The new £4.3bn (€5.5bn) Terminal 5 has opened for business at London's Heathrow Airport today, with the first plane landing eight minutes early.

Ryanair announced today that 4.8 million passengers used the service in August making it the busiest month for the airline this year.

British Airways' finances received a vote of confidence today after the company's credit rating was upgraded to its highest level for almost four years.

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has been granted entry into Britain, despite reports he'd been banned from the country following an airport brawl in April.

British Airways is to close its four call centres in the Caribbean because of reduced demand and the growth of the internet, the company said today.

Low-budget airline Ryanair today announced 5 new routes from the UK.

The Iseq index of Irish shares was up 83.44 points to 5189.81 today, after yesterday saw an estimated €2bn wiped off the underlying value of Irish shares.

British newspapers have reported that a huge jobs cull will be part of British Airways' latest business programme to be implemented over the next two years.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has reiterated its warning against non-essential travel to Saudi Arabia due to risk of attack on Westerners.

Ryanair is to face a new competitor on its London to the West Country route.

EasyJet has come a step closer to buying British Airways' German subsidiary.

Although British Airways beat forecasts for its first-quarter earnings yesterday due to the strict implementation of its cost cutting programme, shares fell 10p to stg£1.40 on the FTSE, a drop of 6.6%.

The FTSE 100 Index was up 29.1 at 5149 after an hour's trading.

Go carried 81.5% more passengers in March than in the same month last year.

Falls in banking and telecom stocks have pushed the FTSE 100 Index down 26.2 points at 5163.5.

The FTSE 100 Index has surged ahead thanks to a strong performance from oil stocks.

US rock guitarist Peter Buck is due to stand trial in connection with an alleged air rage incident on board a transatlantic flight.

REM's Peter Buck has been committed to crown court on charges relating to an alleged air rage incident on board a trans-Atlantic flight.

British Airways' passengers have suffered more disruption as computer check-in problems continued to cause delays.

The impact of fuel costs and the slowing US economy should overshadow British Airways' assessment of the last nine months of 2000.

Concorde has successfully completed its first flight in four months, with fans giving the supersonic aircraft an enthusiastic welcome back.