EU agrees to increase flight delay times before passengers get compensation
Travellers on short-haul flights would have to be delayed by four hours or more to get payout under new plan EU countries have agreed to...
Category : Airline industry
Ryanair calls for limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports in Europe
Airline asks authorities to impose new curbs as it seeks to recover €15,000 in costs related to diverted flight Ryanair wants a limit of two...
Air Europa plane diverts to Brazil after severe turbulence injures dozens
About 40 passengers taken to hospitals after flight from Madrid to Montevideo forced to make emergency landing An Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo...
Children near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study finds
Results show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particles As the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway...
MP calls Royal Mail delivery cuts a ‘slap in the face for families’ – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK postal service says it wants to cut 1,000 jobs and cut delivery days The...
EasyJet announces ‘grans go free’ deal on holidays to Europe
Offer comes as research shows half of families in UK have never holidayed abroad with grandparents EasyJet’s holiday wing is offering “grans go free” places...
Balearic authorities call meeting with Ryanair in pastry carry-on
Airline said to have demanded two passengers pay €45 each to take ensaïmada onboard with hand luggage The government of the Balearic Islands has called...
Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash
Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris The families of victims of France’s worst...
Electric air taxis being developed for Paris Olympics in 2024
Aircraft will take off and land vertically, and carry a single passenger between transport hubs, says capital’s airports operator Athletes are getting in shape for...
Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights due to security fears
Budget airline links decision to airspace risks from war in neighbouring Ukraine and tensions with Russia Wizz Air will suspend all its flights to and...
