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PHOTOS: Europe On Ice

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Europe Cold, Pamplona, International Destinations, England, Serbia, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Winter, Europe Weather, Europe Cold Spell, Destinations, Travel Tuesdays, Video, Switzerland, Germany, Snow, Romania, Venice, Europe Cold Snap, Europe, Hungary, Heathrow, Berlin, Travel News

The cold snap currently freezing Europe in its tracks -- halting commutes, breaking dams and leaving many stuck at home -- has continued its drive wes...

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Airport Officials Predict 'Massive Gridlock' In Heathrow Strike

AP | By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Heathrow Airport, Global Pulse, Heathrow Airport Strike, London Heathrow, Airlines, Heathrow Strike, Heathrow, Travel News

LONDON -- A nationwide public-sector strike next Wednesday in Britain threatens to paralyze operations at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport. BAA, th...

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PHOTOS: Proposed London Airport Could Be World's Biggest

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Thames Estuary Airport, Infrastructure, Norman Foster, Travel News, Global Pulse, Thames Estuary, Airports, New Airport, London, Foster and Partners, Boris Johnson, Heathrow, Travel News

A newly proposed airport for London, located east of the city in the Thames River Estuary, could be the world's biggest, handling 150 million passenge...

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A Stranded Refugee

Dave Ungrady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mubarek, Cairo, London, Egypt, Heathrow, Egypt Protests, American University in Cairo, Travel, Air Travel, Volcano, Travel News

We imagine that most inconvenienced travelers have placed their misfortunes into proper perspective. After all, what's a canceled flight or three compared to the overthrow of a country?

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The Saga of a Stranded Traveler

Jodi Bettencourt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heathrow, British Airways, Skype, Facebook, Flight Delay, Snowstorm, Travel News

After reading story after story about travel rage and how airports are completely unprepared to deal with severe weather conditions, Mate Tokić's travel saga was a refreshing reprieve. It even left me feeling a little, what's that word... hopeful?

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Chelsea Digs

Susan Fogwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Chelsea, Draycott Hotel, Knightsbridge, Sloane Square, Sloane Street, Armani, Wifi, Prada, Chanel, Heathrow, Travel News

The Draycott Hotel truly feels like a home-away-from-home where one can imagine living in a stately London home, if only temporarily.

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Man Survives Flight Hidden In Wheel Well Of Jet

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Heathrow, Plane, Stowaway, Stowaway Flight, World News

VIENNA — A 20-year-old Romanian looking for work hid in the wheel well of a jet in Vienna and survived a 90-minute flight to London, police said...

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The Insufferable Terror of Economy Air Travel, Featuring Delta Airlines

Ed Zitron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virgin, Delta, United, Airlines, Brett Snyder, The Cranky Flier, Delta Airlines, Heathrow, New York News

Economy travelers pay to be treated at best like idiots, and at worse like prisoners, and it's only getting worse.

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Iceland Volcano Ash Shuts Down Europe Air Travel

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volcano Ash, UK, Britain, France, Faa, Ireland, Travel, London, Iceland, Jets, Ash, Flights, Germany, Planes, Eyjafjallajokull Glacier, Europe, Volcano, Heathrow, World News

LONDON — Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptyin...

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Full-Body Scanners To Be Installed In British Airports

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, London Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, Airport Security, Airlines, Full-Body Scanners, Airline Security, Heathrow, World News

LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown says full-body scanners will be introduced in Britain's airports in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bo...

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Allegedly Drunk Pilot Arrested Before London-To-Chicago Flight

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erwin Vermont Washington, Drunk Pilot, London Chicago Drunk Pilot, United Airlines, Intoxicated Pilot, Pilot Breathalyzers, Flying Drunk, Heathrow, Travel, Chicago News

LONDON — A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff has been charged with having to...

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Heathrow Airport Arrests: 3 In Custody After Bomb Threat In London

AFP | Sam Reeves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Metropolitan Police, Arrests, Britain, London Heathrow Airport, Bomb Threat, London Heathrow, Terrorism, Airport Security, Travel, Heathrow, Dubai, Abdulmutallab, World News

LONDON (AFP) -- Armed officers stormed a plane at Heathrow airport as it was about to depart for Dubai and arrested three men on suspicion of making a...

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Alain de Botton To Be Heathrow Airport's Writer-in-Residence

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alain De Botton Heathrow, Heathrow, Heathrow Writer in Residence, Alain De Botton, Heathrow Airport, Media News

LONDON — Heathrow Airport has hired a writer-in-residence to chronicle the modern travel experience in hopes of showing frazzled passengers ther...

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Green Custard Thrown In Opposition Of Airport Expansion

AFP | 1 Hr 27 Mins Ago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, London, Heathrow, Air Travel, Pollution, Activism, Green News

LONDON (AFP) -- A protester threw a cupful of green custard in the face of business secretary Peter Mandelson on Friday, in a stunt to highlight oppos...

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Naomi Campbell Out On Bail After Heathrow Spitting Spat

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naomi Campbell, Naomi Campbell Arrested, Naomi Campbell Heathrow, Heathrow, Heathrow Terminal 5, British Airways, Entertainment News

LONDON — Naomi Campbell was released on bail Friday after a spat with a police officer at Heathrow Airport's troubled new Terminal 5, where one ...

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Put Campbell in the Can!

Michael Lewittes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heathrow, Naomi Campbell Arrested, Naomi Campbell, Heathrow Terminal 5, Entertainment News

Among Naomi's trends is that she spreads her offensiveness across the globe, and yet limits her arrests to only English-speaking countries. Australia, take cover!

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British Airways Faces Chaos, Cancellations As Heathrow's New Terminal Stumbles

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heathrow, Heathrow Terminal 5, British Airways, Business News

LONDON — Looks great, doesn't work very well. That was the verdict on Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 building early Friday, as embarrassed Br...

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