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  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Heathrow expansion
    Labour signals ‘open-minded’ approach to Heathrow third runway

    Controversial proposals for airport expansion would have to meet four tests, including on climate

    A BA plane comes in to land at Heathrow
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Heathrow forced to cut airline landing fees

    Civil Aviation Authority decision follows lengthy dispute between the airport and airlines

    A British Airways Boeing 747 comes in to land at Heathrow aiport in London
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Manchester Airports Group seeks international expansion

    CEO O’Toole lays out plans for commercial deals to manage facilities overseas as industry recovers from pandemic

    Passengers at London Stansted Airport
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Heathrow
    Heathrow vows ‘robust’ plan as it faces record-breaking passenger numbers and strikes

    Surging demand comes amid biggest shake-up of airport’s ownership since privatisation in 1990s

    Passengers at Heathrow airport
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    UK delays new airport security scanners deadline

    Fresh extension means travel hubs have until June 2025 to install technology that promises to cut queues

    People wait at check-in desks at Gatwick
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Gatwick Airport Ltd
    Gatwick plans first shareholder dividend in five years

    UK’s second-largest airport expects passenger numbers to be back at pre-pandemic levels in 2025

    Passengers queue at Gatwick airport passport control
  • Thursday, 14 March, 2024
    NATS Ltd
    Working from home made UK air traffic control chaos worse, report finds

    Big outage in August 2023 ‘more protracted’ because engineers were not in the office

    Passengers waiting at Stansted airport, near London, on August 29, 2023 after air traffic control chaos hit flights
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Private equity group Carlyle to take control of London airport

    Deal between buyout group and Esken ends months of wrangling over future of Southend airport

    London Southend Airport
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    News in-depthHeathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Thomas Woldbye, the Dane now charting Heathrow’s future

    Former Copenhagen airport head will need to smooth relations with airlines and make a decision on a third runway

    Thomas Woldbye
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Heathrow looks to expand capacity as it records profit for first time since pandemic

    UK airport forecasts passenger numbers this year reaching all-time high

    Inside Heathrow Airport
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Carlyle in talks with London airport owner to resolve loan row

    Esken considers new funding deal for struggling Southend airport in exchange for giving up control

    Outside London Southend airport, in Essex
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    Carlyle Group LP
    Carlyle seeks early loan repayment from London Southend Airport owner

    US private equity group and aviation group Esken have been embroiled in a legal row for months over convertible loan

    London Southend Airport
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    More Heathrow shareholders plan to sell stakes alongside Ferrovial

    USS, Canada’s CDPQ and Singapore’s GIC push to exit, putting £2.4bn deal with Saudis and private equity at risk

    A British Airways aircraft takes off from Heathrow
  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Why Saudi Arabia and private equity have landed stakes in Heathrow

    Two new shareholders, PIF and Ardian could increase their investment further as part of airport’s ownership structure

    Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport, London, UK
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Heathrow expansion
    Heathrow airport explores options for smaller expansion

    Focus on cheaper improvements rather than third runway being considered as new chief launches review

    Heathrow airport
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    LexHeathrow
    Heathrow: Ferrovial departure looks well timed Premium content

    The congested London travel hub is something of a trophy asset

    A British Airways Boeing 777 takes off from Heathrow airport
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Heathrow
    Saudi PIF and Ardian to buy 25% stake in Heathrow airport for £2.4bn

    Ferrovial selling holdings after 17 years

    Heathrow airport arrivals
  • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
    Gatwick Airport Ltd
    Airline chiefs press Gatwick airport to improve performance

    Executives are worried about more disruption next year unless staffing issues in the control tower are resolved

    View of Gatwick airport’s air traffic control tower from a field
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    NATS Ltd
    UK air traffic controller can raise airline fees by 26%, says regulator

    Approval by Civil Aviation Authority follows systems failure disruption to August bank holiday travel

    A plane takes off from Heathrow Airport.
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Heathrow cuts losses after ‘extraordinary’ summer

    UK’s biggest airport raises passenger forecasts following travel boom

    Passengers walking between terminals at Heathrow airport, London in May 2023
  • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
    UK watchdog backs CAA decision to cut Heathrow’s landing fees

    Airport and airlines had lodged appeals against ruling that London hub should reduce its charges by a fifth

    A British Airways flight lands at Heathrow airport
  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
    UK’s Luton airport reopens after car park blaze

    Thousands of passengers affected by cancelled flights as fire service battled for 12 hours to extinguish flames

    An image from a video released by Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service showing the top level of the car park ablaze. A fire command vehicle can be seen in the foreground
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    Will Heathrow’s third runway finally go ahead?

    A new chief executive and a boom in travel could resurrect the stalled project. But rising costs and environmental concerns stand in the way

    Montage image of Heathrow, an aircraft and protesters objecting to a third runway
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Gatwick cancels more than 160 flights because of ATC staff shortages

    London’s second-busiest airport to impose cap on departures and arrivals for rest of week

    Gatwick terminal
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK government ignored advice to identify buildings with lightweight concrete

    Raac found in Heathrow and Gatwick airports as university building forced to close

    Gatwick airport
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