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There is so much going on at UK airports, that it's hard to keep track. And this is where we can help. We scour online and offline news sources every day for news about UK airports. We read the stories and the press releases, pick out the facts, and we post them on this website.
Click on any of the links in the 'news @ uk airports' box on the left to find out what's happening at your favourite airport, look just below for links to the latest uk airport news stories or click on the links in the airport services section for all of the airport things you need. We also have guides to UK Airport Parking and UK Airport Hotels.
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The Latest UK Airport News Stories:
28.11.08 Norwich Airport boss to leave
28.11.08 ‘Gordon Browns’ in Heathrow protest
28.11.08 BA promotes exec facing price fixing charges
28.11.08 London City Airport policing costs revealled
28.11.08 Nigerian airline prepares for Heathrow flights
28.11.08 BA signs in-flight entertainment deal
28.11.08 Emergency exercise at Kent Airport
28.11.08 Boo.com to supply Ryanair hotels ‘for now’
27.11.08 Travel boss doubts BAA Heathrow pledge
27.11.08 Climate change expert backs Heathrow expansion
27.11.08 Newquay Airport forced to close
27.11.08 Ryanair says regional airports worst hit by APD changes
27.11.08 Bank expects BA – Iberia merger to go ahead
27.11.08 10 years for East Midlands Airport drug smuggler
27.11.08 Cardiff Airport lounge milestone
27.11.08 Suspended sentence for gun in bag at Manchester Airport
27.11.08 easyJet summer flights from Luton on sale
27.11.08 Leeds Bradford Airport parking cheaper
26.11.08 BAA would accept environment watchdog if Heathrow runway approved
26.11.08 Profits down 42% at Manchester Airports Group
26.11.08 £165m roads boost for Manchester Airport
26.11.08 Virgin call on EU to block BA – AA deal
26.11.08 bmibaby axe 5 Birmingham Airport routes
26.11.08 Durham Tees Valley Airport business park approved
26.11.08 Ryanair switch Dusseldorf flights from Stansted to Gatwick
26.11.08 BA to resume Heathrow – Saudi flights
26.11.08 Drunken air rage job jailed
26.11.08 Bee Gee bag problem at Gatwick
25.11.08 Miliband prepared to break pollution laws over Heathrow
25.11.08 Residents: we were right on Belfast City Airport noise
25.11.08 Ryanair pull out of Blackpool Airport over tax
25.11.08 Air Asia X announce Stansted – Kuala Lumpur flights
25.11.08 Ryanair say winter yields down 15 – 20%
25.11.08 Bristol Airport fills XL gap
25.11.08 Passengers down 0.7% at Birmingham Airport
25.11.08 Bristol Airport drug smuggler jailed
24.11.08 Air Passenger Duty to rise by up to 50%
24.11.08 Manchester airport join Virgin for Gatwick bid
24.11.08 No inquiry in to London City Airport flights expansion
24.11.08 Jet2 offer battlefield flights from Leeds Bradford
24.11.08 easyJet offer hotel ‘rescue package’ for Ryanair customers
23.11.08 Government watchdog repeats anti-Heathrow expansion stance
23.11.08 Aviation leaders call for air tax rethink
23.11.08 Freight down 70% at Kent Airport
23.11.08 Aer Arann to launch London City – IOM flights
23.11.08 Tea party protest at Manchester Airport plans
22.11.08 Passengers down 7% at Prestwick Airport
22.11.08 Passengers up 0.4% at Bristol Airport
22.11.08 Bournemouth Airport expansion ‘on course’
22.11.08 Emergency for Virgin Heathrow flight
22.11.08 Flyglobespan win another MOD contract
22.11.08 Heathrow T5 wins (structural) awards
21.11.08 Terminal extension next for Edinburgh Airport
21.11.08 Guernsey Airport users don’t want runway extension
21.11.08 Aberdeen Airport near miss
21.11.08 New Heathrow flights text alert service
21.11.08 Manchester Airport announce new retail outlets
21.11.08 Stansted retains environmental certificate
21.11.08 Monarch to operate Gatwick – Caribbean flights
21.11.08 BA makes more space in business class
20.11.08 Glasgow Airport fills gaps left by Zoom and XL
20.11.08 South coast airports suffer flights decline
20.11.08 BA boss: 30 year impact of rejecting third runway
20.11.08 Emergency landing at Birmingham Airport
20.11.08 East Midlands Airport boss defends runway extension plans
20.11.08 Blackpool Airport - £10 charge but free car parking
20.11.08 Edinburgh Airport runway project completed
20.11.08 AOA boss says new air tax will add £100 to long haul flights
20.11.08 Ryanair threaten to scrap Fuerteventura flights
20.11.08 easyJet delay plane order
19.11.08 London Mayor supports 2M Heathrow fight
19.11.08 New £3 priority security lane for Luton Airport
19.11.08 Pilots could strike over ID cards
19.11.08 Leeds Bradford seek bids for terminal extension
19.11.08 Cimber to add Gatwick – Denmark flights
19.11.08 Flybe considering Aberdeen expansion
19.11.08 United to operate Denver – Heathrow flights next summer
19.11.08 AirAsiaX to announce Stansted flights next week?
19.11.08 Newcastle Airport cuts parking charges
19.11.08 New Robin Hood Airport hotel opens
18.11.08 easyJet profits down 47%
18.11.08 Stelios refuses to sign off easyJet accounts
18.11.08 Revenues up at BAA
18.11.08 Emergency exercise at Liverpool Airport
18.11.08 Eastern axe Manchester – Stansted route
18.11.08 Ryanair cut Durham Tees Valley flights
18.11.08 Jet axe Heathrow – Amritsar flights
18.11.08 Man arrested at Edinburgh Airport over people smuggling
18.11.08 Ryanair announce two new Gatwick routes
18.11.08 Man charged over East Midlands Airport drugs find
17.11.08 Belfast International calls for Belfast City runway inquiry
17.11.08 Iberia says BA pension deficit will affect merger shares
17.11.08 Business back Coventry Airport appeal
17.11.08 Air France services hit by strike
17.11.08 Belfast Airport drug smugglers jailed
17.11.08 BA London City – NY passengers to pre-clear US immigration
17.11.08 BA to upgrade 737 engines
16.11.08 easyJet wins review of Gatwick charges
16.11.08 Northwest axe Gatwick – Detroit flights
16.11.08 2M win Heathrow runway alternation pledges
16.11.08 Ryanair to announce London expansion
16.11.08 Gatwick wins award
15.11.08 Stelios spat with easyJet board
15.11.08 Councils sign up to Gatwick agreement
15.11.08 National Trust opposed Cardiff Airport road plans
15.11.08 Ryanair to challenge EU support for Alitalia deal
15.11.08 Moody’s may downgrade BA
15.11.08 Ryanair flout EU fare advertising rules
15.11.08 Thefts at Bristol Airport car park
15.11.08 Durham Tees Valley Airport hotel could be approved this week
14.11.08 easyJet and Virgin to back Gatwick bid
14.11.08 Belfast City Airport applies for runway extension
14.11.08 Solihull Council to decide Birmingham Airport runway extension on December 15
14.11.08 Campaign group takes legal action over Stansted expansion
14.11.08 Concerns over roadworks near Glasgow Airport
14.11.08 Engineer maimed in Manchester Airport blast
14.11.08 TUI cut charter flight capacity again
14.11.08 Charity to fly from Prestwick Airport
14.11.08 Turtles seized at Manchester Airport
14.11.08 Heathrow T4 upgrade milestone
13.11.08 EU threaten Heathrow legal action
13.11.08 Scottish airports face ‘tough winter’
13.11.08 Bristol Airport walkway approved
13.11.08 BA execs in court over price fixing
13.11.08 Campaigners plan Heathrow decision flashmob
13.11.08 KLM use bigger planes at Durham Tees Valley
13.11.08 Council leader defends Heathrow support
13.11.08 Flybe plan Exeter Airport hotel
13.11.08 Virgin flight grounded by overheated toilet pump
13.11.08 Beattie win easyJet PR contract
12.11.08 BAA passengers down 6%
12.11.08 Menzies cut 600 airport jobs
12.11.08 Couple with four children try to smuggle drugs via Edinburgh Airport
12.11.08 Iceland Express to switch from Stansted to Gatwick
12.11.08 SAS to add Heathrow – Copenhagen flights
12.11.08 Manchester Airport runs online game to promote shops
12.11.08 Emirates to fly A380 on Heathrow route from next month
12.11.08 Durham Tees Valley taxi company continues to trade
12.11.08 Two awards for Flybe
12.11.08 Conservatives want direct Bristol – Heathrow train
11.11.08 Heated Commons debate over Heathrow
11.11.08 15 April start date for Stansted inquiry
11.11.08 Walsh pessimistic on US open market; says consolidation will speed up
11.11.08 BA passengers drop
11.11.08 Norwich Airport launch tours
11.11.08 BA stewardess stole charity money
11.11.08 Jet2 announce Manchester – Crete flights
11.11.08 Flyglobespan axe Aberdeen – Egypt route
11.11.08 New restaurant near Glasgow Airport
11.11.08 Virgin Atlantic win three awards
10.11.08 Campaigners say transfer passengers undermine Heathrow runway case
10.11.08 Ten hospitalised after Ryanair emergency landing in Rome
10.11.08 Airlines ‘only partially implement pricing rules’
10.11.08 Perishables hub opens at Humberside Airport
10.11.08 Qantas A380 superjumbo at Heathrow from January
10.11.08 AOA presses Government on air tax changes
10.11.08 Delta axe Heathrow – Seattle service
10.11.08 New Manchester Airport train platform passes test
10.11.08 Robin Hood Airport £90 clamping fee for OAP
10.11.08 UFO sighting near Bristol Airport
09.11.08 Last passenger flight from Coventry Airport
09.11.08 Eddie Stobart ‘to buy Southend Airport’
09.11.08 Bristol Airport could double in size
09.11.08 Ryanair face prosecution over lack of e-mail address
09.11.08 Edinburgh Airport campaign asks passengers to ‘lighten up’
09.11.08 Manchester is airport of the year
There is a lot happening at UK airports at the moment. Heathrow airport, the worlds busiest international airport with 67.9 million passengers in 2007, has opened a £4.2 billion terminal 5, waiting on a planning decision for a new runway (and sixth terminal) and has planning permission for another new terminal called Heathrow East. Gatwick Airport, the worlds busiest single runway airport (two terminals, but one runway), with 35.2 million passengers in 2007 continues to hope for a new runway in 2020.
These two London airports still dominate in terms of flights and passenger numbers, but regional airports growing at a much faster rate. The two other large London Airports - Stansted Airport and Luton Airport - where the UK's original budget airline started - continue to grow at a steady rate. Stansted airport will be the site the first of the UK's new runways some time after 2013, if it can get planning approval. However, Luton Airport recently scrapped plans for a new runway.
But it is at the the regional airports - led by Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Bristol - where the growth is much more dramatic. These airports have been transformed by the emergence budget airlines, all doubling in size over the last 10 years and aiming to double again over the next 10.
These smaller UK airports are not content with with short haul routes, the larger regionals are now picking up inter-continental routes too, and many, including Belfast, Cardiff, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, East Midlands and Southampton have set increasing the number of routes they offer as a key target.
Then there are smaller UK airports and even new airports adding routes and offering more choice and local flights to a growing number of UK residents. Many, including Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Coventry, Durham Tees Valley, Kent, London City, Norwich, Prestwick, Robin Hood have all set 1 million passengers a year as a realistic target. Some will even achieve it this year.
These are interesting times for UK airports. Keep up to date with all of the latest developments at uk-airport-news.info.
