Opponents of Royal Dutch Shell’s use of a Seattle seaport terminal to prepare for exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean have attacked on two fronts.

BRITISH Airways chief executive Willie Walsh came under increased pressure yesterday following the resignation of two executives at the airline.

British Airways is to postpone moving most of its long-haul flights to Heathrow’s T5 because of continuing problems at the £4.3bn (€5.3bn) terminal, union sources said today.

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.

Airports operator BAA today remained on track to handle 6% more passengers than a year ago even though traffic slowed in the run-up to Christmas.