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Ice and thick fog descends on UK, flights cancelled

Airports across United Kingdom including Europe's busiest, Heathrow, have been forced to cancel dozens of flights as ice and thick fog descended on the country overnight. Heathrow Airport had......

Pix: India bound flights cancelled amid UK snow chaos

Some flights to Mumbai scheduled to depart from London's Heathrow airport on Sunday night were among half of scheduled 1,300 flights cancelled as authorities grappled with the fallout of snow and......

Spewing volcano disrupts European flights

More than 250 flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, including to and from India, were grounded on Thursday due to ash from Iceland's spewing volcano.The flying ash also affected......

'Bomb threat' on Emirates jet at Heathrow, 3 held

Armed police stormed a packed passenger jet at Heathrow airport in London on Saturday as it was about to take off to Dubai and arrested three men on suspicion of making a bomb threat.The officers......

Hijacker working as cleaner at Heathrow?

One of the nine Afghans involved in a hijacking eight years ago was arrested after he was found working at Heathrow airport as a cleaner. Nazamuddin Mohammidy (34) was one of a group who took over......

'A change in tax will make Heathrow uncompetitive'

After Willie Walsh took over as the chief executive officer of British Airways, he has guided the carrier to a full merger with Spanish airline Iberia and realised the objective of a transatlantic......

Now, driverless cars at Heathrow

Battery-operated driverless cars with bug-eyed windows will soon be carrying passengers at the Heathrow Airport.The bubble shaped vehicles look like a capsule and their doors fold back like......

Heathrow, Europe's worst airport

Britain's flagship airport Heathrow was the worst performing airport out of 27 surveyed, new figures have shown.According to the latest report from the Association of European Airlines, almost half......

Jet's London-Ahmedabad flights from next month

Jet Airwaysannounced on Monday the launch of flights to Heathrow airport from Ahmedabad twice a week from April 3. Ahmedabad would be the fourth Indian city to be linked by the private carrier to......

Heathrow strike: Most sacked employees Indians

Asians, mostly Indians, were among the majority of 800 workers sacked by a catering firm at Heathrow airport, which triggered a wildcat strike by British Airways ground staff, disrupting flights......

Spotted: Anu Malik at London's Heathrow Airport

Reader Nikunj Kambodia met music composer and singer Anu Malik at London's Heathrow...

Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan in London

Reader Madhusudhan Joshi met Amitabh Bachchan at London's Heathrow Airport....

SRK's body scanner claims untrue: British airport

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's claim that he signed printouts of 'nude' security scans of his body at the Heathrow airport in London have been dismissed by the airport owner British Airports......

Spotted: Priyanka Chopra in UK

Reader Ankit Pachhigar met Priyanka Chopra at Heathrow airport in the...

Spotted: Salman Khan in UK

Reader Prasanna Vasan met Salman Khan at Heathrow airport in the...

Spotted: Mahesh Bhupathi at Heathrow

Reader Sanjay Kumar Misra sent us this photograph.'I mettennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi at London's Heathrow airport on July 2, 2009 when he was there for Wimbledon,' writes Sanjay.Thanks, Sanjay, for......

All is not lost for England, just look at '81

A bleary-eyed Kevin Pietersen arrived at Heathrow airport in London on Thursday to be greeted by scores of flashing cameras and a bank of newspaper headlines proclaiming that English cricket is in......

Spotted: Shane Warne in London

Reader Ashok Chittiala sent us this picture from London.'Imet Shane Warne at the Heathrow Airportin London. It felt really great to meet achampionsportsperson like him and the best part was that he......

Shoaib Akhtar refused entry to UK

Surrey-bound Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar was on Thursday senthome by British immigration officials after landingat Heathrow airport without a valid working visa.The 33-year-old controversial fast......

Spotted: Sourav Ganguly at Heathrow airport

Reader Soumya Kumar Mitra sent us this photograph from London.'I spotted Sourav Ganguly at Heathrow airport on 17th August 2008,' writes Soumya.Thank you, Soumya, for sharing this picture!If you......

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Q. Flights in and out of Mumbai airport will be seriously affected over the next two months as the main runway has been shut for upgrading radars and other operational equipment...your views ?
Dharamender Nebhnani: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/flights-in-and-out-of-mumbai-airport-will-be-seriously-affec/24574883/answers/

Q. Which capital city do Heathrow n Gatwick airports serve?
Riya Sharma: A. They are doing a lot of work on the international airport of Mumbai. This is going on for the last two years. It is essential that the...... more

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Q. Which capital city do Heathrow and Gatwick airports serve?
Riya Sharma: A. Dubai. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-capital-city-do-heathrow-and-gatwick-airports-serve/24006418/answers/24006424

Q. ~~~Did you had any strange experience with stranger,,which u you never forget...~~~
Peeping Tom: A. Dubai. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/did-you-had-any-strange-experience-with-strangerwhich-u-you-/23681727/answers/24006422

Q. where is the world largest airport??????
Yashika: A. it's not my experience but an worth telling experience .............ok , better let me take " YOU " as the hero in this episode...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-is-the-world-largest-airport/23361251/answers/23681761

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Runways at Heathrow Airport shut after BA incident

LONDON (Reuters) - London's Heathrow Airport closed both its runways on Friday following an incident with a British Airways plane, the airport... ...

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Techies step into the world of foot massage

Happy Feet, currently operating out of two locations in Bangalore, is the , who met while working for a cloud computing company in Boston. After... ...

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Sebi, CCI concerned over Etihad's larger control over Jet, seek clarity

Separate clarifications have been sought on the deal, which involves a 24 percent stake purchase in Jet by Etihad and is the first investment by a... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/sebi-cci-concerned-over-etihads-larger-control-over-jet-seek-clarity-809127.html

Jet to seek Sebi exemption to divest promoter holding

Related to : Jet Airways (India) Ltd Jet Airways (India) Ltd 579.75 -6.5 (-1.11%) NSE 22 May 13 | 12:00 AM 581.75 -6.2 (-1.05%) After the... ...

http://www.smartinvestor.in/market/Compnews-177347-Compnewsdet-Jet_to_seek_Sebi_exemption_to_divest_promoter_holding.htm

New BBC Two series takes an inside look at one of the world's busiest airports

Covering five square miles and processing nearly 200,000 passengers each day, Heathrow is one of the world's busiest airports. In a live, stripped... ...

http://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/new-bbc-two-series-takes-an-inside-look-at-one-of-the-worlds-busiest-airports/