Airport News Archive March 2009

27.3.2009

Major re development for Cardiff Airport.

Cardiff Airport has announced plans for a major re development in October this year.

26.3.2009

Tree sculpture at East Midlands Airport.

East Midlands airport has announced that it is 'branching out' with the installation of a new tree

25.3.2009

Pegasus Airlines launch Instanbul route from Stansted Airport

Pegasus Airlines will be expanding its service from Stansted Airport to Istanbul beginning 1 April to daily flights and adding a one-weekly direct flight to Bodrum from 4 May.

23.3.2009

Arrests at Aberdeen Airport

Seven people have been arrested after breaking through a perimeter fence and setting up a barricade on the taxi-way at Aberdeen airport this morning.

21st March 2009

Lap top experiment ends

An airport security trial allowing some passengers passing through Heathrow Airport and Glasgow Airport to leave their laptops in their bags has ended, the Times reports.

18th March 2009

Concorde retires to new eco-home

One of the world's most iconic aircraft is in a new eco-friendly retirement home at Manchester airport

15th March2009

Manchester Airport to sue Cristiano Ronaldo over tunnel crash.

Manchester Airport is pursuing an insurance claim against footballer Cristiano Ronaldo for the damage he caused when he crashed his Ferrari in a tunnel, airport bosses have confirmed.The Manchester United winger walked away uninjured after he wrote off his sports car in the collision last month.

14th March 2009

New complaint system for Thomson and First Choice.

Travel agency managers in the TUI Travel UK group are to be trained and empowered to resolve customer complaints directly.

11th March 2009

RyanAir to remove check in desks at airports.

Michael O'Leary, chief executive of the Irish airline Ryanair has stated  that it intends to remove all its check-in desks and staff by the end of this year.

10th March 2009

Possible in flight bathroom charge

Consumer body Which? Holiday has lambasted suggestions that Ryanair might start charging passenger for the use of in-flight toilets.

6.3.2009

Eastern Airways Celebrates 5 Years on Isle of Man Route

Good old-fashioned customer service, day return flights and some of the UK’s highest levels of on-time performance have helped Eastern Airways provide the Midlands with a reliable year round service from Birmingham Airport to the Isle of Man for the last five years.

6.3.2009

Doncaster to Poland Flights increase

Over 300,000 passengers have taken advantage of flights to Poland from Doncaster Sheffield Airport, new figures have revealed.

Hungariancheap flight carrier Wizz Air has introduced flights from the airport to Gdansk, Katowice, Poznan and Warsaw over the last two-and-a-half years.

5.3.2009

Airports operator BAA says the sale of

Gatwick is ‘on schedule’

The disclosure came as the operator of UK airports such as Heathrow airport, Stansted airport, Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport released its 2008 financial results.

4.3.2009

BMI shuts shuttle closes

Bmi is to close air links between the north of England and London after 40 years.

Routes to Heathrow airport from Leeds/Bradford and Durham Tees Valley will end on March 28

2.3.2009

30 Years of Investment to Reduce Noise

A £12m investment has been made by Birmingham Airport to insulate more than 7000 properties around the airport boundary.

1.3.2009

Record numbers of people flying from

Glasgow Airport

New flights to European ski resorts have seen the number of people flying from Glasgow airport on ski holidays almost double this winter.

1.3.2009

Delay for 2nd Runway at

Stansted Airport

Stansted Airport operator BAA has confirmed that plans for a second runway at the airport will be delayed for the fourth time after a drop in consumer demand for flights