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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited managing director Inglis Lyon at Inverness Airport. Picture: The Scotsman

Future Flight: Airport chief upbeat that US tourists will fuel summer recovery

Tim Parks PIC: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images
Tim Parks PIC: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

Book review: Hotel Milano, by Tim Parks

Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.
Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.

British man executed in Iran after being accused of spying for MI6

Thousands of passengers arriving at airports in the UK are being warned they face disruption amid the start of Border Force strikes.
Thousands of passengers arriving at airports in the UK are being warned they face disruption amid the start of Border Force strikes.

Border Force staff strike as thousands arrive at UK airports

Air passengers are not expected to witness a huge impact at Glasgow due to UK Border Force staff strikes over Christmas. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA
Air passengers are not expected to witness a huge impact at Glasgow due to UK Border Force staff strikes over Christmas. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

No major impact forecast at Glasgow Airport despite strikes

Border force airport staff to strike around Christmas at UK airports

The new technology could significantly cut waiting times at airports.
The new technology could significantly cut waiting times at airports.

UK airports could scrap 100ml liquid hand luggage rule

Professor Alan Torrance has been waiting more than three weeks for his bag containing £2,500 worth of fishing equipment to be returned.
Professor Alan Torrance has been waiting more than three weeks for his bag containing £2,500 worth of fishing equipment to be returned.

Passenger who criticised Menzies Aviation has bag mislaid for second time

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London.
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London.

Being in London since Queen Elizabeth died has felt like a fever dream

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, where it will lie at rest overnight in the Bow Room. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022.
The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, where it will lie at rest overnight in the Bow Room. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022.

Heathrow flights delayed to ‘ensure silence’ during Queen’s coffin procession

Amber weather warning and heat health alert issued

British Airways is one of the carriers that forms part of International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Picture: John Devlin
British Airways is one of the carriers that forms part of International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Picture: John Devlin

British Airways owner back in profit for first time since onset of pandemic

Passengers have waited hours at Edinburgh Airport for information about their missing baggage. Picture: Fraser Mackenzie
Passengers have waited hours at Edinburgh Airport for information about their missing baggage. Picture: Fraser Mackenzie

Menzies ‘should hang heads in shame for deplorable lack of customer care’

Menzies Aviation said up to 3,000 bags had built up at Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Fraser Mackenzie
Menzies Aviation said up to 3,000 bags had built up at Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Fraser Mackenzie

Menzies Aviation: ‘Wholehearted apology’ for Edinburgh Airport baggage chaos

A man paddles in the fountain in Trafalgar Square, central London, as Britons are set to experience the hottest UK day on record as temperatures are predicted to hit 40C. Picture date: Tuesday July 19, 2022.
A man paddles in the fountain in Trafalgar Square, central London, as Britons are set to experience the hottest UK day on record as temperatures are predicted to hit 40C. Picture date: Tuesday July 19, 2022.

UK temperature hits 40C for first time as major incident declared in London

Views of the Szechenyi Chain Bridge from the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace. Image: Four Seasons
Views of the Szechenyi Chain Bridge from the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace. Image: Four Seasons

Review: How to spend a lavish, but exciting weekend in Budapest

Suitcases are seen uncollected at Heathrow's Terminal Three baggage reclaim area (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)
Suitcases are seen uncollected at Heathrow's Terminal Three baggage reclaim area (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Our governments are failing to manage multiple crises – Christine Jardine

Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London
Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London

Travel chaos as Heathrow orders last-minute cancellations affecting 10,000

Air passengers have suffered longer delays and more late-notice cancellations than before the pandemic. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA
Air passengers have suffered longer delays and more late-notice cancellations than before the pandemic. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Short-notice Edinburgh and Glasgow flight cancellations triple

British Airways is to cancel hundreds more summer flights as previous schedule cuts aimed at easing disruption proved insufficient
British Airways is to cancel hundreds more summer flights as previous schedule cuts aimed at easing disruption proved insufficient

British Airways cancels hundreds more summer flights

British Airways workers based at Heathrow have voted in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay, the GMB and Unite unions announced.
British Airways workers based at Heathrow have voted in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay, the GMB and Unite unions announced.

British Airways staff vote to strike over pay

EasyJet airplanes are parked on the tarmac. Picture: Hannibal Hanschke/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
EasyJet airplanes are parked on the tarmac. Picture: Hannibal Hanschke/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

EasyJet starts cancelling thousands of summer flights

Ryanair warns it will cost more to fly to Europe this summer - here’s why

Ryanair passenger jets. Picture: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images
Ryanair passenger jets. Picture: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images

Flight prices to soar by 10% this summer due to demand, warns Ryanair boss

Dozens of UK flights were cancelled on Monday as airlines continue to struggle with staff shortages.
Dozens of UK flights were cancelled on Monday as airlines continue to struggle with staff shortages.

Flights axed as airlines struggle with staff shortages

UK flights cancelled: More than 100 flights have been cancelled on Wednesday as travel disruption continues
UK flights cancelled: More than 100 flights have been cancelled on Wednesday as travel disruption continues

A further 100 flights have been cancelled

British Airways passengers in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 caught up in Saturday's disruption. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
British Airways passengers in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 caught up in Saturday's disruption. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

BA will hope passengers are as resilient as after its past IT failures

British Airways: Flights from Scotland face disruption as BA cancels all short-haul flights after IT outage. (Picture credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)
British Airways: Flights from Scotland face disruption as BA cancels all short-haul flights after IT outage. (Picture credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

Flights from Scotland disrupted as BA cancels short-haul flights after IT outage

British Airways resumed Inverness-Heathrow flights in 2016 after an 18 year gap. Picture: BA
British Airways resumed Inverness-Heathrow flights in 2016 after an 18 year gap. Picture: BA

British Airways suspends Inverness-Heathrow flights after Covid cuts demand

Charges are generally passed on to passengers in air fares (Photo: Getty Images)
Charges are generally passed on to passengers in air fares (Photo: Getty Images)

Heathrow passengers to face 50% hike in charges from next month

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport are proving controversial
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport are proving controversial

SNP’s stance on Heathrow expansion threatens green targets- Readers' Letters

A train operator has made travelling more tranquil – by hosting live yoga classe...

Royal Mail has launched a recruitment drive to hire around 20,000 seasonal workers this winter (Getty Images)
Royal Mail has launched a recruitment drive to hire around 20,000 seasonal workers this winter (Getty Images)

Royal Mail looking to recruit 20,000 seasonal workers for Christmas - how to app...

Edinburgh airport: Delays across UK airports as e-gates hit by IT failure
Edinburgh airport: Delays across UK airports as e-gates hit by IT failure

Delays at UK airports including Edinburgh as e-gates hit by IT failure

Reza Wood Designs is a family-run woodcraft and furniture company that creates its products from recycled oak Scotch whisky barrels.
Reza Wood Designs is a family-run woodcraft and furniture company that creates its products from recycled oak Scotch whisky barrels.

Scottish firm that recycles whisky barrels named Heathrow 'business champion'

Passenger limits on Caledonian MacBrayne's ferries are subject to an anomaly in Scotland's Covid rules (Picture: John Devlin)
Passenger limits on Caledonian MacBrayne's ferries are subject to an anomaly in Scotland's Covid rules (Picture: John Devlin)

What’s the difference between a plane and a ferry? – Brian Wilson

Staff serving food on the first BA holiday flight back to Lisbon.
Staff serving food on the first BA holiday flight back to Lisbon.

Portugal goes from green to amber - but what’s it like to travel there?

The UK Government has been urged to rethink its quarantine approach amid claims “red list” travellers are able to mix with passengers on planes and at airports.
The UK Government has been urged to rethink its quarantine approach amid claims “red list” travellers are able to mix with passengers on planes and at airports.

UK Government urged to rethink as ‘red list’ travellers mix with passengers

People returning to UK from ‘red list’ countries could be free to mingle with other travellers at airports and on flights (Photo: Shutterstock)
People returning to UK from ‘red list’ countries could be free to mingle with other travellers at airports and on flights (Photo: Shutterstock)

People returning to UK from ‘red list’ countries could be free to mingle with ot...

People must be honest about plans to get home after trips abroad
People must be honest about plans to get home after trips abroad

Readers' Letters: Confiscate passports of Covid Red List liars

Students arriving in Scotland from overseas will have to spend ten days quarantine Pic: Ian Rutherford
Students arriving in Scotland from overseas will have to spend ten days quarantine Pic: Ian Rutherford

'Drop £1,750 quarantine charge for students'

Shane Duffy pictured as Celtic left from Glasgow Airport for their midseason training camp in Dubai on January 02 (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)
Shane Duffy pictured as Celtic left from Glasgow Airport for their midseason training camp in Dubai on January 02 (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

Celtic defender flies home from Dubai training camp

The Scottish Government has been urged to withdraw support for a third runway at Heathrow
The Scottish Government has been urged to withdraw support for a third runway at Heathrow

Drop support for Heathrow third runway, Scottish Government told

Terminals 2 and 5 will be the first to offer the tests
Terminals 2 and 5 will be the first to offer the tests

Heathrow Airport has launched a pre-departure Covid testing facility

The retirement of the planes was marked with a double take off tribute (Photo: Shutterstock)
The retirement of the planes was marked with a double take off tribute (Photo: Shutterstock)

British Airways retires its final two Boeing 747 planes

Wetherspoons to axe hundreds of jobs at airpot branches including Edinburgh Airport
Wetherspoons to axe hundreds of jobs at airpot branches including Edinburgh Airport

Wetherspoon to cut jobs at airport pubs

Latest updates on coronavirus across the country
Latest updates on coronavirus across the country

Scotland weather LIVE: Edinburgh, Glasgow and Central Belt enjoy heatwave

Turkish Airlines are offering NHS staff 40 per cent off flight tickets to say thank you for their efforts throughout the coronavirus crisis (Photo: Shutterstock)
Turkish Airlines are offering NHS staff 40 per cent off flight tickets to say thank you for their efforts throughout the coronavirus crisis (Photo: Shutterstock)

Turkish Airlines offers 40% off tickets for NHS workers

The boss of Heathrow is urging the government to allow travel between so-called “low-risk countries” (Photo: Shutterstock)
The boss of Heathrow is urging the government to allow travel between so-called “low-risk countries” (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK urged to allow ‘travel corridors’ between low-risk countries so flights can r...

Cameras will initially be used to monitor arrivals in immigration halls in Terminal 2 (Photo: Shutterstock)
Cameras will initially be used to monitor arrivals in immigration halls in Terminal 2 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Heathrow and Edinburgh airports to trial temperature checks - here’s how it work...

Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Ian Georgeson
Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Temperature checks to be introduced at Edinburgh Airport

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path

Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.
Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.

Island sorely ruffled by RSPB Scotland plans to cut warden's job