Airlines face paying automatic refunds for cancellations and delays under MPs’ plans
The MPs said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was constrained in pursuing airlines that refused to pay refunds and could only pursue them through the courts because…
British Airways has become a national humiliation
At the beginning of the year, British Airways boss Sean Doyle made a bold, and many would say, long overdue pledge: 2022 would be the year that…
Hopeless airlines cannot take us all for fools forever
It’s also not an easy industry to restart – crew and pilots need up-to-date training, planes need to be brought back into operational readiness and most staff…
Is this the end of the great holiday getaway?
Between the start of the Easter Holidays and Good Friday, 640 flights at Heathrow had been cancelled. Gatwick was in second place with 221, with Luton a…
Airport staff vetting rules relaxed to ease travel chaos
Although this will streamline the security clearance process, it is also likely to spark fears that airport security could be compromised as criminals or terrorists may be…
Britons facing ’12 months’ of travel delays due to staff shortages
“Brexit has not helped because we had a natural attraction of individuals from the European market who would apply for vacancies in UK airports. We no longer…
Government blames ‘unprepared’ travel industry for Easter getaway chaos
Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association said: “This late surge in bookings was partly driven by the government removing the final remaining travel restrictions…
How we finally fell out of love with British Airways
I got up before dawn on Thursday, after four hours’ sleep, and headed to Gatwick to catch an easyJet flight to Seville with my son. A few…
An airline ‘get-out clause’ cost us £1,000 in flight refund coupons
Gill Charlton has been fighting for Telegraph readers and solving their travel problems for more than 30 years, winning refunds, righting wrongs and suggesting solutions. This week’s…
EasyJet and British Airways cancel dozens more flights as travel chaos continues
Airlines have cancelled dozens more flights as they continue to struggle with Covid staff absences. EasyJet and British Airways have cancelled more than 100 flights due to…
Airlines blame Government for Easter travel chaos
Airlines also blamed a spike in Covid cases for the disruption, with up to 20pc of easyJet staff understood to have been infected at some bases. A…
Easter holidays in chaos as easyJet cancels more flights
Families are braced for further Easter travel chaos as easyJet said it expected to cancel more flights in the coming days. Travellers were this week facing hours-long…
Airlines blame ministers for Easter travel chaos
Airlines also blamed a spike in Covid cases for the disruption, with up to 20pc of easyJet staff understood to have been infected at some bases. A…
Do I still have to wear a mask on a plane? Your questions answered
The days of wearing a mask at airports and on board flights are coming to an end, after Heathrow today (March 15) dropped its face covering requirement. …
The geeky website that’s turning us all into planespotters
But, what is it about following the flight paths of military aviation that can satisfyingly fill many hours of a day that could – arguably – be…
The sneaky caveat on flexible airline tickets that could cost you hundreds
Telegraph Travel receives a number of questions from readers each week. Below, Oliver Smith, Assistant Head of Travel, looks into the latest dilemma. John Payne writes… On…
Ryanair aims to end face masks for summer holidays, says Michael O’Leary
Ryanair passengers will not have to wear face masks on flights this summer, the airline’s boss has predicted. In a move that will come as a relief…
The sneaky way airlines make money from cancelled flight tickets
Telegraph Travel receives a number of questions from readers each week. Below, Oliver Smith, Assistant Head of Travel, looks into the latest dilemma. John Payne writes… On…
Budget airline Wizz applies for transatlantic licence
The budget airline Wizz Air is planning its first transatlantic flights, The Telegraph can reveal, as its chief executive navigates expansion towards a £100m bonus. The London-listed…
Freed from EU rules, BA could reach great heights
Created out of the merger between British Airways and Iberia in 2011, IAG has, in the years since then, also taken control of Ireland’s Aer Lingus, and…
Flybe pilots ‘stung by unusually strict confidentiality rules’
Pilots joining Flybe claim they are being asked to agree to unusually aggressive confidentiality rules as a condition of their employment as the regional airline prepares for a return to…
Soaring costs threaten to kill the £9.99 air fare
And while low-cost carriers tend to give the west London hub a wide berth, airports across Europe are seeking to recoup losses suffered during the pandemic because…
What will ‘A Better British Airways’ mean for your holidays?
Robert Marshall, 70, from Kent, spent £285 on flights for him and his wife, Chris, to fly to Zurich for Easter shortly after the first lockdown. He…
The aviation tech on the trail of saving the planet
Stripy cloud formations left in the wake of aeroplanes may look picturesque, but are in fact thought to trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere. Scientists believe that…
Is 5G a threat to air safety?
The fight over 5G and air travel has reached a fresh impasse in the US. American telecoms companies and airlines have been grappling for weeks over the…