News releases

Search returned 16 press releases  in Heathrow division

Fulcrum students return from India
Twenty two students and three BAA staff from around Heathrow returned home safely on August 1 from a life changing experience renovating a Himalayan primary school in the remote village of Kurek in the Spiti Valley in India...
06 August 2008

Information for residents - change of runway alternation
A lightning strike at Heathrow on the 28 July has caused some damage to runway lights. Until the damage is repaired aircraft heading west will only be able to land on the southern runway after dusk.
30 July 2008

BAA backs pivotal youth challenge
25 school children from the Heathrow area depart on trip to rebuild Himalayan primary school...
21 July 2008

Against all FODS - Heathrow goes live with Europe’s first runway debris detection system
Heathrow, the world’s busiest international airport has invested in a state of the art radar system to further improve safety by continuously sweeping its runways for foreign objects and debris (FOD)...
13 June 2008

Planned demonstration at Heathrow
Due to a planned demonstration at the eastern side of Heathrow Airport on Saturday May 31, some disruption is expected to local transport...
27 May 2008

Heathrow Airport announcement
BAA today announces that Mark Bullock, managing director of Heathrow Airport, has chosen to leave the company in light of the change to the MD role at Heathrow as part of a structural change already announced by chief executive Colin Matthews...
13 May 2008

BAA/BA joint statement: Terminal 5 update
Services to and from eight long-haul destinations will be switched from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 on June 5...
09 May 2008

BAA and British Airways joint statement
BAA and British Airways today announced that the planned move of the airline’s long haul services from Terminal Four at Heathrow to Terminal Five will be deferred until June...
11 April 2008

‘Discover Heathrow’ walk and talks at BAA Heathrow’s conservation sites
BAA Heathrow’s environment team are hosting four ‘Discover Heathrow’ educational walks and talks at two of BAA Heathrow’s conservation sites in April and June this year...
09 April 2008

BAA statement
T5 baggage software problem fixed
06 April 2008

Her Majesty the Queen opens Terminal 5
Her Majesty The Queen officially opens BAA’s stunning new £4.3 billion gateway to the UK today (Friday 14 March) – Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5...
14 March 2008

Incident at Heathrow
Airport police swiftly apprehended a man near the northern runway of Heathrow this afternoon....
13 March 2008

BAA supports third runway for Heathrow
BAA has today published its response to the Government’s Heathrow consultation, underlining its support for more efficient use of existing capacity and a third runway...
28 February 2008

Terminal 4 baggage system
"The performance of the Terminal 4 baggage system has today been reduced by an ongoing software problem...
19 February 2008

Suspension of runway alternation due to aircraft incident
Following the incident at Heathrow on Thursday January 17, the aircraft has now been removed from the runway. Repairs are necessary, however, to the southern runway as a result of the incident...
22 January 2008

Aircraft incident update
Flight BA038, a Boeing 777 arriving from Beijing, carried out an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport today at 12.42
17 January 2008