British Airways carried 2.5% fewer passengers last month than in June 2006, it was announced today.

Hundreds of passengers had to queue in the rain today after the identification of a suspect package led to a part-evacuation of a terminal at the UK’s biggest airport.

Spaniards today fell silent in Madrid to protest against the latest killings blamed on the armed Basque group Eta.

The Spanish prime minister toured a scene of utter destruction from a car-bombing and today warned the Basque separatist group Eta it had acted futilely by detonating the blast, insisting his government and people would not be intimidated.

Four days after a powerful car bomb attack at Madrid’s airport, blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta, rescue workers were today giving up hope of finding alive two people caught in the explosion.

Spain’s ruling Socialist party today said a peace process launched with a March ceasefire announcement by armed Basque separatists was now dead, not just suspended, following a weekend car bombing.

Crews sifting through tonnes of rubble have reached the core area of a car bombing blamed on Basque separatists, but cannot go any faster as they search for two missing men, Madrid’s mayor said today.

A powerful car bomb exploded at Madrid’s international airport today, injuring 26 people and leaving two missing in an attack blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA.

A gaming firm which displays luxury cars at airports luring holidaymakers to compete to win them began trading on the London stock market today.

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

Passengers today made the best of an uncertain situation as British Airways tried to clear the Heathrow flight backlog.

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.

Millions of pounds have been taken in an apparent armed robbery at Heathrow Airport.

A former Formula 1 racing driver arrested when he tried to take a knife stuffed into his sock onto a transatlantic flight today said the incident was an ‘‘embarrassing mistake’’.