Archive for the ‘Heathrow airport’ Category
Qatar Airways has launched online check-in for all flights departing from London Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester airport. Online check-in is available between 36 hours to 90 minutes prior to flight departure and enables passengers to check-in, select their seat and print of their boarding pass. British Airways has announced it is to withdraw two services from Heathrow airport for the summer and winter 2009 schedule with effect from 29 March 2009. The following routes are affected:
Passengers affected by the withdrawal of these services are being advised to contact their local BA office. For up-to-date Heathrow airport information and to book Heathrow corporate airport parking and Heathrow hotels click on the links. Eton Air, the Heathrow corporate airport parking supplier, has ceased trading. The corporate airport parking business of Eton Air Ltd was closed after around 13 years of successful trading. The company director regrettably could not continue to trade and was left with little option other than to cease trading due to difficult trading conditions. Leading industry competitor, www.help-me-park.co.uk, has stepped into the void as a front runner in taking up the customers of the Eton Air Car Relay business. Help-me-park commented ‘It is a real shame to see a business such as Eton Air be forced to cease trading. It is clear they were built on the same principals that have seen Help-me-park grow so rapidly in the same market – those of customer satisfaction and a dedication to doing the job right. We hope that Help-me-park can be a suitable replacement for the service previously supplied by Eton Air Ltd, and will do our best to help those customers wherever possible “ Help-me-park can be contacted on 0870 300 600 9 or by email on salesteam@help-me-park.co.uk Heathrow corporate parking supplier Eton Air closed its doors this month after more than 10 years of dedicated service to the corporate parking industry. Help-me-park is proud to be able to offer corporate airport parking services to all customers of Eton Air who now need a new supplier that is conscientious, experienced and reliable for airport parking at Gatwick and Heathrow airports. The Help-me-park sales team can be reached on 0845 272 8790, or visit www.help-me-park.co.uk for more information. Virgin Atlantic is doubling its capacity on flights between Heathrow airport and Hong Kong with a second daily service. The new flight will be operated on an Airbus A340-600. From 28 October 2008, flight VS238 will operate three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and then operate daily from 4 December 2008. VS238 will depart London Heathrow Terminal 3 at 16.00, arriving in Hong Kong at 12.30pm the following afternoon. Flight VS239 will operate between Hong Kong and London Heathrow on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 29 October 2008, and then operate daily from 5 December 2008. VS239 will depart Hong Kong at 14.15, arriving at London Heathrow at 19.20 the same day. Virgin Atlantic currently offers flights to 30 destinations worldwide from Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport, and from the South Terminal at London’s Gatwick Airport. For up-to-date Heathrow airport information and to book Heathrow airport parking and Heathrow hotels click on the links. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today released statistics showing that service quality at both Heathrow and Gatwick has improved over the past six months. Service quality is now better than in the same period in 2007. Security queuing times have improved markedly at both airports since 2007, while improvements have also been seen in cleanliness and pier service in most terminals. However, standards have not yet been achieved consistently across all services at all terminals. As a result, BAA has paid £7.34m in rebates where it has failed to meet the required standards at the airports in the six months from April to September 2008. Some elements of performance have failed to meet the stricter standards in each of the six months so far since 1 April 2008, including: Heathrow Terminal 3 - departure lounge seating; The CAA has sought an explanation from both airports of why these targets have been missed and what the plans and timescales are for meeting the targets in the future. The CAA is planning to audit the measurement of the service quality schemes in early 2009, to reassure stakeholders that performance is reported accurately. National Express is looking for a buyer for Dot2Dot, the airport shuttle bus service. In an Interim Management Statement issued on Friday, 24 October, National Express said: “We have taken the decision to exit our Dot2Dot start up operation. As we have highlighted previously, revenue growth has not been as strong as anticipated and we believe that our resources are better focused on our core business at this time”. The Dot2Dot shuttle service first started in November of last year offering a shuttle service between central London and Gatwick and Heathrow airports. However, in July the company announced it was to cease operations to Gatwick airport and focus on Heathrow. In September the company announced it was slashing prices by 20% for bookings made in October to make the cost of its service between London and Heathrow cheaper than the Heathrow Express. National Express is looking to sell Dot2Dot as a going concern. For up-to-date Heathrow airport information and to book Heathrow airport parking and Heathrow hotels click on the links. British Airways is to launch a daily service between Heathrow Airport T5 and Venice (Venezia Marco Polo airport) from Sunday, 26 October 2008. The new service will operate in addition the Gatwick to Venice flights that operate three times a day. For up-to-date Heathrow airport information and to book Heathrow airport parking and Heathrow hotels click on the links. Heathrow airport’s state-of-the-art Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) system has taken a step closer after the completion of the first phase of construction. 3.8km of steel and concrete guideways are now in place between Heathrow Terminal 5 and the Business car park. At a cost of £25million, Heathrow’s PRT system will consist of 18 low-energy, battery powered, driverless vehicles each capable of transporting up to four passengers and their luggage between the car park and the terminal. The new PRT transport system – the first commercial system to be installed in the world – should be up and running transporting its first passengers in the autumn of 2009. For up-to-date Heathrow airport information and to book Heathrow airport parking and Heathrow hotels click on the links. bmi is set to double the number of flights it operates between London Heathrow and Riyadh. The extra Heathrow flights will start operating from 15 January 2009 and will see a rise from three services a week to six providing a daily service, except Fridays. Return flights from Riyadh will operate everyday except Saturdays. The Heathrow originating services will go onwards from Riyadh to Dammam on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and onwards to Jeddah on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The latter replacing the current three day a week non-stop service. Flights will be operated by Airbus A330 aircraft in a two class configuration providing lie-flat beds to business customers - scheduled times to be announced shortly. To book Heathrow airport parking using an instant online price comparison and to search and book Heathrow airport hotels click on the links. |
