Articles tagged ‘Heathrow’
Daily Dose 03.06
By Chris | March 6th, 2007 |
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* Doughnut crashes the £830,000 Bugatti Veyron he was renting for £20,000 a day after doing 100mph in a 40 zone in Surrey. Wonder what the insurance premiums are on that thing.(TheSun)
* Police to investigate West Ham fans for anti-semitic chants at Tottenham during Sundays game. What’s new, Spurs have always been the Yids, I [...]
Free Flights from the UK
By Chris | February 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Ryanair are advertising a whole load of free flights from the UK, exclusive of air taxes, on their website.They’re good for travel up to 30 June 07 but the sale ends at midnight tonight.
That’s the good news but Ryanair are also in the news for the amount of money they make charging people for anything [...]
Daily Dose 01.25
By Chris | January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* British Airways cancels all flights from London next Tuesday and Wednesday.(EveningStandard)
* School kids to be taught ‘British values’. I take it they don’t mean drinking, swearing, fighting and getting pregnant at a young age.(Reuters)
* Play Station 3 to finally get UK launch in March. Its going to cost you £425 though.(Metro)
British Airways trying to sort its problems
By Chris | January 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its not a great week for British Airways or some of their customers, they still have tons of bags left at Heathrow from the Christmas chaos and the cabin crew strike is still on the cards.
The baggage not returned to its owners is unmarked and was left behind due to disruption by equipment failure and [...]
Foggy London update
By Chris | December 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The fog is continuing to have an influence on flights in and out of the UK as one of the busiest travel weekends of the year kicks in. I think most of the south east had fog this morning, here in north London the visibility was about 200-300 yards by mid-morning.
British Airways latest bulletin says [...]
Daily Dose 12.15
By Chris | December 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Tony Blair, first sitting Prime Minister to be questioned by police in criminal enquiry. No one’s surprised this government’s full of crooks.(EveningStandard)
* Break out the champagne, strike up the band, the Piccadilly Line is 100 years old, and they’re still using the same trains.(BBCNews)
Are London’s airports ready for the big rush
By Chris | December 14th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
There’s a report in The Times today about how London’s airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted could have huge backlogs of travellers this weekend and next week as people start the Christmas holiday getaway. There was chaos in the summer after the extra security checks were brought in to deal with the liquids on planes [...]
London Airports
By Chris | October 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Travelling to a new city for the first time can be a little confusing if you’re not too sure where the airport you’re landing at is in relation to the city itself.
London is the biggest city in Europe and five airports serve the people travelling to and from it. Heathrow and Gatwick are the two [...]
