Long Stay London Gatwick North Terminal

July 2nd, 2010

Long Stay [London Gatwick] North Terminal
NCP Flightpath is the closest car park to the North terminal, as well as being one of the cheapest on-airport car parks we offer. NCP Flightpath North is a perfect choice when flying from the North terminal at Gatwick airport.
Arrival
Take a ticket from the barrier and follow the signs to [...]

Airparks London Gatwick North and South Terminals

July 2nd, 2010

Airparks [London Gatwick] North and South Terminals
Airparks Gatwick formerly BCP is perfect for both business and leisure customers. The car park is both convenient and affordable, situated just a short transfer ride away from both North and South terminals. This Park Mark awarded car park is great for secure parking, while you are away.
Arrival Procedures
On [...]

Airparks Meet and Greet London Gatwick MG

July 2nd, 2010

Airparks Meet and Greet [London Gatwick] MG
Cut out the stress of airport parking with this superb Meet and Greet service from Gatwick Airparks. You’ll be met at the terminal where one of our chauffeurs will park your car for you, returning it when you arrive back at the airport. Airparks Meet and Greet is a [...]

Official Valet Parking London Heathrow Terminal 5

June 19th, 2010

Official Valet Parking [London Heathrow] Terminal 5
With only a few minutes’ walk to the Terminal 5 the official Valet Parking service affords the traveler the perfect parking service for passengers with a lot of luggage as well as families with young children

Arrival
As you approach Terminal 5 proceed to Valet Parking by following the sign [...]

Official Valet Parking London Heathrow Terminal 4

June 19th, 2010

Official Valet Parking [London Heathrow] Terminal 4
To save time and parking hassle at Heathrow Airport for departures at Terminal 4 then book at the official Valet parking facility. A driver will meet you at the terminal and drive your car to a secured car park whilst your free to check in
Arrival
The reception is located on [...]

LHR Meet & Greet London Heathrow Terminal 5

June 19th, 2010

LHR Meet & Greet [London Heathrow] Terminal 5
Booking NCP Meet and Greet Parking with Holiday Extras is efficient and convenient by choosing NCP for your parking you will have peace of mind and a relaxing airport parking experience.
Arrival
When you arrive at the Terminal proceed to the Valet Parking reception, located on the departures forecourt. Park [...]

LHR Meet & Greet London Heathrow Terminal 4

June 19th, 2010

LHR Meet & Greet [London Heathrow] Terminal 4
Booking NCP Meet and Greet Parking with at London Heathrow terminal 4 with APC is efficient and convenient. When you choose NCP for your airport parking at Terminal 4 you can be assured of peace of mind and a relaxing airport parking experience.
Arrival
When you arrive at Terminal 4 [...]

LHR Meet & Greet London Heathrow Terminal 3

June 19th, 2010

LHR Meet & Greet [London Heathrow] Terminal 3
When you book your Meet & Greet Parking with Holiday Extras at Heathrow Terminal 3 you will be impressed by the efficient and how convenient the meet and greet service is. When you choose NCP Meet & Greet at Terminal 4 you can be assured of a relaxing [...]

LHR Meet & Greet London Heathrow Terminal 1

June 19th, 2010

LHR Meet & Greet [London Heathrow] Terminal 1
Meet & Greet at Heathrow Terminal 1 with Holiday Extras is efficient and convenient and so easy. If you have never booked a meet and greet service before then why not try and start your journey with less stress and enjoy the peace of mind and a relaxing [...]

Quality Airport Parking London Heathrow

June 12th, 2010

Quality Airport Parking [London Heathrow]
Quality Airport Parking is a new car park at Heathrow Airport, formerly known as Q-Park Multi Story this refurbished parking location is available to connect you to all 5 terminals and offers a low cost and secure Heathrow parking option. Quality Airport Parking at Heathrow is less than 1 mile from [...]

Car Park 1 Heathrow Terminal 1

June 12th, 2010

Car Park 1 [London Heathrow] Terminal 1
Heathrow Parking at Park 1 is only suitable for travelers flying from Heathrow Terminal 1 with close proximity parking and only minutes from the terminal.

Arrival Procedures
On arrival take a ticket from the barrier follow signs to the open zone indicated. A courtesy coach is available 24hrs a day, [...]

Long Stay Heathrow Parking Express Terminals 1 to 4 only

June 12th, 2010

Long Stay [London Heathrow] Parking Express Terminals 1 to 4 only
Long Stay operated by Parking Express is located on the north perimeter road of Heathrow Airport and provides a fast service to the terminals at Heathrow
Arrivals at Long Stay Parking Express Heathrow
Upon arrival at the car park take a ticket from the barrier and proceed [...]

Long Stay London Heathrow Western Perimeter Terminal 5

June 12th, 2010

Long Stay London Heathrow Western Perimeter Terminal 5
Travelling from Heathrow Terminal 5 for a long trip or extended family holiday then you should consider the long stay parking at the Western perimeter at Heathrow. Recommended for longer trips away, this car park is fully secured and operates a regular transfer service throughout the day.
Arrival at [...]

Business Parking London Heathrow terminals 1, 2 and 3

June 12th, 2010

Business Parking Pink Elephant [London Heathrow] Terminals 1, 2 and 3 only
Business Parking for the business traveler is operated by Pink Parking at Heathrow and less than 1 mile from the terminals with transport time only 4 to 8 minutes with frequent transfer every couple of minutes providing a fast safe and secure business parking [...]

No Third Runway for Heathrow Airport

June 5th, 2010

No Third Runway for Heathrow Airport
Should we complain or should we rejoice? The surges in aviation emissions and the Climate Change Act are among the reasons to object to the third runway. However, the Labour Party still supports expansion to the airport’s runway system.
Many of the government leaders have spoken against the extra runway at [...]

BA Plans to Operate about Half of its Heathrow Flights

June 5th, 2010

BA Plans to Operate about Half of its Heathrow Flights
British Airways and Unite have raised the stakes so high that neither side will emerge unscathed from this fiasco. This is the result of the list of the judge’s ruling which has overturned the earlier High Court ban on the BA strike.
British Airways has stated that [...]

Luton to Venice

June 5th, 2010

Flights resume from Luton to Venice
Once again, we can fly from London to Venice. The Luton Airport in London will begin thrice a week service beginning 19 June, 2010. The London Luton Airport recently announced the operation by Wizz Air.
The flights will be on Airbus 320 jet aircraft and have low fares. The public [...]

Flying from UK Airport This Summer

June 5th, 2010

Flying from a UK Airport This Summer?
One of the elements of flying for the next holiday is the cost of parking your car. Many people do not consider this until they have the holiday trip in mind. Then, it may be too late to consider how much the cost is to drive to the airport [...]

Why Airport Parking

May 10th, 2010

Airport Parking
Why is airport parking such a big issue?
Parking your car at any one of the UK’s leading airports can certainly be an issue if your caught in traffic due to unforeseen traffic delays and your late for your check –in or at worst miss your flight all together.
With thousands of travelers driving to the [...]

Compare Gatwick Parking

May 10th, 2010

Compare Gatwick parking
Parking at Gatwick airport is big business and the traveller is offered a myriad of parking options, which one should you, choose? To give you an idea of the scale of the parking at Gatwick here is a list of the Gatwick car parks available at the airport.
Airparks Gatwick
Airparks Gatwick Meet and Greet
Easy [...]

Gatwick Hotels – Good Idea

May 10th, 2010

Gatwick Parking Hotels
Gatwick is the UK’s second busiest airport and perhaps one of the most familiar of airports in terms of UK holiday makers jetting off to for their summer holidays with the family or winter sports events.
Gatwick has a choice of airport hotels servicing the airport and can offer the weary traveler plenty of [...]

Snooker Finalist Mum flies in to Heathrow

May 3rd, 2010

The publication in the News of the World of alleged revelations of fraud against international Snooker player John Higgins that he had agreed to fix match games has rocked the sport at the time when the World Snooker finals are currently being played at the Crucible in Sheffield. Higgins has been suspended by the World [...]

Luton Airport predicts Parking shortages

May 3rd, 2010

Travelers flying from Luton Airport should consider booking early so as to grab a parking space as it is predicted by the airport hub that spaces could become in short supply as the summer holidays approach.
They predict that more families will be taking short haul flights with the children over the summer holidays to optimize [...]

London Airport Hotels – Start your Holiday

May 3rd, 2010

London has perhaps one of the widest choices of airports that are strategically placed around the city to depart from of any capital city in the world.

Heathrow
Gatwick
Stansted
Luton
City

With such a choice comes an array of quality hotels well populated around the airports enabling the traveler and holidaymaker a wide choice of airport hotels to stay and [...]

Hilton Stansted Airport

May 3rd, 2010

The Hilton at Stansted airport is only a short shuttle ride away of around 10 minutes and only 30 minutes from central London by train.
The Hilton hotel at Stansted provides half hourly shuttle service to and from the Stansted terminal. The hotel offers a range of services which includes a Gym, Swimming pool, Solarium, Sauna [...]

Easter Travel Tips

May 3rd, 2010

If you’re planning to travel this Easter be better prepared. Invariably more people will be thinking the same as you and head to the roads and airports for a short trip away so the roads will be busier as more people take a short Easter break to a sunnier clime or merely to get away [...]

More British Airways strike action?

April 6th, 2010

With two strikes already behind them, trade union Unite is said to be planning more in the future. With the British union having already called for action, more unions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have also pledged strike action in sympathy with the cabin crew in the UK.
Additional strikes may start on the 14th April, [...]

British Airways tries last gasp attempt to advert strike action

March 18th, 2010

With just days to go before strike action starts, British Airways’ chief executive Willie Walsh and Unite leader Tony Woodley are deep in talks to try and come to an amicable agreement for both sides. The talks are taking place at the TUC headquarters in London, and many anxious businessmen and holiday-makers are waiting to [...]

British Airways battle against the unions continues…

March 2nd, 2010

It would seem that it is now open season for trade unions to go up against British Airways, with the latest attack coming from Pilots union Balpa. The union has taken the under fire airline to the Supreme Court over holiday pay for its pilots. The issue that Balpa has with British Airways is over [...]

Iberia Airlines in the red

February 25th, 2010

2009 proved to be one of the most difficult years in Iberia Airline’s history, with huge losses posted today. The troubled airline, which has recently agreed to a merger with British Airways, blamed the terrible results on the global economic crisis and increased competition for air passengers.
The Spanish company, which has managed to record a [...]

Director Kevin Smith is told he is too big to fly

February 22nd, 2010

Kevin Smith, the acclaimed director of Clerks and Dogma, posted on his Twitter page how he was stopped from flying on a passenger airplane because the crew said he was too big to fit in the seats. He was ejected off of a Southwest Airlines flight between Oakland and Burbank in California because he could [...]

Heathrow Terminals

February 14th, 2010

Heathrow airport now boasts five terminals, serving locations around the globe. Heathrow is the busiest airport for international passenger transport in the world, the scale of Heathrow can be more than a little intimidating. However, the facilities and design of the buildings make it an easily usable airport as well as a busy one. Business [...]

BA take action after staff post inappropriate messages on internet

February 14th, 2010

Troubled airline British Airways has suspended 15 cabin crew members after reading “inappropriate postings” made by them on the website of union Unite. The union, who is balloting 13,000 staff members then accused BA of inappropriate conduct themselves as the messages were apparently posted on a site on Facebook, and not on its own website.
The [...]

Heathrow Airport Hotels

February 13th, 2010

Heathrow airport is surrounded by a vast range of hotels, providing accommodation to suit a wide variety of needs. If you’re spending a night before or after a flight, or indeed staying for a longer period, there are a great set of options to choose from.
Shuttle services operate between many of the hotels and Heathrow’s [...]

Heathrow Facilities

February 13th, 2010

The busiest international airport in the world, Heathrow is equipped with a massive range of facilities for both business and leisure travellers. Continually working to maintain a high level of service in terms of air transport, Heathrow caters to the thousands of passengers who pass through it every day. Each of the airport’s five terminals [...]

Gatwick Shopping

February 8th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Shopping
The 90,000 plus passengers who pass through Gatwick Airport everyday are reflected in the fantastic range of brands represented within its many shops. Fashion, electronic, beauty and of course duty free products are sold at reasonably competitive prices but if you want to save some costs it pays to buy in the [...]

Gatwick Overview

February 8th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Overview
London’s second airport and the second busiest in the UK as a whole, Gatwick Airport is home to two terminals and transports over 30 million people by air each year. Situated near the town of Crawley in West Sussex, Gatwick offers convenient access to London from the South. The airport contains two [...]

Gatwick Facilities

February 8th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Facilities
A major transport hub, Gatwick Airport offers a a fantastic array of facilities to suit its wide range of travellers. With a combination of domestic, European and international flights, Gatwick combines a good location with ample facilities.
The newer of the two terminals, the North Terminal provides a contemporary travelling experience featuring both [...]

Gatwick Hotels

February 8th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Hotels
If you’re looking to stay in the area of Gatwick Airport, a selection of different types of accommodation is available. With two hotels right at the airport, a complex of Japanese capsule style cabins as well as many other hotels in the surrounding area, staying at Gatwick is hassle free and relatively [...]

Gatwick Flights

February 8th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Flights
Before arriving at Gatwick, you should alweays check which Terminal your flight is departing from, either through your airline/ tickets or online. Gatwick has two terminals, North and South, and it is easy to find out especially if your running late so save yourself the stress and check with flight operator by [...]

Asian airplane sales set to rocket

February 4th, 2010

The world’s two largest aircraft manufacturers have announced that the Asian market is set for an incredible growth spurt in the coming years. The Asia-Pacific region will dwarf other areas of the world in terms of aircraft sales as over 8,000 planes will find buyers within the next two decades. The total sales are estimated [...]

Boeing announces big jump in revenue

January 31st, 2010

Airplane manufacturer has announced a large increase in profits for the fourth quarter of the year. In total, revenue has increased by 42% to $17.9bn or £11bn, which is a staggering amount considering the world recession for industries.
The rise on profit meant the airplane maker reported a net income of $1.27bn. This is in stark [...]

Gatwick Departing

January 28th, 2010

Gatwick Airport – Departing
For those travelling by air from Gatwick Airport, transport to the airport is pretty convenient. A number of public transport links serve Gatwick, including many connecting to the city of London.
By train, the Gatwick Express, Southern Trains and First Capital Connect services all get you to the airport well within an hour, [...]

Air France offers a free second seat to obese passengers

January 21st, 2010

Overweight air passengers – often the victims of ridicule and the butt of many jokes – were given something of a boost this week when Air France (part of the Air France-KLM group) released a new incentive that allows them to purchase additional seating for their own comfort.
As it stands, obese passengers can already [...]

Heathrow Airport – Arriving

January 18th, 2010

On arriving at Heathrow make sure you check the terminal your flight departs from as you have a choice of 5 terminals and some are a fair distance apart by car.  Check your ticket or online to ensure you arrive at the correct terminal. If you are flying in through Heathrow and you have disembarked [...]

Gatwick Airport – Arriving

January 18th, 2010

When you arrive at Gatwick, you’ll pass through passport control/ customs and collect any baggage you have checked in, before emerging into the Arrivals Hall. If you’re catching a connecting flight you can follow the Flight Connections signs so long as your baggage is checked in for the whole journey.
The Arrivals Halls at Gatwick are [...]

Airbus beats Boeing as the world’s largest plane supplier for the seventh year running

January 13th, 2010

For the seventh year in a row, Airbus has beaten its rival supplier Boeing in delivering aircraft with a record 498 planes in total to its customers in 2009. This figure was 15 more than their previous record set in 2008. With an order backlog of 3,500 planes still to be manufactured, it looks like [...]

Blizzards Close Heathrow and Gatwick

January 8th, 2010

Blizzard conditions spread across the UK forcing Airports to close on Wednesday causing travel misery for air passengers.
The MET office issued severe weather warnings across the entire UK as snow fell to levels in excess of 30cm in some places and temperatures plummeted to minus 18 in certain places.
The extreme weather conditions will continue until [...]

Full Body Scanners – Heathrow

January 7th, 2010

BBA have announced that the new full body scanners will be installed at Heathrow Airport as soon as supply and installation can be effected to combat the additional concerns over the Christmas day bomb attempt by the radicalised Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 23 year old Nigerian.
BAA has confirmed that the new full body scanners currently on [...]

Heathrow pilot pleads guilty to being over the limit

January 5th, 2010

An American pilot who was more than three times over the alcohol limit to fly a plane has pleaded guilty to a police charge when he was arrested at Heathrow airport last November. He is due to be sentenced at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court next month.
The arrest came as he was preparing to take off from [...]