Aircraft

Flybe cuts losses as weather disrupts services

Regional carrier is reducing the size of its fleet to increase yields

Ryanair renews call for pre-flight alcohol limit at airports

A Ryanair flight to Ibiza had to be diverted to Paris on Saturday due to a "drink-fuelled disturbance"

Norwegian reaches ‘peak’ in route growth

Low-cost carrier to focus on adding frequencies instead of new routes

Tui says new greener aircraft key to environmental ambitions

The company’s 2017 sustainability report charts its efforts to operate Europe’s most carbon efficient airlines

LOT launches London City Warsaw route

The route launches on January 7 with flights available every day of the week

Rolls-Royce confirms 4,600 job losses amid engine troubles

The engine manufacturer said the restructure would generate £400 million a year from 2020

British Airways pilot jailed after reporting for work four times alcohol limit

Julian Monaghan drank a glass of wine, a vodka Pepsi and three miniature bottles of vodka before reporting for duty as first officer aboard a Gatwick-Mauritius flight

What are the actual benefits of APD?

Twenty-four years since Air Passenger Duty was first introduced, there are few who can still believe this so-called green tax is about offsetting the environmental impact of air travel

Rolls-Royce reveals fresh engine woe as job cuts loom

The engine manufacturer says it has identified a fault with a different batch of its beleaguered Trent 1000 motors

Video: See Thomas Cook aircraft get Pride makeover with rainbow heart

Thomas Cook Airlines has teamed up with Manchester Pride again for 2018 - and will fly its rainbow logo long-haul this year

Virgin Atlantic unveils A330-200 makeover in timelapse video

Virgin has pumped £10 million into the revamp across all cabins with the aircraft due to come into service in November

Emirates launches new daily Stansted-Dubai service

The inaugural flight touched down at the Essex airport on Friday afternoon (June 8)

ITT 2018: Was Brexit the reason govt gave Heathrow expansion the green light?

Former transport secretary Lord Andrew Adonis said "it was highly important to the economy of the UK and our ability to present ourselves with first world travel capabilities"

Primera Air cancels Birmingham summer 2018 transatlantic programme

The airline said further delays in delivery of its Airbus A321neo fleet had forced it to cancel routes to New York and Toronto

Singapore Airlines to relaunch world's longest flight

At nearly 19 hours and spanning 12 timezones, the service will be the first to take advantage of Airbus’ new A350-900ULR (ultra long-range) aircraft

Virgin Atlantic reveals major Manchester expansion

The carrier will launch a new route and boost capacity by 20% from next March

Norwegian sales head: How we work with the trade

“We are the only truly global airline, and there is no limit to which markets we would look to grow”

Norwegian Air 'does not plan on footing bill' for engine inspection impact

"If we buy an aircraft and there’s something wrong with the engine after six months... it’s not our fault"

Norwegian could 'stay the same' under IAG, sales head believes

Norwegian will be launching a new long-haul route and increasing existing frequencies from Gatwick in the coming days

Norwegian pays tribute to legendary explorer with latest tail fin design

Sir Ernest Shackleton, who bravely led his crew to safety when they became stranded in the Antarctic, has become the airline’s seventh ’tail fin hero’

New UK-US 'open skies' deal imminent as Brexit looms

Citing UK and US sources, The Sunday Telegraph reports a deal to maintain transatlantic flights between the two countries post-Brexit is almost done

Aviation 'top of Brexit agenda' but UK EASA access 'unlikely'

A leading travel lawyer has said while there is good political will for the UK to remain a part of EASA, it would likely have to accept observer status

Stansted airport resumes normal service after lightning strike

Dozens of flights were grounded at the weekend after lightning struck a refuelling depot, halting aircraft being refuelled

Ryanair warns it may change cabin baggage policy again

Chief executive Michael O’Leary says too many passengers are taking advantage of free baggage check in at the departure gate