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Don’t say you weren’t given notice – Heathrow Terminal 2 opens 4 Jun 2014

Heathrow Airport announced yesterday that they were one year away from opening the new Terminal Two, which is slated to be the home for Star Alliance airlines at the airport. They also announced that the move-in airline would be United, presumably with their ex-Continental flights to Newark and Houston relocating across the southerly runway from…

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Heathrow to offer 45 minutes of free wifi (from 1 June)….90 minutes if you join their (free) rewards scheme

(Probably the longest headline I have produced). Heathrow Airport has relaunched its frequent shopper programme as the unoriginal Heathrow Rewards. It’s free to join and they even give you 100 points for signing up. Of the benefits offered, they mention: Now I cannot find their press release announcing 45 minutes of free Wi-Fi, but this…

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Breaking news – Heathrow closed due to an ‘incident’..BA flight evacuated on North Runway

BBC is reporting that both Heathrow runways are currently closed as the result of an incident….unclear what’s happening yet Update: Heathrow airport A BA plane has been evacuated. Heathrow says all passengers and crew have safely left the aircraft on northern runway. ————————————————————- Reports are now that one runway has re-opened.  

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Hilton Heathrow Hotel, Terminal 4

The Hilton at Terminal 4 feels a little, like the Terminal itself, the poor relation at Heathrow. T4, once the new (1984)  and exciting location where Concorde left for New York, is now inhabited by SkyTeam and a few odd-and-sods airlines, unable to be located in other parts of the airport. I still remember the…

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Servisair Lounge, Heathrow Terminal 1

The Servisair Lounge at Terminal 1 is the location where most of the lounge membership schemes and one-off purchase schemes put their customers. With Star Alliance and British Airways (Domestic and International) Lounges in the airport, there is little need for more then one pay lounge. The Servisair Lounge is located above the Bridge Bar,…

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