Flights from Heathrow Worldwide

Flights from Heathrow Worldwide – 68 million passengers a year
Flights from Heathrow to worldwide destinations are plentiful, as Heathrow is seen as the hub of world air travel. Heathrow handles over 469,000 air-transport movements a year, carrying nearly 68 million passengers around the world. Flights from Heathrow to worldwide destination in just one random weekday hour include Dubai, Vienna, Bahrain, New York, Delhi, Chicago, Aberdeen, Paris, Geneva, Nairobi, Oslo, Houston, Hamburg, Kuwait and San Francisco. Heathrow Airport is located 15 miles from central London and the airport is owned by British Airports Authority, which also runs Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.

Flights from Heathrow to Worldwide Destinations – Cheap flights
Flights from London Heathrow to worldwide destinations tend to be by more-traditional carriers. It's London's rival airports, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted, which have the budget travel market sewn up. These budget airlines offer attractive lead-in prices, but can add extra charges that can soon add up. When you are comparing with legacy carriers operating flights from Heathrow to worldwide destinations, you should also bear in mind that Heathrow is the closest airport to central London and that budget airlines could add check-in fees, credit-card fees and baggage fees.

Flights from Heathrow Worldwide – The main airlines
Flights from London Heathrow to worldwide destinations are provided by all the usual suspects – legacy carriers such as British Airways, Air India, KLM, Air New Zealand, Gulf Air, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa and Air France. Flights from London Heathrow to worldwide destinations are also provided by a limited number of low-cost airlines, which include Aer Lingus, Air Transat, Blue 1, Brussels Airlines, flybe.com, TUIfly.com and vueling.com. Heathrow is located around 14 miles west of central London, which is easily reached by London Underground, and has two parallel main runways and no fewer than five operational terminals.