If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Travel News RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Suggestions, comments and feedback welcome.Birmingham International Airport was better than any other major UK airport in the last quarter of 2007 when it came to the highest number of on time scheduled flights.
The CAA showed that [...]

British Airways has called for quality targets to be improved at Heathrow airport when it comes to customer service.
British Airways has now called on the CAA to prevent BAA delaying the new targets that will relate to passengers experience of the airport. If BAA were allowed to delay the targets then British Airways could have [...]

The minimum legroom on flights is to be increased by 2 inches according to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
The call for more legroom has come as the Lords found that the limited room prevented some passengers from getting into the brace position during an emergency. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is also thought [...]

The South African Airline, Nationwide, has had all of its flights suspended between Gatwick and Johannesburg until further notice due to safety fears that have been expressed by the South African Civil Aviation Authority.
The Aviation Maintenance Organisation license has been revoked by the CAA until further notice.
A statement was read out which stated that safety [...]

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is going to allow BAA to increase landing charges.
The plans mean that BAA will be able to raise charges by 15.6% at Heathrow and 8.2% at Gatwick over the next 2 years.
This is likely to lead to higher ticket prices as airlines will have to pay £11.97 per passenger to [...]