Flight updates by text | Heathrow Flying Messenger SMS services

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Flight updates by text: Flying Messenger

Welcome to Flying Messenger. A range of services for mobile devices designed to make your journey to, through and from our airports as smooth as possible. Our services give you access to the most up-to-date flight information wherever you are in the UK*.

Free Heathrow departing flight updates to your mobile

Now you can have up-to-the-minute Heathrow flight updates in the palm of your hand, free of charge for UK residents. Just enter your flight details at least two hours before departure. We'll update you of any delays straight away, and send you offers you can use before you fly.

  • Receive your flight number, departure time, Heathrow terminal and destination on your mobile free of charge.
  • No need to keep checking the flight information screens in the airport terminal or worry about missing your flight, as any change to your flight’s departure time will be sent to your mobile, leaving you to relax and shop in the departure lounge.
  • Have the latest discounts and product offers sent to your mobile and redeem them instantly in the shops, restaurants, bars and Bureaux de Change.

It’s easy, just visit  heathrowairport.com/flyingmessenger and add your flight details, mobile number and email address a minimum of two hours before you fly.

We offer a paid for service for our other BAA airports. To find out more please select the airport you are travelling from:

Aberdeen
Glasgow
Stansted
Southampton
Edinburgh

Arriving flight updates to your mobile

If you are meeting an arriving passenger you can get up-to-the-minute paid for flight updates to your mobile just by entering the flight details.

We offer two easy to use paid for services.

1) An instant status of the flight you are interested in
2) an enhanced service which updates you on the progress of your flight over a period of up to 12 hours or more.

To find out more visit our Updated arrivals info page.  This service is a paid for service.

We offer this service for our other BAA airports. To find out more please select the airport you are travelling from:

Aberdeen
Glasgow
Stansted
Southampton
Edinburgh

* Subject to network availability.

We recommend you read the terms and conditions before using either of our services and read our FAQs for more information.

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