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...familiar scene: 3 a.m. at Heathrow Airport, and a gathering of people are sprawled across plastic benches in various poses of contortion. To be in transit is to be disconnected, but for some of those sleeping here, rootlessness is not temporary. Each night, scores of London's homeless men and women take advantage of modern travel delays by posing as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm and safe place. They play a cat-and-mouse game with police, often donning floral shirts, fanny packs and other travel accessories to blend in. And their increasing creativity - and ability...
Yotel Weary travelers faced with layovers at London's Heathrow or Gatwick airports have a new alternative to hours in an airport lounge. Yotel, a capsule hotel located inside the airports' terminals, offers passengers a relaxing respite. Think private cabin equipped with a bed, wi-fi, room service, a bathroom and a flat-screen TV. Guests can check in for as little as four hours for just $49. Globetrotters, rejoice: more locations are in the works...
LONDON Elemis Spa British Airways passengers can now unwind while awaiting their next flight out of Heathrow Airport at any of three Elemis luxury spas designed by Davies + Baron in the newly constructed Terminal Five...
...worth the effort? Some critics - like Greenpeace activists who breached Heathrow security Monday to protest the airport's proposed third runway - argue it makes more sense simply to fly less. Others argue there are bigger, more realistic environmental gains to be made by building more efficient airplanes. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, once it's finally shipped out to its buyers, is expected to burn 20% less fuel than similar-sized planes - and that plane will be in commercial use in just a few months. As priorities go in aviation sustainability, "Right now [biofuel] will be very low," Virgin Atlantic...
...Just before 12:30 at Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic's 747 touched down in Amsterdam, finishing off the event without a hiccup - which is more than could be said for Branson himself. For kicks, the mogul had drunk a sample of his firm's coconut oil and babassu oil jet-fuel blend. "My God that was horrible," he told reporters afterward. "I've been burping ever since." Now that, without a doubt, is a publicity stunt...