Sixteen people were arrested today after a protest at an airport, police said.

Thailand's floods crisis deepened after water began pouring into Bangkok's second airport, closing it.

Thailand's catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, the prime minister said today, as the human toll from the crisis rose to 356 dead and more than 110,000 displaced.

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A busy city airport had to be closed for nearly an hour today after a problem with a landing British Airways plane.

Post mortems will take place today into the deaths of a man and woman who were found murdered at a hotel near Heathrow Airport, while a man held in connection with the killings remains under arrest in hospital.

I’ve just come back from a holiday in Seattle, on the north-west coast of America.

A newly produced model of a Wright Brothers biplane has crashed, killing the two volunteer pilots aboard.

Competition chiefs are expected to confirm today that the airport operator BAA will have to sell two of its airports.

In the decade since 9/11, airport security has become steadily more stressful and less dignified – but yesterday the Transport Secretary heralded a lighter touch. The current "one-size-fits-all" regime could be eased following Philip Hammond's consultation, with individual airports able to design their own security systems.

Heathrow has had its busiest June on record, with more than 6 million passengers going through its doors, the airport's operator BAA said yesterday.

The new coalition of the UK's biggest airlines and airport operators is understood to be called the Aviation Foundation.

Councillors have voted to partly complete the tram project in Scotland's capital.

I have just returned to London from Los Angeles, and my early reflection is this: it’s nice to be in a place where the sun shines all day, where the transport systems work, and where the people are generally friendly and helpful.