UK Airport Parking News Stories

On this page we have included news stories about UK airport parking and important (or funny) UK airport stories. Click on any of the headlines to read the story.

September 2010

01.09.10 More talks over Virgin pilots dispute next week
01.09.10 Stansted car park fire non suspicious

August 2010

31.08.10 Power failure hits Aberdeen Airport flights
31.08.10 Jet2 announce Edinburgh - Budapest flights
30.08.10 Fire at Stansted Airport car park
30.08.10 Three Gatwick laser incidents investigated
29.08.10 Beauty queen attacks Edinburgh Airport drop off charge
29.08.10 BA pilot triggers crash landing scare
28.08.10 Council wants Heathrow repairs completed on time
28.08.10 Shopping deals at Newcastle Airport
27.08.10 Aer Arann flies in to trouble
27.08.10 SAS top for punctuality
26.08.10 Three new US links from Gatwick for Iceland Express
26.08.10 Woman charged over Heathrow drugs find
25.08.10 Arrest over 1999 Heathrow car park suitcase body
25.08.10 Rugby players enjoy Bristol Airport team building day
24.08.10 Insolvency firm predicts more travel companies will collapse
24.08.10 BA recruit footballer to promote their 2018 bid
23.08.10 Monarch adds flights to help Kiss passengers
23.08.10 BA and Thai sign maintenance deal
22.08.10 BA sack pilot over Facebook passenger rant
22.08.10 Another rant from Sir Stelios for easyJet
21.08.10 New parking scheme near Aberdeen Airport approved
21.08.10 Manchester Airport lounge commission for local artist
20.08.10 Luton Airport to enforce drop off zone with £80 parking fines
20.08.10 Glasgow Airport pick music festival winner
19.08.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off parking fee 'to cause congestion'
19.08.10 BAA unhappy over 'poor duty free prices' report
18.08.10 BA offers best chance of upgrade
18.08.10 Flybe want £730 to carry a suitcase posted home for £14 !
17.08.10 Hotel offers free Heathrow parking
17.08.10 Gatwick - Faro flights for Ryanair
16.08.10 Heathrow worst for duty free shopping
16.08.10 Oven smoke causes Gatwick flight emergency
15.08.10 World cup bid backed by Heathrow
15.08.10 bmibaby slammed over passenger treatment during delay
14.08.10 Manchester Airport to benefit from BAA strikes
14.08.10 BA to bring plane back from desert as demand rises
13.08.10 Heathrow taxiway repairs mean shift in plane noise
13.08.10 Manchester Airport train line closed by cable theft
12.08.10 Balfour Beatty win £460m Heathrow contract
12.08.10 APH highlight airport and airline check in time differences
11.08.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee 'here to stay'
11.08.10 Stansted - Salzburg flights for Air Berlin
10.08.10 Five car crash at Heathrow
10.08.10 Man hit by bus near Gatwick
09.08.10 Council say Bristol Airport parking limit causes congestion
09.08.10 Cancer charity receives Manchester Airport grant
08.08.10 New technology for Europcar Heathrow passengers
08.08.10 Thomas Cook kids entertainers at Manchester Airport
07.08.10 Gatwick car park retains Park Mark
07.08.10 Exhibition celebrates photographer's 64 years at Heathrow
06.08.10 New Gatwick - Luxor flights for easyJet
06.08.10 Monarch adds late summer sun flights
05.08.10 Manchester Airport lounge names top pre flight song
05.08.10 Ryanair announce new Stansted ski route
04.08.10 London City - Brive flights extended
04.08.10 Mexican airline files for banruptcy
03.08.10 Bristol Airport parking payment processor change
03.08.10 Seven jailed over Heathrow drug smuggling attempt
02.08.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee faces committee vote
02.08.10 Gatwick flights hit by baggage failure
01.08.10 Gatwick wants feedback from social networkers
01.08.10 Luton Airport fit for business

July 2010

31.07.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off area work started
31.07.10 Heathrow improve baggage performance
30.07.10 Flybe flight emergency at Manchester Airport
30.07.10 Police seek Gatwick con man
29.07.10 Government's Heathrow policies questioned
29.07.10 Free fake tan at Gatwick
28.07.10 BA boss confident cabin crew dispute will be resolved
28.07.10 Expansion of Aberdeen Airport could generate £620m
27.07.10 New commercial director for Glasgow Airport
27.07.10 More talks and threats for BA and Unite
26.07.10 Flypast marks Southampton Airport flight centenary
26.07.10 Drug smugglers caught at Gatwick jailed
25.07.10 Two guilty over Gatwick car park crash death
25.07.10 Toy gun sparks Heathrow alert
24.07.10 Bristol Airport launch kids safe scheme
24.07.10 Plane spotters to enjoy Newcastle Airport birthday
23.07.10 New Gatwick - Seville flights for Ryanair as it opens its 44th base
23.07.10 Laser attack on Heathrow flight
22.07.10 MP criticises Glasgow Airport car park charges
22.07.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee campaign continues
21.07.10 BA / AA transatlantic joint venture receives US approval
21.07.10 Monarch expects record summer
20.07.10 Glasgow Airport car parks won't accept Scottish notes !
20.07.10 Not even Greens support Edinburgh Airport drop off fee
19.07.10 Less than half of easyJet Gatwick flights on time
19.07.10 Canadian ski team equipment lost in Heathrow fire
18.07.10 Bristol Airport parking deal for Bournemouth passengers
18.07.10 Innovation award for Heathrow duty free shop
17.07.10 Passengers face fines at Heathrow car parks
17.07.10 Ryanair set for record July
16.07.10 Stansted Airport parking push
16.07.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee a tax on passengers
15.07.10 Manchester Airport parking cheats targeted
15.07.10 New Heathrow runways needed
14.07.10 Scottish Government does not support Edinburgh Airport drop off fee
14.07.10 Big drop in foreign travel
13.07.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee could rise
13.07.10 BA take delivery of next generation plane
12.07.10 American launch mobile boarding passes at Heathrow
12.07.10 Two pulled off Manchester plane; arrested
11.07.10 Passengers avoid costly in flight food
11.07.10 Heathrow T5C rail link cars installed
10.07.10 Business leader slams airport drop off charge
10.07.10 Passengers miss flights after Liverpool Airport x-ray breakdown
09.07.10 Airport drop off fee discrimination claim
09.07.10 Three more convicted over liquid bomb plot
08.07.10 Drop off fee introduced at Belfast Airport
08.07.10 Virgin celebrate 10 years of Heathrow - Delhi flights
07.07.10 East Midlands Airport car park upgrade complete
07.07.10 APCOA to operate all Gatwick car parks
06.07.10 MSP launches drop off charge petition
06.07.10 Ryanair insist on receipts for ash cloud claims
05.07.10 Ryanair back Edinburgh Airport drop of charge
05.07.10 BA switch charity partner
04.07.10 No plans for Aberdeen Airport drop off fees
04.07.10 easyJet summer charity drive launched
03.07.10 Boss defends Edinburgh Airport parking charge
03.07.10 New BA pension deal
02.07.10 Belfast Airport drop off fee from next week
02.07.10 Edinburgh Airport drop off fee from October
01.07.10 Cardiff Airport parking changes from next week
01.07.10 Iceland Express extend budget Gatwick - New York flights

June 2010

30.06.10 Flybe celebrate Gatwick - Leeds Bradford flights anniversary
30.06.10 Delta Minneapolis - Heathrow flights to go daily
29.06.10 APH highlight best airports and airlines for delays
29.06.10 Long jail term for Heathrow drug smuggler
28.06.10 Heathrow Airport parking not popular search
28.06.10 New EU / US air traffic pact
27.06.10 Heathrow to launch 'shopping' campaign
27.06.10 easyJet Gatwick flight problem
26.06.10 Ryanair clash with easyJet again
26.06.10 TAM to launch Rio - Heathrow flights
25.06.10 Police use water and chocolate to calm Ryanair passengers !
25.06.10 BAA profit forecast down on strikes and ash cloud
24.06.10 AirAsia add flatbed seats
24.06.10 Thomas Cook announce 17 new routes for 2011
23.06.10 UK airlines do badly in Which? survey
23.06.10 Man admits Heathrow drug smuggling
22.06.10 Famous names in Manchester Airport 'word search art'
22.06.10 More debt planned for Gatwick Airport
21.06.10 Passenger 'too fat to fly'
21.06.10 Unite to launch fresh strike vote today
20.06.10 Manchester Airpark becomes world cup free zone
20.06.10 BA launch North America private jet service
19.06.10 Airparks close Manchester Airport car park
19.06.10 Gatwick campaigners welcome Government task force announcement
18.06.10 East Midlands Airport closed by light aircraft problem
18.06.10 New boss for Southampton Airport
17.06.10 No drop off fee for Glasgow Airport
17.06.10 London Assembly vows to fight 'back door' airport expansion
16.06.10 Government announce airport taskforce
16.06.10 Etihad increase capacity from Manchester Airport
15.06.10 Gatwick gets new airside busses
15.06.10 New Cycle2Work scheme at Heathrow Airport
14.06.10 Heathrow Express improves T4 link
14.06.10 WWF asks Government departments to cut 'excessive' flights
13.06.10 £1 drop off fee planned by Edinburgh Airport
13.06.10 Elvis banned from easyJet flights
12.06.10 Stansted - US flights take off
12.06.10 EU set BA / Iberia merger decision deadline
11.06.10 Unite plan fresh BA strike vote
11.06.10 No ash compensation from Government
10.06.10 BA extend London City Airport leisure flights
10.06.10 Stowaway found at Heathrow released without charge
09.06.10 Ash cloud crisis brought 'wonderful' noise benefit
09.06.10 Summer 2011 Manchester flights on sale from Jet2
08.06.10 Cabin crew take BA fight to parliament
08.06.10 Ash chaos 'shows value of aviation'
07.06.10 Full body scan for Lady Gaga
07.06.10 Jet2 to run New York Christmas shopping flights from Newcastle Airport
06.06.10 Union increases BA cabin crew strike pay
06.06.10 Stansted flight 'almost ran out of fuel'
05.06.10 Seats for sale limit at Belfast City Airport may be withdrawn
05.06.10 BA buys 5 planes from Iberia
04.06.10 BA 'loses most bags'
04.06.10 Passengers up 7.9 percent at easyJet
03.06.10 Emirates to launch second Heathrow superjumbo flight early
03.06.10 Budget opens at Luton Airport
02.06.10 Osama Bin Laden is BA frequent flyer !
02.06.10 Stelios praises Ryanair and O'Leary for dividend
01.06.10 More talks but no sign of breakthrough for BA / Unite
01.06.10 Flybe Edinburgh plane lightening strike

May 2010

31.05.10 easyJet considers ash lawsuit
31.05.10 Qantas to boost Heathrow - Sydney superjumbo flights
30.05.10 Three new charter routes for Glasgow Airport
30.05.10 Five arrested in Australia after Heathrow drugs find
29.05.10 Liverpool Airport parking the cheapest in England
29.05.10 easyBus expands Gatwick - Earls Court service
28.05.10 New Manchester - Kent flights for Flybe
28.05.10 VIP private jet company prepares for Birmingham Airport launch
27.05.10 Free bags offer from Jet2
27.05.10 Glasgow Airport looking tweet
26.05.10 Strikes could cost BA £1.4bn
26.05.10 Campaigners slam Gatwick noise plan changes
25.05.10 If you've flown Ryanair, you'll love the Crynair website !
25.05.10 Manchester - Rennes flights take off
24.05.10 BA cabin crew strike
24.05.10 Ryanair and Samsonite launch hand luggage bag
23.05.10 Flights bonanza predicted
23.05.10 Stelios asked for £3m a year for use of easy brand
22.05.10 Boris to talk to Government about Heathrow congestion charge
22.05.10 Ryanair launch Edinburgh - Hamburg flights
21.05.10 'Smart gates' replace hand searches at Manchester Airport
21.05.10 New Stansted lounge for Cyprus Airways passengers
20.05.10 Liverpool - IOM flights to take off this week
20.05.10 Police promote Stansted money laundering fight via YouTube
19.05.10 Planners recommend approval of Bristol Airport expansion
19.05.10 Heathrow Airport lounge upgrade for American
18.05.10 BA to report record loss
18.05.10 Three Virgin planes divert to Stansted
17.05.10 Virgin and BA slam latest ash cloud closures
17.05.10 Delta to add extra Heathrow - New York flight
16.05.10 Government's Stansted runway decision a major blow to business
16.05.10 Flybe launch Edinburgh - Kent route
15.05.10 Edinburgh Airport parking costs cheap
15.05.10 Flybe warn Government will increase plane taxes - and fares
14.05.10 UK airport parking costs 'ridiculously high'
14.05.10 BA pilots back pension scheme reforms
13.05.10 Glasgow Airport - Ayrshire bus takes off
13.05.10 Manchester Airport bag track trial a success
12.05.10 New car park near Aberdeen Airport
12.05.10 Flybe and easyjet take advantage of BA strikes
11.05.10 BA slam cabin crew strike plans; will fly on
11.05.10 Ryanair plane Belfast emergency
10.05.10 Ryanair say Belfast plane problems not ash related
10.05.10 BA cabin crew to discuss strike dates
09.05.10 Health & Safety award for Stansted Airport
09.05.10 Wind turbine objection from Bristol Airport
08.05.10 BA cabin crew reject airline's offer
08.05.10 Glasgow Airport taxi chaos
07.05.10 As BA waits for strike vote result it sacks another shop steward
07.05.10 Council reject Stansted warehouse plans
06.05.10 European airports face €250 bill for airport closures
06.05.10 Glasgow Airport launch development review
05.05.10 Newquay / Plymouth - London City flights axed
05.05.10 Manchester - Madeira flights launched by Jet2
04.05.10 Top 5 car parks at Manchester Airport
04.05.10 BA Openskies launch Paris - Washington flights
03.05.10 Four car fire at Gatwick Airport
03.05.10 Aer Arann scrap Derry flight plan
02.05.10 New Manchester Airport lounge for Etihad
02.05.10 BA engineer fined for careless driving at Heathrow
01.05.10 Edinburgh Airport to host speed freak drag race again
01.05.10 AUC criticise airlines over access to ash compensation data

April 2010

30.04.10 Cardiff Airport parking changes this weekend
30.04.10 Lawyer questions Virgin confessions
29.04.10 New Manchester Airport lounge announced
29.04.10 BMI open new Heathrow Airport lounge
28.04.10 Newcastle Airport parking changes anger
28.04.10 Airlines could get aid over ash crisis
27.04.10 Stranded holidaymakers take £2000 taxi home from Portugal
27.04.10 BAA agree to sell property firm stake
26.04.10 Heathrow app launched
26.04.10 United and Continental 'to merge'
25.04.10 BA operate extra flights to help clear backlog
25.04.10 easyBus Gatwick - Earls Court link launched
24.04.10 Stranded passengers accuse BA of profiteering
24.04.10 Icelandair flights diverted to Glasgow Airport
23.04.10 No Bristol Airport parking refunds
23.04.10 Airlines want ash closure compensation
22.04.10 No free Liverpool Airport parking for stranded passengers
22.04.10 Government to pay 60% of campaigners Heathrow challenge costs
21.04.10 Airport parking bill promise
21.04.10 Most easyJet flights to take off, but disruption cost £40m
20.04.10 Edinburgh Airport car park charges stranded passenger extra
20.04.10 Heathrow could operate 24 hours a day to clear backlog
19.04.10 How does the disruption effect your airport parking
19.04.10 Ash or no ash (or journalists), BA to launch first class cabin today
18.04.10 Gatwick user group to discuss body scanner and future plans
18.04.10 Blue1 add Heathrow - Helsinki flight
17.04.10 Man injured in Gatwick Airport parking crash
17.04.10 New Delhi - Heathrow flights launched
16.04.10 MSPs clash on Glasgow Airport rail link again
16.04.10 Lufthansa Heathrow - Dresden flights ready for takeoff
15.04.10 BA to increase Africa flights
15.04.10 East Midlands noise complaints down 60 percent
14.04.10 Lufthansa not thinking of selling / closing BMI
14.04.10 Pegasus to launch new Birmingham - Turkey flights
13.04.10 Mirror calls for boycott of tin pot airline Ryanair
13.04.10 Virgin ask EC to block BA / AA deal
12.04.10 BA execs price fixing trial starts
12.04.10 New Gatwick - Angouleme flights
11.04.10 BA add extra Gatwick - Jersey flights
11.04.10 Beijing airport to overtake Heathrow
10.04.10 Flybe announce Humberside - Belfast flights
10.04.10 New finance boss for Gatwick Airport
09.04.10 Prestwick Airport car parking row
09.04.10 Newcastle Airport opens paid fast track security
08.04.10 BA passengers down 11 percent
08.04.10 New Manchester - Las Vegas flights for Virgin
07.04.10 Higher baggage fees during the summer peak for Ryanair
07.04.10 Boingo signs exclusive Gatwick wifi deal
06.04.10 Newcastle Airport drop off car park to be axed this month
05.04.10 Train link bus axed at East Midlands Airport
04.04.10 Flights diverted over Heathrow fire false alarm
04.04.10 Web based travel agent training for London City Airport
03.04.10 Exeter Airport upgrades parking; partners with woodland charity
03.04.10 Off duty policeman tackles air rage passenger
02.04.10 Ryanair profits up as aviation slump eases
02.04.10 Six new routes take off from Prestwick Airport
01.04.10 Two million to fly away over Easter
01.04.10 Merger deadline missed by BA / Iberia

March 2010

31.03.10 Airbus superjumbo coming to Manchester in September
31.03.10 BA shuts JFK cargo operation
30.03.10 In flight mobile phone operator ditches Ryanair
30.03.10 TAM switch Heathrow terminals
29.03.10 Lufthansa add summer flights from UK airports
29.03.10 Campaigners want Manchester Airport expansion axed
28.03.10 BA / AA should give up more Heathrow slots say Virgin
28.03.10 El Al brings Boeing 777 to Luton Airport
27.03.10 BA aim to fly 75% of passengers during strike
27.03.10 Four new Gatwick routes for easyJet
26.03.10 Virgin pilots could strike in pay row
26.03.10 Jail for 76 year old drug smuggler
25.03.10 New ski flights from East Midlands for Jet2
25.03.10 Heathrow has world's best duty free
24.03.10 M&S food to land at Birmingham Airport
24.03.10 Police working for Heathrow security guard over 'naked' scanner image comments
23.03.10 Ex-soldier jailed over air rage attack
23.03.10 Luton - Romania flights set for takeoff
22.03.10 World Cup draw for Gatwick parking company
22.03.10 More angry words as BA strike enters third day
21.03.10 Union call on BA board to help resolve dispute
21.03.10 New Barcelona flights for Edinburgh Airport
20.03.10 BA / Iberia deal to be signed next week
20.03.10 Saudi prince's private jet pranged by ground crew
19.03.10 BA add strike flights
19.03.10 Luton Airport flight terror alert
18.03.10 Heathrow - Berlin flights for BMI
18.03.10 Four millionth Edinburgh passenger for Ryanair
17.03.10 Unite 'seek to internationalise BA dispute'
17.03.10 Belfast Airport runway extension public inquiry
16.03.10 PM slams union over BA strike plans
16.03.10 More Stansted - KL flights for AirAsia
15.03.10 BA to announce strike affected schedule
15.03.10 Gatwick staff asked to reapply for jobs
14.03.10 Second A380 on Heathrow - Dubai route
14.03.10 Aer Lingus confirm extra Belfast - Heathrow flight
13.03.10 Luton Airport car park charges problem
13.03.10 First flights between Heathrow and Taipei announced
12.03.10 Unite may ballot BA ground staff on strike
12.03.10 Cardiff Airport terminal redevelopment approved
11.03.10 European approval of BA / AA alliance likely after slot deal
11.03.10 2 year delay for Stansted runway inquiry
10.03.10 Plane emergency at Edinburgh Airport
10.03.10 Councils call for independent Heathrow regulator
09.03.10 Work on Edinburgh Airport forecourt launched
09.03.10 Monarch add Easter holiday flights
08.03.10 Airparks reveal airport parking mystery shopper results
08.03.10 Extra Heathrow - Stockholm flight for SAS
07.03.10 East Midlands Airport traffic warning
07.03.10 Peel to sell off UK airports
06.03.10 UK Border staff to strike next week
06.03.10 Contact signed to construct new Heathrow terminal
05.03.10 BT lose BAA UK airports Wi-Fi contract
05.03.10 Edinburgh Airports stun gun smuggler avoids jail
04.03.10 Luton Airport passengers warned over roadworks
04.03.10 BA to sign Iberia deal this month
03.03.10 Bristol Airport boss plea before planning meeting
03.03.10 Virgin add extra Glasgow - Orlando flights next summer
02.03.10 BA boss tells staff 'pull together to beat strike'
02.03.10 Varsity launch Edinburgh - Oxford flights
01.03.10 Retail sales boom on weak pound
01.03.10 Continental mobile boarding passes at Heathrow

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