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Heathrow Airport Guide

Welcome to the Heathrow Airport Guide - the definitive resource to help you find everything you need when travelling to, from and around the world's busiest international airport.

Around 90 airlines fly from Heathrow to over 180 locations worldwide, carrying nearly 68 million passengers and 1.3 million tonnes of cargo each year. Heathrow has five terminals, two main runways, and a cross wind runway.

The airport provides a wide range of facilities including those for business, children and disabled travellers. It also offers a full range of 1st class airport services.

Public transport to and from Heathrow airport is reliable and frequent. There are plenty of coaches, taxis and regular trains, including the Heathrow Express. Alternatively there are plenty of airport parking companies, car hire providers and airport hotels nearby.

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What's Allowed?

View the latest hand luggage and security rules in place at Heathrow Airport.

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Latest Heathrow Airport News

Heathrow plans ‘Food Fortnight’

Restaurants and cafés inside Heathrow Airport have swapped the croissants for crumpets, and the pizza for pork pies, as the first ever British Food Fortnight gets underway at the London hub. The ev...

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New iPhone app to streamline check-in

As smartphones continue their march towards becoming very much the norm for mobile phone users, BA has decided to try to keep up to date with technology by launching an app that allows customers to ch...

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BAA strike averted as new pay offer made

It has been a bad year for holidaymakers, with the chaos caused by heavy snow, the Icelandic volcanic ash crisis, strikes by BA and tour operators such as Goldtrail and Sun4U going out of business, le...

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British Airways punctuality praised

Following a year to forget for British Airways, with strikes, volcanic ash clouds and the recession costing the company hundreds of millions of pounds, the beleaguered airline has received a boost aft...

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'No compelling case' for Heathrow rail

There will be no high-speed rail link between Heathrow Airport and the rest of the country, according to Tory transport peer, Lord Mawhinney, until the billion-pound scheme is extended to the north of...

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