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Spain

La Palma volcano: Ash cloud forces new airport shutdown

Scientists warn the situation is still tense and unpredictable as the Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt on the Spanish island of La Palma.

Travel News

Portugal flights disrupted in second day of airports strike

A strike by ground handling workers at Portugal's airports forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights this weekend.

World News

Europe's air traffic 'might not get back to normal until 2029'

It could be a full decade before Europe's air traffic gets back to pre-pandemic levels, it's been claimed.

Albania

Albania sends troops and police to end air traffic control strike

Air traffic controllers were striking over pay, causing more than a dozen flights at Albania's one international airport to be cancelled.

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World News

Europe's air passenger numbers 'at lowest level since 1995' last year

Passenger traffic in European airports has fallen by 70.4% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, regressing to its 1995 level, according to ACI Europe.

12 February 2021

Germany

Berlin man suspected of 'making radio contact with air traffic'

Police say a 32-year-old Berlin man was arrested on allegations he had been making radio contact with air traffic, including police helicopters, and given fake flight orders while impersonating an aviation official.

29 January 2021

World News

Analysis: Europe's airline industry and flying during a pandemic

So, what’s it like to fly again? Is the hassle simply too much? Well, I would argue not. I’m writing to you from Poland having flown here to cover the presidential election. And, you know what? It was fine, writes Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey.

World News

Interactive: See how flights have plummeted over Europe amid lockdown

These maps show the unprecedented loss of flights over Europe's airspace in March amid the coronavirus lockdown.

World News

Cargo flights stay airborne as air traffic disappears during pandemic

Data from Eurocontrol shows that the number of traditional and low-cost flights across Europe have significantly reduced since mid-March but cargo flights hardly been reduced.

United Kingdom

'Pandemonium': Heathrow systems outage causes flight delay chaos

Thousands of passengers were facing delays on Sunday after a systems failure affecting all terminals at London Heathrow airport.

16 February 2020

World News

Buckle up! Researchers warn of more turbulence due to climate change

Potentially dangerous turbulence is becoming more common on transatlantic flights because of changes linked to climate change, according to a study.

United Kingdom

British Airways flights 'returning to normal' after cancellations

British Airways IT problems cause flight cancellations and delays

United Kingdom

Airline fines woman €94,000 for abusive in-flight behaviour

Her catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour included trying to open the aircraft's doors during the flight, the airline claimed.

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Flying high: New jet suits unveiled in London

This is the moment new jet suits were demonstrated at a special unveiling in London.

World

French Air Traffic Control strike brings new travel disruption to Europe

The industrial action is due to begin Wednesday evening local time and continue into Thursday. Airlines have been instructed to reduce flights to affected airports.

World

Emirates CEO sees FY profit, wants Boeing compensation

Emirates Airline, the world’s largest long-haul carrier, will report profitable full year earnings this month, according to its CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Europe News

The Brief: time change, EU-US warming ties, and sanctions extension

In this edition: we look at how proposed seasonal time change could cause chaos for airlines, the EU gets its diplomatic relations boost.

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SESAR programme: Changing the skies of the Europe

In partnership with The European Commission

The volume of air traffic in European skies of Europe is constantly increasing. In the future, to handle the new workload, there will be remote control towers that can handle multiple airports at the same time.

11 February 2019

Business

Easyjet plans to sue after French air strikes cost the airline 28 million Euros

More than 2,600 flights were cancelled in April, May and June and Easyjet argued that EU law was being breached after flights were not protected over France

France

French air traffic control causes a third of Europe's flight delays

A new report says strikes and outdated equipment costs airlines €300 million and accounts for 33 percent of delays.