Tennis superstar Serena Williams played ping-pong with fellow travelers at Heathrow Airport.
Someday there will be complimentary Wi-Fi at all airports. We’re moving in that direction, but some pretty major airports still charge for that service. Heathrow Airport has been one of them. But that will change – somewhat – when the airport’s contract with Boingo expires on May 31, 2013 and a new one, with Arqiva, […]
London’s Heathrow Airport & the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have put together some lovely traditional English gardens to welcome passengers and will be handing out free seed packets to travelers so they can start their own gardens. The terminal approach areas outside Terminals 3, 4 and 5 have been transformed into a living art installation […]
London’s Heathrow Airport is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with some jigs, courtesy of the O’Sullivan School of Irish Dancing. The children, aged 6 – 16, welcomed passengers arriving into Terminal 5 before taking off to the World Championships in Dublin. Passengers traveling through Heathrow’s terminals today will also be treated to live performances from Irish […]
Airports are gearing up for the holiday season and many are planning to offer entertainment, special events and even some contests and give-aways to passengers. With Santa’s arrival this past weekend, it seems that Heathrow Airport is already in the swing of things. Santa handed out iPads to some arriving passengers and will be surprising […]
Someday there will be complimentary Wi-Fi at all airports. We’re moving in that direction, but some pretty major airports still charge for that service. Heathrow Airport has been one of them. But that will change – somewhat – when the airport’s contract with Boingo expires on May 31, 2013 and a new one, with Arqiva, […]
London’s Heathrow Airport & the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have put together some lovely traditional English gardens to welcome passengers and will be handing out free seed packets to travelers so they can start their own gardens. The terminal approach areas outside Terminals 3, 4 and 5 have been transformed into a living art installation […]
London’s Heathrow Airport is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with some jigs, courtesy of the O’Sullivan School of Irish Dancing. The children, aged 6 – 16, welcomed passengers arriving into Terminal 5 before taking off to the World Championships in Dublin. Passengers traveling through Heathrow’s terminals today will also be treated to live performances from Irish […]
Airports are gearing up for the holiday season and many are planning to offer entertainment, special events and even some contests and give-aways to passengers. With Santa’s arrival this past weekend, it seems that Heathrow Airport is already in the swing of things. Santa handed out iPads to some arriving passengers and will be surprising […]
As part of a day-long tour of Heathrow Airport on Friday that included visits to the VIP lounge and the Air Traffic Control Tower (details next week, I promise), I had a chance to have lunch in Terminal 5 at Gordon Ramsay’s Plane Food. In addition to “Plane Fast” menus that come in 25 minute […]
London’s Heathrow Airport is getting ready to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jublilee and expects more than 780,000 passengers to fly into town for the festivities between now and June 6th. To set the scene, the airport painted a runway with a giant Union Jack flag and the image of the queen: As passengers arrive, they’ll […]