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Photo The miSense trial at London's Heathrow Airport will use biometric fingerprint and iris scans to screen air passengers on selected Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong.... [06 Dec 2006]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. The... [06 Dec 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Travel pains
Comment Customer experience one: "I would agree that I want my journey through the airport to be as easy as possible but I have to tell you that on my last three flights the new self-service check-in systems... [24 Apr 2006]
Will you try WiFi before you fly?
News Ryan Jarvis, CEO, Megabeam, said: "Internet access is a valuable and profitable service for every major airport to offer its passengers, but this is especially true at key hubs where business travellers want to catch up... [29 Oct 2002]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment And it doesn't account for the lost time waiting in the airport for late flights. In terms of travel avoidance, in May this amounted to 240 international and 120 domestic flights... [30 Jun 2008]
Air traffic control system fails to take-off
News SAirGroup airline - which uses Zurich as its hub - called the computer glitch an embarrassment, claiming it has already caused the cancellation of 16 flights and made many more run at least two hours late. [30 Jun 1999]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Information the way it should be
Comment So here I am eating lunch and able to see all approaching and leaving flights. Written from Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts This morning finds me transiting Boston on my way to New York and I'm... [12 Sep 2005]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News British Airways (BA) - the sole airline using T5 - had to cancel 33 flights (departing and arriving) before 14:00(GMT) due to the baggage system problems, although the majority of delayed passengers were moved onto later... [27 Mar 2008]
Why Centrino really is big news
Comment Now all know that hitting eight hours of battery life - a standard working day or the length of many long-haul flights - is a key goal. Consider too that many of those people sapping airport power are... [13 Mar 2003]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment It seems that the big-bang introduction of so many flights at once was too much for the new terminal to take. My overall verdict - it's a fine airport terminal, although I'm hardly the world's biggest... [16 Apr 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. Baggage is loaded on and off flights in 'tins'. Readers are also... [14 Feb 2008]
30 tips for better business travel
Comment I find that a pair of Bose Quietcomfort headphones and two little bottles of red wine usually do the trick for long flights! Don't carry more than you need (spares, extra clothes etc), buy replacement/extra items at an... [19 Jun 2006]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News British Airways (BA) confirmed 80 per cent of scheduled flights will be running from T5 today, including all long-haul destinations. Passengers for flights scheduled for today are now able to check in... [28 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment I was surprised when these offending objects went undetected on international and internal flights. At a modest estimate I have passed through well over 200 airport terminals - and hence their security... [29 Apr 2008]
Milan airport in systems chaos
News Almost 200 flights have been cancelled since Sunday, with many more rerouted. Systems malfunction and poorly trained staff are being blamed for the chaos that surrounded Sunday's opening of the new West Terminal of... [27 Oct 1998]
