UK Airport Parking News Stories

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February 2010

19.03.10 BA add strike flights
19.03.10 Luton Airport flight teror 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 annouced
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

February 2010

28.02.10 Flight cancelled after rat spotted in overhead locker
28.02.10 New Asian restaurant for Stansted
27.02.10 Passenger its €10,000 Ryanair scratchcard
27.02.10 Cabin crew back negotiations with BA
26.02.10 Competition Commission fail in latest BAA sale challenge
26.02.10 Ryanair add 47th route from Liverpool Airport
25.02.10 Planners back Bristol Airport expansion
25.02.10 Passengers down by almost a third at Robin Hood Airport
24.02.10 BA in court again
24.02.10 Birmingham Airport passengers down
23.02.10 Conservatives repeat promise to block Stansted runway
23.02.10 easyJet passengers suffer four day delay
22.02.10 Bristol Airport car parking amongst the UK's most expensive
22.02.10 BA cabin crew back strike
21.02.10 UK airport parking most expansive in the world
21.02.10 Edinburgh Airport motorway link 'not necessary'
20.02.10 easyBus Stansted Airport transfer special
20.02.10 Gatwick monorail to reopen ahead of schedule
19.02.10 Work to create dedicated exit lane at Gatwick
19.02.10 Shareholder protest over bonus for easyJet boss
18.02.10 Bristol Airport car park bus and taxi crackdown
18.02.10 BA debt downgraded
17.02.10 Heathrow runway judicial review next week
17.02.10 Belfast - Humberside flights for Flybe
16.02.10 US turn back BA flight
16.02.10 Robin Hood Airport hosts world's largest plane
15.02.10 New Liverpool - IOM service for easyJet
15.02.10 Biofuel plant planned by BA
14.02.10 Passengers down 5.4% at Gatwick
14.02.10 London City is UK's top airport
13.02.10 Servisair gain new Gatwick Airport lounge
13.02.10 Thomas Cook add Manchester - Orlando flights
12.02.10 New Manchester - Bournemouth flights for Flybe
12.02.10 Three in court over huge Heathrow drugs find
11.02.10 More Edinburgh flights for Ryanair
11.02.10 BA plane that crashed at London City Airport not properly serviced
10.02.10 SNP rejected offer of help on Glasgow Airport rail link
10.02.10 Virgin scrap Heathrow - Mauritius flights
09.02.10 BA Heathrow crash 'probably' caused by ice
09.02.10 Monarch Airlines boss leaves
08.02.10 BA borrow TripAdvisor reviews
08.02.10 Rail company criticised over Gatwick Express plans
07.02.10 Park Mark for Leeds Bradford Airport parking
07.02.10 BMI self check-in options updated
06.02.10 Leeds Bradford Airport car park expansion
06.02.10 BA to scrap short haul premium class
05.02.10 Gatwick praised over public transport links
05.02.10 BA and union talking again
04.02.10 Heathrow Airtack inquiry delay
04.02.10 Luton Airport gets new airside prayer room
03.02.10 Ryanair threatens to move from Stansted to Gatwick
03.02.10 Heathrow immigration officer suspended over blunder
02.02.10 EC confirm BA / AA offer transatlantic concession
02.02.10 Prestwick Airport passengers down 31 percent
01.02.10 IATA says airlines will take 3 years to recover
01.02.10 Better flight management could cut emissions by up to 95%

January 2010

31.01.10 Ryanair passengers targeted by new Stansted Airport lounge
31.01.10 Star1 to operate Edinburgh - Vilnuis flights
30.01.10 Last year was worst in aviation history
30.01.10 Continental add Heathrow - New York flights
29.01.10 Biggest US airport parking firm bust
29.01.10 Conservatives repeat pledge to block Heathrow runway
28.01.10 Greanpeace seek plans for 'Heathrow fortress'
28.01.10 Wizz online check-in for Prestwick and Luton passengers
27.01.10 Flybe flight emergency at Manchester Airport
27.01.10 Police investigate Leeds Bradford Airport radio hoaxers
26.01.10 Man tries to storm Cardiff flight cockpit
26.01.10 100 Sipson residents offer to sell their homes to BAA
25.01.10 New Prestwick air traffic control centre opens today
25.01.10 Unite launch BA strike vote
24.01.10 Two stopped at Heathrow Airport over terror concerns
24.01.10 Flybe add summer Newcastle - Guernsey flights
23.01.10 25 jobs go at Birmingham Airport
23.01.10 BA threaten striking crew with loss of perks
22.01.10 Cost of Guernsey Airport Parking going up
22.01.10 Air France could exclude 'heavier passengers'
21.01.10 PM questions Edinburgh Airport security decision
21.01.10 BMI announce Heathrow - Vienna flights
20.01.10 Edinburgh Airport scrap top security role
20.01.10 BMI axe business class on UK flights
19.01.10 Kiss to launch Glasgow Airport flights
19.01.10 Air stewardess jailed for drug smuggling
18.01.10 Watchdog raises full body scanner privacy concerns
18.01.10 Airlines slam new Gatwick owner over snow closures17.01.10 Ryanair to implement 'wee fee'?
17.01.10 Heathrow flights cut for Gulf Air
16.01.10 TV ads for Manchester Airport parking
16.01.10 Monarch add Faro flights from Gatwick
15.01.10 Most passengers support full body scanners
15.01.10 Campaigners to fight 'Redbull' Airport
14.01.10 Airports closed by fresh snow
14.01.10 Over 80,000 viagra tablets siezed at Newcastle Airport
13.01.10 New Aberdeen summer sun routes for Thomas Cook
13.01.10 Massive increase in laser incidents
12.01.10 Thomas Cook criticised over flight delay
12.01.10 BA start £100m first class upgrade
11.01.10 Business travellers slam APD increase
11.01.10 Prestwick Airport passengers down 27 percent
10.01.10 Two charged over Heathrow bomb threats
10.01.10 Online check-in for Thomas Cook charter flights
09.01.10 Aer Lingus axe 10 Gatwick routes
09.01.10 'Biggest ever sale' for easyJet
08.01.10 'Egyptian terrorist' prank delays Edinburgh flight
08.01.10 Anger as snow delays increase airport parking bills
07.01.10 Weather continues to hit Gatwick flights
07.01.10 BA passengers down 4.4 percent
06.01.10 easyJet passengers up 9.3 percent
06.01.10 Heathrow pilot admits drink charge
05.01.10 easyJet add Stansted routes
05.01.10 Emergency at Liverpool Airport for Ryanair
04.01.10 Full body scanners coming to Heathrow
04.01.10 Late finish to engineering works hits Stansted trains
03.01.10 Newspaper breaks airport security
03.01.10 Expert says Welsh marketing would boost Cardiff Airport
02.01.10 Prestwick Airport kettle warning
02.01.10 Gift website launched by Heathrow Airport
01.01.10 BA and Iberia closing on mid-Feb merger
01.01.10 £200 fine for passenger smoking in plane toilet

December 2009

31.12.09 Two more routes axed from Aberdeen Airport
31.12.09 easyJet plane diverted by weather, then hit by lightening
30.12.09 BA to axe first class on most routes
30.12.09 Weather continues to hit Liverpool Airport passengers
29.12.09 Ryanair to bid for Aer Lingus again?
28.12.09 Liverpool Airport flights hit by fog
27.12.09 Unite preparing for fresh BA strike ballot
26.12.09 Flight cost / emissions comparison tool launched
25.12.09 Customers face repair bills after Prestwick Airport Parking flood
25.12.09 easyJet to launch Liverpool - Malta flights
24.12.09 Police called after easyJet cancel Manchester - Spain flight
24.12.09 Ryanair axe Durham Tees - Barcelona flights
23.12.09 BMI add East Midlands - Brussels flights
23.12.09 Christmas getaway underway at Southampton Airport
22.12.09 Holiday Extras add new Birmingham Airport Meet and Greet Parking option
22.12.09 Ryanair announce new Stansted - Sicily route
21.12.09 Snow hits London flights again
21.12.09 Leeds Bradford boss wants more business routes
20.12.09 CityJet add London City - Paris flights as Eurostar fails
20.12.09 easyJet Bristol flights hit by snow
19.12.09 Cardiff seeks new transatlantic airline
19.12.09 Ryanair announce Birmingham - Ibiza flights
18.12.09 Snow closes Gatwick and Luton
18.12.09 Virgin to help fill FlyGlobespan Florida gap
17.12.09 Ground crew strikes for Aberdeen and Heathrow
17.12.09 Ryanair announce boarding card advertising
16.12.09 Gatwick flight punctuality improved
16.12.09 Monarch launch next winter's schedule
15.12.09 Virgin and easyJet to profit from BA strike
15.12.09 Manchester Airport to roll out plastic bag charge
14.12.09 Flyglobespan rescue deal not complete
14.12.09 Extra Brussels flight for Bristol Airport
13.12.09 Summer delays down at Edinburgh Airport
13.12.09 Birmingham drug smuggler jailed
12.12.09 BA to keep Openskies
12.12.09 easyJet add routes and plane to Bristol Airport base
11.12.09 Fog hits Edinburgh Airport flights
11.12.09 Heathrow slot sales confirmed by Heathrow boss
10.12.09 Three more convicted over liquid bomb plot
10.12.09 easyJet replace Belfast Boeings
09.12.09 Glasgow Airport car parking cheapest in Scotland
09.12.09 Record Christmas for easyJet
08.12.09 easyJet criticised over flight delay
08.12.09 Belfast Airport accused of expanding by stealth
07.12.09 easyJet confirm East Midlands and Luton flight cuts
07.12.09 MPs want better flight protection
06.12.09 Award for Manchester Airport loos
06.12.09 Man faces jail over Gatwick gun threat
05.12.09 Driver at Birmingham Airport car park stole from passengers
05.12.09 Stansted Airport switch off campaign
04.12.09 MSPs reject latest bid to reinstate rail link
04.12.09 Birmingham - Iraq flights announced
03.12.09 Leeds Bradford target New York flights
03.12.09 Flybe to operate summer Prestwick - Jersey flights
02.12.09 Taxi driver banned after 96mph Newcastle Airport drive
02.12.09 Heathrow Express launch Paddington check-in
01.12.09 Justin Lee Collins is new voice of Bristol Airport
01.12.09 Longer trains planned for Stansted Express

November 2009

30.11.09 Giant mistletoe at Heathrow
30.11.09 Ryanair switch fee free card option
29.11.09 Pregnant drug smuggling nurse avoids jail
29.11.09 Christmas meeting for Stansted business group
28.11.09 Gatwick car park offers free car wash
28.11.09 CityJet was London City Airport's most punctual
27.11.09 easyJet want tough new plane emissions limits
27.11.09 Summer flights from Newcastle to Toronto
26.11.09 Bristol Airport car park wins latest planning battle
26.11.09 Crash causes chaos for Gatwick passengers
25.11.09 New Robin Hood Airport car park deal
25.11.09 Virgin open new Gatwick lounge
24.11.09 Gatwick Airport car park scam exposed
24.11.09 easyJet add new routes
23.11.09 Walsh will not back down despite strike vote
23.11.09 Business groups want Glasgow Airport rail link reinstated
22.11.09 BA Concorde may leave Heathrow
22.11.09 Ryanair Liverpool Airport passengers stranded by gate mix up
21.11.09 Prestwick Airport closed 3 times in a month by burnt toast
21.11.09 Fresh treats for Boeing from Ryanair
20.11.09 Edinburgh Airport departure lounge upgrade opened
20.11.09 Ryanair add new routes from UK airports
19.11.09 Glasgow Airport drugs smuggler jailed
19.11.09 Laser incidents increasing at Edinburgh Airport
18.11.09 Price Buster - cheap Liverpool Airport parking
18.11.09 Big drop in transatlantic flights
17.11.09 Airline unhappy at Dundee Airport parking plans
17.11.09 Aeroflot switch Heathrow terminals
16.11.09 New Robin Hood Airport car park launched
16.11.09 New Liverpool Airport car parks for FHR
15.11.09 FHR name top Gatwick car parks
15.11.09 Urgent study in to Glasgow Airport future
14.11.09 East Midlands Airport scrap car park buses
14.11.09 Holiday Extras trial same day airport parking
13.11.09 Stansted - Newquay route axed by Ryanair
13.11.09 Ryanair Spain flights from Robin Hood to return
12.11.09 Man in court over Belfast Airport cannabis find
12.11.09 S&P upbeat on BAA
11.11.09 MSP to fight Scottish airport parking charges
11.11.09 Edinburgh Airport Halloween UFO
10.11.09 Cheap parking at Durham Tees and Robin Hood Airport
10.11.09 Barrhead add Glasgow - Venice flights
09.11.09 9% drop in flights this year
09.11.09 Football fans fighting ground easyJet flight
08.11.09 Manchester Airport picks up award
08.11.09 Heathrow Airtrack Inquiry delay
07.11.09 Warning of winter airline failures
07.11.09 Business passengers down 15%
06.11.09 Prestwick Airport car park chaos
06.11.09 Luton Airport tops for Galway
05.11.09 New Manchester Airport car park for Purple
05.11.09 easyJet passengers up 6.6 percent
04.11.09 New Stansted - Istanbul flights ready for takeoff
04.11.09 bmibaby axe two Manchester Airport routes
03.11.09 Pilots back Glasgow Airport rail link campaign
03.11.09 New duty free operator at Bristol Airport
02.11.09 BA cabin crew mass meeting today
02.11.09 BA launch Sharm El Sheikh flights from Gatwick
01.11.09 Six faint on Heathrow flight
01.11.09 Virgin call on Conservatives to axe further APD rise

October 2009

31.10.09 Government urged to back rail link
31.10.09 Edinburgh Airport hopes for award
30.10.09 New Edinburgh - Bordeaux service for Ryanair
30.10.09 Virgin comms director to leave
29.10.09 Road closed at Manchester Airport today
29.10.09 New Stansted routes for Ryanair
28.10.09 No plans to upgrade Belfast International Airport road
28.10.09 Four new routes from Prestwick for Ryanair
27.10.09 CBI slam Glasgow Airport rail link decision
27.10.09 easyJet to launch 22 new winter routes
26.10.09 Councillors warn over Bristol Airport parking expansion plans
26.10.09 Broker says BA antitrust deal and merger at risk
25.10.09 BA unions plan mass meeting
25.10.09 Excelsis founder arrested by fraud squad
24.10.09 Minister backs Glasgow Airport rail link
24.10.09 Stalemate on Stansted Airport job losses
23.10.09 Final Heathrow oneworld moves next week
23.10.09 Gatwick monorail trains scrapped
22.10.09 Heathrow T3 to get new baggage system
22.10.09 Ryanair slash Stansted Airport - Kerry flights
21.10.09 Gatwick terminal and airport parking expansion on hold
21.10.09 Tarantula spotted on Edinburgh plane
20.10.09 Birmingham Airport firm reject strike
20.10.09 Scientists reveal quick / cheap airport liquids scanner
19.10.09 Walsh defends BA on environment
19.10.09 BA ready to increase Barbados flights
18.10.09 Jet airways switch to Heathrow T4
18.10.09 RAF plane makes emergency landing at Aberdeen airport
17.10.09 Council to decide on Gatwick Terminal extension plans
17.10.09 Leeds Bradford Airport flights are most punctual
16.10.09 easyJet switch Luton flights to Belfast City
16.10.09 Gatwick is best UK airport
15.10.09 Laser incident for Gatwick flight
15.10.09 East Midlands Airport takes award for third year
14.10.09 MEP slams Manchester's 'peep show' scanner trial
14.10.09 Big drugs find at Edinburgh Airport
13.10.09 Labour asset sales could include council owned airports
13.10.09 BAA welcomes airport regulation backtrack
12.10.09 Ryanair boss expects Aer Lingus to run out of cash
12.10.09 TUI cancel Dreamliner orders
11.10.09 BA to impose new terms on cabin crew
11.10.09 Reduced jail term for Gatwick theif
10.10.09 New holiday flights for Robin Hood Airport
10.10.09 Man faces trial over 'alarming' Aberdeen Airport package
09.10.09 Belfast City Airport passengers up 8.3 percent
09.10.09 Drug smuggling Gatwick air steward jailed
08.10.09 Aberdeen Airport Priority Parking opens
08.10.09 Air rage man fined £500
07.10.09 BA cut 1700 jobs - without agreeing it with unions first
07.10.09 Ryanair wants to renegotiate plane prices
06.10.09 Three months of delays at Edinburgh Airport
06.10.09 Pregnant drug smuggler jailed for 6 years
05.10.09 O'Leary admits defeat on APD rise
05.10.09 Roadworks near Southampton Airport
04.10.09 Virgin is cool travel brand
04.10.09 Thales win airport radar contracts
03.10.09 Best ever September flight punctuality for BA
03.10.09 Ryanair hedge more fuel
02.10.09 Bristol Airport stake sold at a discount
02.10.09 easyJet to launch Gatwick - Dusseldorf flights
01.10.09 Peel expect airports investment deal this year
01.10.09 Iceland Express to relaunch Gatwick - New York connection

September 2009

30.09.09 Flybe confirm interest in bits of BMI
30.09.09 Seven years for Manchester Airport drug smuggler
29.09.09 Expert says BA needs to cut its short haul network
29.09.09 Gatwick transit closed until next summer
28.09.09 Passengers warned of roadworks near Bristol Airport this week
28.09.09 Ryanair years away from long haul flights
27.09.09 BA confirm JAL talks
27.09.09 Ryanair to cut fuel bill by €460m
26.09.09 Gatwick drugs smuggler jailed
26.09.09 Smeato to sort out Westminster
25.09.09 New Stansted Airport lounge opened
25.09.09 easyJet wins two awards
24.09.09 Manchester named TTG airport of the year
24.09.09 Heathrow Airport duty free best in the world
23.09.09 Virgin launch online visa service
23.09.09 Swiss to operate Manchester - Geneva Ski flights this winter
22.09.09 Travel recovery 12 - 18 months away
22.09.09 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
21.09.09 Plane emergency at Liverpool Airport
21.09.09 Business visitors down 25%
20.09.09 Labour vow to reinstate Glasgow Airport rail link
20.09.09 Staff unhappy as BA axe long service award
19.09.09 Aberdeen Airport car park brighter
19.09.09 Ryanair charge more for inflight food and drink
18.09.09 Council want to open up Aberdeen Airport taxi service
18.09.09 BMI / Brussles Airlines to extend codeshare
17.09.09 New Gatwick car park to be built
17.09.09 Hundreds of vortex strikes near Birmingham Airport
16.09.09 Burnt toast causes Aberdeen Airport evacuation
16.09.09 Job losses at Birmingham Airport
15.09.09 easyJet still selling cancelled East MIdlands flights
15.09.09 easyJet staff job loss march
14.09.09 MP slams London City Airport parking costs
14.09.09 Heathrow boss returns to London Underground
13.09.09 Emirates plan Birmingham Airport lounge
13.09.09 London City Airport expansion job figures halved
12.09.09 Roadworks near Stansted
12.09.09 Council to object to Heathrow Airtrack plans
11.09.09 Stansted staff 'lose plane'
11.09.09 Passengers up 4.8 percent at Edinburgh Airport
10.09.09 Gatwick firm jobs threat
10.09.09 Drug smuggler jailed
09.09.09 Luton Airport roadworks to last until Spring
09.09.09 Bristol Airport self scanning for e-passport holders
08.09.09 Big increase in Aberdeen Airport car park costs
08.09.09 Bomb joke causes Durham Tees Valley Airport security alert
07.09.09 Ryanair fleet reaches 200
07.09.09 Cigarette smugglers jailed
06.09.09 Liverpool Airport expansion plans announced
06.09.09 Delta flies empty planes across the atlantic for cleaning
05.09.09 bmibaby to fill East Midlands flights gap
05.09.09 British airlines dominate Conde Nast reader awards
04.09.09 CityJet London City Airport advertising campaign
04.09.09 Stansted crash report released
03.09.09 easyJet passengers up 4.7 percent
03.09.09 bmibaby announce new Manchester route
02.09.09 New Heathrow lounge for Etihad
02.09.09 Fraport will not bid for BAA airports
01.09.09 Ryanair axe winter Stansted - Newquay flights
01.09.09 Manchester Airport strike fails to hit flights

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