Britain immediately needs new airport capacity to remain competitive and must consider “mixed mode” operations at Heathrow, the City of London Corporation has said. Unveiling a report from consultants York Aviation, the Corporation suggests a short-term fix to congestion would be to use the two runways for both take-offs and landings. Currently each runway is [...]

A British airport has introduced virtual assistants – holograms of real-life customer service staff to help speed up security queues.The images of Manchester airport employees John Walsh and Julie Caper were created using the same technology that brings animated pop group Gorillaz to life.

Continental Airlines is the first carrier in North America to own the brand new Boeing Sky Interior 737-800 aircraft. The new jet features more environmentally-friendly LED lighting, more space in overhead bins thanks to the design that allows them to retract into the ceiling, a cleaner ventilation system, cabin-noise reduction and touch-screen flight attendant panels.

Ryanair has threatened to refuse to allow passengers to on its flights unless they print their boarding pass before they arrive at the airport.The move by the no-frills airline is a major escalation in the dispute over the fees it charges for printing the pass at the airport, which were ruled illegal by a Spanish [...]

Unite said the turnout in the ballot was 75 per cent, while the majority of those voting for industrial action was 78.5 per cent.The union balloted 10,220 cabin crew staff, 7,330 of whom returned valid papers. Officials said the size of the turnout and the big majority in favour of industrial action showed the continuing anger [...]

Airports could be instructed to pool snow clearing equipment and de-icer under plans being considered by the Government.The Department for Transport is determined to avoid a repetition of the last month’s chaos which saw hundreds of flights grounded and the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers thrown into disarray. Earlier this week Theresa Villiers [...]

At least 35 people were killed and over 130 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday. Russian officials put the number of casualties at 35, and described it as an “act of terror”. “Yesterday at 4:32 pm (1332 GMT) an explosion went off in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo [...]