Airport News For UK Airports December 2010

Airport News Archive December 2010

28th December 2010

BAA may be fined for travel chaos

Phillip Hammond the UK Transport Secretary is seeking greater powers to apply economic sanctions to fine BAA the operators of Heathrow. For most of the week running up to Christmas thousands of flights were cancelled causing travel chaos and misery for passengers.

17th December 2010

Its official sun is what the doctor orders

Several leading health groups including Cancer Research, the National Osteoporosis Society and Multiple Sclerosis Society have all said that a dose of daily sun is good for you because the body needs to maintain Vitamin D levels.

14th December 2010

Easyjet looks to attract more business customers

Easyjet are going to introduce a premium business fare one way including taxes that will allow flexibility to cancel and rebook flights within a 4 week window of the original booking.

6th December 2012

Another makeover for Manchester Airport as Epernay Champagne Bar opens

Its all happening at Manchester airport. Following the annoucement of the Virgin and Etihad Airways investing in premier lounges for their customers a new Champagne bar is to open.

5th December 2010

Virgin to open second V-Room at Manchester Airport

Virgin Atlantic has signed an agreement with Manchester Airport to establish a V-Room at Terminal 2. This is expected to be available to Virgin's customers from July 2011 and is ideally located just a short walk from departures.

3rd December 2010

TUI results are a mixed bag with weak UK market a concern

TUI figures for the year ending September showed an underlying improvement of 11% with an operating profit of £447 million on a reduced turnover of £13.5 billion.