This week’s special deals include cut price tickets to African destinations such as Johannesburg and Nairobi with Virgin Atlantic, long-haul flights around the world with United Airlines, and a discount of £50 on city breaks booked with easyJet. Plenty of…

British Airways was named Best Airline at the 2007 Business Traveller Awards ceremony, which took place at London’s Hilton Park Lane hotel on Monday (September 17). The award built on the British national airline’s success at last year’s awards, where…

British Airways has been named Best European Airline by the readers of Business Traveller Asia Pacific magazine in its Annual Travel Awards 2007. Readers were swayed by the British flag-carrier’s commitment to high levels of customer service. A BA spokesman…

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is warning football fans hoping to see away games in this year’s Champions League to check that their passports are valid. The footballer has been “signed” by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to warn those…

Passengers on flights operated by Lufthansa and Swiss International Airlines (Swiss) now have the chance to help in tackling climate change. The two airlines have linked up with the Switzerland based myclimate, whose online calculator will inform passengers of their…

There are plenty of special offers up for grabs this week, what with British Airways’ World Offers holidays, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines discounting flights to the US, and bmibaby slashing the cost of domestic UK flights. Jet2.com has…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is getting ready to phase out paper airline tickets in favour of e-tickets, having placed its final order for the former. Around 16.5 million paper tickets were ordered from specialist printers to supply IATA-accredited…

There are still restrictions in place across the UK regarding passenger hand luggage. Here we give a breakdown of what is allowed and what is not. All passengers flying from any UK airport must remember:

Some terrific special offers were released this week, including the biggest ever sale from low-cost airline Ryanair, and prices cut on destinations all over the world by Air France. There have also been some interesting new routes launched, including Newcastle’s…

The Irish government is attempting to save the Shannon to Heathrow air route by offering a “golden hello” to an airline that would operate flights between the two locations, according to reports. Irish national carrier Aer Lingus announced its intention…