Staff shortages continue to impact UK airports and airlines, with chaotic scenes at Manchester airport at the weekend and mass cancellations by easyJet
Despite travel making inroads to recovery, factors – including increasing bills, record inflation and the war in Ukraine – may yet dampen UK consumers’ appetite for travel
Huge rise in household energy bills dominates Friday’s national headlines, while unions have said P&O Ferries have ’got away with’ sacking nearly 800 seafarers on the spot
British Ports Association chief Richard Ballantyne says ports can’t be expected to enforce rules banning ferry firms from docking if they don’t pay minimum wage
Ports dismiss new government proposals to bar ferry firms not paying minimum wage, while British Airways’ tech woes strike again forcing the carrier to cancel flights at Heathrow
Department for Transport outlines new protections for seafarers in wake of P&O Ferries scandal, including banning some ferry companies from docking at UK ports
Ferry company boss defies calls from Grant Shapps to reverse mass sackings while ’partygate’ is back in the headlines as first fines for Downing Street parties issued
Paul Smith, CAA group director of consumers and markets, told the Aito general meeting the authority had received ’around 300’ responses to its initial consultation
Authorities have detained a second P&O Ferries ship as the government prepares to take action against the ferry operator over its decision to sack 800 seafarers without consultation
