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Ryanair CEO criticises Chancellor as he gives business update - full press conference
Full press conference with Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary as he gives a business update on plans for the airline for 2025. Mr O’Leary said the Chancellor should scrap air passenger duty (APD) rather than “waffle on” about Heathrow...
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Police evacuate Gatwick Airport amid 'ongoing' security incident
A bomb disposal police unit has been sent to Gatwick airport after a “suspected prohibited item” was found in luggage. Sussex Police said a “security cordon has been put in place” inside the south terminal of the UK’s second busiest...
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Passengers react as Gatwick airport's south terminal remains evacuated
Passengers at Gatwick airport's south terminal react as the airport continues to suffer significant disruption.
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Foil blankets and water handed out to passengers as Gatwick airport's south terminal is evacuated
Police have evacuated Gatwick Airport's south terminal as the airport says the security incident is still "ongoing".
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Gatwick airport terminal to reopen after security alert
Passengers at Gatwick airport near Crawley, West Sussex, where flights have been cancelled and delayed after a "suspected prohibited item" was found in luggage. Sussex Police said a security cordon has been put in place and a large part...
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Mother of girl who died after air pollution asthma attack receives apology from the Government
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, the mother of a girl who died after an air pollution asthma attack, has called for a clean air act after she was given an official apology by the Government as they settled a legal case over the death. Ella...
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Ryanair CEO says meeting with Irish Government minister 'not productive'
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary characterised the meeting with minister of state for international transport James Lawless as unproductive. They met on Wednesday as part of a series of engagements with key stakeholders on the passenger cap....
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Red Arrows put on a show at Farnborough Air Show
The Red Arrows put on a show at Farnborough Air Show on Monday as the event kicked off its first day. The air show is on from the 22-26 of July.
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Queues at Manchester Airport as IT outage disrupts travel
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is “actively working” to fix a “defect” in an update for Microsoft Windows users which sparked a global IT outage, the company’s chief executive has said. George Kurtz said Mac and Linux users were not...
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Ialpa president says solution to resolving the Aer Lingus dispute lies with the airline
Ialpa president Mark Tighe says the solution to resolving the Aer Lingus dispute lies with the airline. He was speaking outside the Maldron Hotel in Dublin.
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Aer Lingus say they 'engaged constructively' with pilots' union as talks break down
Aer Lingus chief corporate affairs officer Donal Moriarty said that the airline “engaged constructively” in discussions with Ialpa and Forsa. “We tried to discuss items that could actually resolve this dispute, in particular we tried to...
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Heathrow breaks record for number of passengers in 12 months
Heathrow has recorded its highest passenger total for a 12-month period. The west London airport said 81.5 million passengers travelled through its terminals in the year to the end of May. That is up from 71.6 million during the previous...
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Gatwick ranked worst airport for flight delays
Gatwick was the worst airport in the UK for flight delays last year, an investigation has found. Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of nearly 27 minutes behind schedule in 2023, according to analysis of Civil...
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Ryanair to step up oversight of Boeing, says CEO Michael O'Leary
Warning: May contain strong language. Ryanair will deploy more engineers to oversee quality control at US factories building Boeing aircraft for the airline, according to the airline's CEO. Michael O’Leary, group chief executive at...
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Air ambulance crew member injured after being hit by laser pen beam
Quotes from Yorkshire Air Ambulance technical crew member Alex Clark and chief pilot Owen McTeggert after Clark was hit in the eye by a laser beam while the aircraft was in transit close to Bradford on Friday. Clark talks about the...
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'Unusual piece of data’ caused flight chaos - air traffic control boss
An “unusual piece of data” caused widespread flight disruption, an air traffic control (ATC) boss said, as airlines are under growing pressure over their treatment of passengers. Many UK holidaymakers are stranded overseas after around...
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Flight delays continue following air traffic control issues
Passengers continue to experience delays at airports across the UK following issues with the air traffic control system on Monday.
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Sadiq Khan visits bus depot as scrappage scheme extended to all Londoners
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visits the Metroline bus garage in Edgware as he announced an expansion to the car scrappage scheme before Ulez is set to encompass all London boroughs.
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Sadiq Khan refuses to ‘water down’ Ulez as he steps up financial support
Sadiq Khan has refused to “water down” the capital’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion as he opened financial support to all Londoners to soften the impact of the scheme. The London mayor declined to say whether he is on the same...
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'I'm simply unwilling to delay' Ulez expansion, says Sadiq Khan, as financial aid is announced
The London mayor declined to say whether he is on the same page with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who blamed concerns around Ulez for his party’s narrow by-election defeat in Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat last...
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Australia, c.1951: Volunteers in a bush fire in the Blue Mountain Region of New South Wales, Australia cannot control a fire even at night
Australia, circa 1951: Volunteers in a bush fire in the Blue Mountain Region of New South Wales, Australia cannot control a fire even at night.
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Australia, c.1951: Flames in the Blue Mountain Region of New South Wales rage through towns from day to night and is not controlled
Australia, circa 1951: Flames in the Blue Mountain Region of New South Wales rage through towns from day to night and is not controlled.
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Australia, c.1951: A bush fire roars through the Blue Mountain Regions in New South Wales as forestry and houses are set aflame
Australia, circa 1951: A bush fire roars through the Blue Mountain Regions in New South Wales as forestry and houses are set aflame.
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London City becomes world’s first major airport with remote air traffic control
London City has become the world’s first major airport fully controlled remotely via a digital tower. All flights are being guided to take off or land by controllers who have relocated more than 70 miles away to Hampshire.