Irish airline Aer Lingus is to open eight new routes from Belfast International to London and Europe.

A woman whose bizarre behaviour aboard a London-to-Washington flight provoked a massive security scare will be held indefinitely at a residential mental health facility in New Hampshire, a federal judge ruled today.

POP star Cat Stevens was escorted off a transatlantic flight and denied entry to the United States because of fears he has links to terrorists, security officials said yesterday.

US AIRPORT security was criticised last night after a passenger was arrested for carrying ammunition on a flight from Washington to London.

US airport security was criticised tonight after a passenger was arrested for carrying ammunition on a flight from Washington to London.