As schools break up for the Christmas holidays, the AA estimates that around 18 million cars will be taken out onto UK roads as people travel to see friends and relatives over the festive period. The busiest days are expected to be Thursday 22 and Friday 23 December. A London Underground workers’ strike announced for [...]

International Airlines Group chief executive, Willie Walsh, has voiced his concerns that the government’s new Transport Secretary could have a conflict of interest over aviation, as her constituency is directly below the Heathrow airport flight path. Justine Greening has been given the role after Philip Hammond was moved in to fill Liam Fox’s vacant position [...]

Former boss of British Airways, now chief executive of parent company International Airlines Group, Willie Walsh is not sure that a plan to link Gatwick and Heathrow airports with high speed rail would produce significant benefits. He said the problem was that nobody really new how long the project would take to complete, or how [...]

The long running dispute between British Airways and the union which represents the interests of its cabin crew is set to continue into its third year. Len McCluskey, the incoming leader of Britain’s largest union Unite, is expected to announce today that its members will have his total support for as long as it takes [...]

Manchester airport is struggling with hundreds of items of luggage which are yet to be reunited with their owners after snow caused travel chaos in December. According to reports, bags are being stored in the airport’s cargo area because there is no space left in the terminals. The majority of the lost-luggage belongs to passengers [...]

As cabin crew at British Airways prepare for a new strike ballot beginning next week, Unite’s new militant leader, Len McCluskey, warns families not to book holidays with the airline as a positive vote for industrial action threatens Easter, the half-term school holidays and even the Royal Wedding.
The fresh ballot begins on 21 December and [...]

British Airways boss Willie Walsh has told delegates at a meeting of the Association of British Travel Agents that he is fully prepared to continue fighting the union representing his cabin crew: Unite. He added that the flag-carrier would not bow down to demands, even if Unite and its members decided to commit to further [...]

As temperatures begin to creep above freezing across the U.K. and the rest of Europe transport services try to get back to normal. Eurostar say that at last it is beginning to clear its backlog of passengers and that it is doing its best to find seats for those who have tickets. It says that [...]

The U.K.’s Commons Transport Committee has said that they will support a new runway at Heathrow but would like assurances that a high-speed rail network will be in place to link it with the countries other airports by the time it is finished. MPs also voiced their concerns about the lack of a firm timescale [...]

Dublin based airline Aer Lingus has made the announcement that it is already in talks with the Civil Aviation Authority about quitting Ireland for the U.K. The Irish flag carrier has said that because it has been unable to reach an agreement with its cabin staff or pilots over pay restructuring it may move its [...]