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Watch: Heathrow Airport after air traffic control outage grounds flights

Watch a view of Heathrow airport as airlines attempted to recover their flight operations after an air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon (30 July).

The Independent UK

Union bosses urge 'no further delays' to Heathrow third runway plans

Leaders say construction will create tens of thousands of skilled jobs

Evening Standard

British Airways plane forced to divert mid-air after pilots declared emergency on board

The captain of the British Airways flight made an emergency ‘squawk’ approximately 30 minutes into the journey from London Heathrow to Belfast

Evening Standard

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Heathrow-funded group sending 'incredibly misleading' mail to homes across west London, campaigners allege

Campaign group Back Heathrow has been accused of distributing misleading leaflets

Evening Standard

Heathrow fire cost airport tens of millions of pounds, says CEO

Thomas Woldbye speaks of damages claim as a possibility and expresses caution over a third runway

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow injunction against potential climate protesters continued at High Court

Mr Justice Turner kept the injunction in place, which will be reviewed in a further 12 months.

Evening Standard

Heathrow reveals huge financial impact of fire that forced airport’s closure

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the incident

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Substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport to cost it ‘tens of millions’

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the incident that led to the airport’s closure in March.

Evening Standard

Drunk US teens arrested at Heathrow after chaos on Virgin Atlantic flight from LA

The teenagers were taken into custody where they had mugshots and fingerprints taken

Evening Standard

Motorists face rising 'kiss and fly' charges at most London airports

Gatwick and Heathrow have hiked the cost of drop-offs to £7 and £6 respectively

Evening Standard

ESPN radio host 'nearly arrested' at Heathrow Airport during meltdown over son's golf clubs

ESPN’s Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo said police were called after he got in a row with British Airways staff

Evening Standard

Heathrow pledges 5-minute queues under new revamp plans

The UK's busiest airport has pledged that by 2031, 95 per cent of passengers will pass through security in under five minutes

Evening Standard

Travelling through Heathrow could soon be more expensive

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The Independent UK

Heathrow wants to raise passenger fees to fund terminal upgrades

The average charge per passenger could rise nearly £5

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Evening Standard

Vital investment in Heathrow is a gateway for growth for the whole of the UK

Our business plan is a £10 billion privately funded investment package to make Heathrow more efficient, more sustainable and better prepared for the future, writes Thomas Woldbye, CEO of Heathrow

The Independent UK

Heathrow has turned airport noises into music. Here’s why

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The Independent UK

Virgin Atlantic: 5-year plan includes Starlink wifi and more posh seats, but not a return to Gatwick

Plane Talk: When Richard Branson founded his airline, only 5% of seats were better than economy – on some planes soon it will be 45%

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Heathrow terminals to play new track created entirely from airport sounds

Musician and producer Jordan Rakei recorded more than 50 sounds such as travellers’ footsteps, passports being stamped and aircraft engines.

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The Independent UK

Heathrow Airport in bid to cure nervous flyers with ASMR and engine music track

The track, which is designed to loop, is being played inside Heathrow’s four terminals and is available to download

The Independent UK

UK airports prepare for busiest-ever summer – and these are the peak dates

Exclusive: Fridays in July and August see the biggest crowds at five top airports, while at Gatwick landings and take-offs will be just 65 seconds apart

Evening Standard

OPINION - Who needs Russian sabotage when you have the Great British planning system?

A fire at Heathrow Airport had nothing to do with foreign interference, and everything to do with Britain’s shoddy infrastructure

The Independent UK

I try United Airlines’ business class suite — here’s what I love about it (and what I don’t)

The Independent’s US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill puts United’s Polaris business-class suite to the test on flights between London Heathrow and Newark. The seat can cost up to $11,000 on this route. Ted discovers how much bang you get for this big pile of bucks

Evening Standard

Heathrow fires: What caused the substation blaze which led to travel chaos

A new report unveils that a catastrophic failure by the National Grid led to the power outage, prompting an Ofgem investigation into preventable faults

The Independent UK

National Grid aware of fault behind Heathrow shutdown fire for seven years

National Grid blamed for failing to act on known transformer problem, while Heathrow accepted risk as a ‘high-impact, low-probability event’

International Business Times

Fire That Closed Heathrow Traced To Unrepaired Transformer

A fire at an electrical substation that forced a shutdown at London's Heathrow Airport in March was likely caused by moisture entering electrical components, a problem first flagged in 2018, a report said Wednesday.

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