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• London/Heathrow Third Runway Approved, Protests Abound

  We’ve heard the beginning of this story a million times. Airport wants to expand, people protest, and the process gets bogged down for years and years. On the surface, that’s what has happened with Heathrow’s bid to build a third runway... Posted Jan 20 2009, 04:32 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LHR - London/Heathrow

• The Latest on Heathrow Terminal 5

  There were a couple of things that happened in the last week that got me thinking that I needed to write an update on how things were going for British Airways over at London/Heathrow’s Terminal 5. First, my walkthrough of the new Indy airport had... Posted Nov 14 2008, 02:46 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LHR - London/Heathrow

• Heathrow Terminal 5 After The Dust Settles

  A friend of mine who frequently flies out of London/Heathrow wrote to me recently and wondered why my coverage had been so light on the new Terminal 5. I guess I was just waiting to see when things calmed down. I mean, everyone has been talking about... Posted Apr 07 2008, 03:44 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Baggage, British Airways, Delays/Cancellations, LHR - London/Heathrow

• Quick Thought on London/Heathrow T5

  BA moved in to the brand-spanking new Terminal 5 at Heathrow today, and it didn’t take long for the baggage system to fail. Looks like they stopped accepting checked bags and won’t start again until Friday morning. I guess they didn’t... Posted Mar 27 2008, 11:23 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow

• London/Heathrow Gets Ready to Play Musical Airlines

  There has been a ton of interesting news to write about in the last few days, and I’d been having trouble figuring out with what to lead . . . until yesterday. Turns out that I was voted one of the the world’s 50 most powerful blogs by The... Posted Mar 10 2008, 03:59 AM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow, Oneworld, SkyTeam, Star Alliance