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Drivers who get behind the wheel after taking controlled drugs could soon face a fine and a prison sentence as drug driving is made a specific offence. Currently the police are required to show that a persons driving ability has been impaired after tak…

Stansted Airport bosses have been complaining that the delays being experienced by passengers attempting to make their way through passport control are unacceptable. On Friday night hundreds of travellers were experiencing delays which lasted for sever…

This week saw British Airways announce it will launch a new route to Korea later in the year. The Heathrow-based airline said in a statement issued on Monday that it would commence operating six flights weekly between its UK hub and Incheon airport in …

A young woman fell 30 feet from her hotel balcony in Majorca at the weekend, causing the third British holidaymaker death on the island in only three weeks. Twenty-three-year-old Charlotte Faris reportedly fell in the early hours of Saturday morning af…

Hotel firm Hyatt is the new owner of the Wyndham hotel on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Reports said on Thursday that the hotelier is planning a re-launch of the property later in the year under the new name of Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile. The facil…

Home Secretary Theresa May has been meeting with airline representatives to try and come up with a solution to the problems of long delays for passengers trying to make their way through Heathrow Airport. Mrs May is reportedly considering risk-based co…

A share swap deal between Malaysian Airline System and AirAsia has been scrapped after a workers’ union said it would mean job cuts and restructuring at MAS. The agreement was supposed to help reduce competition and help the Malaysian flag carrier ba…

The new owner of bmi is planning to close bmibaby after failing to sell the subsidiary. International Airlines Group (IAG), British Airways’ parent company that recently took ownership of bmi, said in an official statement that it is unable to find a…

An airline in the US is being sued after employees told a passenger that she was too fat to fly. Southwest Airlines is facing legal action by Kenlie Tiggeman of New Orleans who was told that she would not be allowed onto a flight in April last year. Ti…

Budget airline EasyJet has unveiled its own vision for the future of Luton airport. Officials from the carrier said this week that current plans laid out for the facility by its operator and owner are missing “big things” and that further improveme…

As Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines continues to battle for survival against massive debts it is now in trouble with real estate developers claiming that they have not received rent payments since the end of last year. Two developers in Mumbai have i…

UK airports are facing fresh pressure amid its current immigration crisis. A statement issued by the Immigration Services Union (ISU) issued last night said that it had informed the government of a walkout at airports on 10 May on behalf of its 4,500 c…