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Ireland's Ryanair will reduce the number of flights from Modlin Airport by 20 percent in the upcoming winter season; more routes will be from Chopin Airport, as well as from Lodz and Lublin, the carrier said. In winter, Ryanair will launch a new route from Chopin Airport to Manchester.more

France believes that airfares in the EU are too low because they do not serve climate protection. Paris therefore wants the European Union to introduce minimum ticket prices and announces an initiative to do so. "Ticket prices regulated by the EU are an anti-market measure, against the logic of competition." - EP budget committee member Bogdan Rzonca (Law and Justice) believes.more

Belgian pilots of the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will strike again on September 14 and 15. This is the fourth time in two months. They are dissatisfied with wages and the new regulations on rest periods. The strike applies only to Charleroi Airport, Belgian TV station VRT reported.more

100,000 passengers were checked in at Olsztyn Mazury airport this year - informed the company managing the airport. She assessed that this year's holiday season at the Warmian-Masurian airport was successful.more

The UK air traffic system failure that resulted in more than 2,000 flights being cancelled has been blamed on “an extremely rare set of circumstances”, as the aviation regulator opened an inquiry into the meltdown that caused chaos for passengers.more

A 'minimum price for airline tickets' should be introduced in the European Union so that the price of flights reflects social and environmental costs, French Transport Minister Clement Beaune announced in an interview with the weekly magazine L'Obs published yesterday.more

Canadians from the LGBTQ community should check local regulations before travelling to the US, the Canadian government has warned in its latest travel advisory. Previously, similar recommendations applied to countries such as Russia and Uganda.more

Due to the hurricane-force winds that have been lingering over the Balearic Islands since Sunday, as well as the failure of the UK's air traffic control system, chaos reigns at the Spanish archipelago's major airports, with tourists queuing in the corridors.more

The Turkish carrier Corendon Airlines, following the example of some non-European airlines, announced the introduction of zones on its planes only for passengers over 16 years of age. "Child-free zones" are to appear in the fall, initially only on one route.more

Krakow will have a direct air connection with the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. They will be launched from May next year by Air Baltic, a new carrier at Kraków Airport.more

France's largest air traffic controllers' union SNCTA has announced a nationwide strike for September 15, demanding wage increases, the daily "Le Figaro" reported.more

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Passengers may still feel the effects of Monday's failure of the UK's air traffic control system for a few more days, airlines and airport authorities have warned despite earlier information that the situation was under control. The disruptions also apply to flights from and to Poland.more

From Monday, Finnish citizens can pass border control without having a paper passport, just by showing an electronic travel document on a mobile phone.more

More than 500 flights to or from the UK were canceled yesterday due to a major failure in the air traffic control system. The fault was fixed, but the resulting delays were up to 12 hours.more

PKP Intercity announces changes in the running of trains from September 3 to November 12 in connection with the introduction of the timetable correction, which is caused by, among others, modernization works on railway routes were carried out.more

A "technical issue" has hit UK air traffic control systems, with airlines warning of delays to flights. The National Air Traffic Services said it was experiencing "technical issues" and had "applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety".more

Sleeping pods for passengers waiting for a connecting flight and a parcel machine for those whose items carried in hand luggage did not pass security checks have been given to travelers at Warsaw's Chopin Airport, the airport announced.more

Ireland's Ryanair will fly from Warsaw-Modlin Airport to Copenhagen, Denmark, starting in October, the carrier announced. The route will be operated three times a week as part of the winter 2023 schedule.more

The world's best airline in 2023 is Japan Airlines, the daily Le Soir reported on Tuesday. In contrast, Indonesia's Wings Air was named the worst carrier.more

Baggage mishandling rates last year hit the highest in a decade globally as the airline industry scrambled to recover after the pandemic, a report shows. Some 26 million pieces of luggage were lost, delayed or damaged in 2022 - nearly eight bags in every 1,000.more

Drivers are being warned of traffic chaos over the bank holiday weekend next weekend, with more than 14 million journeys expected.more

Frequent-flyer Jonathan Massey says he has been "stung" several times by airlines' add-on fees. more

Holiday companies have urged the prime minister to give the aviation watchdog extra powers to directly fine airlines for service failures. more

The airlines British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have all banned a type of suitcase, so travellers beware because some have already had their flight plans disrupted because they didn’t know about the new restrictions. more