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London to Stansted Airport trains halted on busy holiday getaway day
Friday 02 August 2013
'Overhead wire problems' cited for closure
Russia grants NSA PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden a year's asylum
Thursday 01 August 2013
‘Most wanted man on Earth’ leaves Moscow airport for secret safe house after agreeing to stop leaking US information
Once again, changing what passengers do: I'll price luggage out of the hold, says Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary
Wednesday 31 July 2013
He wants to halve number of passengers checking in bags and says making passengers pay for cabin baggage is also a possibility
RAF tornado forced to make emergency landing after bird strike
Tuesday 30 July 2013
A Tornado jet has had to make an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after a bird strike.
The Great British getaway: Heathrow dealing with two passengers a second as millions head for summer holidays
Thursday 25 July 2013
New York JFK is top destination with Dubai overtaking Edinburgh as runner-up
Heathrow airport soars back into profit
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Selling Stansted airport and hitting airlines with higher take-off and landing charges helped Heathrow Airport swing into profit in the first half of the year.
Edward Snowden latest: NSA whistleblower will stay in Moscow airport, says lawyer
Wednesday 24 July 2013
US fugitive still awaiting papers allowing him to enter Russia while his request for asylum is being considered
Gatwick bids for second runway as alternative to Heathrow expansion
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Sixty years after idea was first mooted, owners proposing new runway to south of existing one
10 passengers hurt as landing gear collapses and Flight 345 'nosedives' on to runway at New York LaGuardia airport
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Passengers and crew escape with minor injuries after landing incident
Ben Ross: Will bankrupt Detroit lure tourists back one day?
Saturday 20 July 2013
I arrived in Detroit ready to roll, ready to rock. At last I was in Henry Ford's Motor City, where he conceived the Model T, the vehicle that made modern America. Finally, I was in the place where Motown was born, where Berry Gordy built a musical dynasty: Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, the Jackson 5. For me, Detroit was iconic, a symbol of America in its mid-20th-century pomp.
China investigates bomb incident in Beijing International Airport
Saturday 20 July 2013
A man in a wheelchair is reported to have detonated the device, injuring only himself
London's three main airports EACH need a new runway, says Ryanair chief
Friday 19 July 2013
Michael O'Leary wades in as deadline nears for submissions on aviation capacity
'Thermal event' in lithium battery behind Dreamliner fire at Heathrow
Thursday 18 July 2013
Investigators urge US operators to remove device powered by battery until safety fix can be found
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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