British Air Traffic

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  British Airways Scrap 100 Flights To Cut Noise For Queen's Funeral

  British Airways will scrap 100 flights from its London Heathrow base on Monday and re-time others as the airport, airlines and air traffic controllers work to minimize noise during Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral.

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  8 From UK Test Positive After Arrival In India Amid Mutant Strain Fears

  Eight passengers who arrived in India last night on two separate flights from London have tested positive for COVID-19, while those on a British Airways plane that landed this morning in the national capital are being tested, officials said today. These developments come amid rising fears over a new strain of coronavirus that has been detected in t...

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  Flights Delayed At Two Major British Airports Due To Technical Snag

  Britain's air traffic authority NATS said it had done enough to fix an earlier system issue for flights to start returning to normal after technical problems delayed planes at Britain's two busiest airports, London's Heathrow and Gatwick.

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  Delhi's Plan To Limit Use Of Cars Endorsed By British Science Minister

  The visiting science minister of the United Kingdom, Jo Johnson, has endorsed the plan of the Delhi government to restrict traffic flow. "Systems of rationing traffic flow are common throughout the world, so India is not doing something that is totally unheard of," he told NDTV.

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  Cargo Flight in British Columbia Missing With 2 on board

  A cargo flight with two people on board flying between Vancouver and the northern British Columbia city of Prince George on Monday morning lost contact with air traffic authorities, the Vancouver Airport Authority said.

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  Britain to Hold Inquiry Into Air Traffic Control Chaos

  Britain is to hold an independent inquiry into a computer failure at its air traffic control hub which caused chaos for thousands of travellers last week, aviation officials said Monday.

• Air Traffic Control Failure Disrupts Flights Over Britain

  Hundreds of flights to and from London were disrupted on Friday by a technical failure at England's main air traffic control centre, which a senior government minister said was "simply unacceptable".

• British officials relax safety rules over volcanic ash

  Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules on Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe's busiest airports reopened after a dense volcanic ash cloud dissipated.Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said it agreed with airlines, regulators and engine manufacturers on new rules that ...

• British plane-spotters to walk free

  Two Britishers, accused of illegally recording conversations between pilots and Air Traffic Control, have been allowed to walk free by a Delhi court.