5 h. ago Heathrow Airport reveals new £1.3billion upgrade plans including better terminals, fewer delays and faster baggage

LONDON Heathrow will undergo a series of developments next year starting with Terminal 2 and 4. It will improve the passenger experience by using AI-technology and has plans to make flights more punctual along with better baggage facilities. This morning, Heathrow Airport revealed it will start upgrading Terminal 4 next year costing £1.3billion. The first...

Economics

27 h. ago Guggenheim scraps Basque Country expansion plan after local protests

Campaigners celebrate defeat of proposal to extend Bilbao institution into areas including nature reserveEnvironmental groups and local campaigners in the Basque Country have welcomed the scrapping of a project to build an outpost of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on a Unesco biosphere reserve that is a vital habitat for local wildlife and migrating birds.The scheme’s backers, which include the Guggenheim Foundation, the Basque government and local and regional authorities, had claimed the museum’s twin sites – one in the Basque town of Guernica and one in the nearby Urdaibai reserve – would help revitalise the area, attract investment and create jobs. Continue reading...

Events

30 h. ago Stansted could become second busiest UK airport after expansion plan approved

The aviation hub could see an increase of nearly 20 million passengers per year

Transport

1 week ago Edinburgh Boiler Company targets £20 million goal with ‘aggressive’ expansion plan

“We are not people who can sit still and have identified this as the best way for us to grow at the speed we want” – Mark Glasgow, founder

Economics

3 w. ago UK chooses Heathrow Airport's $64 billion plan as basis for expansion

UK chooses Heathrow Airport's $64 billion plan as basis for expansion  Reuters

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow airport’s £33bn plan for third runway gets government go

Rival group may still have the chance to deliver expansion – but opponents call plan ‘act of national self-harm’

Politics

3 w. ago Ministers back Heathrow’s £49bn runway plan over rival scheme

Expansion plan for London’s hub airport will require moving the M25 motorway

Politics