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Heathrow fleet foxes NOx emissions
Heathrow’s ground-breaking Clean Vehicles Programme is going from strength to strength, with vehicles assessed in 2008 showing a 24% reduction in NOx emissions, and four members receiving awards at a recent seminar at the Heathrow Academy...
02 July 2009

Heathrow gets staff on their bikes
BAA Heathrow is launching an innovative scheme to get staff members ditching the car and cycling to work, in partnership with the UK’s largest cycle retailer Halfords...
30 June 2009

Want a say in how Heathrow is run?
BAA Heathrow is looking for volunteers who fly through the airport at least 12 times a year to serve as members of the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee, an independent statutory body which ensures the airport is run and developed in a way which has the passenger interest at heart...
19 June 2009

Heathrow invites car owners to pick and mix their partners
BAA has upgraded its successful Heathrow Commuter carshare scheme, the largest in Europe
17 June 2009

Mayor unveils plans to turn London's food waste into eco-fuel
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a major initiative to convert London’s food waste into eco-fuel to cut landfill rates and carbon emissions
16 June 2009

BAA consolidates Heathrow parking to improve passenger experence
The UK’s leading parking management specialist, APCOA, has been appointed as Heathrow’s dedicated airport parking partner...
15 June 2009

Check In and Chill Out: Be Relax Spa Opens at Heathrow
Passengers flying through Heathrow Terminal 5 can now enjoy a pamper and a pummelling courtesy of airport spa specialist Be Relax. The French firm is launching an 876 square foot relaxation centre in the airport’s satellite terminal – Terminal 5B – offering passengers a wide range of beauty and well-being treatments from massage and manicures to aroma and oxygen therapy...
15 June 2009

Heathrow Noise Action Plan consultation starts
Heathrow Airport has invited local communities to give feedback over the next 16 weeks on details of how it intends to manage aircraft noise impacts over the five years 2010 – 2015
15 June 2009

Human swine flu - Heathrow update

12 June 2009

World's largest integrated baggage system
The key piece in completing the world’s largest integrated baggage system is underway, with the start of boring on a 1.8km-long tunnel underneath Heathrow Airport’s airfield. The new £260 million tunnel will provide a vital link between all of the airport’s terminals, enabling Heathrow to handle 110 million bags annually by 2012.
28 April 2009

Heathrow team sow support at Harlington Hospice
A team from the BAA Process Solutions Department took time out from their normal work improving the passenger experience at Heathrow to volunteer...
31 March 2009

Temporary changes to Heathrow's night time runway alternation
Between 27 April and 10 September 2009 development work will be undertaken on taxiways connecting Heathrow's southern runway with the rest of the airfield...
26 March 2009

Heathrow wins Transport Team of the Year
Heathrow this week was named Transport Team of the Year for their work leading the Heathrow Area Transport Forum...
23 March 2009

Protesters arrested at Heathrow
At approximately 10.08 two people attempted to gain unlawful access to Heathrow Airport’s airfield...
18 March 2009

All the fun of the fair for Heathrow hopefuls
BAA Heathrow’s second annual apprenticeship fair took place at the Heathrow Academy on 5th February 2009...
11 February 2009

BAA Heathrow launches 'Connecting Communities'
BAA Heathrow launches 'Connecting Communities' - support for Age Concern and Help the Aged programmes...
04 February 2009

Kenya Boys Choir signs record deal at Heathrow
A Kenyan youth choir were flying high today after signing a recording deal with the largest record company in the world, Universal Music...
23 January 2009

Heathrow’s Airside Operations Unit Get Smart
Heathrow’s Airside Operations Safety Unit (AOSU) has become the world’s first to install Smart Arrow boards to assist the safe evacuation of people in an emergency...
20 January 2009

Government gives green light for third runway at Heathrow
BAA's Chief Executive, Colin Matthews, has welcomed the government's decision to go ahead with a third runway at Heathrow...
15 January 2009

BAA Community & Environment Awards
January sees the launch of the 2009 BAA Heathrow Community & Environment Awards for schools, voluntary organisations and community groups...
09 January 2009

BAA Heathrow soars past fundraising target for Marie Curie Cancer Care
Charity of the year partnership raises more than double its £100,000 goal...
05 January 2009