Travelodge are holding another £9 per night room sale. This is particularly useful if you’re on the road spotting as there are many Travelodge hotels located near airports in the UK.
Some particularly useful ones are at and around London Heathrow airport. The new one at Terminal 5 even has rooms overlooking the action.
The sale starts at 6am on 23 April. Booking period is 27 August to 30 November. Click here for booking.
It seems talks are underway to sell Heathrow’s British Airways Concorde G-BOAB to Dubai. It would become a tourist attraction on one of the palm-shaped islands, similar to the fate of the QE2 cruise liner.
This link http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6054915.ece explains the story in more detail.
If this goes ahead, the planned display of G-BOAB in Heathrow’s Terminal 5 would not come to fruition, and there would be no lasting memory of Concorde at Heathrow.
The Concorde aircraft this week celebrates its 40th anniversary.
After all the speculation, Gatwick has finally been put up for sale by the BAA. The price tag is estimated at £1.8bn.
BBC News story about the sale:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7620293.stm
With BAA out of the picture, might the new owner (which could be Fraport or Manchester’s owners) provide facilities for spotters once again?
Virgin Atlantic are also interested in buying Gatwick as part of a consortium.
The new book by the author of this blog covers 35 of Europe's best airports for spotting.
Each guide includes a map, spotting locations, technical information, contact details, list of airlines, list of aircraft stored/preserved/wrecked at each airport, and details of the best hotels and rooms to stay in.