uk-airport-news.info is the UK's first and only complete UK airport news website.
There is so much going on at UK airports, that it's hard to keep track. And this is where we can help. We scour online and offline news sources every day for news about UK airports. We read the stories and the press releases, pick out the facts, and we post them on this website.
Click on any of the links in the 'news @ uk airports' box on the left to find out what's happening at your favourite airport, look just below for links to the latest uk airport news stories or click on the links in the airport services section for all of the airport things you need. We also have guides to UK Airport Parking and UK Airport Hotels.
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The Latest UK Airport News Stories:
03.09.08 Plane emergency at East Midlands Airport
03.09.08 Residents call for £1 ‘noise charge’ at Glasgow Airport
03.09.08 Ryanair sees drop in ‘ticket touts’ as EU ends probe
03.09.08 Passengers ‘could fall’ at Exeter Airport
03.09.08 Airline profits to soar as oil price drops
03.09.08 easyJet announce new Gatwick – Istanbul flights
03.09.08 Ryanair announce ski routes from Birmingham Airport
03.09.08 Emirates to upgrade planes on Newcastle Airport route
03.09.08 New charity drive by Virgin Atlantic
03.09.08 Monarch passengers up 8.6%
03.09.08 Freight up 6% at Kent Airport
03.09.08 Virgin Atlantic selects Mercator's Skychain for cargo business
02.09.08 Branson interested in Gatwick
02.09.08 Heathrow's new terminal ‘will not be ready for 2012 Olympics’
02.09.08 Belfast City Airport curbs to be relaxed
02.09.08 BAA profits halved
02.09.08 Heathrow ‘will be able to handle more A380s’
02.09.08 BA ‘flies closer to Alitalia’
02.09.08 XL financing deal ‘this week’
02.09.08 BAA's view on airport fingerprinting
02.09.08 Wind turbine plan for Bristol Airport
02.09.08 Belfast Airport drugs seizure
02.09.08 Pegasus wants to expand UK - Turkey flights
02.09.08 Luton Airport gets multilingual broadcast system
01.09.08 FT: Twitchy creditors threaten airlines
01.09.08 BA ‘optimistic’ over US approval for AA link up
01.09.08 Schiphol ‘interested in Glasgow Airport’
01.09.08 Ryanair defends fuel saving measures
01.09.08 easyJet reduce GDS booking fee
01.09.08 Zoom’s debts £20 - £25m
01.09.08 Flybe helps Zoom passengers
01.09.08 Inverness Airport passengers down on fewer flights
01.09.08 Ryanair say Aer Lingus losses show merger plans should fly
01.09.08 Manchester Airport improves operations with passenger bus computers
01.09.08 Villagers meet to discuss Cardiff Airport road plans
01.09.08 Jet2 put seven more routes from Leeds Bradford on sale
31.08.08 XL Leisure ‘in urgent talks with banks’
31.08.08 After Zoom’s collapse, analysts say ‘worst still to come’
31.08.08 Walsh ‘puts the boot into Branson’
31.08.08 Pilot fury at Ryanair fuel ration
31.08.08 Middle Eastern investor eyes BAA airports
31.08.08 Passengers up 1% at Prestwick Airport
31.08.08 Virgin ‘engage heavyweight city advisors’; to fight BA – AA deal
31.08.08 O’Leary: oil will drop below $100
31.08.08 Jet2 boss says trading ‘strong’
31.08.08 Higher rail fares ‘will benefit domestic air travel’
31.08.08 Fun fare problems at East Midlands Airport
31.08.08 Aer Lingus ‘still committed to Belfast’
31.08.08 Work steps up on Glasgow Airport Rail Link
31.08.08 Gloucester Airport training exercise
30.08.08 Ryanair ‘charges customers €15 fantasy fees’
30.08.08 Collapse of Zoom highlights confusion over financial protection
30.08.08 Gatwick-based seat-only operator fails
30.08.08 New emergency for Ryanair plane
30.08.08 Cardiff Airport wants to replace Zoom flights
30.08.08 Virgin and BA offers for Zoom passengers
30.08.08 Computer fault causes 10 hour delay at Newcastle Airport
30.08.08 Heathrow sees growth in US passengers as short-haul dips
30.08.08 Wizz axe Durham Tees Valley flights
30.08.08 Former check-in clerk now Ryanair captain
30.08.08 O’Leary warning for holiday home owners
30.08.08 BA World Cargo announce third fuel surcharge reduction
29.08.08 Zoom in administration; cancels all flights
29.08.08 Alitalia seeks bankruptcy protection
29.08.08 EU probes BA, America, Iberia transatlantic pact
29.08.08 Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester Airport workers call off strikes
29.08.08 BA ‘interested in Austrian’
29.08.08 Manchester Airport passport control rated worst
29.08.08 Emergency at Southampton Airport
29.08.08 Ryanair wins German screen scrape case
29.08.08 easyJet launch sale
29.08.08 Fog hits easyJet Bristol flight
29.08.08 Ryanair asks Microsoft to help block 'screen scrapers'
28.08.08 Zoom plane detained at Glasgow Airport over payment problem
28.08.08 Stansted scanners strikes called off
28.08.08 Emergency landing after fire on Gatwick jet
28.08.08 Airlines mock BAA 2012 security role
28.08.08 Zoom Gatwick passengers hit by plane problem over cash concerns
28.08.08 Ryanair axe Cork flights from East Midlands and Prestwick
28.08.08 BA plan Heathrow – Hyderabad flight from December
28.08.08 Leeds holidaymakers airport protest
28.08.08 Luton Airport bus link plans backed
28.08.08 Holiday airlines in merger talks
28.08.08 Virgin’s new Heathrow clubhouse unveiled
28.08.08 French fighters force easyJet plane to take evasive action
27.08.08 Clumsy baggage handler rips £1m hole in side of jet
27.08.08 Jail term for ‘stupid’ Liverpool Airport bomb claim
27.08.08 Gatwick detention centre 'unacceptable' for women
27.08.08 Southend Airport sale claims quashed
27.08.08 Emergency at Stornaway Airport
27.08.08 Ryanair names hundreds of screen scraping websites
27.08.08 News Leeds - Dubrovnik route for Jet2
27.08.08 easyJet shares downgraded to ‘sell’
27.08.08 Council’s Gatwick rail link concern
27.08.08 bmi says Jersey – Heathrow route ‘safe’
27.08.08 Ryanair extends sale
27.08.08 Flybe report heavy late summer demand
26.08.08 Cabin pressure problem causes Ryanair Bristol flight emergency
26.08.08 Airlines accused of profiteering from fuel surcharges
26.08.08 Second Stansted strike for Thursday
26.08.08 Manchester Airport handling jobs threat
26.08.08 Business travellers rise see Virgin profits soar
26.08.08 Ryanair give EU justification for screen scrape cancellations
26.08.08 Robin Hood Airport wants to land big airlines
26.08.08 Meningitis scare on easyJet flight at Liverpool Airport
26.08.08 XL axe Gatwick – Caribbean flights
26.08.08 Air hostess loses job; fined £400 for being 6 times over alcohol limit
26.08.08 Jet2 announce Manchester – Sardinia route
26.08.08 Southend Airport tours
25.08.08 Walsh: BAA break-up 'isn't the solution'
25.08.08 Stansted Airport workers strike; ‘do not hit passengers’
25.08.08 Appeal by BAA ‘could delay break-up’
25.08.08 Stansted second runway enquiry date set
25.08.08 Seaplane emergency landing at Glasgow Airport
25.08.08 Bus firm U-turn over Aberdeen Airport service
25.08.08 Robin Hood Airport expects horse race boost
25.08.08 BA to increase excess bag charges
25.08.08 Gatwick Express disruption this winter
25.08.08 Manchester Airport ban fireworks
25.08.08 Ramada Heathrow hotel gets ready to open
25.08.08 Business leaders: Exeter Airport expansion vital
24.08.08 BAA: Competition Commission report is 'ridiculous'
24.08.08 Gatwick ‘will double in size’
24.08.08 Plan for trustee to oversee BAA airports sale
24.08.08 Olympic Airlines cuts Gatwick flights
24.08.08 Airline fees quadruple in two years
24.08.08 Durham Tees Valley Airport expects record weekend
24.08.08 Emergency landing for Virgin Heathrow flight
24.08.08 Expert urges Birmingham Airport to join BAA bidding war
24.08.08 Eyebrow bar at Heathrow T5
24.08.08 BA redesign first class cabin
24.08.08 IOM Airport security staff unhappy with new deal
24.08.08 Bournemouth aviation museum saved
23.08.08 Demonstration at Edinburgh Airport
23.08.08 Delta oppose BA – AA alliance unless Heathrow slots surrendered
23.08.08 Virgin ‘cashes in on flight from BA’
23.08.08 Airlines launch fares war to lure back passengers
23.08.08 Virgin plane lands at Gatwick after emergency
23.08.08 easyJet plane makes emergency landing
23.08.08 Southend Airport boss: Gatwick sale would not hit us
23.08.08 Paris Hilton launches bags range at Manchester Airport
23.08.08 BA adds Buenos Aires flights
23.08.08 Monarch announce Birmingham – Larnaca flights
23.08.08 Heathrow industrial rents highest in world
23.08.08 New security measure for Manchester Airport car park
22.08.08 Councils ‘keen to take share in bid for Glasgow Airport’
22.08.08 Management ‘snub Stansted strike talks’
22.08.08 Manchester ‘to make £700m bid for Glasgow Airport’
22.08.08 BA not considering Alitalia partnership
22.08.08 Chef who lived at Gatwick Airport jailed
22.08.08 BA to move short-haul flights to T3 on January 27
22.08.08 Two day delay for easyJet Manchester passengers
22.08.08 BA World Cargo reduces fuel surcharge
22.08.08 Thales win Liverpool Airport contract
22.08.08 BA steward admits to being 4 times over drink limit
22.08.08 Speed record from Coventry Airport
22.08.08 Wind turbine plans scaled back over Heathrow fears
21.08.08 Airport strikes called off
21.08.08 Ferrovial object to BAA break-up plan
21.08.08 BA calls for better airport regulation
There is a lot happening at UK airports at the moment. Heathrow airport, the worlds busiest international airport with 67.9 million passengers in 2007, has opened a £4.2 billion terminal 5, waiting on a planning decision for a new runway (and sixth terminal) and has planning permission for another new terminal called Heathrow East. Gatwick Airport, the worlds busiest single runway airport (two terminals, but one runway), with 35.2 million passengers in 2007 continues to hope for a new runway in 2020.
These two London airports still dominate in terms of flights and passenger numbers, but regional airports growing at a much faster rate. The two other large London Airports - Stansted Airport and Luton Airport - where the UK's original budget airline started - continue to grow at a steady rate. Stansted airport will be the site the first of the UK's new runways some time after 2013, if it can get planning approval. However, Luton Airport recently scrapped plans for a new runway.
But it is at the the regional airports - led by Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Bristol - where the growth is much more dramatic. These airports have been transformed by the emergence budget airlines, all doubling in size over the last 10 years and aiming to double again over the next 10.
These smaller UK airports are not content with with short haul routes, the larger regionals are now picking up inter-continental routes too, and many, including Belfast, Cardiff, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, East Midlands and Southampton have set increasing the number of routes they offer as a key target.
Then there are smaller UK airports and even new airports adding routes and offering more choice and local flights to a growing number of UK residents. Many, including Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Coventry, Durham Tees Valley, Kent, London City, Norwich, Prestwick, Robin Hood have all set 1 million passengers a year as a realistic target. Some will even achieve it this year.
These are interesting times for UK airports. Keep up to date with all of the latest developments at uk-airport-news.info.
