Aviation
British Airways pause sales of short-haul tickets at Heathrow
Despite being on the other side of the world, UK airports are starting to look more and more like their Aussie counterparts. Fingers crossed Qantas isn’t taking note.
News
European travel chaos: airfares soar as heatwave sparks bushfires warning
Even though we’d have to sell a kidney to afford airfares and brave wildfires upon arrival, we can say with absolute conviction that we’d still rather be on a European jaunt right now.
Aviation
Emirates backs down on row over “unreasonable and unacceptable” flight caps
The UAE airline has agreed to cooperate despite releasing a scathing critique of Heathrow Airport that would have put Mean Girls’ Burn Book to shame.
Aviation
YIKES: Plane collapses, injuring two at Heathrow Airport
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bit the dust at Heathrow Airport over the weekend, injuring two and causing damage to both the plane’s nose and ego.
Aviation
Aviation Wrap: Etihad to resume Melbourne-London service, Rex enters trading halt + MORE
Are you hungry for updates from the world’s airlines? Enjoy Travel Weekly’s aviation buffet without the risk of catching COVID-19.
Road & Rail
London’s Crossrail project faces further delays, as costs increase
by Christian Fleetwood
The opening of a monumental London railway project, which would connect Heathrow Airport and other landmarks, has been pushed back amid mounting costs.
Aviation
Flights grounded at Heathrow following drone sighting
The drones are back, causing chaos at Heathrow this time. We wish they’d focus more on commuter trains so we would have an excuse to be late for work.
Destinations
Aussies no longer have to queue at Heathrow airport! Here’s how to take advantage
In other news, we’ve discovered we definitely can’t skip the line at the cafe downstairs after getting in trouble for pushing in this morning.
Aviation
Check out the most Instagrammed Airports in the world
Let’s face it: if you didn’t Instagram yourself at the airport, did you even travel overseas?
Aviation
Big Fat Airline Wrap
It’s our 50th Big Fat Airline Wrap today, and to celebrate we wrote another one. Sorry, no cupcakes or streamers here.
Aviation
The Big Fat Airline Wrap
We skipped breakfast this morning and shout at our colleagues anytime someone mentions food, so imagine our rage at this hunger-inducing headline. We might be overreacting somewhat.
Wholesalers
The Big Fat Airline & Wholesaler Wrap
by Amy Bryant
We woke up with a hangover and squinty eyes after four days off work, so all complaints of spelling errors should be deleted and forgotten.