BA boss faces bumpy ride over profits and fuel

Rising fuel costs erode airline's financial prospects amid threat of chaos as pilots plan strike over Open Skies operation

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Economy short-changed by Heathrow passengers

More than a quarter of passengers stop only briefly to change planes and pay no air passenger duty, The Times has learnt

Pre-fab hotels for visitors to London Olympics

Visitors to the London Olympics in 2012 will be staying in some pre-fab hotels built in China

Heathrow boss quits after T5 fiasco

Mark Bullock, the man in charge when thousands of travellers lost their luggage, has resigned from the airport's operator, BAA

British panda-watchers missing in Sichuan

19 Britons on trip to Chinese panda reserve have been missing since yesterday's massive quake, Kuoni Travel says

BA in search for high-powered operations chief

British Airways has asked headhunters to find someone who could one day succeed chief executive Willie Walsh

Bargains galore in Las Vegas

Holidaymakers looking for a bargain break could hit the jackpot by booking trips to down-on-its-luck Las Vegas this summer

First test of the world’s newest theme park

Hard Rock Park in South Carolina brings insubordinate adolescence to theme parks through nerdy details

My hols: Moby

Moby loves bungee jumping, but in a posh hotel, he’s like a fish out of water

United States says air tax is illegal

Another business tax row has erupted after US government made a blistering attack on new £2.5 billion aviation duty

It's Armani v Versace in Dubai

Heavyweight fashion houses Armani and Versace are going head to head in a style battle of the boutique hotels

Safety fears as staff shortage hits aviation

A shortage of airline pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers has hit airlines already dealing with record oil prices

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BAA in grave danger as refinancing attempts fail

If BAA loses the support of its debt-holders it may have to sell more assets, potentially leaving it one crown jewel: Heathrow

What makes a low-cost airline?

With Ryanair, if you pick flights that leave at sensible times and then add the 'tax and fees', you'll be paying £140 for a return

BAA may sell Gatwick to ease finance troubles

BAA may have to bring forward the sale of Gatwick Airport to enhance its credit rating, which is one notch above junk

OpenSkies gets OK to launch from Paris Orly-New York JFK

BA subsidiary gets the nod from UK and US authorities to launch flights and will codeshare with premium French airline L'Avion

'Hybrid' airlines make play for business travellers

Airlines such as easyJet and bmibaby are shedding their low-cost origins to woo the big spenders

EuroManx joins list of airline casualties

Isle of Man-based airline ceases operations, citing rising fuel prices and fewer passengers