Heathrow Airport

Flight disruptions have affected Athens International Airport after air traffic controllers initiated a go-slow action following disagreements between their union and Greece's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday evening. This action has also impacted several regional airports across the country.

Passenger traffic at the 24 airports managed by the Civil Aviation Authority rose 5.4%, according to provisional statistics for the eight months January-August 2024.

A tragic incident occurred aboard a Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 traveling from London to Singapore, resulting in one fatality and at least 20 injuries due to severe turbulence.

Aegean Airlines has secured another slot at London's Heathrow airport and is adding to its schedule a fourth daily flight from Athens to the UK's busiest international hub, it said on Tuesday.

The new flight will operate every day throughout the year except on Saturdays, leaving Athens at 4 p.m. local time and London/Heathrow at 7 p.m. local time.

The plane landed on its second attempt at Heathrow Airport

London's Gatwick airport has said that it had been forced to cancel more than 160 flights between yesterday and Sunday due to an exceptional shortage of controllers, partly caused by coronavirus infections.

Istanbul Airport ranked fifth in the Official Aviation Guide's (OAG) world's busiest airports list for August with a total 3.8 million seats, climbing up from 14th place.

It also moved from the 9th spot to rank 5th in the busiest international airports list by seats.

British Airways will cut around 10,000 short-haul flights from Heathrow between the end of October and March.

The British carrier's move aims to minimize disruption to flights during the winter period. Some journeys to distant destinations will also be affected.

Britain's airports are coming under fire for failing to prepare for this week's jubilee getaway and the busy summer season, as passengers face long delays and cancelled flights.    

"The U.K.'s airports are in crisis because thousands of jobs have been slashed," Sharon Graham, head of the country's biggest trade union Unite, said on June 1.    

London's Heathrow Airport announced yesterday that it narrowed annual losses only slightly in 2021 despite the reopening of global air travel, blaming what it said were stricter passenger curbs in Britain compared to the neighboring EU.

Heathrow recorded pre-tax losses totalling 1.8 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) last year, it said in a statement.