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Heathrow has told the government its long-delayed third runway will not open before 2039, four years later than the 2035 target it set only last year, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham stops short of endorsing the £49 billion expansion.
An IndiGo Boeing 787-9 bound for Delhi turned back to London Heathrow on September 22 after the crew reported smoke onboard and squawked the 7700 emergency code, landing safely roughly 44 minutes after departure.
Etihad Airways has revealed a new global lounge design language called Beyond Borders, debuting first at a rebuilt London Heathrow lounge in summer 2027, with First, Business and Residence spaces built around an Abu Dhabi-inspired "sand to superstructure" concept.
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER flying from Nice to Newark declared a general emergency over the English Channel on September 9 and diverted to London Heathrow, where it landed safely.
A flight-processing glitch at Britain's air traffic control provider cancelled roughly 2,000 flights over two days, and Ryanair and Wizz Air are now openly calling for NATS chief Martin Rolfe to quit after the third major system collapse in three years.
The UK's 10-week consultation on Heathrow's third runway closed September 1, 2026. Days later, a Tyndall Centre report found no scenario where the £42 billion expansion fits inside Britain's legally binding carbon budgets.
Istanbul Airport logged 8.15 million passengers in July 2026 against Heathrow's 7.86 million, ending London's hold on the title since 2023. The swing wasn't really about Istanbul surging — it was about Heathrow's Middle East traffic collapsing.
At the world's busiest airports, the scarcest asset isn't the aircraft or the terminal — it's the right to take off at 8am. Here's how the slot system actually works, and why it's so hard to change.