Police have acknowledged that suggestions there may never have been a drone at Gatwick Airport were down to "poor communications".

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry, from Sussex police, said officers are working on the theory there is more than one drone, although the last sighting was at around 10pm on Thursday.

Ryanair has announced that all of its flights scheduled to fly in and out of Gatwick Airport today will instead operate to and from London Stansted.

A drone "put 130 lives at risk" after it nearly hit an aircraft approaching London Gatwick, a pilot said.

British Airways could be facing huge compensation costs after thousands of passengers were stranded by a global IT crash.

A passenger plane was forced to carry out an unexpected landing after being struck by lightning.

Twenty-five passengers, including a 14-year-old boy, were removed from a plane by police after the captain refused to fly due to reports of disorderly behaviour.

A man who was tasered by police on board an aircraft at Gatwick Airport has been detained under the UK’s Mental Health Act.

A man has been Tasered by police in England on board an aircraft at Gatwick Airport after reportedly wanting to take two pieces of hand luggage onto the plane.

The European Commission has approved the International Airline Group’s proposed acquisition of Aer Lingus.

The owners of Manchester Airport plan to invest £1bn (€1.37bn) over 10 years to upgrade Britain’s third-largest airport and help it compete harder with Heathrow and Irish airports for passengers.

An exploration firm has announced the discovery of billions of barrels of oil reserves at a site near Gatwick airport.