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Emirates Airlines has agreed to cap sales of its flights out of Heathrow until mid-August, after the airport asked carriers to scale back capacity. more

Tens of thousands of flights have been cancelled since April and airports are struggling with strikes and staff shortages. The International Airports Council (ACI) predicts that delays will be unavoidable at two-thirds of European airports this summer. In July, travellers in Germany and the UK were worst affected.more

Due to a threatened work stoppage at Italian airports, travellers have to be prepared for delays and cancellations of numerous flights on Sunday.more

The Canadian government has reinstated random testing of travellers arriving in Canada, suspended in June. Testing on Covid-19 will be conducted outside airport buildings, it was announced in yesterday's announcement.more

At Brussels Airport, 72 per cent of flights are delayed and 2.5 per cent are cancelled. Frankfurt Airport is second with 68 per cent of delayed flights. Heathrow only ranks 15th, according to a Bloomberg compilation comparing European airports in terms of delayed flights.more

Emirates airlines today rejected a demand by London's Heathrow Airport authorities to cut flights due to its reduced capacity, and accused the management of one of Europe's largest airports of incompetence.more

Due to problems at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, the Icelandic airline, Icelandair, sends its employees to unload passengers' luggage, RTL Nieuws reports, citing the Icelandic media. The carrier explains that it wants to do everything possible to prevent delays.more

Heathrow Airport has told airlines to stop selling summer tickets, as the UK's biggest airport struggles to cope with the rebound in air travel. The airport is limiting the number of passengers who can depart each day over the peak summer months to 100,000, 4,000 fewer than currently scheduled.more

Flights from Birmingham Airport had the longest delays in 2021, analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data suggests.more

Due to the problems at Schiphol Airport, more and more Dutch people are going on holiday abroad by rail, reports RTL Nieuws. Meanwhile, Amsterdam airport is having further problems and cannot cope with the thousands of suitcases left behind, of which there are said to be more than 16,000.more

Strike action by about 700 British Airways check-in staff at Heathrow has been suspended after unions said the airline had made a "vastly improved" pay offer.more

For several weeks, German airlines Lufthansa have had big problems with passenger service. The carrier has drastically reduced the flight offer for July and August, and also limited the possibility of booking tickets: only the most expensive fares are available - "Der Spiegel" reports.more

Due to continued strikes by ground handlers, airlines this morning had to cancel one in five flights from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris' main airport, the French air traffic control agency reported.more

Around 10 per cent of flights from Paris' Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport were cancelled yesterday due to strikes by workers over, among other things, employment conditions, a spokesman for the airport operator (ADP) reported. He added that a similar number of flight cancellations is expected today.more

Three or four 'loud bangs' were heard with passengers 'screaming' as a plane had to make an emergency landing just after taking off from Manchester Airport this morning. It is the second TUI flight to make such a landing within four days.more

Heathrow has been told to cut passenger charges for airlines each year until 2026 by the Civil Aviation Authority.more

Kraków Airport is prepared and reacts on an ongoing basis to the situation related to difficulties in European airports. The observed delays of some planes do not significantly affect the airport's operability, said Natalia Vince, a spokeswoman for the airport.more

PLL LOT, due to capacity limitations at the airport in Amsterdam, is canceling in July and August this year. a dozen or so flights from Warsaw, the press office of the national carrier has informed. The company is constantly checking the situation at European airports - added.more

Campaigners say that since the newly-opened Elizabeth line connects people across London to Heathrow Airport, London City Airport has been made redundant and should be shut down.more

Airport chaos which has seen constant flight delays and cancellations is “completely to do with Brexit”, the boss of the Ryanair airline has said.more

The UK Ministry of Transport has temporarily loosened the rules on the minimum utilization rate of airport slots to help airlines avoid last-minute flight cancellations due to staff shortages.more

Authorities at London Heathrow Airport today asked the airline to cancel 10% on that day. flights, because it has a baggage arrears.more

Officials at Brussels Zaventem Airport (BRU) have announced that all passenger flights scheduled to depart on June 20 have been canceled due to the national day of labor strikes and protests that is slated to take place. more

EasyJet has announced plans to cut more flights over the busy summer period. The airline previously expected to run about 97% of its pre-Covid flight levels between July and September but that is now being scaled back to 90%.more

John Holland-Kaye, president of the UK's largest airport, London Heathrow, said it will take 12 to 18 months to restore the normal situation at airports that are unable to handle all scheduled flights due to a lack of staff.more