IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) has begun to trial the first electric terminal tractor, known as a Terberg YT203EV, at London Heathrow airport. This is the first electric Terberg operating airside worldwide. By replacing an existing terminal tractor with an ...

Aviation services firm Menzies Aviation completed its first live Mototok pushback at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which was carried out at Terminal 2 for Aer Lingus. The LHR team has since carried out 20 further pushbacks after that initial manoeuvre, the first outside of British Airways’ Te...

Airports Council International (ACI) World yesterday (28 January) published an Advisory Bulletin to help airports address the risks posed by drone-related disruption to aircraft operations. The airport trade body believes that, while regulators and police will likely be the authority in addressin...

Dr Michael Kerkloh, president of ACI EUROPE and chief executive officer of Munich Airport, spoke about the potential impact of recent drone disruptions at its annual New Year Reception in the European Parliament last night (January 22). The airport industry is mindful of the many new opportunities...

American Express today announced plans to open the thirteenth location within its signature airport lounge network, The Centurion Lounge, at Heathrow. This will be American Express’ first Centurion Lounge in Europe, and second outside of the US. Opening in 2019, the new Centurion Lounge at Heat...

Emirates recently celebrated 10 years of A380 operations at Heathrow. Since its first flight to the London airport from Dubai on the 1st December 2008, the Emirates A380 has carried more than 12.3 million passengers on 14,581 flights, clocking up more than 80,195,000 km in total. Commenting on t...

Japan Airlines has announced that it will be installing breathalyser systems in certain airports abroad after one the airline's pilots was arrested at London Heathrow Airport drunk. The airline pilot, Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested last month after he was found to be nine times over the legal ...

Heathrow Express has marked the 20th anniversary of sustainable service with a 36-metre long poster campaign created using some of the tons of rubbish left on its trains every year, telling the company’s sustainability story over the past two decades. The posters, launched this week, run along ...

Legal challenges to the proposed expansion of Heathrow's third runway have been greenlit for a full hearing. The hearing will potentially go ahead next year. Five legal challenges were posed against the expansion: from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan; Neil Spurrier; Heathrow Hub; Friends of the E...

Source: aol.com The border force at Heathrow Airport met its waiting time targets only once last month, according to data acquired by Virgin Atlantic, which labeled the findings 'frustrating' for passengers. The UK's Border Force was reported to have only met a waiting time target in 1 day out o...

IATA has released a statement on the recent go-ahead vote on Heathrow's third runway expansion. The International Air Transport Association welcomed the UK House of Commons vote in favour of the National Policy Statement (NPS) on airports. This opens the way to the long-overdue expansion of Heath...

The UK government has set out the next steps for the expansion of Heathrow Airport in a formally designated policy. A statement on the government's website reads: "in the House of Commons last night, MPs voted in favour of the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) by 415 votes to 119. Const...

GTMC, the body that names itself the voice for the business travel community has commented positively on the vote to expand Heathrow Airport. Adrian Parkes, CEO, GTMC comments: “We welcome the result of last night’s vote in the House of Commons regarding the expansion of a third runway. Th...

The Airport Operators Association has commented on the UK government's recent backing of the third runway expansion at Heathrow Airport. Responding to approval of the Airports National Policy Statement, Chief Executive of the AOA, Karen Dee said: “A global Britain requires connectivity to bo...

Baroness Sugg, the aviation minister in the UK, delivered a keynote speech at the British-Irish Airports Expo earlier this week which included comments on Heathrow's expansion, regional connectivity in the UK and the new report by the Civil Aviation Authority which examines the progress made by airp...