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Passengers numbers this year predicted to hit 82.4m but airport’s future uncertain, with proposed £6bn sale in doubtHeathrow is expecting its busiest ever summer holiday season but faces uncertainty over its long-term future as the proposed £6bn sale of the UK’s biggest airport remains in doubt.The airport said on Wednesday that the summer getaway this year was expected to be “the busiest on record”...

Higher seat availability has resulted in lower airfares, group says, but cost-of-living pressures continue their impact on holiday plansGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAirlines have finally shaken off the lingering effects of Covid, with capacity back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to data from Flight Centre.Global seat availability climbed back over 100% of 2019...

Worksafe also charged World Travel Expeditions after Lachlan Cook, 16, died in hospital following health complicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA travel company and a Melbourne private school have been charged over the death of a student who became unwell on a school trip.The Kilvington grammar school student, Lachlan...

Passengers, who have since rejoined vessel, missed scheduled departure time from São Tomé and scrambled to reunite with shipEight cruise passengers had to scramble to reunite with their cruise ship after being left behind in São Tomé and Príncipe.The passengers, including a pregnant woman and a paraplegic traveller, missed their scheduled departure time from the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea,...

Bank holiday weekend and start of school holidays take place at same time, with high traffic volumes expectedDrivers are being warned to expect long delays over Easter as millions of getaway trips lead to soaring traffic volumes and congested motorways.The RAC said that more than 14m journeys on some popular routes could take twice as long as normal, as the first bank holiday weekend...

Offer comes as research shows half of families in UK have never holidayed abroad with grandparentsEasyJet’s holiday wing is offering “grans go free” places on trips to Europe, after research found half of families had never holidayed abroad with their grandparents.Under the offer, one grandparent on the trip can travel free of charge to countries including Spain, Greece and Italy. The tour operator said...

Access to Incan site in Peruvian Andes restored after dispute over new electronic rail ticketing systemPeruvian authorities have reopened the train route to Machu Picchu, after an agreement was struck to end more than a week of protests that had blocked access to the famed Incan site and stranded tourists.PeruRail said in a statement a partial service had restarted on Wednesday and that a...

Train services suspended due to safety concerns as people demonstrate against Peru’s consolidation of ticket salesProtesters in Peru are blocking access to Machu Picchu, leaving some tourists stranded amid local anger over a new ticketing system halting rail transport to one of South America’s most popular heritage sites.Train services to the ancient ruins high up in the Andes have been suspended since Saturday due...

Damage to buildings and flying debris expected as country set to be battered by wind and rainStorm Isha is set to batter “everybody” in the UK with wind and rain during a “rare” weather cycle, forecasters say.Winds of up to 80mph will swoop in later on Sunday, potentially causing power cuts and loss of mobile phone signal, while roads and bridges are likely to...

Michelin-starred chef announces ‘Le Gavroche residencies at sea’ on two Cunard lines but says iconic restaurant will shut on 13 JanuaryOn Saturday night Michel Roux Jr will close the doors on Le Gavroche, his two Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair, for the final time 56 years after his father and uncle, the Roux brothers, opened it in 1967.Roux, 63, said he was closing the restaurant...

Video shows airline staff and other passengers holding a man down after disturbance on flight on SundayFederal police are investigating after Qantas cabin crew were forced to pin down a disruptive passenger on a flight from Bali on Sunday.Video shows Qantas staff and other passengers holding the man down after a disturbance on a flight from Bali to Melbourne. Continue reading...