Travelling to Heathrow over Christmas & New Year

On Christmas Day (Thursday 25 December) and Boxing Day (Friday 26 December), there will be no Heathrow Express or Elizabeth line services operating between Central London and Heathrow.

 

Heathrow Express trains will be running between all terminals, departing every 20 minutes.

 

Additionally, there will be no Piccadilly line services from London to Heathrow on Christmas Day, and a limited service will be running on Boxing Day.

 

Special timetables and Sunday services will be in operation across most public transport over the Christmas and New Year period. We recommend planning your journey and allowing for extra time where necessary.

 

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Fleet Noise Information

As part of the 2024-2028 Noise Action Plan, we have set out a number of actions with the aim of reducing the impact of noise on our communities.

This includes working with our airline partners to ensure that Heathrow operates with a ‘best in class’ fleet mix and to report on it annually. We will be reviewing the landing charges structure in order to meet our sustainable growth objectives and will be working with the Fleet Forecasting Forum to identify opportunities to evidence and incentivise the accelerated adoption of new technology at Heathrow with the aim of accelerating the transition to a quieter fleet.

Action 1B of the Noise action plan commits to us publishing the distribution mix of our fleet annually. The data for 2024 is presented in the table below:

Heathrow Fleet Mix by ICAO Noise Chapter in 2024

Year Other Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 14
2024 0.02% 0.00% 0.01% 14.34% 85.62%

Action 2C within the action plan sets out that we will publish a Chapter 3 league table of operators continuing to use these aircraft. The data for 2024 is presented below:

Chapter 3 Aircraft Operators in 2024

Name Total
Georgian Airlines LLC 8
Transportes Aereos Portugueses 8
Signature Flight Support UK 8