Delta Air Lines and the FBI have launched an urgent investigation after needles were found in turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam, injuring a passenger.

British airports operator BAA overcame the impact of the London bombings and the Gate Gourmet catering dispute to post an 8% rise in operating profits today.

British Airways today said the wildcat strikes that paralysed its Heathrow operations this summer cost it between £35m (€51.8m) and £45m (€71m).

British Airways tonight signed a new deal with its caterers at Heathrow Airport, finally bringing to an end a row which led to huge travel disruption in the summer.

British Airways, hit lately by the Gate Gourmet catering dispute and rising fuel prices, enjoyed a welcome boost in terms of passenger numbers last month, it was announced today.

Union leaders will question new British Airways boss Willie Walsh over the future of thousands of jobs after he announced there were “further opportunities” for efficiencies, it was revealed today.

GATE GOURMET, the caterer at the centre of a two-day strike that grounded 700 British Airways flights, said it offered sacked and current employees compensation as part of a plan to reduce its workforce.

Fresh talks aimed at resolving the bitter row over the sacking of hundreds of Heathrow Airport catering workers are to resume today.

Union leaders tonight accused the company at the centre of the Heathrow airport dispute of walking out of peace talks and claimed that negotiations had now “collapsed”.

Losses by major oil stocks weighed on investors in London today as the FTSE 100 Index fell back to the 5300 level.

There are fears for up to 200 jobs at Dublin Airport today following an announcement by the catering firm Gate Gourmet that it may go into administration.

SIPTU's industrial action committee today agreed to defer a planned strike at Dublin Airport.

A strike threat by airline catering workers at Dublin Airport has been averted, it emerged tonight.

Unions and management at the Gate Gourmet catering firm have entered talks in an effort to avert possible strike action at Dublin Airport.

Dublin Airport could be facing disruption similar to that seen at London Heathrow last week following a vote for industrial action by 200 catering staff.

Talks aimed at ending the row behind the Heathrow airport chaos will continue today as it emerged that the catering firm at the centre of the dispute considered provoking strikes last year to replace staff with cheaper labour.

BRITISH AIRWAYS was back to 95% of its scheduled service at Heathrow last night as the airport recovered from a catering row that spoiled thousands of holidays.

Desperate passengers were enduring a fourth day of misery at Heathrow today as efforts continued to clear huge delays caused by a catering row.

British Airways will spend another day dealing with angry passengers today after refusing to give stranded holidaymakers priority tickets over other travellers.

Thousands of holidaymakers were still in limbo tonight as Heathrow struggled to recover from a catering row that has crippled the airport.

TENS of thousands of passengers remained stranded last night as British Airways battled to clear a backlog of flights at Heathrow Airport following an end to unofficial action by its staff.

British Airways is to resume limited flights from Heathrow airport tonight, the airline announced.

Managing director of Heathrow Airport Mick Temple has said days of delays face passengers at the airport after British Airways cancelled all its flights because of an unofficial walkout by baggage handlers.

BRITISH Airways has cancelled all flights into and out of Heathrow Airport until this evening because of the unofficial strike by baggage handlers.

British Airways tonight cancelled all its short-haul flights from Heathrow airport because of a worsening crisis caused by an unofficial walkout by baggage handlers which stranded tens of thousands of passengers.

Tens of thousands of air passengers were hit by travel chaos today when a lightning strike by baggage handlers grounded British Airways flights at Heathrow Airport.

A catering row which has hit British Airways services escalated tonight after the airline was forced to halt all check-in to its flights at Heathrow airport.