25 h. ago Airlines 'lack confidence' in Heathrow bosses after tunnel shutdown connecting terminals sparked huge travel chaos

A scathing letter written by Heathrow AOC - the body representing 90 airlines - accuses Britain's biggest airport of 'poor' management during the disruption.

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30 h. ago Major Spanish airport in chaos as construction sparks huge queues

Travellers were subject to longer than normal security lines at a Majorca airport recently due to construction work, but the Spanish airport authority assures that this was a "one-off incident"

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5 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Person pronounced dead after being hit by train near Stevenage

Travel chaos and cancellations ensue after a person was hit by a train near Stevenage

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5 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Chaos on Tube as points failure halts Circle and Hammersmith & City lines

The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines have been entirely suspended due to the fault at Edgware Road station

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5 d. ago How Birmingham Airport closure sparked air travel chaos across Europe

Birmingham Airport shut its runway after an “incident with a light aircraft” on Wednesday (6 August), resulting in all flights being suspended until the runway opened later that day.

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6 d. ago Thousands face travel chaos after emergency landing shuts runway at Birmingham airport

Passengers faced hours of delays even after the runway reopened

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6 d. ago Birmingham Airport reopens after private plane crash landed in emergency

The plane crash caused travel chaos as Birmingham Airport was closed for hours with passengers stranded at the travel hub and airborne travellers forced to land elsewhere

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6 d. ago Passengers at Birmingham Airport face travel chaos with 93 flights impacted after private aircraft forced to make emergency landing

All departures and arrivals at Birmingham were halted after the twin-engine Beech B200 Super King Air plane declared an in-flight emergency on the way to Belfast today and diverted to the airport.

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8 d. ago UK travel chaos as Heathrow airport hit with 'technical fault' causing 'severe' delays

Passengers at Heathrow Airport have been impacted by a 'technical fault' that's causing 'severe' delays. 

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8 d. ago Storm Floris: Scottish government holds emergency meeting amid warnings of more UK travel disruption

Scotland says there have been 119 incidents on the rail network caused by Storm Floris, including 75 tree-related onesThe Scottish government has held emergency meetings in response to the “significant disruption” caused by Storm Floris across the country, with warnings of further travel chaos on Tuesday as poor weather continues.On Monday night, the Scottish government’s Resilience Room held a meeting to help decide an appropriate response to the storm, which has included power outages and almost 120 rail incidents. Representatives from the Met Office, Police Scotland, Transport Scotland and transport and utilities companies were in attendance. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Thousands of Eurostar passengers have their summer holidays delayed after a track closure in France sparked by a power failure

Thousands of Eurostar passengers are suffering major travel chaos because of a track closure in France which was sparked by a power failure.

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8 d. ago Storm Floris batters Britain as fallen trees and 90mph winds cause travel chaos with flights axed and trains cancelled

In Scotland, police have warned drivers to stay away from two roads in Aberdeenshire and the Western Highlands - which were blocked by fallen trees and overturned campervans respectively.

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9 d. ago Storm Floris weather maps show exact time UK will be battered with up to 100mph winds

The Met Office has given amber weather warnings and warned of travel chaos as Storm Floris is set to batter much the UK today with 90mph winds and a danger to life alert in place

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9 d. ago Batten down the hatches: Storm Floris surges towards Britain with travel chaos expected amid 90mph gusts and Met Office amber warning

A yellow weather warning for wind has been issued for northern areas of the UK from 6am today until 6am tomorrow.

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3 w. ago Commuter hell as major signalling problem hits South Western Railway with passengers issued urgent 'do not travel' warning

Travel chaos has erupted for commuters this morning as a major signalling issue has hit South Western Railway, with an urgent 'do not travel' warning issued from London Waterloo.

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3 w. ago Alaska Airlines grounds all flights after IT outage sparking travel chaos for thousands of passengers

Carrier orders grounding of its entire fleet with details of outage yet to be revealed

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3 w. ago Alaska Airlines ground stop sparks travel chaos across the US

The major airline issued an extraordinary request at 10.50pm EST to the US Federal Aviation Administration to stop all mainline flights across the United States due to a system-wide IT outage.

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3 w. ago UK weather maps show weekend of thunderstorms as Met Office issue yellow weather warning

Brits face a weekend washout as storms, torrential rain and 30C heat collide, with flood alerts, travel chaos and danger-to-life weather warnings issued across the UK

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4 w. ago Ryanair claims French airport strikers wanted ‘time off’ amid travel chaos

The airline has warned passengers that further strike action could return this summer

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4 w. ago Flash flooding hits NYC and New Jersey declares state of emergency as storms soak Northeast

A flood warning was in effect for all five boroughs of New York City on Monday night, while New Jersey declared a state of emergency

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