the department for transport said it is focused on minimising disruption for passengers this summer , and that as part of this, it was working with airports on when it could be appropriate to allow additional night flights, which would be subject to consultation. our business reporter noor nanji has more. we have already seen big queues at airports this summer. now come warnings of more disruption. with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. the cancellations are triggered by an amnesty on take off and landing slots which ends this friday. it compounds existing problems. we are now ri . ht in compounds existing problems. we are now right in the compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of the compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of the peak- now right in the midst of the peak summer travel
at airports this summer. now come warnings of more disruption with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. the cancellations are triggered by an amnesty on take off and landing slots, which ends this friday. it compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we are still experiencing problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing a tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of the cancellations. a spokesperson from the airline told the bbc that they welcome the new measures, adding it would make it easier to consolidate some of our quieter daily flights to multifrequency destinations well in advance and to protect more of our holiday flights .
police believe four sexual assaults on teenage girls in south east london could be linked. the girls aged between 13 and 17 were all attacked in the thamesmead and woolwich areas over the past month. detectives have released an image of a man they want to speak to. a new report suggests the cost of covid on high streets in central london is equivalent to almost a year s worth of takings. centre for cities says its data suggests 47 weeks worth of sales were lost between the first lockdown and last december. london s airports have welcomed an announcement by the government that airlines will be forced to operate more flights this summer. from the end of march they ll have to use at least 70% of their take off and landing slots or risk losing them. heathrow and gatwick say it will help business to recover. let s take a look at how the tube is running. the metropolitan line has minor delays between moor park and watford.
Ryanair Holdings Plc is accusing German competitor Deutsche Lufthansa AG of raising false environmental concerns about so-called ghost flights to protect its bases at major airports. (Photo/Ryanair) Lufthansa has claimed European Union slot regulations will force it to fly 18,000 flights without passengers over the winter season, causing unnecessary carbon-dioxide emissions. While activists including Greta […]
army veteran, and he s got a group going m too. he told me he worked with a group of vets and law makers to get those americans out, himself. the state department didn t help at all. originally our plan was to do an air evac. that was thwarted by the state command and state department. when we landed our plane we had a ppr, and a crew fly over from the faa to approve, the plane was a designation of a humanitarian aircraft. we could actually do wait and balance. 25 americans on that plane, nine thousand feet in decent, landing gear down and approve landing slots, they waived us off. i hear this over and over again in different situations. foxnews.com shows state department is blocking flights