UK Airport Hotels News Stories

On this page we have included news stories about UK airport hotels. Plus, when we see an airport hotel on sale at a really good price, we post details here too. We also add some airport news too, just to keep you up to date with changes at UK airports. So click on any of the headlines to read the story, and be sure to click back to keep up to date with which airport hotels are offering the best prices.

September 2010

09.09.10 David Miliband calls for Heathrow third runway
09.09.10 Don't go to Edinburgh Airport to see the Pope arrive
08.09.10 Heathrow mixed mode ruled out
08.09.10 Ryanair in the market for 200 - 300 planes
07.09.10 Passengers down 2.8% at Manchester Airport
07.09.10 BA cabin crew want strike ballot
06.09.10 BA has 12 takeover targets
06.09.10 Cup of tea grounds Ryanair flight
05.09.10 Ryanair's new cost cutting plan - flights with no pilots
05.09.10 BA / Kingfisher codeshare deal
04.09.10 BA predicted to win in cabin crew dispute
04.09.10 Little Britain stars filming at an airport near you
03.09.10 Liverpool Airport hotel buy for Peel
03.09.10 easyJet extend Gatwick - Palermo flights into winter
02.09.10 Manchester Airport hotel for sale for £28.2m
02.09.10 BAA continue debt refinancing with new bonds sale
01.09.10 Mexicana suspend all flights
01.09.10 Gatwick and Manchester get winter Turkey flights

August 2010

31.08.10 Bristol Airport hotel plans approved
31.08.10 Czech Airlines to axe Manchester and Heathrow routes
30.08.10 Three new routes from Manchester for easyJet
30.08.10 easyJet in-flight charity drive launched
29.08.10 Ryanair Stansted - Cyprus flights block by tour operators
29.08.10 Busy weekend at East Midlands Airport
28.08.10 Delta to launch Heathrow flights to Boston and Miami
28.08.10 Virgin to boost winter Caribbean services
27.08.10 Ryanair on time flights performance drops
27.08.10 Residents meeting held at Belfast City Airport
26.08.10 Four star Heathrow hotels for £43
26.08.10 New Gatwick - US links for Iceland Express
25.08.10 Heathrow hotels enjoy busy month
25.08.10 Four recent upgrades at Bristol Airport
24.08.10 Gatwick announce contractors for £1bn upgrade
24.08.10 Heathrow passengers enjoy Notting Hill Carnival preview
23.08.10 BA change 'humiliating' child seating policy
23.08.10 Massive haul of chewing tobacco seized at Stansted Airport
22.08.10 Qantas plans European growth over Government runway blocks
22.08.10 Manchester Airport Metrolink construction contract signed
21.08.10 New Aberdeen Airport boss named
21.08.10 British food festival at Heathrow Airport
20.08.10 Travel companies help Kiss customers
20.08.10 Scottish pilots on alert after giant vulture escapes
19.08.10 O'Leary says Ryanair is Lidl or Aldi of the skies
19.08.10 Delta to increase US flights from Heathrow
18.08.10 Flight delay compensation blocked by court
18.08.10 BAA strike deal offer revealled
17.08.10 BA to launch Heathrow - Gothenburg flights
17.08.10 Growth in business and first class travel
16.08.10 Heathrow still top for international passengers
16.08.10 Stansted campaigners holiday cycle ride
15.08.10 Man jailed for attempted Birmingham Airport hotel theft
15.08.10 BA could lose £15m a day during BAA strike
14.08.10 EU warn KLM over ash compensation
14.08.10 Manchester Airport plane parking crash report
13.08.10 BAA staff vote to strike
13.08.10 Manchester has world's top airport twitter feed
12.08.10 GMB back BA offer to Heathrow staff
12.08.10 Drug smuggler jailed for 20 years over rum cocaine death
11.08.10 Passengers pay to park at Manchester Airport - even when the car park is full
11.08.10 New lounge at Luton Airport opened
10.08.10 BAA's six UK airports face bank holiday strike threat
10.08.10 Two appointments for Manchester Airports Group
09.08.10 Gatwick flights suspended by Mexicana
09.08.10 BA air freight deal
08.08.10 Manchester flight had UFO near miss
08.08.10 BA cabin crew told not to close window blinds
07.08.10 Heathrow Airport hotel prices increase
07.08.10 US confirm $14 ESTA fee
06.08.10 Plane crash in Zimbabwe was just a drill
06.08.10 easyJet passengers up 7.7 percent
05.08.10 Ryanair reports record passengers
05.08.10 Tram link for Manchester Airport
04.08.10 Stansted on track for zero landfill
04.08.10 Ads promote Manchester Airport offices
03.08.10 Campaigners slam Bristol Airport hotel plans
03.08.10 BA pension deficit plan approved
02.08.10 Boxer's belt stolen from Norwich Airport hotel
02.08.10 Virgin Atlantic to recruit 300
01.08.10 easyJet launch night check-in at Gatwick
01.08.10 Luton Airport advertising contract retain by JCDecaux

July 2010

31.07.10 Virgin positive despite loss
31.07.10 Tesco Express for Glasgow Airport
30.07.10 Manchester Airport Hilton hotel for sale
30.07.10 Iceland Express Gatwick - New York flights go year round
29.07.10 New easyJet boss targets Gatwick delays
29.07.10 Belfast - Cork flights axed by Aer Arann
28.07.10 Application submitted to build new Bristol Airport hotel
28.07.10 Lower first half loss for BAA's London airports
27.07.10 Ryanair use Mugabe to slam easyJet punctuality
27.07.10 Icelandair increase Manchester / Glasgow flights
26.07.10 New technology to cut emissions and delays at Gatwick
26.07.10 Flybe marks 10m passengers at Southampton Airport
25.07.10 Bomb hoaxer jailed
25.07.10 Driver hospitalised after Gatwick Airport crash
24.07.10 Bristol Airport on awards shortlist
24.07.10 Pegasus add extra Stansted flights
23.07.10 easyJet slam Government airport regulation plans
23.07.10 Heathrow HS1 rail link 'not value for money'
22.07.10 Stelios tells easyJet: run on time or change your name
22.07.10 French air traffic control strike affects flights
21.07.10 BA cabin crew reject pay offer
21.07.10 Stelios to launch easyHolidays and Flights websites
20.07.10 Construction of new East Midlands Airport hotel started
20.07.10 Cardiff Airport gets council back up
19.07.10 Dreamliner could bring Hawaii flights to Bristol Airport
19.07.10 BA launch mobile boarding passes
18.07.10 easyJet Question Time for Prime Minister
18.07.10 BA train US ground staff as strike breakers
17.07.10 New Edinburgh Airport hotel planned
17.07.10 Strike threat for BAA
16.07.10 Gatwick passengers fall by 0.8% in June
16.07.10 O'Leary pays damages to Sir Stelios
15.07.10 EU allow BA / AA joint venture
15.07.10 Runway compensation deal agreed by Manchester Airport
14.07.10 Manchester Airport boss resigns
14.07.10 East Midlands is UK's most environmentally friendly airport
13.07.10 Unite plan BA shareholder meeting protest
13.07.10 New Manchester Airport lounge to be used by Finnair
12.07.10 Record day for Heathrow
11.07.10 Summer offer from Heathrow Express
11.07.10 Ken Dodd 'tickled' after Liverpool plane named after him
10.07.10 Which? slam airline tax refund charges
10.07.10 New Edinburgh - Gothenburg flights for Ryanair
09.07.10 BA boss wants APD scrapped when emissions trading launched
09.07.10 Five new Newcastle routes for Jet2
08.07.10 Which? call for safeguards on airport fees
08.07.10 EgyptAir boost Heathrow - Cairo flights
07.07.10 Ryanair sees booking boost - except on German routes !
07.07.10 Emirates to boost Birmingham - Dubai capacity by 22%
06.07.10 Ryanair passengers jump 15 percent
06.07.10 easyJet announce new Edinburgh - Basel flights
05.07.10 Trolley fee to double at a number of UK airports
05.07.10 Government NATS sell off plans criticised
04.07.10 Trolley fee doubled at Luton Airport
04.07.10 easyBus put winter seats on sale
03.07.10 Cabin crew union say BA dispute has tarnished brand
03.07.10 AEA axe airline league tables
02.07.10 New lounge at Manchester Airport
02.07.10 50 millionth passenger for Heathrow T5
01.07.10 Gatwick intra-terminal shuttle reopened
01.07.10 More nonsense from Ryanair's O'Deary

June 2010

30.06.10 Ryanair to cut UK flights by 16% this winter
30.06.10 BA pilots praised over emergency
29.06.10 Passengers warned over Gatwick roadworks
29.06.10 SAA crew member charged with cocaine smuggling
28.06.10 Continental boss welcomes UK airport task force
28.06.10 Summer 2011 flights from Jet2 on sale
27.06.10 Green award for Heathrow hotel
27.06.10 Stelios plans easyBus float
26.06.10 'BMI Friday' bargains launched
26.06.10 easyJet to add Belfast City - Luton flight this winter
25.06.10 Summer 2011 flights on sale at Monarch
25.06.10 BA launch big cabin crew recruitment drive
24.06.10 Which? slam London airport train costs
24.06.10 Union set fresh BA deadline
23.06.10 ERA welcome APD decision delay
23.06.10 BA agree deal to plug pension deficit
22.06.10 Gatwick gets new brand and £1bn upgrade
22.06.10 Long jail terms for drug smuggling gang
21.06.10 BA slam planned APD rise
21.06.10 Gatwick passengers down 4.1% in May
20.06.10 Heathrow hotel bans vuvuzelas
20.06.10 Award for Manchester Airport
19.06.10 New software means most 'naked' scanner images not viewed
19.06.10 GIP sell 12.7% Gatwick stake to US pension fund
18.06.10 Ryanair offer bigger bags limit (and bigger fee)
18.06.10 New Leeds - Madeira flights take off
17.06.10 BA / Unite talks fail to break deadlock
17.06.10 World Cup lounge at Newcastle Airport
16.06.10 Manchester - New York flights launched by American
16.06.10 BA announce new winter Gatwick - Cancun service
15.06.10 New Government plans tighter border controls
15.06.10 Thomas Cook offer PSP in-flight entertainment
14.06.10 BAA to sell Naples Airport
14.06.10 Manchester - Singapore flights to go back to daily
13.06.10 ACAS suggest new BA dispute deal
13.06.10 Ryanair and Hertz launch new easy booking process
12.06.10 BA to expand from Spain after Heathrow runway blocked
12.06.10 Ryanair calls for BAA break up again
11.06.10 BA's Walsh does not take bonus; new bonus linked to settling cabin crew dispute
11.06.10 Ryanair increase Edinbugh flights this winter
10.06.10 New London City Airport hotel planned
10.06.10 BA winning cabin crew fight?
09.06.10 'Naked' scanner at Manchester Airport terminal one
09.06.10 BA website tops usability survey
08.06.10 BA 'will hold out as long as it takes'
08.06.10 Weekend traffic alert at East Midlands Airport
07.06.10 Stansted Airport Hotel Watch launched by Police
07.06.10 Continental Heathrow flights get flatbeds
06.06.10 Belfast flight damages local homes
06.06.10 BA operate extra flights as more cabin crew return to work
05.06.10 Stelios plans easyJet travel agency
05.06.10 American fined over Heathrow accident
04.06.10 Ash detection system announced by easyJet
04.06.10 Passengers down 14.2% at BA
03.06.10 easyJet 'technical innovation' to end flight disruption
03.06.10 BA / Iberia on track for merger completion this year
02.06.10 Heathrow Yotel to be Delta arrivals lounge
02.06.10 Airlines push minister for ash compensation
01.06.10 Ash cloud has silver lining for Heathrow hotels
01.06.10 Glasgow Airport rail link live - at least as computer game

May 2010

31.05.10 ACAS to arrange fresh BA talks
31.05.10 Iraq Airways closes; Gatwick flights cancelled
30.05.10 Air Canada launch Heathrow - St Johns flights
30.05.10 Jet2 announce Turkey flights from Leeds Bradford
29.05.10 Award for Edinburgh Airport hotel
29.05.10 New website for Birmingham Airport
28.05.10 Birmingham Airport 'closer to London than Heathrow' !
28.05.10 New winter sun route for Jet2 at Manchester Airport
27.05.10 Mancheter Airport ash chaos cost £10m
27.05.10 Ryanair pilot on Prestwick flight blinded by laser
26.05.10 BA unions don't want to talk with Walsh
26.05.10 Virgin mergin ?
25.05.10 Runway planning application withdrawn by Stansted Airport
25.05.10 Climate protest at Manchester Airport
24.05.10 Staff learning centre launched at Blackpool Airport
24.05.10 GIP move Gatwick PR account
23.05.10 BA / union talks broken up
23.05.10 Ryanair wants ash compensation
22.05.10 Edinburgh - Barcelona flights take off
22.05.10 BA and union to talk at ACAS today
21.05.10 Four new Stansted routes take off for easyJet
21.05.10 Elephant Manchester Airport protest
20.05.10 Jet2 launch East Midlands flights
20.05.10 Legal block on BA cabin crew strike removed
19.05.10 BA strike legal judgement tomorrow
19.05.10 Belfast Airport hotel plans moving forward
18.05.10 Court blocks BA strikes again
18.05.10 Ryanair 'ash rescue flights' today
17.05.10 Ash cloud problems for passengers today
17.05.10 ABTA slams airport expansion ban; wants APD changes
16.05.10 Italy fine Ryanair over ash cloud passenger failings
16.05.10 easy name may have to go in boardroom row
15.05.10 Birmingham Airport has runway plan B
15.05.10 easyJet celebrates 300 millionth passenger
14.05.10 BA to fly 70% of passengers during first strike
14.05.10 Flybe axe new Belfast route before it even takes off
13.05.10 Ash cloud flight delayed for 30 hours, then cancelled
13.05.10 Manchester Airport trains popular
12.05.10 African plane on Gatwick flight has crashed
12.05.10 Cleaning fluid caused Ryanair flight emergency
11.05.10 Fresh BA strike dates announced
11.05.10 Ryanair admits Belfast flight problems were ash related
10.05.10 BA price fixing trial collapses as OFT give up
10.05.10 Sevenoaks - Gatwick bus axed
09.05.10 Stansted Hotels with free wi-fi
09.05.10 Holiday companies launch summer 2011 schdules
08.05.10 Passengers down 7.6% at easyJet
08.05.10 Glasgow - Islands flights hit by ash again
07.05.10 Ryanair passengers down 6%, or up 17% !
07.05.10 BA 'passenger traffic' down 22.4% !
06.05.10 Ash affected airports reopen
06.05.10 Stansted - Minneapolis flights announced
05.05.10 Busy summer expected at Luton Airport
05.05.10 A second plane impounded at Gatwick
04.05.10 Continental and United to merge
04.05.10 Air Southwest launch winter flights
03.05.10 Flights at weekends up to 5 times more expensive
03.05.10 CC boss says BAA decision was 'perverse'
02.05.10 Passengers 'caught short' after all toilets blocked on BA long-haul flight
02.05.10 Glasgow Airport flight emergency
01.05.10 Flybe backs Heathrow runway but wants protected regional slots
01.05.10 People will continue to travel despite Ash crisis

April 2010

30.04.10 Ash closure cost Heathrow / Stansted £28m
30.04.10 Newcastle Airport faces £1m ash bill
29.04.10 New travel extras push for Manchester Airport
29.04.10 Defence lawyer denies BA / Virgin fixed prices
28.04.10 Branson wanted to 'sound out' BA on fuel surcharge change
28.04.10 Air fares to jump on ash and fuel costs
27.04.10 ABTA say holidaymakers will be back this week
27.04.10 BA execs price fixing trial starts
26.04.10 An estimated 30,000+ passengers still stranded abroad
26.04.10 First Iraqi flight in 20 years touches down at Gatwick
25.04.10 Online strike vote for BA cabin crew
25.04.10 Ash cloud crisis meeting for EU ministers
24.04.10 Airlines ask passengers to give up seats
24.04.10 Liverpool Airport getting back to normal
23.04.10 Stranded assengers offered free rooms at Edinburgh hotel
23.04.10 BA boss 'forced Government UK airport back down'
22.04.10 Ryanair delays flights restart to pick up stranded passengers
22.04.10 New report questions business case for Heathrow runway
21.04.10 Flight restrictions cost Jet2 £2.8m
21.04.10 Ash chaos boost Heathrow and Gatwick hotels
20.04.10 Airports open, but only a handful of flights take off
20.04.10 Ash problems cost BAA £5m - £6m a day
19.04.10 Ash problems cost TUI £5m+ a day
19.04.10 BA flight tests ash effects - with Willie Walsh onboard !
18.04.10 Flight ban extended - and could last for days
18.04.10 Shutdown cost Southampton Airport over £50,000 a day
17.04.10 Flights grounded again
17.04.10 Hotels and restaurants help stranded passengers
16.04.10 Flights grounded again today
16.04.10 Birmingham Airport boss confident on runway extension
15.04.10 Conservatives and Liberals to 'fix' APD and block runways
15.04.10 Manchester passenger is Jet2's 20 millionth
14.04.10 Most UK passengers happy to use naked scanners
14.04.10 Environmentalists want more disclosure on Birmingham Airport runway plan
13.04.10 BA make new offer to end cabin crew dispute
13.04.10 Jet2 add two new ski flights
12.04.10 BAA passengers down 1.5 percent
12.04.10 Comment on Leeds Bradford Airport noise action plan
11.04.10 Flybe add Gatwick - Nantes flights
11.04.10 Accident investigators call for change in Heathrow procedures
10.04.10 New hotels partner for Flybe
10.04.10 Passengers up 3 percent at Gatwick
09.04.10 New Manchester routes take off for Flybe
09.04.10 Witnesses sought from East Midlands Airport robbery
08.04.10 All Manchester Airport terminals to have naked scanners
08.04.10 Merger deal finally signed by BA / Iberia
07.04.10 No more New York flights for Bristol Airport
07.04.10 Duty free shops get added beans
06.04.10 Women who tried to take dead relative on plane arrested
05.04.10 New Hampton Stansted Airport hotel opened
04.04.10 bmibaby focuses on city break destination
04.04.10 Edinburgh Airport supports school environment project
03.04.10 Holiday giant slams Ryanair Canry Island subsidies
03.04.10 Ryanair strands passengers at Tenerife Airport
02.04.10 Bristol Airport warns passengers to allow extra time
02.04.10 Man jailed over air rage and cabin crew sexual assault
01.04.10 Flight sale at Germanwings
01.04.10 Dr Who sonic screwdriver causes Heathrow security scare

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