CAA in airport charges shake-up
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The Civil Aviation Authority plans to scrap price caps on airline charges at Stansted - but tighten them elsewhere.
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No-frills airline easyJet has said that disruption caused by increased security at airports in Britain after an alleged terror plot last month would cost it about 4.0 million pounds.
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Air Canada said it had been included in the European Commissionâs investigation into price fixing on freight services. The airline added that it might suffer a liability as a result. Air Canada, Canadaâs biggest airline, said it was cooperating with investigators. It said it had received an official charge sheet, which sets out the commissionâs preliminary assessment in its investigation into suspected anticompetitive cargo pricing activities. The activities include the levying of certain fuel surcharges by a number of airlines and cargo operators in breach of antitrust laws. The European Commission last week charged several airlines, including British Airways , Lufthansa and SAS, with fixing freight service prices. Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines said they too had received a notice from the commission.
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The airlines balk after the FAA proposes congestion pricing and flight caps for airports in the New York area.
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Airport congestion might cost more than Â£5bn a year by 2015, if London's airport expansion plans are scrapped, a study finds.
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Continental Airlines said Wednesday that it was joining other US carriers in imposing new fees on tickets bought at US airport counters and reservation centers.
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A proposed $10 round-trip airfare increase that initially looked like it might stick fell apart over the weekend. The increase was proposed by American Airlines late last week and matched
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Airports operator BAA is to say that last month's terror security alert cost the business at least Â£20m.
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Air carrier jumps on word of a giant new contract, but is it for real?
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The aviation industry says it can no longer afford the spiralling costs of security at UK airports.
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LONDON Air France and its unit KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, as well as British Midland Airways, announced new fare surcharges on Wednesday as a result of higher fuel costs. They follow similar moves by British Airways and Deutsche Lufthansa.
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Airlines apparently pushed through a fare increase yesterday after months of unsuccessful attempts to raise prices, helping to offset record-high jet-fuel costs.
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British and U.S. authorities are investigating alleged price-fixing in passenger fares and fuel surcharges by British Airways PLC and other airlines, the carrier said Thursday, and two senior executives have been placed on leave.
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Britainâs consumer affairs watchdog urged competition authorities to explore a breakup of the British airports group BAA, which runs Heathrow Airport in London, saying its dominance had led to poor service and high charges. The ruling could lead to the forced sale of some of BAAâs three London airports, which also include Gatwick and Stansted, and which handle 90 percent of air passenger traffic in southeast England. The Office of Fair Trading said it planned to refer airport ownership to the Competition Commission.
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Struggling United Airlines is adding a $10 fee to tickets purchased at airport counters and a $5 fee for tickets purchased at reservations offices.
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British Airways introduces its new excess baggage charges, but says some rules will not be enforced until September.
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British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharge as a result of the continuing rise in the price of oil. The airline said its longhaul surcharge on all UK bookings will rise from Â£6 ($10.