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Even with no new runway Heathrow is still far too big

13.10.09
So is it victory? Sensational weekend reports that the British Airports Authority has abandoned its bid for a third runway at Heathrow remain unconfirmed, and indeed denied by the company... more

New scanners could ease liquid restrictions on planes

08.09.09
Restrictions on taking liquids on planes introduced after the terror plot to blow up transatlantic airliners could be eased if trials of new scanners prove successful... more

Plot led to liquid restrictions for air passengers

07.09.09
The airliner plot is the reason why millions of air passengers are now restricted on how much liquid they can take on board a plane... more

BAA lining up £10m Olympic sponsor deal for Heathrow

16.04.09
British Airports Authority is in talks to become a sponsor of the Olympics in a deal that would confirm Heathrow as the gateway to the 2012 Games... more

Two million fly off for Easter as airlines offer bargain deals

09.04.09
Airlines are offering last-minute bargain flights as thousands of Londoners prepare to leave the capital for Easter... more

Shed no tears for the airport bosses

20.03.09
I couldn't be happier to learn the British Airports Authority is to have a few of its sweaty fingers peeled off the levers of control in the form of a forced sale of three airports. ... more

Bank's prices forecast proves just a mite out

14.08.08
The Bank of England looms over the City like a vast cheese-mould, full of economists, who are the mites in the cheese. This is not their best moment... more

T5 fiasco led to foreigners entering UK unchecked

22.07.08
Staff blunders during the early days of Heathrow's Terminal 5 allowed international passengers to enter the country without going through vital security checks... more

Terminal 5 braces itself for the great summer getaway

21.07.08
Last April we sent a reporter to Heathrow to investigate the disastrous opening of its new terminus. Here he returns to find out if it will cope with this weekend's exodus... more

We weren't ready to open Terminal 5 admit BA bosses

07.05.08
British Airways bosses admit the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 should have been delayed because building work and testing had not been completed... more

I'd like a few short, sharp words with Willie Walsh

15.04.08
The day I flew out of Terminal 5 bound for Paris is a day I would gladly forget. I was with Sara Fox, an American project director known as the "Queen of the Gherkin" for delivering that iconic building on time and on budget. The plan was that she would cast her forensic eye over every detail of the £4.3 billion Terminal 5 on behalf of the Evening Standard... more

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