Heathrow Airport

British Airways is offering new direct flights from London’s Heathrow airport to the city of Kalamata, in the southern Peloponnese, starting in April 30, 2016, through to September 24.

Freddie Stier, Commercial Manager of British Airways of Cyprus and Greece:

The flight BA632 of British Airways to Athens landed on Heathrow airport due to fuel leakage.

According to information, one of its motors had stopped operating because of the fuel leakage.

The airplane of the British airlines landed safely on runway 27L at Heathrow airport and according to information, passengers will board on another plane to continue their journey to Athens.

Heathrow Airport cancelled some flights on July 13 after at least 12 activists cut through a perimeter fence and chained themselves together on a runway to protest against the possible expansion of Britain's biggest airport. 

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on July 1 he would take a decision by the end of this year on how London's airport capacity will be expanded and would study a recommendation to build a third runway at Heathrow.

A Turkish Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport on Wednesday but there were no injuries, BGNES news outlet reported.

The plane, flying from Istanbul to Prague, developed a technical problem while in Bulgarian airspace. According to initial information, smoke appeared on board.  

All passengers have left the aircraft, BGNES said.

British Airways announced plans to include four new flight routes from the UK to the Greek islands of Kos, Corfu, Rhodes and Crete during the summer months.

BA will operate two flights a week to Kos and Rhodes and four flights a week to Corfu and Iraklion on the island of Crete.

Pilots of British Airways flight BA49 heading to Seattle, notified Control that they are facing a state of emergency and that the airplane is landing back at Heathrow, according to the Daily Mirro.

Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport ranked last year on the 44th place in the EU in terms of number of passengers transiting it annually, according to the data released on Thursday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).