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 [...]

Thousands of passengers have been left stranded across Europe and Africa after the collapse of Spanair, Spain’s fourth biggest carrier. Operations were halted on Friday resulting in the sudden cancellation of 200 flights. The collapse could possibly lead to the airline being fined as much as 9 million euros by the Spanish authorities. For the [...]

Budget airline Ryanair has announced profits of 14.9 million euros for the final quarter of 2011. The increase in profit compared to a year earlier has been due to higher ticket prices and better winter weather. Cancellations because of ice and snow meant that the airline issued a loss of 10.3 million euros at the [...]

Budget carrier easyJet has been found guilty by a court in France of discriminating against disabled passengers. The airline has been told to pay 70,000 euros (£58,000) for refusing to allow three wheelchair-bound passengers onto its aircraft at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris in 2008 and 2009. Abdelkrim Grini, a prosecutor, declared that the [...]

Top airline executives in the British Isles are once again urging the Government to axe the UK’s air passenger duty (APD) tax. Willie Walsh, the head official for International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, has united with Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, Carolyn Mcall of easyJet and Steve Ridgeway, chief executive [...]

A blind woman attempting to fly between Gatwick and Belfast at the weekend was forced to miss her easyJet flight because staff were not convinced that her dog was actually a guide-dog. Joanna Jones was refused access to the flight because of her lack of paperwork. Although Miss Jones had booked her seat a number [...]

Two British entrepreneurs have announced the launch of a new car rental scheme in which owners will be able to rent their cars whilst not using them. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet, and Brent Hoberman of lastminute.com say the new program, dubbed easyCar, will allow people to make money from their vehicles and take [...]

Bosses of four major airlines in the UK have slammed the government’s consultation over Air Passenger Duty, calling it a sham. Despite powerful figures in the travel industry repeatedly asking that the tax be scrapped, the government has announced that there will be no significant changes. Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways and Iberia [...]

Several UK and Ireland-based airlines are asking ministers to scrap a scheduled rise in Air Passenger Duty tax rates. Ryanair, Easyjet, Virgin Atlantic and UK flag carrier British Airways said this week that the tax functioned as a ‘penalty’ for British holidaymakers and make the United Kingdom less attractive to international travellers. Air Passenger Duty [...]

Low-cost airline easyJet has published full-year pre-tax profits of £248 million. The figure, for the 12 months ending 30 September is in line with analyst’s predictions, and is up from £154 million for the 2010 fiscal year. The airline said that the increase was due to more European travellers booking with the carrier, and a [...]