Travel News

Meet Europe's grounded pilots looking for other work amid travel slump

Many commercial pilots, after years of training, are being forced to look for other forms of work, with the coronavirus pandemic decimating the travel industry and leaving aircraft grounded.

05/02/2021

USA

World’s first supersonic fighter pilot Chuck Yeager dies aged 97

The first man to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound, Charles “Chuck” Yeagar, has died aged 97.

08/12/2020

United Kingdom

Paul Farnes, the last Battle of Britain flying ace, dies aged 101

Farnes was known as a flying ace for shooting down more than five enemy planes during the battle to protect Great Britain from Nazi air raids.

30/01/2020

France

Sons of Polish navigator united with family who hid their father

Sons of Polish navigator united with family who hid their father in Nazi-occupied France

20/10/2019

Spain

Five-day strike by Ryanair's Spanish pilots set to go ahead

A planned five-day strike by Ryanair's Spanish pilots will go ahead this month after mediated talks were unsuccessful, a spokesman for the Spanish pilots union SEPLA said on Tuesday.

03/09/2019

Ireland

Ryanair pilots in Ireland to strike after talks fail

Ryanair pilots in Ireland to strike after talks fail

14/08/2019

World News

Ryanair's British pilot union to vote on possible August strike

Ryanair's British pilot union to vote on possible August strike

17/07/2019