All news on the topic: Civil Aviation Authority

Airlines including Jet2, EasyJet and TUI have topped the list for the UK's worst routes – with some delays forcing travellers to languish in airports for hours

Consumer rights expert Martyn James explains everything you need to what to watch out for before you jet off on holiday, including airport rip-offs and how to save cash on the plane

Ryanair pilot Peter Gregory, 25, was killed during a hot air balloon competition in Worcestershire as a report found his vessel climbed rapidly before a parachute inside it stalled

An investigation has revealed that departures from Gatwick Airport were nearly 27 minutes late on average in 2023

Plans to bring in new scanners which can speed up the process of checking bags and allow passengers to bring higher volumes of liquid in hand luggage have been pushed back

A report published earlier this month by the Civil Aviation Authority showed flight punctuality at UK airports was significantly below pre-pandemic levels last year, despite a surge in air fares

The Civil Aviation Authority said it is proposing to adjust the caps on charges it previously set for 2025 and 2026 following a "re-examination" of its decision in March last year

A review of the August bank holiday air traffic meltdown looked at what happened when provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a technical glitch while processing a flight plan

Civil Aviation Authority figures show just 64% of flights departed or arrived within 15 minutes of the scheduled time in 2023

Ozzy Osbourne called the Bound 2 rapper Kanye West an "antisemite" after he'd asked to sample one of the Black Sabbath frontman's performances

Wizz Air, Ryanair, Vueling, British Airways and Iberia have been ranked at the bottom of a list of worst short haul airlines in Europe according to respondents to a Which? survey

The owners of the UK airport reported underlying pre-tax profits of £38 million in 2023, against losses of £684 million the previous year and marking the first time it has made a profit since 2019

An easyJet pilot reportedly 'cancelled' a flight shortly before it was due to take-off from Birmingham to Geneva due to a "funny smell" leaving more than 100 passengers stranded

Specialist Aviation Service, which provided helicopters and pilots for air ambulance services across the South of England, has been sold to Gama Aviation

Abhilasha and Ashok Aliseril jet off anywhere they like with daughters Tara, eight, and five-year-old Diya after Ashok built an aeroplane in the garden of their home in Billericay, Essex

If approved there will be up to 80 drone flights a day going to hospitals and elsewhere in North East England to send frequently-used supplies, from medicines to joint replacement implants

Passengers planning on travelling via air over the Christmas period have been advised of some items which cannot be brought on board planes with millions set to fly to see loved ones

Gatwick, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Bristol and Stansted have all featured in a list of the airports in the UK with the highest number of delayed flights so far in 2023, according to Civil Aviation Authority data

Wayne Smith, from London, was left furious in the wake of security checks at Stansted Airport in which he said a worker forced him to expose his stoma and hernia

The amount that aviation firms will have to pay to fund the UK's air traffic control system will rise by 43p per passenger after widespread disruption this summer

Ryanair, Iberia, Vueling Airlines, Royal Air Maroc and Qatar Airways have all featured in a list of the airlines with the highest numbers of lost bag cases over the past four years

Married British Airways pilot Mike Beaton was sacked after it came out he had an outrageous night of drink and drug-fuelled debauchery

A British Airways captain has shared his opinion on sacked colleague, former first officer Mike Beaton, who allegedly snorted cocaine off a topless woman before a flight

Airlines including Ryanair, British Airways and TUI have different advice for customers due to fly into and out of the UK this week after hundreds of flights were cancelled on Monday

Hundreds of flights were cancelled when a technical glitch with the UK's air traffic control system on Monday forced controllers to input flight plans manually - with disruption expected for days