Air travel

With 18,000 cars expected on the roads, drivers are warned of black ice and congestion as traffic hits its peak tonight. One traveller tells Channel 4 News of his 4-day journey from Iraq to Scotland.

As the travel chaos continues across Britain, Channel 4 News keeps you updated over the Christmas period.

The Met Office predicts it will be “mainly dry” from Christmas Eve, as ferry companies tell Channel 4 News they have seen five times as many passengers as normal for this time of year.

Hundreds of thousands of people may not reach their Christmas destinations abroad because of the travel chaos in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. Channel 4 News looks at the full picture.

Forecasters say freezing weather conditions are likely to remain until after Christmas, as a passenger tells Channel 4 News there is “solidarity” in the airport queues.

Severe weather and snow in the UK and Europe have grounded flights and caused travel chaos in the run-up to Christmas, with an “unprecedented” number of breakdowns, the AA tells Channel 4 News.

Freezing weather and rising energy bills are pushing more people into fuel poverty, Channel 4 News is told.

Forecasters say the UK is experiencing some of the most severe winter weather in a century, with more sub-zero temperatures and snowfalls of up to 20cm, or eight inches, expected today.

Wildcat strikes by Spanish air traffic controllers have disrupted the travel plans of 250,000 people across Europe. A UK businessman stranded in Menorca tells Channel 4 News he feels “very unlucky”.

Ken McCluskey, new leader of the country’s biggest union, pledges to lead the fight against the coalition government’s cuts – and refuses to rule out the possibility of a general strike.

A bomb travelled onboard two passenger jets before being seized in Dubai. Lord Carlile tells Channel 4 News the UK’s counter-terrorism review must focus on the dangers of radicalised individuals.

British Airways reports pre-tax profits of £158m in the six months to the end of September, despite cabin crew strikes and travel disruption caused by the ash cloud of an Icelandic volcano.

Airline passengers will have to pay up to £170 more to fly from next week as new aviation taxes are introduced, as the head of BA tells Channel 4 News the levy is “naïve”.