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Travelodge £9 Room Sale

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:32:23 +0000

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.

BA Concorde to Dubai?

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:34:28 +0000

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.

Gatwick Airport For Sale

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:12:06 +0000

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.