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Dreamliner delivered after three year wait

The long-awaited 787 Dreamliner made its first trip across the Pacific yesterday when it travelled from Boeing HQ in Seattle to Tokyo’s Haneda...

Tiger's terminal struggle

CASA mulls its next step after "helpful" talks

Tiger's future in the balance

  Low-cost carrier Tiger Airways’ future remained on a knife’s edge today after the company’s top brass attempted to persuade safety...

Passengers sniff out man missed by TSA screeners

TSA officials are scrambling to explain the latest bad screening incident, which has a distinct odor to it:  A man boarding an airline fight...

KLM flies on used cooking oil: Thomson to follow suit

Where would we be without chip fat KLM became the world’s first airline to fly on used cooking oil, at the end of the month:...

Making people feel guilty will not mainstream sustainable tourism: focusing on benefits may

Both travelism’s advocate Professor Geoffrey Lipman and global carbon Guru Stefan Gossling are to present  at this autumn’s sustainable...

Tiger grounding points to larger low-cost safety issues

The grounding of Singapore-based budget carrier Tiger Airways in Australia is an indication that safety regulation procedures have not kept pace...

Goldtrail collapse cost CAA £10.5 million

The Air Travel Trust deficit has rocketed by £10.5 million thanks to the collapse of Goldtrail, according to the CAA’s annual report and...

Holiday hell as Tiger fights for its life

Safety authority grounds budget carrier; thousands left stranded

Tiger tells passengers: Try Virgin

Naked scanners will cause cancer, says consultant

A hospital consultant has claimed airport x-ray scanners will give air travellers cancer. Tony Aguirre, who works as an eye specialist at...

Flybe/Finnair FCA purchase to create new Nordic operation

Flybe has announced a joint venture with Finnair to buy Finnish Commuter Airlines (FCA) in a bid to create a major regional airline for the...

First UK biofuel flight to take off this month

Thomson Airways will operate the UK’s first sustainable biofuel flight at the end of this month from Birmingham to Padua, subject to safety...

SAS to run new China service

SAS is to launch a new route from Heathrow to Shanghai via Copenhagen next March. The service will operate five times a week and will be...

Stowaway cheats two airports' security with old boarding passes

US airport security staff have come under scrutiny in the US after it emerged that a passenger had been allowed to sneak past officials for two...

Airline slaps ban on bawling babies

Malaysia Airlines will ban babies travelling in First Class on the airline's new Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-400 fleet. MAS said the baby ban...

Airports braced for day of delays

Heathrow and Gatwick airports have alerted passengers to the possibility of delays today as immigration workers join the UK public sector...

Qantas confident of countering engineers' strike

Bigger planes to move passengers hit by industrial action

Continental flying United with loyalty points

Airlines to combine programmes from next year

Jetstar, JAL confirm plans for budget airline

New airline expected to fly domestic and international routes

Virgin Australia seeks SIA partnership and waves off MAS

Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have applied to form an alliance that will see them codesharing and cooperating on prices and...

Day of travel chaos looms as immigration staff strike

Thousands of air, sea and channel tunnel travellers could experience delays from 6pm tonight as the majority of UK Border Agency staff join the...

Jetstar passengers sprayed by piddling drunk

Man "counselled" after "inappropriate behaviour"

Air passenger warned for urinating in aisle

A drunken air passenger has been cautioned by an airline after urinating in a plane aisle, spraying fellow travellers. The unnamed man was...

Chilean volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights again

Australian and New Zealand flight networks are suffering fresh disruption today from the ash cloud emitted by the Chilean volcano Puyehue Cordon...

Program proposed to ease airline security hassle

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing a “trusted traveler” program where passengers pay a fee to reduce the screening...

Going green: best and worst airlines

In the US domestic market, three airlines  --  Continental, JetBlue and Frontier  --  were rated the most carbon efficient, according to...

TSA denies removing a diaper

The Transportation Security Administration has denied that its agents required a 95-year-old woman to remove her adult diaper before allowing...

Airlines in clash over ash

Jetstar denies analyst's claim that flights were grounded to save cash

Babies to be banned from First Class cabins

It's bye-bye baby, bye-bye on Malaysian Airlines

OFT gets tough over hidden card charges

Travel companies warned after OFT investigation

Airlines will soon sell most tickets directly

Airline tickets sold through GDSs and online travel agents are continuing to decline and most tickets will soon be sold directly by airlines,...

American's new boarding process hits turbulence

American Airlines says its new boarding procedure doing away with a long-held practice of starting from the back of the plane to the front has...

HotelConnect ceases trading

HotelConnect.co.uk, which sold through the trade and direct, has ceased trading. According to ABTA, the online supplier has around 6,000...

China blocks billion-dollar Airbus order in battle against EU carbon caps

Industry say they fear trade war and urge to scrap carbon scheme: head in the sand attitude say campaigners A Hong Kong Airlines...

Neste Oil makes flightpath commitment

Company commits  to 2020 targets for aviation biofuels Neste Oil committed itself this week to a European Aviation Biofuels...

Lipman and Gossling to present at hot ticket autumn masterclass

Both travelism’s advocate Professor Geoffrey Lipman and global carbon Guru Stefan Gossling are to present  at this autumn’s sustainable...

Sustainable tourism no frills marketing special offer

  Vision readers can get new 43 page no frills Sustainable Destination Marketing Guide for just £20. The Sustainable...

Calling nominations for the first WITovation Awards

Wanted: Groovers, Movers, Engagers and Customer Lovers

Flirty Virgin swaps partners

Virgin Australia Is ready to dump its relationship with Malaysia Airlines ahead of a more extensive tie-up with Singapore Airlines. Virgin...

Amadeus approves dividend

2010 was a positive year, says president

Bali, you've been warned

Our culture is crumbling, says Pacific World director

BA investigating allegations that pilot chucked phone out of cockpit window

Police question pilot after Edinburgh incident

Qantas faces new disruption threat

Qantas has reacted angrily to a decision by its licenced aircraft engineers to take industrial action from Monday next week. The airline has...

China hits back in row over ETS

Airbus A380 order in jeopardy over emissions trading scheme

Branson tells his pilots: Don't destroy the brand

Sir Richard reveals he hasn't taken a cent in salary from Virgin Atlantic

Qantas revamps economy fare structures

Discount flyers can now use points to upgrade

Travel chaos looms in Greece

Workers strike as austerity measures are debated

Qantas faces more disruption

Qantas has reacted angrily to a decision by its licenced aircraft engineers to take industrial action from Monday next week. The airline has...