Airline drops outsourcing plans as Unite wins cost of living pay boost Airport operations workers employed by United Airlines at London Heathrow have secured a new pay deal which includes an improved pay offer and a commitment from the company to abandon outsourcing plans. The workers had ...

Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, today announces that following a competitive selection process it has renewed a contract for the provision of into-plane fuelling operations for Shell Aviation across its entire UK fuelling network, spanning seven airports. The contract ...

Menzies Aviation, the global logistics specialist, today announces a contract renewal with Lufthansa Group, which will see Menzies delivering a full suite of ground handling services to five airlines at London Heathrow Airport. The group contract, which commences from 1 November 2019, is Menzie...

Trade union Unite has called on Heathrow Airport bosses to get back around the table after workers again “massively rejected” a revised pay offer in a consultative ballot and the threat of strike action looms once more. The dispute involves security guards, firefighters, engineers, passenger...

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...

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...

Flybe and Virgin Atlantic are reportedly in talks about a sale or closer alliance a few weeks after cash-strapped Flybe put itself up for sale earlier in November. Last month, Flybe warned that its full-year losses would amount to £22 million due to falling consumer demand, a weaker pound and hi...

Cornwall Airport Newquay has announced it is delighted to announce that after many years of development, in just a few months’ time, passengers will now be able to fly directly between Cornwall and London Heathrow with Flybe. Launching services on 31 March 2019, the route will be flown using 78...

SafeCharge announced it has partnered with World Duty Free at London Heathrow Airport, enabling Chinese travelers to pay for their goods using WeChat Pay. According to VisitBritain, over 330,000 Chinese travelers visited the UK during last year alone, injecting over one billion pounds into the ec...

"The world is waiting for Heathrow," according to Emma Gilthorpe, Executive Director, Expansion at London Heathrow Airport commenting on UK parliamentary approval for development of a third runway at the airport. Now a date has been set for its opening. Speaking to Airport Operator magazine, as p...

In what it calls 'a world airport first', Heathrow has announced that the first electric-hybrid aircraft will not have to pay Heathrow’s landing charges for an entire year when it is put into regular service at the UK’s international hub. At the BusinessGreen Leaders’ Summit in London today...

Heathrow passengers are set for a biometric revolution as the airport announces plans for a full-scale roll out of new biometric services from the summer of 2019, according to a press release by the London airport. LHR stated: "The new technology will be a first for the UK’s only hub airport an...

As part of a continued commitment to put customers at the heart of its business, British Airways has recently announced a multi-million pounds investment in training for its staff at Heathrow - beginning with its customer service hosts at its flagship home, Heathrow’s Terminal 5. The investment...

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...