Air

Inflation dips slightly as fuel costs finally ease

Inflation down 0.2% in 12 months to August, while boss of outdoor clothing firm Patagonia pledges to donate all profits to fighting climate change

French Air Traffic Control to strike this week

French Air Traffic controllers expected to cause disruption on Friday with industrial action

Lufthansa returns to private ownership after share sale

Lufthansa is once again in private hands after German government sells its pandemic stake

London airports warn of flight disruption ahead of Queen's funeral

Heathrow and London City have confirmed some flights will be delayed on Wednesday (14 September) and Monday (19 September)

Ryanair signs sustainable fuel deal

Ryanair seals deal to obtain small proportion of its fuel needs from sustainable sources

Heathrow disruption and energy bills help set for delay?

Govt admits firms could face delays in receiving help with their energy bills, plus Heathrow disruption as flights diverted away from central London

Latam strides towards single use plastic elimination

Latam overhauls economy service to remove throwaway plastic

Gatwick rail services suspended owing to emergency incident

All lines closed after person hit by train near airport station on Tuesday morning

Lufthansa agrees 'no strike' deal with pilots

Lufthansa pilots agree not to take further industrial action before June 2023 in return for a pay deal

Downing St confirms 'mini Budget' as sterling falls again

Government pledges to deliver fiscal statement later this month to address cost of living issues

Ex-Virgin Galactic boss set for WTM London keynote

Will Whitehorn’s presentation will be the first time WTM London has featured space travel as part of its main stage programme

Heathrow's August passenger numbers down 1.7m on 2019 levels

Effect of ongoing 100,000 passenger-a-day capacity cap laid bare in new traffic figures

Aer Lingus 'back to normal' following systems failure

Aer Lingus cancels 51 flights to due IT problems on Saturday

‘How I watched history unfold outside Buckingham Palace’

Dnata’s Phil Bloomfield tells TTG how he chanced upon a moment of history on his way back from a meeting

Worries over 'full' capital and London airports, plus more Covid boosters

Government issues warning that London and its airports could be overwhelmed for Queen’s funeral next week

Travel remembers Queen's ‘strength of spirit and sense of duty’

Industry leaders have paused to remember and pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday

Heathrow and BA reflect warmly on long association with the Queen

‘The world has lost an irreplaceable person, and our country one of its greatest,’ said Heathrow, while BA hailed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s ‘immense resilience’

Aer Lingus Regional adds more UK connections

Aer Lingus Regional to serve Southampton and Aberdeen this winter

Heathrow facing ‘massive disruption’ from further strike threat

Heathrow-based American Airlines engineers are set to vote this month on strike in a dispute over pay.

MPs call on Truss to support travel and aviation

A group of 55 MPs has written to Liz Truss asking for her support for the travel and aviation sector

Loganair adjusts fuel surcharges in favour of essential routes

Loganair cuts basic fuel surcharge but increases it on longer distance flights

Iata warns inflated jet fuel costs challenge recovery

Willie Walsh says high price of jet fuel bears little relation to that of crude oil

EasyJet launches winter Bristol-Belfast City routes

First flight from the West Country to the Northern Irish capital took off on Wednesday

Truss to reveal energy plan and Ryanair boss’s winter warning

All eyes on new PM as she prepares to lay out government strategy on energy bills, while Michael O’Leary has warned aviation is in for another ‘extremely challenging’ winter