Airports

American Airlines reconfigures UK and Ireland transatlantic programme

The airline has added a new Heathrow-Phoenix service while pulling its venerable Manchester-Chicago route

Gatwick flight board outage 'caused by damaged fibre optic cable'

Gatwick has apologies after flight information boards across the airport went down shortly after 8am on Monday, forcing staff to resort to using whiteboards instead

How therapy dogs are bringing joy to passengers at LAX Airport

LAX airport’s Pets Unstressing Passengers programme brings visitors comfort in the form of its cute and cuddly canines. Director Heidi Huebner tells Abra Dunsby about its success.

Staff write flight times on whiteboards as Gatwick screens fail

Staff at the airport have had to write information about flight departures on whiteboards

Air passenger satisfaction driven down by delay and disruption response

The CAA’s latest survey of air passenger attitudes found more and more were becoming frustrated by how airports and airlines handle delays and disruption

Video: Manchester airport celebrates 80th birthday

The airport is celebrating another strong year, having handled 27.9 million passengers

Manila airport: Chinese jet skids off runway during rainstorm

The XiamenAir aircraft overshot the runway while landing in heavy rain on Thursday evening (August 16), officials have said

India monsoon flooding shuts Kerala airport

At least 73 people have died during the rains with more than 85,000 reported to have been displaced

In-flight drunken behaviour could hit record highs this year, CAA warns

Reports of disruptive, violent and drunken behaviour during flights has quadrupled over the past five years, with 2018 on course to be a record year for incidents

Turkish Airlines increases Birmingham-Istanbul service to double daily

The airline will boost its Istanbul service from the West Midlands airport to double daily with two additional flights starting March 31, 2019

Heathrow slammed after passport control target missed

Passengers were left waiting for more than two-and-a-half hours last month, Virgin Atlantic has revealed

Birmingham airport looks east after Primera blow

Despite uncertainty over the future of its transatlantic partner, Birmingham airport is

Tui calls for 'better infrastructure' as air traffic issues contribute to 80% drop in Q3 UK region earnings

The weaker pound and the weather also impacted margins

Heathrow expansion: Councils launch third runway judicial review

A coalition of five local councils in the closest proximity to Heathrow issued papers in the High Court earlier this week, days after rival expansion bidder Heathrow Hub launched its judicial review

Gatwick launches first Shanghai flight after long-haul spike

The tri-weekly flight launches on December 7

Heathrow Express appoints new head of commercial

Former Heathrow airport head of commercial planning Chris Crauford replaces Kylie Andrews, who has moved onto the airport’s digital team

VLM pulls three ex-UK flights

Connections to Aberdeen and Birmingham will come to an end while a planned Manchester launch has been postponed

Wizz Air adds new Doncaster Sheffield to Budapest route

The low cost carrier will fly the route three times a week starting October 29

British Airways boss slams 'unacceptable' queues at UK border

Alex Cruz branded the situation at Heathrow ’a farce’ and called for urgent government action

Heathrow expansion rival sets out grounds for judicial review of third runway plan

Heathrow Hub says the DfT’s decision was based on ’factually incorrect assumptions’ in respect of the capacity Heathrow’s own scheme would eliver

IAG ‘committed to growing Level’ as group posts €45m Q2 profit boost

Boss Willie Walsh said IAG would further look to grow Level after launching a new short haul base at Vienna in July

Norwegian to double Irish pilot roster to fuel transatlantic ambitions

The low cost carrier wants to recruit 40 pilots to fly its expanding transatlantic programme in Ireland, which will swell to 40 flights a week next year

UK-only passport lines being mulled to 'show benefits' of Brexit

“British-only” passport queues are expected to be introduced in 2020, according to a Whitehall source

Primera Air pulls short-haul operations at Birmingham

The move comes after the budget carrier last month suspended its long haul transatlantic programme from Birmingham until 2019