Heathrow Academy
West London Business
Heathrow is the UK’s only hub airport
Flights to
171
destinations
in 90
countries
68 million
passengers
and 480,000
flights a year
>70% of
UK’s long
haul flights,
>50% of all
UK air
freight
Employs
77,000
people,
100,000
indirect
jobs
40% of
passengers
are on
business,
34% are
visiting friends
or relatives
Community Investment
Our Community Investment programmes aims are to:
- Positively engage with local schools, colleges and universities
- Raise awareness of high-quality careers to young people, their parents, and wider job
seekers
- Support skills development to reduce local unemployment
- Help businesses grow
Heathrow Employment Overview
Heathrow Airport is one of the largest employment sites in the UK
• The airport offers a unique opportunity to work in a range of sectors
• Opportunities are available from entry-level to experienced professionals. This
gives excellent opportunities for career development and progression
Education
• Primary School
Challenge
• Secondary School
Challenge
• Parents
• School Governors
• Top Talent
Employment & Skills
• Heathrow Jobs
& Careers Fair
• Engineering
Apprenticeships
• Heathrow
Academy
The Heathrow Academy
The Academy offers skills and training to unemployed
residents.
• Our aims are to:
- Provide training and support to secure
employment at the airport
- Support workforce development through on-thejob training
- Help to protect against industry skills gaps
- Promote the business benefits of recruiting local
staff
- Support airport employers to access skilled,
motivated and local employees
- Drive customer service standards to improve the
passenger experience
Case Studies
We celebrate our successes by promoting the Academy across the airport site,
and in local press publications
• The Academy works with a range of businesses across the airport, including:
Business
Heathrow Meet the Buyers
•50 Buyers
•225 suppliers, 42% local
businesses
•UK Trade & Investment
•5 local chambers of
commerce