Aberdeen and Edinburgh…. Read the full press release
Javier Echave appointed Chief Financial Officer, Heathrow Airport LONDON, 2016-Nov-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Javier Echave has been confirmed in the role of Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect, having acted in the role on an interim basis. Javier is a highly experienced finance director having held senior roles in the UK and Europe,… Read the full press release
British industry and unions make an unprecedented joint pledge to back third runway through to delivery Government backing for Heathrow triggers immediate £50m of supply chain investment before the end of 2017, creating up to 2,700 new British jobs Contracts worth £460m will be issued before construction begins in 2021 95% of Heathrow’s procurement spend… Read the full press release
Airline now offers the best of fleet across its six daily direct flights between Doha’s Hamad International Airport and London Heathrow Thousands of Facebook fans tuned in to watch a live tour of the aircraft before the its return journey to Doha DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Oct-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways’ first daily regularly-scheduled Airbus… Read the full press release
50 new noise monitors are being added to more than double the airport’s existing network New figures show a 5.5% increase in the proportion of quieter, new generation aircraft using the airport Heathrow launches its second ‘Blueprint for Noise Reduction’ today LONDON, 2016-Aug-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Heathrow has begun the installation of fifty new… Read the full press release
Airports Commission unanimously recommended Heathrow expansion Heathrow will exceed the overall package of conditions the Commission set Measures include support for an early introduction of ban on scheduled flights for six and a half hours every night after expansion planning consent received and the necessary airspace is modernised Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye writes to the… Read the full press release
Progress reports against Heathrow’s 2015 ‘blueprint’ commitments to reduce airport noise, emissions and traffic are published today CEO signals even more ambitious plans for Heathrow to be environmentally responsible LONDON, 2016-1-5 — /Travel PR News/ — The go-ahead to install over 135 more chargers for at least another 260 electric vehicles has been given today… Read the full press release
MPs across the two main parties are united in the need for Heathrow expansion 68% Conservative and 66% Labour) 9 in 10 MPs say more airport expansion is needed in the south east LONDON, 2016-1-5 — /Travel PR News/ — The first polling to be released since the Government’s response to the Airport’s Commission report… Read the full press release
On 1st January 1946, ownership of Heathrow was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation Newly named ‘London Airport’ officially opened for civilian use on 31 May 1946 Today Heathrow manages 73 million passengers experiencing world-class facilities in Terminal 2 and Terminal 5 In 2015 Heathrow was voted best airport in the world by the… Read the full press release
Heathrow wins “2015 Airport of the Year” title at the Independent Travel Awards LONDON, 2015-10-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Described as ‘Best in the World’ by the Independent Travel Award panel, Heathrow topped other world class airports including Changhi Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as UK airports London City and Manchester to claim the… Read the full press release
LONDON, 2015-9-22 — /Travel PR News/ — In Heathrow’s latest bid to drive growth in the UK’s great cities and regions, new advertisements featuring Glasgow go live today across all the terminals at the UK’s only hub. The six-week partnership with Glasgow City Council is part of a year-long campaign seeking to drive foreign direct… Read the full press release
Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 will open its doors on 4th June 2014 £2.5bn of private investment in UK infrastructure Companies and jobs supported across the UK 20 million passengers a year will use the new terminal 6 months of testing involving 14,000 people before the new terminal opens 2013-06-04 — /travelprnews.com/ — Heathrow’s new Terminal 2,… Read the full press release