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The financial collapse of Spanish airline Spanair has stranded dozens of passengers. According to Spanish airport operating firm, the carrier announced that it would cease operations beginning at 02:00 local time on Saturday. The move left many passeng…

Last week saw several airlines divert flight routes in response to a major solar storm. United Airlines, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and other North American carriers said late last week that several long-haul routes were affected by the largest solar …

Budget carrier easyJet has declared a 16.7 per cent rise in revenues for the last quarter of 2011. The airline said that passenger numbers were also up by 8.1 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Although the figures are an improvement, easyJet …

Hotel chain Best Western has announced plans to open in Haiti to serve business travellers visiting the country. The hotel is due to open in Port-au-Prince this summer and will operate under the Premier banner which was launched in 2011 as a way of att…

A US cabinet minister’s son is one of several foreigners that have been barred from leaving Egyptian soil. Thirty-six-year-old Sam LaHood, who has been working for civil society organisations in the country, is the son of Ray LaHood, the US transport…

The Bank of England has said that the impacts of London 2012 are forcing some companies to suspend important plans. Officials said that the event is significantly slowing key energy, transport and industry projects by as much as six months. They blame …

In an attempt to quell recent concerns about cracks which have been discovered in the wings of some of its A380 superjumbos, Airbus has announced that it has found the cause and also a simple way to repair the problem. Last week, following the discovery of the cracks, aviation safety authorities in Europe ordered an [...]

A rise in commercial plane sales has meant increased profits for US planemaker Boeing. The manufacturer has reported a 20 per cent net income increase for the fourth quarter compared to the same period a year before. Net income was $1.4 billion for the…

Although the HS2 project in the south of the UK is dividing opinions, the Scottish government is pressing for a firm commitment that the scheme will eventually extend as far north as Glasgow and Edinburgh. As it stands, the first phase of HS2 linking L…

Tory MPs are urging David Cameron to abandon his efforts of backing the Thames Estuary airport plan. Reports said this week that the Prime Minister had received a letter signed by six backbench MPs saying that the facility would entail “devastating

Prime Minister David Cameron is facing bitter opposition over plans to create a new airport in the south east. A number of Tory MPs have written to Mr Cameron to protest a scheme which would see the construction in the Thames Estuary of an airport which could make Heathrow redundant, cause environmental damage and affect [...]

Ferry firm P&O took delivery of its brand new cross-Channel vessel this week. Officials from the company said that the 47,000-tonne, 213-metre ship was received on Tuesday and is able to carry around 2,000 passengers. It is the largest vessel ever …