Country’s airports not ready for ’Thanksgiving-like travel extremes’ ahead of next year’s Fifa World Cup and the 2028 Olympics, warns the US Travel Association
What measures are in place to promote safe travel, and to curb antisocial behaviour? Whose responsibility is it to ensure safety? And what role does personal responsibility play?
Air India will put on extra services from Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham this summer, but its non-stop Kochi-Gatwick flight will cease operating from 30 March
Heathrow has made a number of commitments to invest in Britain’s busiest, including increasing capacity at Terminal 2 and Terminal 5, as it pushes ahead with its plans to expand via a third runway
Heathrow will submit a plan for its third runway in the summer, its chief executive has confirmed after the chancellor indicated support for the project
The EU’s biometric Entry-Exit Scheme will now be phased in from November says Port of Dover chief executive Doug Bannister, three years later than originally planned
Set to be completed by the year’s end, Manchester airport’s Terminal 2 will have a sleeker and more modern look as well as additional amenities and restaurants
A bullish Jet2 has confirmed it will add a third aircraft to its Bournemouth fleet as it starts flights from the south-coast airport on Tuesday (4 February)
Munich Airport International will provide operational and management services to FlyDoncaster, the company set up by City of Doncaster Council to run DSA should it reopen
Doncaster’s mayor has said the airport is almost able to confirm its reopening in early 2026 after chancellor Rachel Reeves backed the plans in a major speech on economic development
Chancellor also backs efforts to reopen Doncaster Sheffield airport, and confirms decisions will follow in the coming weeks on expansion at Gatwick and Luton airports
Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday (29 January) confirmed the government will back expansion at Heathrow, and potentially at other London airports. So what are the ins and outs for travel?
Net zero secretary Ed Miliband has told MPs any expansion of Heathrow and other airports must fall within the government’s carbon budget or not go ahead
International airport operator ’waiting in the wings’ says City of Doncaster Council, which has established wholly owned limited company, FlyDoncaster, to run the airport
Parts of the UK and Ireland were hit by 100mph winds overnight on Thursday into Friday (23-24 January), with many agencies in Scotland and Ireland shutting their doors as a pre-emptive safety measure
