Air travel

A third runway at Heathrow could be toxic for politicians from all three main parties. What did they say then and what are they saying now?

With a report recommending a new Heathrow runway as one option to reduce airport congestion, London’s mayor claims the environmental impact of his Thames Estuary plans would be negligible.

Is a brand-new floating airport on the Thames the one-stop solution to Britain’s aviation needs? Or is simple expansion of Gatwick or Heathrow the better option?

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin refuses to rule out Heathrow airport’s expansion after 2015, insisting David Cameron would not betray voters if a third runway is built after the next election.

On the day that a tenth person dies as a result of the helicopter crash on a pub in Glasgow, the company that operated the helicopter grounds all of its fleet of 22 EC135 helicopters.

Disruption hits some of the UK’s biggest airports after a glitch in air traffic control systems forces operators to delay and even cancel some flights.

Footage posted on YouTube by David Goodship shows an Emirates 777 aircraft struggling against high winds at Birmingham airport.

As the government announces new measures to tackle extremism, Ajmal Masroor, an imam at a London mosque, joins Usama Hasan from the Quilliam Foundation to talk about whether the plans will work.

A Yemeni government official says the authorities have foiled an al-Qaeda plot to capture oil and gas export facilities and a provincial capital in the eastern part of the country.

The US state department issues a worldwide travel alert related to an al-Qaeda threat and advises Americans to take extra care when they are abroad.

An aeroplane is forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow after an engine fire.

The government should reject the “Boris Island” Thames Estuary airport plan and expand Heathrow instead, according to a new report from MPs.

A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 is discovered.

Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah was detained by US border guards over Christmas. Our reporter Jamal Osman, a British Somali journalist, says it’s a common experience – and tells his story.

2012 has been the safest ever year for air travel, according to new figures from flight advisory service Ascend.