Airlines and activists unite  to fight Stansted plan
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Â· Inquiry into 10m increase in Stansted passengersÂ· Airlines say BAA scheme would put up prices
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Stansted airport is the designated emergency landing ground for planes in British airspace hit by in-flight security alerts. Emergency services at Stansted have successfully dealt
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The Association of Flight Attendants, representing workers at United Airlines, US Airways Group Inc. and 24 other carriers, plans to call for a nationwide strike if any
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Campaigners vow to continue fighting airport expansions as the government commits to schemes a two airports.
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Thousands of European activists opened an annual gathering to debate ways to press their governments into forging new strategies which challenge a system of US-led military and corporate power they charge is fueling war, poverty and ecological disaster.
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Environmental groups prepare to lobby a public inquiry into plans to expand airport.
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British tycoon Richard Branson urged the aviation industry to join his Virgin Atlantic airline in an ambitious plan to combat the potential &quot;catastrophe&quot; of global warming.
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A protest is staged at Gatwick Airport over the deportation of three Zimbabwean asylum seekers
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Rail commuters are going on "fares strike" to protest about prices, overcrowding and unreliability.
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Farmers and lorry drivers are set to take part in protests across the UK against the rising cost of fuel.
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Budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC threatened to take legal action against the British government unless it meets three demands for relaxing airport security and improving staffing at overstretched airports within the next seven days.
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Hundreds of Gatwick Airport baggage handlers and maintenance workers vote to strike on Saturday.
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How the growth of aviation will become a fierce battleground between environmentalists and big business
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Union leaders are to hold talks with  airport operator BAA  on Monday in an attempt to avert  a series of strikes that could cause widespread travel chaos in  January.
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Four peace activists climbed a crane on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday to campaign against Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s plans to renew the country&#39;s nuclear deterrent.
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Talks aimed averting a strike by workers who refuel aircraft at Heathrow break down without agreement.
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A lobby group fighting to save the Londonderry rail link today repeated calls for the Government to upgrade the service.