The travel plans of tens of thousands of airline passengers at the start of the working week have been wrecked as industrial action intensifies across Europe.more
Flights will be available from Frankfurt Airport to Athens, Barcelona, Brindisi, Catania, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Krakow, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Pisa, Porto, Seville, Tenerife, Toulouse, Valencia and Venice. more
Aer Lingus Airbus A320 from Milan flight #EI433 and Ryanair Boeing 737 from Venice flight #FR9451 came within seconds of colliding while on approach to Dublin Airport last week.more
Hamburg airport in Germany was briefly evacuated and at least 50 people were injured by an unknown substance believed to have been in the air conditioning system.more
The decision to scrap a £5 "airport development fee" has helped Newquay become the fastest growing of Britain's 35 biggest airports. The Cornish hub welcomed 370,247 passengers in 2016 - 47.9 per cent more than in 2015. Only Dundee, one of the country's smallest airports, which handled just 37,632 fliers last year, can top it for speedy growth.
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A man has been arrested after a passenger jet flying from Pakistan to Heathrow had to be diverted when police received an anonymous threat regarding the aircraft.more
The Irish airline currently links Stansted with Edinburgh and Glasgow, Gatwick with Belfast International and City of Derry with Stansted, Glasgow and Liverpool.more