London Heathrow Airport

Pros: The departure lounge and its choice of shopping. The destinations served.
Cons: Poor signage, scruffy in places.

Heathrow is Britain’s largest airport – in fact for the figures produced prior to September 11th 2001, it was the fourth busiest airport in the world, with over 64.6 million passengers eagerly surging for the 460,000 flights that leave from...

Pros: Transportation access, Shopping and dining facilities
Cons: Hard to find phone cards in stock, No Tourist Information Centre

“David’s Adventures in Southern England,” or “Wine, Women, and Song--Can I make a substitution, please?” (Part I – So You’ve Decided to Go to England) **[Announcement]** So, I spent two full weeks in England, ...

Pros: Good choice of shops etc, good transport links
Cons: Expensive, delays

Since I lived within a few hundred yards of Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport for the first 25 years of my life, I think it’s something I should be able to review fairly easily! And since SpiderK id is hosting ...

Pros: airline selection
Cons: crowded in areas, connecting, unprofessional, spread out, expensive shops

Heathrow is the largest airport in the city of London, England. It is the fourth busiest airport in the world, and it is home to one of the largest airlines: British Airways. It is also home to some smaller airlines: Virgin Atlantic, and British Midland....

Pros: Underground connection to London, handles impressive array of flights and airlines, great for plane nuts.
Cons: Very busy, crowded, difficult access by road, customs takes forever for non-EU residents.

I've been flying into and out of Heathrow for almost 40 years, and I have flown through Terminal 3 over thirty times. My review reflects Terminal 3, in September 2005. Arrivals: Heathrow is a very busy airport, and if you arrive at a busy time of ...

Pros: check-in in streamlined and baggage claim is a snap - plus great shops!
Cons: too little space to put your shoes back on after security control

On several recent occasions I have traveled through Terminal 5 -- Once with the family and once on a solo mission. On both occasions the experience was very positive. A combination of inspiring construction, new technologies and a more relaxed ...

Pros: Good connections, many options, good shopping
Cons: Connection Time

This is a review of LHR (Heathrow), one of London’s Airports.

Advantages: Connections are very good. If you are heading on to another destination, LHR is a good connection point. There are many connections to Europe, Middle...

Pros: A nice, clean airport with plenty of shopping and food.
Cons: Having to walk up step to board the plane.

Overview: I just came back from a week visit to London, my third trip to England (March 15-20, 2005). I flew British Airways from Newark, NJ to London Heathrow. The Arrival: The Boeing 777 aircraft pulled into Heathrow at 6am and was on time. ...

Pros: None
Cons: Dirty, dark, ugly

I was stunned when I had to connect through Heathrow and saw the ugliest airport imaginable. It was dark, dirty, depressing and the restrooms were filthy. I couldn't even find a place to sit while waiting for my connecting flight.

Also interesting, jewelry that I had on that set off the metal detector alarm at Malpensa in Milano did not set off the metal detector at Heathrow. I'm not sure what that was about but it make me nervous.

I wouldn't connect through Heathrow again unless I had no other option.