Why Do Heathrow’s Planes Fly Over Central London?
Ever been woken up by low-flying planes? Find out why they’re over your house and who’s to blame.
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Norman Foster Outlines Thames Estuary Airport Plans
Architect outlines plans for what would be the world’s largest airport.
Norman Foster Weighs In On Thames Airport
Bye-bye Boris Island, hello Isle of Grain?
City Airport View Is One Of The World’s Finest
The approach to City Airport has been ranked one of the world’s most beautiful.
Planes, Trains And That Ash Cloud
There’s another ash cloud heading towards us: the skies over Belfast are currently closed and the Met Office predicts south-east England will go the same way tomorrow and Tuesday, Keep an eye on your airline’s website if you’re due to jet off. Going overland might …
Boris Island Under Attack
No, not from a small army of Ken Livingstone supporters armed with sharp sticks, but from Medway Council who have branded the proposal ‘pie in the sky’. We thought it was more like ‘pie in the river’ but seeing as it’s been on, then off, …
Heathrow Terminal 2 Closes Today
Image by Matt from London from the Londonist Flickr pool Heathrow Terminal 2 is closing down today to make way for a major new state of the art building. Terminal 2 is the original terminal of Heathrow, and has seen several hundred million passengers come …
Heathrow Again Voted World’s Worst Airport
Image / Route79 Heathrow has again been dealt a drubbing by frequent fliers, who have ranked it the world’s worst airport for the second year running. A survey of travellers who take more than 17 flights per year saw Heathrow finish bottom of the pile, …
Mayor Defends Transport Strategy But Not Boris Island
Image of a maligned bendy by steve_w from the Londonist Flickr pool Boris Johnson spent time defending his transport strategy at the London Assembly
London Gets New Airport
Image courtesy of nic0 The enterprising souls at Oxford Airport, about eight miles outside Oxford, have hit on a clever ruse. They’re renaming it ‘London Oxford Airport’, in the hope of attracting gullible travellers by associating it with our beloved capital. . Clever stuff, you …
Yankee Environmentalists Take Inspiration From Swinging London (Probably)
Even as the Tories ready their secret fleet of Sipson bound bulldozers, our transatlantic cousins at Gothamist are having their own airport related tomfoolery with an organisation calling itself the Manhattan Airport Foundation. The group’s proposition, conveyed by a very professional website complete with quality …
