Posts Tagged ‘
Heathrow ’
Jan 11th, 2021 |
By The Editor
The boss of Heathrow said that he thought passenger numbers would increase through the summer and see higher numbers next Autumn.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Easter is probably a no-no
Tags: Easter Holidays, Heathrow, John Holland Kaye, Summer holidays
Dec 5th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Heathrow will charge a fiver for drop-offs and pick-ups.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Now Heathrow slugs us
Tags: airport drop-off/pick-up charges, Heathrow
Nov 19th, 2020 |
By The Editor
At first sight, who will have any sympathy for people planning to strike over Christmas at Heathrow?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on A Christmas strike
Tags: Christmas strike action, Heathrow, Unite
Oct 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Passengers could pay the money across and find they will still not gain entry.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Airport COVID-19 testing
Tags: antibody testing, antigen testing, Heathrow, Italy, PCR testing
Feb 27th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This morning the Court of Appeal ruled against the third runway plan that Heathrow Airport wants to develop.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on No Heathrow expansion? No airport expansion?
Tags: Climate Change, Court of Appeal, Heathrow, Heathrow expansion
Jan 1st, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: January 2020
Tags: Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, forests, Heathrow, hot, language, Marrakech, Olympics, Rewilding, Scotland Yard, Tokyo
Dec 21st, 2019 |
By The Editor
The CAA is concerned that the airport might move the burden for paying for this cost by charging passengers
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Watching our backs
Tags: CAA, Heathrow, IAG, Third runway at Heathrow
Sep 13th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Heathrow Pause is treading a fine line. Just one plane crash would remove that any sympathy the group has.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Drones at Heathrow
Tags: airport drone attacks, Extinction Rebellion, Heathrow, Pause Heathrow
Jun 25th, 2019 |
By The Editor
At Dubai, Frankfurt, Gatwick, Heathrow, Singapore and Newark (New York) airports, there have been incidents with drones.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Drones near airports
Tags: drones, Frankfurt, Gatwick, Heathrow, Newark
Jun 19th, 2019 |
By The Editor
What we do know is that disruption around Heathrow is going to last some time and much longer than many anticipated.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Heathrow expansion
Tags: airport expansion, Heathrow, The World is Waiting
Jun 15th, 2019 |
By The Editor
For those of us who can remember before liquids were a problem in hand luggage a return to those days will be bliss.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Five years of trials
Tags: Heathrow, liquids in hand baggage, Security scanning
May 26th, 2019 |
By The Editor
What she could also usefully do to reduce the number of vehicles is to promote a viable public transport system to get from the south of the airport.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Getting to Heathrow from the south
Tags: Heathrow, Public transport
Mar 2nd, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Some of Adrian’s concerns this week; A travel guide gets a 21st century update, a ban on flying to Sharm and another survey about Brexit and travel.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 2nd March 2019
Tags: Bradt, Brexit, Canada, Egypt, Florida, Guernsey, Heathrow, India, Legoland Florida Resort, Sharm El Sheikh
Jan 21st, 2019 |
By The Editor
Heathrow has undertaken some research which suggests that over half of us can be transported back to our summer holidays by just hearing the sound of waves on the beach.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Blue Monday
Tags: Blue Monday, Heathrow
Oct 20th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Another airline collapsed this week – Cobalt Air, there seems to be a Brexit effect around and yet another investigation shows that some website reviews are faked
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 20th October 2018
Tags: Amorevore Food & Arts Festival, Aosta Valley, Brexit, Brittany Ferries, CAA, Cobalt Air, Cyprus., electric planes, fake reviews, Heathrow, Ibiza, Italy, St Lucia
Oct 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: October 2018
Tags: Aqaba, Austria, BA, Big Apple, British Airways, coffee, diving, dog owners, Durban, Heathrow, Iran, Italy, jordan, Lavazza, Melbourne, Middle East, New York, pets, Red Sea, South Africa, Stanley & Livingstone, Tehran, Turin, Victoria Falls, Vienna
Aug 14th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Instead of lines for EU and non-EU residents there should be lines for UK, EU, favoured nation status and others
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Those passport queues at Heathrow
Tags: Border Agency, Heathrow, passport control queues
Jul 28th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
A new scanning system at Heathrow, Great Bridlington and Doors Open attract Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 28th of July 2018
Tags: Apple River Fort, Barbados, Bridlington, Glitch Festival, Greenwich, Heathrow, Illinois, Malta, Ranger’s House, scanning liquids at airports, Summer Daze Malta, summer fires, USA
Jul 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: July 2018
Tags: amsterdam, barber shops, Bavaria, Berlin, China, Club 18-30, Dundee, Europe, festival, Germany, Hainan, Heathrow, Hollywood, London, London Bridge, London Bridge City, Passau, Porto, Portugal, River Thames, Royal wedding, Sanya, sausage dogs, Scotland, Summer By The River, Thomas Cook, UK, walking, Wuhan
Jun 30th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Supersonic flight, hotel booking systems and getting insurance if you have a health problem are some of the things that caught Adrian’s eye this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 30th of June 2018
Tags: Australia, Bali, bed taxes, Boeing, Edinburgh, Egypt, Heathrow, hotel booking sites, Package Travel Directive, supersonic travel, Taiwan International Balloon Festival, travel insurance for long-term health issues, Victoria, whale watching
Jun 26th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The answer is probably to consider regional flights. The might cost a bit more but it will take the hassle out of being Heathrow snared!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on As Heathrow expands…
Tags: airport expansion, Heathrow
Jun 6th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Would I bet on Heathrow’ expansion hapening. Not yet, I wouldn’t.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on What about Heathrow?
Tags: Heathrow, Heathrow expansion
May 19th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Apart from a wedding this week, it was the 75th anniversary of the Dambuster raid, Club 18-30 may be for sale and Grenada wants us to holiday there in summer!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th May 2018
Tags: Archers, Balmoral Show, Chepstow, Dambusters, Effingham, Grenada, Heathrow, Ichkabal, Malcolm Bell, Mexico, Monaco, Royal Air Force Museum, Surrey, taking children out of school in termtime, Visit Cornwall, Windsor
May 5th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Star Wars, Kew Gardens and the busiest air route in the world caught Adrian’s attetion this bank holiday weekend along with a cheeky Airbnb offer to manage American government travel accommodation.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th May 2018
Tags: Airbnb, Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2018, bank holiday weekend, Brand USA, Cardiff, Castlewellan Arboretum and Annesley Garden, Cat Friend, Cathay Pacific, Deloittes, Doha, Dublin, Heathrow, holiday spend, Jeju, Kew Gardens, Mallorca, OAG, Peter Cushing, Qatar Airways, Seoul, Star Wars, Valerie Bisbal
Mar 28th, 2018 |
By The Editor
After the event, the BBC reported that Holland Kaye said that disabled passengers stranded on planes at Heathrow would not receive compensation for the delay.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Frank Gardner’s wheelchair
Tags: Frank Gardner, Heathrow, John Holland Kaye, wheelchairs on planes
Mar 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: March 2018
Tags: airline, airport, awards, Aylesbury, Belize, British Airways, campervans, David Bowie, easyjet, Flying, Heathrow, Indian Ocean, Ishigaki, island, Jack's Flight Club, Japan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Maldives, Mexico, noodles, Okinawa, Porto, Portugal, Roberto Ochoa, Royal Caribbean, Seychelles, TAP Portugal, TripAdvisor, UK, Yucatan peninsula
Feb 12th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The announcement over the weekend by Eurostar that it will start a direct rail service from London to Amsterdam from April 4th could herald the decline of the air links between the two cities.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Amsterdam by rail
Tags: amsterdam, Eurostar, Heathrow, regional flight connectivity, Schipol
Jan 15th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Rather than spend money on a third runway at Heathrow Sir Richard Branson is suggesting a hyperloop system in tunnels which would transport passengers from one airport to the other in five minutes.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Heathrow to Gatwick in five minutes
Tags: Elon Musk, Gatwick, Heathrow, Hyperloop, Sir Richard Branson