Air

Wizz Air cuts hand baggage allowance and introduces charges

Passengers could face having to pay up to £22 to take their hand baggage into the cabin under the new rules

See British Airways’ hilarious new in-flight safety video

See Joanna Lumley, Sir Michael Caine, Asim Chaudhry, Olivia Colman, Jourdan Dunn, Naomie Harris and David Walliams come together for British Airways’ latest star-studded in-flight safety video, highlighting its Flying Start charity partnership with Comic Relief.

Nearly 25 million people, BA said, watched its first celeb-led in-flight safety video, which featured Sir Ian McKellen, Gordon Ramsey and Thandie Newton, with the airline adding it had so far raised some £19 million for Comic Relief over the past eight years.

IAG to launch low-cost LEVEL brand in Austria

LEVEL will begin operating a twice-daily Vienna-Gatwick service on July 17

It’s time for a new approach to protection when firms fail

Last autumn’s failure of Monarch reminded the public and the industry of the reality of what can happen when an airline collapses: 110,000 customers had to be brought home and more than 300,000 forward bookings had to be cancelled

Virgin Atlantic to axe Heathrow-Dubai route next year

The airline said the route, which will be withdrawn from March 31, 2019, was no longer economically viable

British Airways to pull Gatwick-Oakland service

BA has confirmed its Gatwick-Oakland service, which only launched in March 2017, has been withdrawn

Abta pleads for clarity from government over Brexit

Need for urgent progress over Brexit, says Abta’s Tanzer

Travel couple fall foul of British Airways 'cheap ticket' cancellations

Anthony Vale snapped up £289pp fares to Dubai for a Christmas family holiday, only for the tickets to be cancelled just days later

Full extent of British Airways 'cheap tickets' debacle revealed

TTG understands as many as 10,000 tickets, most now cancelled, may have been sold too cheaply through eight large agencies

Air China to launch UK’s first direct Gatwick-Chengdu service

Services to China’s fourth largest city will fly Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays

It's worth remembering that reputations can be destroyed in minutes

There’s a well-known quote: “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters”

Heathrow expansion to face legal challenges despite Parliament vote

The Department for Transport said approval “could see building work start in 2021”, but several groups are preparing legal actions

Norwegian to retrofit existing 737 MAX fleet with new seat and cabin

The new seat features 30-inch pitch and measures just 16.8 inches across, freeing up legroom

POLL: Is expansion at Heathrow good news for travel?

MPs on Monday night (June 25) voted 415-119 in favour of building a third runway at Heathrow - but is it what the country and the industry needs?

Better managed infrastructure postpones capital expenditure needs

Delegates at at UNWTO conference heard that managing travellers better will free up space

Norwegian announces new twice-weekly Tampa service from Gatwick

The low-coast carrier announced its full winter schedule from Gatwick on Monday (June 25)

Loganair spreads its wings with new jets

Scottish carrier to reveal European routes next year

Jet2.com blasts 'aggressive' stag do party after Ibiza flight diversion

The airline has renewed its call for greater regulation of pre-flight alcohol sales after a rowdy stag do caused chaos on a flight on Friday

Heathrow expansion: MPs to vote on third runway plans

The result hangs in the balance, with the government telling its own MPs they have to approve the third runway, while Labour is permitting a free vote on the issue

Heathrow expansion approved by Parliament

MPs have voted to build a new £14bn third runway at the west London hub

Heathrow faces long battle despite vote of approval

Plans to expand Heathrow were brought forward, in earnest, 12 years ago - and Monday’s vote is far from it being a done deal

Emirates’ new routes show ‘commitment to UK’

Emirates’ new UK boss has hailed the launch of the airline’s first new UK route for more than a decade – with another due to start in October

British Airways cheap ticket blunder 'affected thousands', OTA claims

Travel Up’s Ali Shah says his OTA alone sold more than 2,000 ’incorrect’ BA fares and believes the number could be higher

Airline bosses demand action on European ATC strikes

Michael O’Leary and Willie Walsh have teamed up to call on the European Commission to address Europe’s air traffic control crisis