Heathrow passengers hit by second day of disruption after cyber attack September 21, 2025 London Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, is grappling with a second consecutive day of disruption after a cyber attack on a critical airline IT system forced carriers to abandon automated check-in and boarding. The problems began late on Friday when Collins Aerospace, a US-based supplier of airline technology, confirmed its Muse system, which allows multiple [...]
Cyber attack hits Heathrow and European airports September 20, 2025 A cyber attack has caused flight delays at Heathrow and several European airports, with problems lasting for hours on end. Airports in London, Berlin and Brussels have warned passengers that their flights may be delayed due to technical issues in check-in and boarding systems. The software provider, Collins Airspace, was suffering a technical issue for [...]
Easyjet takes £15m hit from ‘unacceptable’ French air traffic control strikes July 17, 2025 Easyjet has revealed a hit of around £15m from recent air traffic control disruption in France as it warned the “scale of industrial action” would impact annual profits. “We are extremely unhappy with the strike action by the French ATC in early July, which as well as presenting unacceptable challenges for customers and crew also [...]
Wizz Air to pull out of Abu Dhabi and cancels all flights July 14, 2025 Wizz Air has revealed plans to pull out of Abu Dhabi and cancel all flights from the start of September. The London-listed carrier added it intends to exit its joint venture and will “focus on its core markets” in the future. Wizz Air said the move follows a “comprehensive reassessment of market dynamics, operational challenges, [...]
BA Cityflyer: Profit almost doubles at London City Airport carrier July 11, 2025 Profit almost doubled at BA Cityflyer, the main airline operating from London City Airport, in 2024 despite falling passenger numbers. The business, which is wholly owned by British Airways, has posted a pre-tax profit of £20.3m for its latest financial year, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The latest total comes after the [...]
Wizz Air CEO gets huge bonus despite tumbling shares and profit June 25, 2025 The chief executive of Wizz Air saw his pay take off despite the airline’s profit tumbling during its latest financial year. Jozsef Varadi took home a pay packet of €3.8m (£3.2m) for the Hungarian low-cost airline’s year to 31 March, 2025, according to its annual report. The CEO’s remuneration was boosted from the €1.3m he [...]
Easyjet is ‘significantly undervalued,’ says Peel Hunt May 29, 2025 Easyjet shares edged up on Thursday alongside a bullish earnings outlook from Peel Hunt for the year ahead. “We believe Easyjet is significantly undervalued,” analysts at Peel Hunt said in a note, with shares rising around 2.8 per cent by mid-morning. Sustained travel demand has underpinned the budget airline’s growth and is yet to tail [...]
Easyjet holds guidance as it eyes £700m profit May 22, 2025 Easyjet has doubled down on full-year guidance as forward bookings showed promise ahead of summer. The low-cost carrier said bookings had been such that it expects to meet a prior target of £703m for annual pre-tax profit. Headline pre-tax losses came in at £394m, up 13 per cent year-on-year for the six months ended 31 [...]
Tui shares slump as losses widen after quitting London May 14, 2025 Shares in Tui have slumped as losses widened despite a bumper performance from its cruise segment. Underlying operating losses increased by €18m to €207m (£174.3m) even as second quarter revenue rose from nigh-on breakeven to €3.7bn. Shares were trading down around the 11 per cent mark in early deals on Wednesday. The travel operator did [...]
IAG: Pay for British Airways owner’s CEO takes off after FTSE 100 success March 5, 2025 The chief executive of British Airways owner IAG has received a huge pay rise after its shares surged on the FTSE 100 over the last year. Luis Gallego has been handed a pay packet of £4.6m for the group’s latest financial year, up from the £3.1m he received for 2023. The latest figure also compares [...]