Virgin Atlantic is investing some £100 million in airport lounges and cabin service to attract new business travellers. The company, under the wing of British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said in a statement this week that it would be revamping its premium class cabin menus to include a new cheese tray, afternoon tea and even [...]

The UK flag carrier and Ryanair have cancelled numerous flights amid significant snowfall in London. According to officials from the BAA, around 30 per cent of all scheduled departures at Heathrow airport had been cancelled on Sunday; about 850 flights left the normally overcrowded facility through the day, compared to 1,230 departures seen on a [...]

Caribbean tourism is being damaged by the high cost of travelling to the region from the UK. Over the past half-decade there has been a 16 per cent drop in the number of people stepping off a plane from the UK. One of the reasons for this is the Air Passenger Duty added on to [...]

Problems with one of the main booking systems for airlines caused significant disruptions early this week. The glitch in the Amadeus system hit the industry for around three hours on Monday causing major backups for check-in procedures on numerous Oneworld carriers including Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Qantas and British Airways. Officials said that the system’s automatic [...]

Experts have warned the government that a new airport in the Thames Estuary would put aircraft landing and taking off in danger of bird strikes. The last time that ministers proposed building a new hub in the south-east, a study showed that there was a significant chance that a passenger jet could be brought down [...]

British Airways flights between the UK and the Libyan capital are to resume later this year. The UK flag carrier announced this week that it would re-launch its route between Heathrow and Tripoli International Airport on 1 May, about 15 months after it was put on suspension due to the country’s recent uprising that saw [...]

A report by aviation industry analysts suggest that if a proposed new airport was to be built in the Thames Estuary, then the cost to land a plane there could be as much a seven times what it currently costs to land at Heathrow. Landing a passenger jet at Heathrow costs an airline around £15 [...]

BMI Baby owner Lufthansa is reportedly in talks to sell the low-cost carrier to German turnaround firm Intro Aviation. The news came on Friday via Intro’s chief executive Peter Oncken, who said in an interview that his company had “expressed interest” and that the sale process was getting underway. He added that the company was [...]

BA has announced that it will be repainting its fleet with a forthcoming dove design to mark the 2012 London Olympics. The carrier announced this week that new design is being created by Pascal Anson, a Brighton-based design professional. The revamped aircraft will begin appearing in the company’s fleet in April and will remain on [...]

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways and Iberia, has published a rise in traffic during December. Premium-class travel was up by 13.6 per cent up on the same month a year earlier and non-premium traffic rose by 12 per cent. Passenger load factor was also up to 77.6 per cent, a rise of [...]