Air passengers face higher tax to fly from London

31 December 2010 The Coalition Government is studying plans to charge higher taxes on flights from the South-East and lower taxes on journeys from airports in other regions such as Northern England. Under plans to reduce congestion at South-East airports, hundreds of...

British Airways wins ruling on cargo cartel class action

18 November 2010 British Airways (BA) has won a High Court battle to prevent legal action from two UK flower importers that filed a lawsuit against BA, on the grounds that they suffered loss as a result of the airline’s involvement with a global cartel that fixed the...

Competition Commission invites BAA Ltd submissions

19 November 2010 The Competition Commission (CC) is inviting submissions on whether or not there have been any relevant developments that it should take into consideration since it made its decision last year requiring BAA Ltd to sell three of its airports. In March...

Transport Hub 2011 given the green light

17 November 2010 Founding members of ‘Transport Hub’, the travel version of ‘Health Hotel’ and ‘Climate Clinic’ at the Party conference season, have given the green light to ‘Transport Hub 2011’ after declaring 2010’s...

Flybe plan £200 million stock market float

14 November 2010 Flybe is in the final stages of planning for a stock market flotation that would value the airline at £200 million. Flybe’s advisers, Band of America, Merrill Lynch and Investec, are known to have been working on the potential float for some...