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News Around 87 per cent of flights (both arrivals and departures) are due to run today, with a similar proportion operating tomorrow. So far 299 flights have been cancelled due to the problems which first emerged on Thursday when a number of issues...
[31 Mar 2008]
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 baggage despite this being suspended on...
[28 Mar 2008]
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 flights.
[27 Mar 2008]
Photo silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for British Airways (BA) flights on 27 March. There is also a section for flight crew where they can check...
[12 Feb 2008]
News The number of flights arriving in Beijing is predicted to increase by 70 per cent during the Games with peak days of around 1,900 flights, compared to the usual 1,150 average. Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
[31 Mar 2008]
Comment Doing a band-playing, big-bang move of so many flights and services to the new terminal was a fool-hardy move in the first place - they should have trickled stuff into it over six months. It's now late Saturday and there are still problems...
[03 Apr 2008]
Comment It seems that the big-bang introduction of so many flights at once was too much for the new terminal to take. Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5 Photos: Inside Heathrow's Terminal 5 Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
[16 Apr 2008]
News Airport group BAA has still not been able to pinpoint the exact software glitch that left 6,000 British Airways (BA) long-haul passengers unable to take hold luggage on flights. Heathrow's Terminal 5 in pics ¦ Photos: Passenger's eye view of...
[21 Feb 2008]
News Ryanair is planning to launch online bingo and gaming on its flights next year following the introduction of in-flight mobile phone connectivity for passengers. Passengers will be able to use their mobile phones and other handheld devices on...
[02 Nov 2006]
News The survey, which was carried out by moneysupermarket.com, also found more than half of respondents are against mobile use on planes - flying in the face of European Commission moves to bring mobile calls to European flights.
[09 May 2008]
News But Huish pointed out that the service came into its own in August when airlines were told by security services to be careful of passengers carrying vessels of liquid, which caused major disruptions to flights.
[31 Oct 2007]
Comment So long as the price of flights doesn't increase substantially, I think it's a worthwhile investment! ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Multitasking mastery ¦ Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors ¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking...
[27 Mar 2008]
News The new service will be hosted by lastminute.com and it is the first time content will be prepared and published on the 3 network independent of the operator itself.s customers will be able to browse lastminute.com for hotels, flights, restaurants...
[28 Jul 2003]
News Watching the Google Earth world ¦ Photos: The best of Google Earth ¦ Will's Web Watch: Life on Google Earth ¦ Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters Want to take a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the...
[19 Dec 2006]
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'. About 300,000 pieces of luggage are expected to be scanned...
[14 Feb 2008]
Photo Since the end of October British Airways has been running its first direct flights from London Heathrow to Bangalore at the heart of India's IT industry. While new routes are launched all the time by airlines this one reflects the shift in global...
[28 Nov 2005]
Photo The WhiteKnightTwo aircraft, expected to be ready for test flights this summer, is a high-altitude aircraft that will fly SpaceShipTwo to the upper atmosphere. Before Rutan won the X Prize, Richard Branson had already announced SpaceShipOne would...
[24 Jan 2008]
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. The scheme will run until the end of January 2007...
[06 Dec 2006]
Photo Google claims that the average traveller wastes more than nine hours per year waiting for flights at UK airports. Google's latest venture is trial project, Google Space, which offers travellers in Heathrow Airport free internet access and a chance...
[25 Nov 2005]
Photo Meanwhile, Heathrow's Terminal 3 and Emirates Airlines are running a trial of RFID technology to keep track of baggage on flights to and from Dubai. The biggest mobile trade show in the world, aptly called Mobile World Congress 2008, took place in...
[28 Feb 2008]
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