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BAA have stuck a ‘For Sale’ sign in London Gatwick’s Sussex runway today in response to the provisional Competition Commission ruling to sell off 3 of its UK airports, preferably 2 of its London ones. Despite the ‘credit crunch’ and portents of city collapse, when …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve all been off at summer weddings: Digger-uppers of roads are to be fined for tardy completion of their work. A man has been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a Croydon teenager on Saturday. Could it be …

BA may have embarked on an advertising campaign to remind folk that T5 is “working”, but what’s a much better way of getting people to forget said terminal’s troubled birth? Show them that it’s by far the only problematic part of Heathrow. Last night some …

Flight fashion: it’s such a minefield of tricky choices to be navigated with the utmost care. You want comfort, as it’s unlikely to be found on the plane itself. You want something non-restricting should you be required to brawl. You want something that bespeaks a …

Two aviation stories in one day? Reports reach us that a major protest is taking place this afternoon near Heathrow. Now then – the row over a third runway is well-developed. In one corner, pro-expansionists cite the economic benefits to the local area, to London …

And it worked. After months of news items devoted to Heathrow’s T5, baggage mishaps, proposed terminal and runway expansions, and Greenpeace protests, the UK’s third busiest airport has finally said to hell with all that and made its own bid for a bit of attention. …

This Londonista popped to Terminal 5 at Heathrow – due to open in a month’s time – and live-blogged about it: It’s 7.35am on a grey Saturday morning, and I’m on the piccadilly line. Sure – there are better things to do with my time, …