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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

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

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

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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

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 Airport braces for busiest December ever

Christmas Day alone is projected to reach an unprecedented high

The Independent UK

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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

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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

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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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Evening Standard

Heathrow chief’s phone on silent mode as fire unfolded, inquiry finds

Thomas Woldbye’s mobile was ‘on his bedside table’ but on silent mode, the Kelly Review said.

The Independent UK

Heathrow boss slept until 6.45am on day of power shutdown due to his phone being on silent

Review into shutdown finds ‘decision to stop operations would not have changed’ if Thomas Woldbye had been involved

The Independent UK

Heathrow power outage: How airport chaos unfolded as cause remains ‘unknown’

Exclusive: The definitive sequence of events behind a shutdown that had devastating emotional and economic consequences

The Independent UK

Heathrow’s highest airport charges in the world blamed on ‘unique challenges’

Exclusive: Airport says constrained area, expensive building costs and prevalence of long-haul flying make high fees inevitable

The Independent UK

Heathrow passenger numbers tumble after fire shutdown but record 2025 still expected

Airport boss blames ‘changing holidays this year’ for drop in traffic

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