airports

Lefty politicians and anti-expansion lobbyists discuss London’s aviation problems.

Having grown wearily accustomed to considering (for aviation’s sake) Luton and Stansted as part of the capital, could Birmingham be the next conurbation roped into London’s orbit? Not quite, despite the Telegraph’s excitable sub-editors. Birmingham Airport’s chief executive is, however, touting his facility’s potential to …

A giant cloud of volcanic ash still lingers over the UK, with all airports remaining closed to flights until 01:00 BST on Saturday. National and international train services are under pressure to cope with demand. Severe delays are expected even after the dust settles, as …

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 …

BAA have released pictures of Terminal East, the confusingly-named, £1 billion replacement for Heathrow Terminal 2, which will close at the year’s end, and Terminal 1, which will shut up shop in 2019 when the new project is complete. Designed by Norman Foster’s firm, the …

Image / Route79 … that’ll be ‘row’ as in ruckus or bust-up, rather than a hark back to the area’s original name. A front-line Tory MP has caused consternation among the Bullingdon set by suggesting the Conservatives would revisit their oppostion to a third runway …

Image / Route79 By chance or design, two reports released today advocate, respectively, the building of a new island airport and the expansion of Heathrow. The British Chamber of Commerce made the sure-to-be-unpopular boast that a third runway at Heathrow would pack an additional £30 …

The big freeze continues. With little snow fall overnight, transport should make more handsome progress today. As trains and tubes start running again, here’s the latest travel information: Tube/DLR: Most lines report a ‘good service’ as of 5.45am. The sole exception is the Bakerloo, which …

Vauxhall’s Beaconsfield creative art laboratory is a good old fashioned artists’ collective with a track record for the memorably odd. Curating the Tate Britain for December’s Late At Tate, they sprinkled the galleries with the yeasty mix of stupid ideas and brilliant execution we’ve come …

Expansion plans at both Stansted and London City airports have been approved by the Government. Under the proposals, rubber-stamped by new Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon, another 10 million passengers will join the 25 million currently enjoying the jaunt Essexwards on the Stansted Express each year, …