Flybe has opened a new executive lounge at Exeter Airport, offering its customers the chance to relax or catch up on work ahead of their flight. The new lounge features a plasma television, but also a quiet area allowing passengers…

A new hotel shuttle bus service will be introduced at London City Airport from next week. Snowdrop Travel will begin ferrying passengers to various hotels in the Docklands area of the capital from Monday, October 8. Services will operate every…

BAA, the company that operates the country’s biggest and busiest airports, has been criticised by the Competition Commission for “unacceptable” passenger delays. The commission gave a negative review of performance at security check points at Heathrow and Gatwick, which have…

The Heathrow Connect train service, which runs from Paddington to the west London airport, is to offer a direct link to Terminal 4. This new link will become available when Terminal 5 opens in March next year, meaning that passengers…

A plan for the future of Plymouth Airport has been outlined that aims to improve the facilities available to passengers, while ensuring the airport continues to attract visitors from outside the region. Plymouth City Council and Sutton Harbour, who run…

This summer proved to be the busiest on record for Bournemouth Airport, with passenger figures exceeding 100,000 over three consecutive months. Between June and August the airport handled a total of 338,870 passengers, with the most popular destination proving to…

Plans to build a rail link to Edinburgh Airport have been shelved, the government has announced. Scotland’s transport minister, Stewart Stevenson, said that the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL), which would have involved an underground station at the airport, was…

The SNP administration is to announce that the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) will not go ahead. Plans for the £650 million link, which would have connected the airport to the city centre and 60 railway stations, have been dropped…

Elvis has made a triumphant return to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, 47 years after he set foot in the UK for the first and only time. Filling the shoes of the King of Rock and Roll was lookalike Gordon Hendricks who…

Plans to build a second runway at Birmingham International Airport have been shelved. Officials at the airport have decided to build on the existing services at the airport, which they claim means that they will not have to consider building…