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- Thomas Cook collapse: Refunds delayed for 50,000 disappointed travellers (12/5/2019)
One-third of customers whose holidays were cancelled have not got their money back within the promised timescale - Virgin Trains is a lesson in how to run a railway successfully (12/5/2019)
The man who pays his way: Sir Richard Branson's company is stripped of its franchise this weekend - Drunk passenger hits and kicks cabin crew and tells flight attendant: 'Your a*** is massive' (12/5/2019)
Woman claims she is 'thirsty' - United CEO to step down next year (12/5/2019)
Oscar Munoz oversaw the Dr David Dao incident - Abba: Super Troupers The Exhibition opens at London's O2 (12/5/2019)
Exclusive: 'Thank goodness we've got art, thank goodness we've got music, thank goodness we've got things that carry us through with energy and optimism,' says Jude Kelly, curator - Air New Zealand launches edible coffee cups to reduce waste (12/5/2019)
Cups are vanilla flavoured - Trump disrupts hundreds of Ryanair passengers after exit from Nato summit (12/5/2019)
Three planes landed almost 100 miles away in the Midlands after the US president left the Nato summit - How travel and tourism has innovated over the past decade (12/4/2019)
Simon Calder selects his top developments from the past 10 years - Ryanair refuses to carry disabled woman's wheelchair on flight (12/5/2019)
Airline claims chair is 'too big' to fit in hold - Disney's Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction is officially open (12/5/2019)
Visitors can join the Resistance in a climactic battle - The best cities to be an expat, ranked (12/5/2019)
Asian cities score highly - French national strike hits travellers to Spain, Italy and beyond (12/5/2019)
Some French airports are closed altogether, while Eurostar has cancelled 78 trains over four days - General election: Labour to cut rail fares by up to 75% (12/1/2019)
Brighton-London peak tickets would fall by £20 to £7.50, and to zero for under-16s - Hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded by French national strike (12/4/2019)
British Airways will deploy larger aircraft on routes affected by 30 flight cancellations - More than 1,000 British skiers injured every day after drinking alcohol on slopes (12/4/2019)
Alcohol and skiing don't mix, suggests study - Hong Kong is world's most visited city in 2019 (12/4/2019)
Asian cities dominated the ranking - Air-rage passengers face crackdown and new punishments (12/4/2019)
At present most inflight offenders get away with it, according to Iata - Travel chaos expected in France as national strike shuts down rail, road and air links (12/3/2019)
Dozens of Eurostar trains cancelled, British Airways and easyJet offer chance to switch flights - 'Send nudes': Locals furious as tourists leave rude messages on picturesque beach (12/3/2019)
Commenters blame 'ignorant, self-indulgent visitors' - 'We dodged a bullet': Evacuation slide falls from flight onto suburban town (12/3/2019)
'This was an accident waiting to happen,' say residents - 'I want to get out': Man tries to open plane door during flight (12/3/2019)
The man is believed to have suffered a panic attack - Best last-minute holiday deals for December, from Barbados to Cornwall (11/27/2019)
Escape the winter gloom with these last-minute deals - South Western Railway boss promises more trains during strike chaos (12/2/2019)
Exclusive: 'We'll build on our timetable during the period of the strike' – Andy Mellors, managing director, SWR - This is where the experts recommend for travel next year, from Egypt to Pakistan (12/2/2019)
From Chad to Peru, where the experts think we'll be travelling next year - South Western Railway strike: Tens of thousands of commuters stay at home amid travel chaos (12/2/2019)
Only half the usual trains will run due to a strike for almost all of December - The top travel trends for 2020, according to the experts (12/2/2019)
From prioritising pets to embracing slow travel, here are the Next Big Things in the world of tourism - Woman fakes illness to get bigger seat on plane, causing flight to make emergency landing (12/2/2019)
Passenger is now in custody - Cruise company apologises after staff dress up as Maori for 'culturally insensitive' performance (12/2/2019)
'I find it deplorable to blatantly lie to guests,' says social media user - South Western Railway strike: Everything you need to know about walk-out (12/2/2019)
Only half the usual trains will run due to a strike for almost all of this month - This winter is the best time to get a cheap transatlantic flight (11/30/2019)
Plane Talk: If Black Friday did not work for you, there are plenty more bargains to be found between the UK and US - South Western Railway strikes: Train passengers face chaos until the end of 2019 (11/25/2019)
Exclusive: Everything you need to know about the South Western and West Midlands strikes - Ticket prices: Rail fares to rise 2.7% in 2020 (11/30/2019)
Some passengers on the West Coast main line will pay more than £1 per mile next year - Berlin airport temporarily shut by Second World War bomb (11/29/2019)
Six flights were diverted from Schoenefeld airport and Ryanair made two cancellations - Securing cheap flights is all a matter of timing (11/28/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: Work, education and family commitments compress travel opportunities into annoyingly slim portions - South Western Railway strike: December walkout to go ahead after talks break down (11/28/2019)
Dispute over role of guards will hit commuters as well as passengers on the GWR line and retailers in London - Policeman investigated after 'energetically' kissing girlfriend and demanding to see the captain during flight (11/29/2019)
Officer faces gross misconduct charge for drunken antics - Thousands of passengers to be disrupted by closure of Luton airport road link this weekend (11/29/2019)
The A1081 is the main link from the M1 and the town of Luton for the vast majority of passengers and staff - Volcanic eruption forces flight with large cargo of horses onboard to turn back (11/29/2019)
'Landing at another airport was not possible, because of the visa requirements of passengers and as there was a large cargo of horses onboard,' says KLM - London Underground has high levels of air pollution linked to health problems such as heart disease, strokes and lung cancer, says study (11/29/2019)
Concentration of fine particles found to be 15 times higher than above ground - Lausanne ranked the best small city in the world (11/28/2019)
Lausanne in Switzerland took the top spot thanks to its global outlook, diverse population and natural setting - Black Friday 2019: How to fly from the UK to Australia for £610 return (11/29/2019)
Grab a Black Friday discount - Airport workers caught building a snowman by side of runway (11/28/2019)
'Oh that's cute,' says commenter - Eight genuinely good travel deals for Black Friday, including coach travel for £0 (11/28/2019)
Some trains, boats and planes can be cheaper if you book at the back end of November - Air New Zealand trolls 'racist' customer on social media using Maori words (11/28/2019)
'Taihoa koe ka kite all the amazing improvements we have made,' writes airline - 'Racial discrimination': Sikh pilot claims he was told to remove turban for inspection at airport security (11/28/2019)
It demonstrates 'a case of bias and racial attitude' towards Sikhs, says politician Manjinder Singh Sirsa - How travel has become more sustainable over the last 10 years (11/27/2019)
There's still a long way to go – but look how far we've come, says Helen Coffey - Avanti to replace Virgin Trains on UK's busiest intercity line (11/27/2019)
'The West Coast main line has been transformed from a public liability into a valuable asset worth many billions of pounds' – Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group - Cracked cockpit window forces plane to make emergency landing (11/27/2019)
The 254 passengers were put up in hotels - Cabin crew shouted 'brace' and 'crash position' inappropriately when plane lost pressure, finds report (11/27/2019)
The commands 'probably increased the level of confusion and panic amongst some passengers', notes aviation watchdog - General Election: What the SNP says about travel (11/27/2019)
A series examining each political party's position on key transport and travel issues - Airlines damage 7,747 wheelchairs since January 2019 (11/25/2019)
'These medical devices are essentially a part of a disabled person's body,' says US senator - West Coast main line chaos for rail passengers as overhead wires tangle (11/27/2019)
Severe disruption is expected to last until the end of the day - Business class passenger complains of 'disgusting breakfast' and says he'd get better food on Ryanair (11/27/2019)
Man was served burnt-looking cheese toastie - Beautiful Italian town gives away homes for €1 after population plummets (11/27/2019)
Idyllic commune is latest to try to attract new residents - Charity plans to airdrop aid using fleet of drones (11/27/2019)
Exclusive: Unmanned aerial vehicles carrying 160kg of essential supplies 'can reach people in otherwise unreachable areas' - Renewed warnings issued about flights over Egypt's Sinai peninsula (11/27/2019)
'The risk of operation and overflight below 25,000 feet is high,' says the European safety regulator - Pilot has fatal heart attack during passenger plane flight (11/25/2019)
Aircraft forced to make emergency landing - Abta defends choosing mainly long-haul destinations to watch for 2020 (11/26/2019)
Exclusive: Average distance of '12 destinations to watch' in 2020 is 3,200 miles - Flybe flight from Heathrow to Newquay thrown into doubt (11/26/2019)
Exclusive: No bookings for Cornwall's link with Heathrow are being taken from 28 March 2020 - These are the places that have opened up to travellers over the past 10 years (11/25/2019)
The decade has seen an extraordinary blossoming of air links and opening up, says Cathy Adams - Fuel truck crashes into two jets on tarmac, cancelling flights (11/26/2019)
Vehicle drives straight into aircraft wing - This could be the world's shortest-ever Boeing 747 flight (11/26/2019)
The aircraft was being put into retirement - Esta website crash ruins hundreds of US trips for tourists (11/26/2019)
'Bleak is having to unpack from a holiday you didn't get to go on,' says holidaymaker - Venice residents protest against cruise ships after severe floods (11/25/2019)
'Venetians have just endured a deep wound,' says protester - Foreign Office warns of severe travel disruption in France (11/25/2019)
'In the Paris region, protests will begin early in the morning and are expected to include road blockades on motorways,' says Foreign Office - How to avoid getting detained at the airport (5/23/2019)
'Being uncooperative, even if you feel you're being treated unfairly, is likely to result in longer detention' - Air strikes in Italy and Finland hit tens of thousands of travellers (11/25/2019)
Dozens of UK flights have been cancelled because of the twin disputes - The world's best airlines for 2020 (11/25/2019)
Air New Zealand reigns supreme - General election: What the Conservative Party manifesto says about travel and transport (11/24/2019)
The last in our series examining each political party's positions on getting from A to B - Why won't Labour or the Conservatives say where they stand on aviation? (11/22/2019)
Plane Talk: The only parties prepared to spell out where they stand on aviation are those which will not form a government - Tens of thousands of passengers face disruption from Italian aviation strikes (11/22/2019)
British Airways is allowing passengers to switch to alternative dates - Restaurant sues Michelin for including it in acclaimed food guide (11/22/2019)
'It is humiliating to see my restaurant given a rating in that unwholesome book,' says chef - Turkish Airlines flight: Plane nose gear collapses on hard landing in strong winds (11/22/2019)
Plane skids off runway - Africa's first high-speed rail line celebrates successful opening year (11/22/2019)
Morocco's Al Boraq trains are faster and more reliable than Britain's - Where to go on holiday in January, from Sri Lanka to Berlin (11/13/2019)
The ultimate pick of where to holiday in the gloomiest month of the year - Why instinct can trump technology when it comes to airport security (11/21/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: You are temporarily assumed to be an evil terrorist until you tick certain boxes - Truck smashes through level crossing barrier, causing rail delays in Midlands (11/22/2019)
Truck continues across lines after hitting barrier at high speed - Hares and birds regularly hit planes at Dublin airport (11/22/2019)
Fifty-four incidents reported this year - Doctor saves man's life on flight by creating makeshift catheter from oxygen mask and straw (11/22/2019)
'If we had not dealt with the situation in time, the patient's life would have been at risk,' says surgeon - Plane engine spits flames immediately after take-off (11/22/2019)
'Is a plane supposed to spew flames?' asks onlooker - EasyJet flight comes within 20 metres of hitting drone (11/20/2019)
'Serious risk of collision' finds Airprox Board - Diabetic passenger served 'shameful' meal of two types of potato on WestJet flight (11/21/2019)
'This can lead to coma, amputation, blindness and even death,' says traveller - General election: What the Labour Party says about travel in its manifesto (11/21/2019)
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Airline forced to pay passenger compensation for baggage fine - Thousands of BA passengers face delays of up to 22 hours due to 'technical glitch' (11/21/2019)
Passengers on flights to Gatwick from the Caribbean and Mexico are facing the longest delays - Man tries to board AirAsia flight by dressing up as pilot (11/19/2019)
Man uses fake ID for preferential treatment - General election: Key travel pledges from Lib Dem manifesto, from Heathrow to HS2 (11/20/2019)
A series examining each political party's position on key transport and travel issues - Boeing must retrofit engines on 7,000 active passenger planes after woman sucked out of window in fatal accident (11/20/2019)
Planemaker insists aircraft safe to continue operating normally - Japanese hotel sells room for 70p if guests agree to be livestreamed (11/20/2019)
Guests are forbidden to have sex in room 8 - Boeing 737 NG: Everything you need to know about aircraft 'vulnerability' after woman sucked out of window in fatal accident (11/20/2019)
Planemaker has agreed to retrofit all 7,000 jets currently flying - Passenger given nothing but popcorn and crisps on 10-hour flight after Tui forgets gluten-free meal (11/20/2019)
'Fabulous way to end our lovely honeymoon' says newlywed - Election 2019: What the Green Party is saying about travel (11/19/2019)
The first of a series examining each political party's position on key transport and travel issues - United Airlines 'accommodates' racist passenger who doesn't want to sit next to black woman (11/18/2019)
Teenager says flight attendant didn't want to 'make a scene' - EasyJet claims to be first major airline to offset carbon emissions from all flights (11/19/2019)
Britain's biggest budget airline increased flying by 10 per cent in a year but filled fewer seats - Southwest Airlines flight evacuated after bag starts smoking onboard (11/19/2019)
No injuries were reported - EasyJet passenger boards wrong flight prompting security concerns (11/19/2019)
'Pathetic security' said one passenger - Doubts raised over American Airlines 'fume event' that left two cabin crew unconscious (11/19/2019)
BBC casts doubt on cleaning fluid being cause of cabin crew falling unconscious - What to do when you're sitting next to an irritating passenger on a plane (11/14/2019)
You can make that nightmare flight slightly more tolerable with a little know-how - Travel risk map 2020: Libya, Somalia and South Sudan among world's most dangerous countries (11/18/2019)
World's safest countries are mainly in Europe - Air New Zealand cancels 100 Christmas flights because of Rolls-Royce engine problems (11/18/2019)
Air New Zealand has run out of spare engines while essential checks take place - How easyJet was nearly 'Stelair' – and other secrets of the airline's beginning (11/15/2019)
Plane Talk: The budget airline's original marketing director reveals some of the secrets of the start-up - Disabled guest at Premier Inn abandoned in stairwell for an hour after fire alarm goes off (11/15/2019)
Exclusive: 'It was the worst experience I have ever had as a wheelchair user,' says Emily Morison - 'Illegal' Airbnb listing still live after guests kicked out of penthouse and told host owes two months' rent (11/15/2019)
Exclusive: 'This has been an absolute ordeal,' says guest - Why the Qantas nonstop flight from London to Sydney is neither new nor record-breaking (11/15/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: The Qantas nonstop simply repeated a flight from three decades ago - South African Airways strike: 40,000 passengers' travel plans wrecked by two-day walkout (11/15/2019)
Almost all flights have been cancelled – though some long-haul links have survived - Tourist dies after falling from waterfall while trying to take a selfie in Thailand, police say (11/15/2019)
Beauty spot claimed another visitor's life in July - Qantas' London to Sydney flight: Almost empty plane flies direct as part of 'Project Sunrise' (11/14/2019)
The 10,537 mile flight left Heathrow this morning - Holidaymakers over 12.5 stone banned from donkey rides in Spanish village (11/14/2019)
Extras laws ensuring regular vet checks will also be introduced - 'Greasy tray tables and soiled headrests': Ryanair named UK's dirtiest airline (11/9/2019)
A Which? investigator who boarded a Ryanair flight reported 'greasy tray tables, soiled headrests and dusty window sills' - Ban business class on short flights, says airline boss (11/14/2019)
A Twitter poll showed a majority of 2:1 in favour of allowing passengers to choose - One of Europe's most popular beaches to start charging for entry because it is so overcrowded (11/14/2019)
Visitor numbers could be capped at 1,500 a day - Eurostar at 25 years: Is it the future of travel or past its best? (11/14/2019)
Is Eurostar the future of short-haul travel, or an expensive and slow way to get anywhere? On its 25th birthday, The Independent's Simon Calder and Helen Coffey fight it out - Eurostar pledges to plant a tree for every train from next year (11/14/2019)
Train operator marks its 25th anniversary with new environmental commitments - Hyatt becomes latest hotel brand to ditch plastic toiletries to reduce waste (11/13/2019)
Hotel group to also increase water stations in its properties - Many Thomas Cook customers still awaiting holiday refunds despite fast-approaching deadline (11/12/2019)
Exclusive: With more than half-a-million holidays to pay out on, Civil Aviation Authority remains adamant that holidaymakers can expect money back within 60 days - Finnair tells Apprentice contestants with life-threatening nut allergies: 'If you have an issue, get off the plane' (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: 'I'm astounded at the airline's policy,' says Ryan-Mark Parsons - Venice flooding: What does the extreme weather mean for tourists? (11/13/2019)
La Serenissima is floundering under 6ft of water - Airline to fly nearly empty plane from London to Sydney for 'Project Sunrise' (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: Sunset over Kazakhstan, sunrise over Darwin – the flightpath for a 10,573-mile journey - New Falklands link will halve the price of travel to the islands (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: New flight makes dinner in London, breakfast in Sao Paulo and lunch in Stanley feasible - Christmas train strikes and engineering works to make rail travel a nightmare (11/6/2019)
Millions of passengers face rail disruption across Britain over the festive period - Man loses air miles for trying to smuggle fat cat onto flight using skinny body double (11/13/2019)
Passenger loses frequent flier status - British Airways leaves pensioner in London but flies her baggage to Cape Town (11/12/2019)
Exclusive: Under a new security regime, an airline can decide to dispatch a flight with a bag but not its owner on board - American Airlines flight slides off icy runway during snowstorm in Chicago (11/12/2019)
Video shows the plane lose control and careen onto the grass - Passengers warned to remove all valuables when checking in hand luggage at the gate (11/11/2019)
Theft from baggage at airports has always been a problem - Black Friday flight and holiday 'deals' potentially non-existent, warns Which? (11/12/2019)
Travel deals aren't always what they appear to be - Qantas to launch London-Sydney test flight despite new sustainability pledge (11/11/2019)
Australian airline says it 'recognises that airlines have a responsibility to cut emissions and combat climate change' - Virgin Trains triples Anglo-Scottish passengers in a decade (11/11/2019)
Train operator's franchise to end next month - Britain's biggest islands, from Skye to Anglesey (11/11/2019)
Exclusive: Scotland has the vast majority of territory and coastline, but Hampshire wins for addresses - Travel blogger condemned for posting photo of rubber duck outside Auschwitz (11/11/2019)
'Totally disrespectful and wholly inappropriate,' says one commenter - British Airways emits 18,000 extra tonnes of carbon dioxide every year to save money (11/10/2019)
Panorama exposes airlines' greenwashing in new expose - From Melbourne, Orlando to Birmingham, Alabama: Make sure you know where your flight is heading (11/8/2019)
Plane Talk: Tui's move to Melbourne (Florida) unlocks the potential for many more navigational errors - Crossrail delayed until 2021 with costs set to hit £20bn (11/8/2019)
Final cost could be one-third more than original £14.8bn estimate - Commuters have the right to be kept informed about the delays to Crossrail (11/8/2019)
Crossrail delays: Taxpayers and travellers are rightly cross about the delays to the prematurely named Elizabeth Line. They have the right to be kept in the loop, says Simon Calder - Wedding party kicked off Jetstar flight claim 'we were being attacked for looking ethnic and being Muslim' (11/8/2019)
'Our crew dispute these claims' says airline - Tourists charged £100 for three hotdogs, a sandwich and soft drinks in Rome (11/8/2019)
'We've had other complaints,' says restaurant owner - Qatar Airways flies 24-mile cargo route that takes just nine minutes (11/8/2019)
Another flight is scheduled for this Sunday - The ultra-long-haul flights that don't exist – but should (11/8/2019)
One of the routes is London-Brisbane, and three others are to and from Sydney - UK flooding: At least 10 rail routes blocked due to torrential rain (11/8/2019)
Some train operators are urging passengers not to travel today - My 1989 trip to East Berlin (11/7/2019)
A winter's journey through the Cold War front line - Woman accuses Jetstar of slut shaming: 'I doubt you'll be able to board your flight dressed like that' (11/7/2019)
'Team Leader was in the mood to publicly shame me,' says Serah Nathan - Cruise passengers including two-year-old child refused entry to China on visa-free permit (11/7/2019)
Exclusive: 'Even going through immigration when I arrived back England I started shaking,' said one rejected passenger. 'This is a holiday of nightmares' - Lufthansa strike: Thousands of passengers have their flights cancelled (11/6/2019)
The German airline has grounded 1,300 flights in total on Thursday and Friday, affecting 180,000 passengers - 'Safety is our utmost concern': Airline tapes over window crack (11/7/2019)
'Isn't it a major safety concern? Anyone listening?' asked passenger - Lufthansa strike: 700 flights cancelled stranding more that 4,000 passengers (11/7/2019)
Effects of 48 hour stoppage to continue into weekend - Ryanair rejects 737 safety claims as 'rubbish' (11/6/2019)
Three affected aircraft had been operating on UK routes until last month - Harry Potter's family home in Godric's Hollow now available to book for the night (11/6/2019)
Magical house costs £120 a night - Christmas travel disruption: Millions of rail passengers face chaos during holidays (10/21/2019)
Exclusive: Travellers to and from London, Cardiff and Edinburgh will bear the brunt of the closures - 'Typical Brit' cruise passengers calmly carry on drinking as water floods across deck during storm (11/6/2019)
Viral video shows those onboard sitting and chatting while water flows across the deck - Boeing faces accusations over 787 oxygen system dangers (11/6/2019)
Whistleblower claims 787 oxygen system was faulty