Airlines “cannot expect a free pass” on taxes aimed at reducing carbon emissions, despite the industry’s marked resistance to an EU report on taxing aviation.

Air traffic control strikes and staff shortages cost the EU economy €17.6bn in 2018 in the worst year of delays for air passengers in nearly a decade, industry association Airlines for Europe has said.

A furious row has broken out between British Airways and the British Home Office over "dreadful" immigration queues at airports.

There will be more travel disruption tomorrow as French air traffic controllers continue their strike for a second day.

The industry group representing most of Europe’s airlines has hit out at the European Commission, saying some sort of response is needed following yesterday’s French air traffic control strike.