All news on the topic: Aviation

Thousands of British holiday flights have been hit by suspected Russian jamming — with aviation sources branding the tactic “extremely dangerous” and a major threat to air safety.

A review of the August bank holiday air traffic meltdown looked at what happened when provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a technical glitch while processing a flight plan

Liliana Gearap, a Boeing 737 First Officer at TAROM, has explained what pilots do when a plane is about to crash - an event she stressed was very, very unlikely to happen

Former flight attendant Lisa Hughes has explained what cabin crew members and pilots do when a passenger loses their life while aboard a flying commercial plane

The Batik Air plane in Indonesia went off track after both the pilot and the co-pilot fell asleep for nearly half an hour, potentially putting the 153 passengers onboard at risk

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a hike in the tax paid for those on "non-economy flights" - such as business class and first class as part of his 2024 Budget

American Airlines tightens restrictions on earning loyalty points by limiting eligibility of tickets purchased through third-party vendors, amidst a backdrop of increased checked baggage fees

Plans are underway to get the runway at Manston Airport in Kent up and running again with the potential for Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air flights using the travel hub a decade after it shut

Nicola Easterby was travelling from Rome, Italy to Brisbane, Australia with China Eastern Airline and had several in flight meals which did not tick all of her boxes

The US government seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane in Florida, alleging violations of export control laws involving a sanctioned Iranian airline and a state-owned Venezuelan firm

An unassuming UK meadow was once the scene of James Radley making his first flight on April 19, 1910 - lasting 23 minutes as he made 16 circuits over crowds of adoring spectators

A doctor explained why they decided not to get involved when a call for help rang out over the intercom of a plane during a recent flight, much to the disgust of his fellow passenger

DHL Aviation workers represented by Unite have announced 15 days of strike targeting the cargo airline at East Midlands Airport, which the travel hub says will not impacted passengers

Finnair, one of the most popular Scandinavian airlines, said that the weigh-ins would be voluntary and designed to work out how heavy planes actually are for safety reasons

Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports including Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights

Doncaster-Sheffield Airport was shutdown in 2022 when owner Peel Group said it was financially unviable, closing a travel hub which once sent passengers on TUI and Wizz Air flights

Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester are among the airports which have provided updates on how upgrade works to their hand luggage scanners are going

Storm Isha caused flights to be cancelled to and from airports including Manchester, Dublin, Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham with one flight even making a 1,100 mile diversion

Linda Pouliot of Bedford, Texas, booked a birthday trip with her sister to Canada last year with United Airlines, although the flight would be operated by Air Canada

Firefly Green Fuels, a Gloucestershire based company, wants to start turning human sewage into sustainable jet fuel which would be far greener than the kerosene currently used

The Met Office says heavy snow is possible across northern areas today, especially in Scotland and overnight in Northern Ireland, with Manchester Airport hit by a significant blanketing

Turbulence prediction website Turbli has analysed around 150,000 flight routes and found which were the most turbulent in 2023, and therefore which are likely to be bumpy next year

Saibra Noel, who is known online as @thehighyellowbrickroad, has opened up about how she is treated as a plus sized person when she flies and how it can be difficult asking for help

Officials for Japan Airlines explained that their gleaming safety record is 'written in blood' of the victims less lucky to have survived the airline's 1985 crash which killed 520 and became the worst single-aircraft crash in history

Jake Burton, 19, was caught out by a common passport blunder, meaning his family's trip to Benidorm for New Year's Eve was derailed because there was a one-centimetre tear in his documentation