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'Old' carriers monopolise airport timeslots as ground services face more competition. The European Commission will present changes to rules governing airport services such as...

Siim Kallas says ban should remain in place 'to avoid confusion'. The European Commission has called on member states to delay lifting a ban on carrying liquids on to planes.

Transport commissioner gets tough on response to snow. Siim Kallas, the European commissioner for transport, has heavily criticised airports for the current travel...

Interior ministers agree tougher measures for risky airports. EU member states have agreed to tighten air cargo security and to apply tougher rules to shipments from...

EU agreement will allow planes to fly in most of Europe. More planes will be able to fly in Europe tomorrow after EU transport ministers agreed to reduce restrictions...

Transport ministers meet in La Coruña to weigh up the pros and cons of body scanners. The merits and drawbacks of using body scanners at airports will be argued over...

Security experts to meet officials today amid concerns about passengers' privacy. The European Commission is to revive an earlier attempt to introduce EU-wide rules on the...

Ban on liquids could be extend to 2012. The European Commission will tomorrow (9 October) urge transport ministers to maintain, at least until 2012, a ban on passengers...

Proposal to suspend the ‘use it or lose it' rule; low-cost carriers and airports criticise plan. The European Commission is facing resistance from MEPs over a proposal...

European airports say discount carrier's new restriction will reduce revenues. Europe's airports today warned that Ryanair's ‘one bag' rule, which prevents passengers of...

Passenger numbers rose by over 20% in four new EU member states; largest airports continue to see business rise. The number of airline passengers in the EU rose by 7.4% in...

Air travellers in the EU may finally be able to know in advance what they can and cannot take on board. In a decision that will overturn some EU secrecy laws agreed...

Duty-free goods bought by air travellers from Croatian airports have regularly been confiscated. Security restrictions affecting airline passengers travelling from...

European Commission approves Polish state's support for construction of an airport in Lublin. The European Commission has given the green light for Poland to provide two...

Commissioners adopted a document which effectively amends the 2004 EU regulation on the allocation of landing and take-off slots in EU airports, so that “secondary...

Our attention has been drawn to comments about night-flight curfews in your article ‘Preparing for “open skies: the sequel”' (3-9 April).

Air travel may now be accessible to all, but consumers often get a poor deal. European air travel has been in the spotlight in recent weeks – for contrasting reasons. On...

Air travel may now be accessible to all, but consumers often get a poor deal. European air travel has been in the spotlight in recent weeks – for contrasting reasons. On...

The European Parliament, the European Commission and EU member states remain divided over how the cost of security at airports should be borne with formal conciliation talks...

The technology to combat security threats to aircraft is evolving constantly, writes Judith Crosbie. The attacks on the US on 11 September 2001 focused the minds of...