Nepal's tourism minister is reported to be among six people who were on board a helicopter which went missing amid bad weather in the country's mountainous region.

Ryanair has secured a UK operating licence to fly within the UK and UK to non-EU routes in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority is stepping up efforts to ensure that airlines and aerospace companies can carry on functioning in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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Ryanair has pledged to make it easier for passengers to claim compensation when flights are delayed or cancelled.

Collapsed airline Monarch has won an appeal against a court decision that had stripped it of rights over valuable airport slots, in a boost to administrators who are hoping to recover money for creditors.

Low fares regional airline Flybe has warned that first-half profits will be lower than expected, sending shares tumbling as higher maintenance costs compounded a tough airline market.

Low fares regional airline Flybe has warned that first-half profits will be lower than expected, sending shares tumbling as higher maintenance costs compounded a tough airline market.

Update - 10.35am: Around 860,000 customers are affected by Monarch Airlines going into administration, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

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Ryanair has agreed to give the Commission for Aviation Regulation weekly updates on the number of passengers out of Ireland who are entitled to compensation and expenses as well as the numbers of claims submitted and claims closed out.

Latest: Ryanair has announced that the company has fully responded to requirements imposed by the Irish Commission for Aviation Regulation and the UK Civil Aviation Authority to clarify customer entitlements in the wake of "deeply regretted" cancellations.

Ryanair has until 5pm today to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations or face possible action by the UK's aviation regulator.

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Ryanair has been ordered by the UK's aviation regulator to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations by 5pm on Friday.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the UK, is launching "enforcement action" against Ryanair for failing to give customers accurate information about their rights following a wave of flight cancellations.

The owner of Norwegian Air is understood to have entered the race to secure a tie-up with Monarch Airlines in an attempt to snatch a bigger slice of Britain's low-cost travel market.

Disabled passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport are being forced to wait up to two hours for assistance disembarking aircraft, the aviation regulator said.

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Amazon has joined with the British government on a new programme that will explore the safe use of drones for home deliveries.

A British Airways flight was struck by what is believed to be a drone as it came in to land at Heathrow Airport, police said.

A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital Juba, killing dozens of people, witnesses said.

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The UK’s aviation regulator is taking legal action against Ryanair in a bid to ensure it changes its policy on paying flight delay compensation.

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A father and his young son cheated death in the Shoreham air disaster only because wedding limousine driver Maurice Abrahams let their car go ahead of his.

Restrictions put in place as toll from Shoreham crash could reach 20 once all wreckage is removed

An object found on the French island of Reunion has been confirmed as “a domestic ladder” and is not a plane part, amid reports that a new piece of plane debris, possibly from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, was found on the island.

Tourists travelling to Greece this summer are being advised to take enough euro in cash to last their entire holiday and cover any emergencies amid fears the country is heading for a financial collapse.

A man has failed to appear in court over allegations that he flew a drone over packed football grounds and operated an unregistered aircraft.

Pilots with a history of depression should not be banned from flying commercial jets, according to a leading British psychiatrist, in a warning against a knee-jerk reaction to the French Alps air disaster.

A British coroner has warned that toxic fumes in plane cabins pose a risk of health damage to aircrew and frequent fliers.

The MH370 plane crash has been officially declared an accident by Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority.

A pilot who flew an executive jet from Spain while hungover after a three-day drinking binge has been jailed in England.

Divers are renewing their attempts to locate large objects on the Java Sea bed believed to be the fuselage of the AirAsia flight that crashed more than a week ago, killing all 162 on board.

Relatives of AirAsia crash victims sought strength in prayer today, a week after the disaster killed all 162 people on board, as rough weather again prevented searchers from reaching a large object on the seabed believed to be the plane’s fuselage.

Indonesian officials have said that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the ocean floor.

New guidelines have come into force to strengthen the rights of air passengers with disability or reduced mobility.

A UK pilot has admitted flying a passenger jet from Spain while three times over the alcohol limit.

Aviation authorities in Europe continue to watch for developments in Iceland where planes are on high alert following a volcanic eruption.