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Govt calls for evidence on impact of pre-flight drinking

A review of licensing laws could signal an end to early-morning boozing in airport bars and restaurants

The Italian low-cost carrier has been under special administration since last year

Heathrow welcomes first direct Shenzhen flight

The route is Heathrow’s 11th across its Chinese network, which has more than doubled since the start of the year

Fastjet facing race against time to secure future

The low-cost African airline said late last month it would need to find additional funding by the end of October to continue operating

Manchester airport celebrates three milestones in £1bn transformation

Terminal 2, a new car park and a bridge connecting the two are well under way

Loganair to launch four new Edinburgh services

The services will be up and running in time for summer 2019

Emirates' Jill Niven on the joys of forging relationships in travel

Emirates senior sales executive Jill Niven on countryside walks with her pooch, wanting to work in Glasgow airport as a child and showing off the carrier’s new aircraft to agents

EasyJet sets out vision for short-haul electric aircraft

A nine-seater prototype could take to the skies as early as next year with the airline’s busy London-Amsterdam route seen as contender for Europe’s first electric ‘flyway’

Wizz Air launches six new routes and first flight under own Iata code

New services include Luton to Eilat (Israel) and Lisbon, Doncaster Sheffield to Budapest, and Liverpool to Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest and Iata (Romania)

Virgin Atlantic bolsters senior team ahead of Kreeger departure

Kuha Jarvinen has been appointed EVP commercial and Ash Jokhoo SVP technology following the appointment of chief executive Craig Kreeger’s successor Shai Weiss

UK e-passport gates to be extended to further 500m passengers

Passengers arriving from the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Japan will by next summer be able to use Britain’s e-passport gates

Small Planet Airlines files for insolvency amid investment search

It comes after the Lithuania-based carrier’s German subsidiary filed last month and its Polish arm earlier this month

Lion Air crash: Scores feared dead after aircraft comes down in sea

Flight JT610 took off from Indonesian capital Jakarta at around 6.20am local time on Monday (October 29) and is understood to have had more than 180 people on board

Heathrow Express passengers pictured on lines after power failure

Services between Heathrow and Paddington were suspended for several hours on Sunday (October 28)

Paid-for seating costing air passengers up to £390m a year, CAA reveals

Airlines are charging anything up to £100 per seat per journey, with one airline receiving nearly 3,000 complaints over paid-for seating last year

Competition watchdog to probe Aer Lingus-CityJet route deal

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the long term wet lease arrangement between Aer Lingus and CityJet

British Airways owner IAG warns of 'significant' fuel costs hit

Q3 fuel costs up 15% on last year, IAG reveals

Ryanair strikes deal with Belgian pilots and cabin crew union

The airline has recently come to similar arrangements with unions in Spain, Portugal and the UK

Heathrow boss issues rallying cry amid Brexit uncertainty

“With the outcome of Brexit negotiations unknown, strong businesses like Heathrow must stand up to support Britain’s economy,” said CEO John Holland-Kaye

How Air Transat is boosting brand awareness

It may not yet be a household name outside of Canada, but Air Transat is working to raise its profile in the UK and Ireland. New commercial director Adrian Keating tells Jennifer Morris about the airline’s future plans

Ryanair clarifies its response to on-board racist incident

The airline has sent out a lengthy statement a week after the event

Cathay Pacific admits nearly 10 million passengers’ data compromised

The airline said it had no evidence any personal information had been misused

Norwegian warns rising fuel costs will affect entire aviation industry

The airline has reported earnings before tax of £149 million for the third quarter 2018, lagging forecasts

British Airways reveals further 185,000 payment cards compromised in hack

It comes after BA last month revealed details of a major security breach in which some the details of some 380,000 payment cards were compromised