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Heathrow airport passenger charges to rise under new proposals

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has proposed new caps on the average charge Heathrow Airport can levy on airlines for the five years from 2027 to 2031. The proposed mid-point charge of £28.80 per passenger represents a 1% increase over the current £28.40, but is significantly lower than Heathrow's request…

The Independent UK

Slow progress on Heathrow’s third runway should be national concern, boss says

Thomas Woldbye says major funding model decisions need to be taken if the airport is to meet government timetable

The Guardian - UK

‘Heathrow’s third runway should have been built 10 years ago’ says airport boss

Exclusive: Heathrow is expected to grow by less than 1 per cent in 2026

The Independent UK

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MoD warns of bird strikes threat to London planes from third runway at Heathrow

Exclusive: New waterways close to the airport in west London could attract more birds which may pose a threat to aviation, says the Ministry of Defence

Evening Standard

Heathrow’s annual earnings drop by more than a third

Owners of the airport reported pre-tax profits of £575 million for 2025, down 37.3% from £917 million in 2024.

Evening Standard

Heathrow isn’t crowded, it’s travellers walking on the wrong side, boss says

Thomas Woldbye says part of airport’s problem is UK passengers walk on the left while others walk on the right

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow’s boss insists airport is not too crowded – passengers are just walking the wrong way

Thomas Woldbye defends Heathrow after travel hub named busiest airport in Europe last year

The Independent UK

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Heathrow passengers to be hit with 'eye watering' costs of third runway, Parliament told

Bosses at the west London airport say expansion is needed to boost UK economic growth

Evening Standard

Heathrow boss says airport in danger of losing Europe’s busiest title

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The Independent UK

Could Heathrow be about to lose its title of Europe’s busiest airport?

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye says third runway is ‘critical’ to maintaining title

The Independent UK

Heathrow says it may lose title of Europe’s busiest airport

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said this demonstrates why its project to build a third runway is ‘critical’.

Evening Standard

Heathrow Airport braces for busiest December ever

Christmas Day alone is projected to reach an unprecedented high

The Independent UK

Heathrow says festive-period travellers will enjoy ‘best possible start’ to journeys

Heathrow is expecting passenger numbers for the month to exceed the December 2024 total of 7.08 million.

Evening Standard

Heathrow chief has ‘extra loud phone’ after sleeping while fire unfolded

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye was asleep as his senior staff decided to suspend operations.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Heathrow's £49 billion third runway expansion plan sparks major row as Sadiq Khan leads opposition to proposals

London Mayor says ‘all options on the table’ as campaigners hit out at proposals amid environmental and cost concerns

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow fire cost airport tens of millions of pounds, says CEO

Thomas Woldbye speaks of damages claim as a possibility and expresses caution over a third runway

Evening Standard

Heathrow CEO insists the 'right people' took key decisions in fire outage crisis

March substation blaze closed the airport for an entire day disrupting nearly 1,400 flights and the plans of more than 200,000

The Independent UK

Heathrow reveals huge financial impact of fire that forced airport’s closure

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the incident

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Evening Standard

Substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport to cost it ‘tens of millions’

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the incident that led to the airport’s closure in March.

The Guardian - UK

Fears Heathrow’s move to raise airport fees by ‘excessive’ 17% will push up fares

Airport is seeking increase to expand passenger capacity and fund new lounges, shops and restaurants

Evening Standard

Heathrow unveils plans to add up to 10 million passengers by 2031

The plan forms the core of the airport’s 2027–2031 business proposal, which was submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority on Friday.

The Independent UK

National Grid aware of fault behind Heathrow shutdown fire for seven years

National Grid blamed for failing to act on known transformer problem, while Heathrow accepted risk as a ‘high-impact, low-probability event’

The Guardian - UK

Famous workplace mishaps, from sleeping through alarms to mistaken identity

Heathrow boss missed emergency calls as his phone was on silent – but things can also get missed on live TV

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow boss sorry for sleeping through outage with phone on silent

Thomas Woldbye missed emergency notifications and phone calls after nearby fire led to airport being shut down

The Independent UK

Review sheds light on decision to shut Heathrow amid substation fire

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