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Tag Archives: Gatwick Airport

02Oct/17

Thousands stranded as Monarch Airlines cancels flights

October 2, 2017TransportAir Berlin, Airlink, Alitalia, Anderson, Aviation, Berlin, British Air Transport Association, Civil Aviation Authority, Company: Monarch Airlines, Company: Twitter, Counties of England, Crawley, Egypt, Gatwick Airport, Innsbruck Airport, London, Monarch Airlines, Sussex, United Kingdom, West Sussexsmbale

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27May/17

Passengers left in confusion as BA cancels flights after global IT outage

May 27, 2017SecurityAviation, Bahrain, British Air Transport Association, British Airways, British brands, Company: British Airways, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, Roshni Burt, United Kingdom, US Airwayssmbale

HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 27, 2017) (REUTERS) – British Airways has cancelled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports until Saturday (May 27) evening after a global computer system outage caused confusion and chaos.
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13Dec/16

London commuters face worst rail strike disruption for decades

December 13, 2016TransportAssociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Bus transport, Chris Grayling, City: London, Company: Keolis, Conductor, Economy, France, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Govia Thameslink Railway, Inter-Modal Passenger Transportation, Keolis, London, Mick Whelan, One-man operation, Rail transport, Rail transport in England, Sadiq Khan, Southern, Streatham Hill station, Strike action, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners face travel chaos on Tuesday as rail union begins a 48-hour strike.

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25Oct/16

British transport minister announces Heathrow expansion plans

October 25, 2016TransportBoris Johnson, Chris Grayling, Cranford Agreement, Expansion of Gatwick Airport, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, Paris, Theresa May, United Kingdomsmbale

British Transport Minister Chris Grayling confirms to lawmakers that the government will back plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport, ending 25 years of decision.

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03Jan/16

Villages, activisits band together in squat camp to protest third runway at Heathrow

January 3, 2016London Mayor, PoliticsAviation and the environment, Boris Johnson, Cameron Kaye, Conservative MP, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Direct action, Europe, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Grow, Grow Heathrow, Harmondsworth, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, John McPhilips, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, London's Heathrow Airport, Maeve Morgan, member of parliament, Neil Keveren, Paris, Plane Stupid, Radical environmentalism, Sipson, Tracy Howard, United Kingdom, Zac Goldsmithsmbale

An eco-squat camp joins forces with local villagers to protest the expansion of Heathrow airport, Europe’s busiest aviation hub, as Britain awaits a decision by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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14Nov/15

French man arrested at UK airport over ‘firearm’ – police

November 14, 2015UncategorizedFrance, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, United Kingdom, War/Conflictsmbale

Police evacuate the North Terminal of London’s Gatwick airport after arresting a man from France on suspicion of firearms offences.
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09Sep/15

British Airways plane catches fire in Las Vegas, two minor injuries

September 9, 2015WorldAirlines, Aviation, British Airtours, British Airways, British Airways Flight, BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Gatwick Airport, Iraqi Airways, Las Vegas, London, McCarran, McCarran International Airport, Memphis International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Transportation in the United States, United Kingdom, United States, US Airwayssmbale

British Airways flight 2276 bound for London Gatwick caught on fire after an aborted take off.

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01Jul/15

Airports Commission says Britain should build third Heathrow runway

July 1, 2015UncategorizedAirports Commission, BAA Limited, David Cameron, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London Heathrow Airport, London's Heathrow Airport, M4 corridor, political headache, Politics, Prime Minister, Thames Estuary Airport, Thames Hub, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Britain should build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, a government-appointed commission into the country’s airport capacity said in a report that could cause a political headache for Prime Minister David Cameron.

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09Apr/15

Oil firm says found 100 billion barrel oil field in southern England

April 9, 2015WorldBP, Business/Finance, Companies, Dallas, David Lenigas, Environment, Gatwick Airport, Geography of England, Geology, Geology of England, HORLEY, Kuwait, London, oil, Oil companies, Peak oil, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Shale gas in the United Kingdom, Structural geology, UK Oil & Gas Investments, United Kingdom, Weald, Weald Basin, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basinsmbale

A small British oil producer says it has discovered a possible world class oil resource south of London.

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23Feb/15

Missing British schoolgirls not radicalised at school says principle

February 23, 2015WorldAbase, Amira Abase, Asia, Bethnal Green trio, Countries, Education, Fertile Crescent, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Geography of Asia, Ibrahim Kalin, Istanbul, Kadiza Sultana, Keary, Levant, London, Mark Keary, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, Radicalization, Shamima Begum, Syria, Trios, Turkey, Turkish Airlines, United Kingdom, Western Asiasmbale

Principle of the school attended by three missing British schoolgirls believed to be heading to Syria says they were not radicalised at the academy.
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