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Harper to meet aviation chiefs after air traffic control disruption

Aviation chiefs will be urged by Transport Secretary Mark Harper to do everything possible to return passengers still left stranded by the air traffic control (ATC) failure. Flights to and from UK airports were restricted for several hours on Monday ...

01 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Ireland

High Court pauses summer seat cap at Dublin Airport

The High Court has paused a decision that would affect the number of passenger seats available on aircraft at Dublin Airport during next year’s summer season. The decision by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to implement the passenger cap would ...

04 Nov 2024 at 19:41

Chancellor announces rise in flight taxes

Air passengers will be hit by an increase in flight taxes. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said air passenger duty (APD) will rise from the 2026/27 financial year, adding up to £2 to the cost of an economy ticket for a short-haul flight. Private jet ...

30 Oct 2024 at 17:14

British Airways suspends ticket sales for short-haul flights from Heathrow

British Airways has suspended selling short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport for several days. Customers will be unable to book onto domestic or European services flying from the west London airport until Monday August 8. The airline said ...

02 Aug 2022 at 17:57

Ryanair cuts flights due to plane delivery delays

Ryanair announced it has cut its winter flight schedule due to delays in the delivery of new Boeing 737 planes. It will reduce the number of aircraft it planned to base at several airports across Europe, including East Midlands Airport and ...

28 Sept 2023 at 08:41

Harper says airlines are taking ‘every step possible’ to increase capacity

Mark Harper has said airlines are taking “every step possible” to increase capacity after passengers were left stranded by the air traffic control (ATC) failure, following a meeting with aviation chiefs. The Transport Secretary said ...

01 Sept 2023 at 17:43

Cheapest long-haul winter sun destinations for UK travellers revealed

UK holidaymakers planning long-haul winter sun holidays will pay less for tourist items in two out of three popular destinations compared with a year ago, new figures show. Asian destinations offer the best bargains, occupying ...

27 Sept 2025 at 00:01

More women holidaying without families to ’embrace adventure’

More women are leaving their loved ones at home when they go on holiday so they can “explore on their own terms”, group tour operators reported. Holiday companies said there has been a noticeable increase in demand from ...

07 Oct 2025 at 11:00

World

Dutch government shelves plans to reduce flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

The Dutch government said it has abandoned, for now, plans to rein in flights at Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport following protests from countries including the US and warnings that the move could breach European law ...

14 Nov 2023 at 17:32

Aer Lingus cancels 124 flights in first five days of pilots’ industrial action

Ireland

Aer Lingus to contact passengers as flights cancelled due to industrial action

Aer Lingus has cancelled 124 flights over the first five days of pilots’ industrial action planned for next week. The airline said this will affect 20,000 customers over the five days as it moved to accommodate people ...

21 Jun 2024 at 16:46

City

Jet2 hit by wildfires and flooding but profit soars

Travel company Jet2 has said it took a £14 million hit from the summer’s air traffic control chaos and wildfires and flooding on Greek islands. But the business said it had seen a major jump in profit nonetheless, in ...

23 Nov 2023 at 09:29

World

German strike forces Lufthansa to cancel hundreds of flights

Lufthansa has said it will have to cancel almost all flights at its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs on Wednesday because of a strike by its German ground staff, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. The airline ...

26 Jul 2022 at 13:07

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