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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:
31.12.08 Campaign group release footage of broken Heathrow promises
31.12.08 Name change for Cardiff Airport?
31.12.08 Leeds Bradford Airport in talks over Frankfurt flights
31.12.08 Virgin to offer London - Puerto Rico flights
30.12.08 Liverpool Airport to launch carbon capture initiative
30.12.08 Freezing fog hits Inverness flights
30.12.08 Man fined over drunken incident at Aberdeen Airport
30.12.08 bmibaby announce Cardiff – Menorca flights
29.12.08 Five groups plan Gatwick bids
29.12.08 New oneworld moves at Heathrow
29.12.08 Big drop in transatlantic flights
29.12.08 Man flies on sister’s passport
28.12.08 EU rules airlines must pay out for delays
28.12.08 Iberia employ consultants to look at BA pension deficit
27.12.08 Cardiff Airport road plans ‘put on back burner’
27.12.08 Flyglobespan announce Glasgow – Canada flights
26.12.08 BAA expects Gatwick to raise £1.8bn
26.12.08 Thomson ‘not pulling out of Robin Hood Airport’
26.12.08 Virgin and easyJet pull out of Gatwick bidding
26.12.08 Glasgow Airport rail link ‘two years late’
25.12.08 BAA predict passenger drop
25.12.08 Blackpool Airport not concerned about Carlisle plan
25.12.08 Thameslink platform extensions completed at Luton Airport
25.12.08 Big heroin bust at Gatwick Airport
24.12.08 ‘Drunk’ pilot removed from Heathrow plane
24.12.08 BA axe London City – Warsaw flights
24.12.08 Flyglobespan add Edinburgh – Turkey flight
24.12.08 Monarch add scheduled flights
24.12.08 Continental Cleveland flights to switch from Gatwick to Heathrow
23.12.08 Virgin hope to create ‘true network carrier’ at Heathrow with bmi deal
23.12.08 Which? slam in-flight food costs
23.12.08 Aer Lingus to resume Heathrow – Shannon flights
23.12.08 Parking fees increased at Liverpool Airport
23.12.08 New Birmingham Airport rail link
23.12.08 Flybe announce Kent Airport – Jersey flights
22.12.08 Drop in Derry Airport flights ‘temporary’
22.12.08 BA place regional jets order
22.12.08 DJ denies Glasgow Airport drugs charge
22.12.08 Liverpool Airport expects 120,000 Christmas getaway
22.12.08 Flybe announce Humberside – Jersey flights
22.12.08 Ryanair ½m seat giveaway
21.12.08 Flybe wants Southampton Airport sale
21.12.08 Clown on charity flight strip searched at Birmingham Airport
21.12.08 BAA push ahead with Edinburgh Airport development
21.12.08 GP bosses want to restrict traffic at East Midlands Airport
21.12.08 Prestwick Airport policing costs row
21.12.08 Green light for Glasgow Airport rail link work
20.12.08 Brown backs Heathrow expansion
20.12.08 Newquay Airport to reopen today
20.12.08 Bristol Airport passengers down 12.3%
20.12.08 Belfast City Airport protest
20.12.08 Milestone for Birmingham Airport
20.12.08 US seek more information on BA – AA alliance
19.12.08 Campaigners say Heathrow third runway planned before Terminal 5
19.12.08 Flybe oppose Belfast City Airport expansion
19.12.08 Aer Lingus announce Gatwick base
19.12.08 SNP back Edinburgh Airport sale
19.12.08 Prestwick Airport passengers down 6%
19.12.08 Newcastle Airport sign Thomas Cook deal
18.12.08 BAA to fight airport break up
18.12.08 Secret plans for second Gatwick runway
18.12.08 ‘No rationale’ for Edinburgh Airport sale
18.12.08 Labour MPs want Heathrow runway vote
18.12.08 BA / Qantas drop merger talks
18.12.08 Ryanair wins European Court subsidies case
17.12.08 BAA to be forced to sell 3 airports
17.12.08 Virgin to withhold payment over Gatwick closure
17.12.08 Boris slams Heathrow expansion plans
17.12.08 Pilot ‘I'm not qualified to land this plane’
17.12.08 BA and Virgin cut fuel surcharge
17.12.08 easyJet director joins NATS board
16.12.08 Birmingham Airport runway extension ‘to be approved’
16.12.08 Doctor guilty of Glasgow Airport terror attack
16.12.08 Humberside Airport sale scrapped
16.12.08 Edinburgh Airport link road ‘not a priority’
16.12.08 New fire station for Bristol Airport
16.12.08 bmi scrap short haul fuel surcharge
15.12.08 Council says Heathrow decision delay shows Government losing argument
15.12.08 Record November at Birmingham Airport
15.12.08 Luton Airport top for growth
15.12.08 Night flight curbs for Southend Airport
15.12.08 bmi testing in-flight text and email
15.12.08 Turkish Airlines begin flights to Birmingham
14.12.08 Heathrow plans concern Environment Minister
14.12.08 BA seeks flexible working
14.12.08 No choice but to spend millions on Guernsey Airport
14.12.08 Gatwick Express to run to Brighton
14.12.08 Aberdeen Airport shuttle bus to take off this week
14.12.08 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
13.12.08 FT: BAA to be forced to sell three airports
13.12.08 Strike threat at Newcastle Airport
13.12.08 Falling passengers hit Gatwick sale price
13.12.08 Ryanair suffer Aer Lingus bid setback
13.12.08 Soldier fined, security guard sacked over ‘stupid’ gun stunt at Edinburgh Airport
13.12.08 Flybe announce Gatwick – Newquay flights
12.12.08 BAA passengers down 8.9%
12.12.08 London City Airport changes for Air France / KLM
12.12.08 Plane Stupid plan Heathrow protest
12.12.08 easyJet announce 4 new Gatwick routes
12.12.08 Big cannabis find at Cardiff Airport
12.12.08 Flybe double Jersey flights from Robin Hood Airport
11.12.08 ‘Extreme weather’ closes Gatwick
11.12.08 Stansted runway plans delayed
11.12.08 London City Airport expects busy December
11.12.08 Virgin seek compensation over fresh Dreamliner delays
11.12.08 Offer made for Gloucester Airport
11.12.08 Teleticket add Belfast Airport flights
10.12.08 Virgin in talks with Lufthansa over bmi
10.12.08 Cardiff Airport says Welsh Assembly ‘un-business like’
10.12.08 Lufthansa mobile boarding pass for Manchester Airport
10.12.08 Aer Lingus mark first birthday at Belfast Airport
10.12.08 New summer sun flights from Glasgow Airport
10.12.08 Ryanair axe Fuerteventura routes
09.12.08 BAA to face service failure fines at Stansted
09.12.08 IATA: airlines to lose $5bn this year; $2.5bn next
09.12.08 Ryanair want Stansted security breach answers
09.12.08 Another laser attack at Edinburgh Airport
09.12.08 Weather closes Robin Hood Airport
09.12.08 Virgin add long haul Manchester flights
09.12.08 Giant plane at Durham Tees Valley Airport
08.12.08 Environmental protest hits Stansted flights
08.12.08 Belfast City Airport consultation ‘a sham’
08.12.08 Qantas CEO: major obstacles for BA deal
08.12.08 Newcastle Airport top for flight punctuality
08.12.08 Liverpool Airport worker suspended over race hate comments
08.12.08 Visits to airline websites drop
07.12.08 BA cut Gatwick jobs / flights
07.12.08 Irish Government ‘more open to Ryanair Aer Lingus bid’
07.12.08 Birmingham Airport published ‘misleading’ emissions figures
07.12.08 Ryanair website ‘breaking EU laws’
07.12.08 bmibaby announce East Midlands – Menorca flights
07.12.08 Northern Foods wins BA catering contract
06.12.08 Staff accuse BA of bullying over Glasgow Airport base closure
06.12.08 Business leader ‘misleading the public’ on Heathrow expansion
06.12.08 Profits double at Jet2
06.12.08 Ferrovial want Gatwick bids by January 19
06.12.08 BA still losing thousands of bags each week
06.12.08 Durham Tees Valley laser men face jail
06.12.08 Former BA boss joins Citi Gatwick bid
05.12.08 Flybe pull planes out for Norwich Airport
05.12.08 AOA: Heathrow's growth remains urgent and necessary
05.12.08 BA flight punctuality best in 7 years
05.12.08 BAA to upgrade Glasgow Airport for 2014 games
05.12.08 Four consortiums stalk Gatwick
05.12.08 Snow closes Leeds Bradford Airport
05.12.08 Southend Airport based charter company goes bust
05.12.08 Ryanair ‘rescue package’ for bmibaby passengers
04.12.08 Heathrow runway decision delayed
04.12.08 BA passenger traffic down 5.9%
04.12.08 easyJet passengers up 3.4%
04.12.08 Ryanair passengers up 11%
04.12.08 Redundancies at Coventry Airport
04.12.08 easyJet criticises ‘extremely dangerous’ green lasers
04.12.08 Snow hits Newcastle Airport flights
04.12.08 Fire engines crash at Glasgow Airport
03.12.08 Police say Gatwick laser pranksters will be treated as ‘terrorists’
03.12.08 Heathrow voted ‘worst airport’
03.12.08 Longer delays for holiday flights
03.12.08 Virgin criticise BA – Qantas deal
03.12.08 Aer Arann announce Blackpool – Dublin flights
03.12.08 Manchester Airport hotel operator fails
02.12.08 BA in merger talks with Qantas
02.12.08 Stobart to buy Southend Airport for £21m
02.12.08 Protesters ‘to target Heathrow with music, jams and action’
02.12.08 Aer Lingus reject new Ryanair offer
02.12.08 Flybe announce summer schedule; performance ‘ahead of last 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.
