Those considering flying to France to avoid the ongoing chaos caused by Thursday's Channel Tunnel fire may wish to think again: major operators including British Airways and Air France have been accused of cashing in by charging £600 for flights between London and Paris. Though BA protest this is the standard price for a late booking in business class, and claim they have increased capacity by running larger aircraft, a French passenger group accused them......

Hot-foot it to St Pancras, buy a ticket, board the Eurostar, and you could be swanning down the Champs-Élysées or loafing through the Jardin du Luxembourg in a little over 2 hours. Not quick enough for you? What if the journey time was reduced to under two hours. Impossible? Not according to Air France who, despite their aviation-inspired name, are planning to run trains through the Channel Tunnel when Eurostar's monopoly ends in 2010.......

Time was that travellers driving to Heathrow were greeted with the sleekly moulded contours of a model Concorde as they drove past the airport's entrance roundabout, a sight rich with the promise of airborne dreams and the supersonic age. Sadly the 2000 crash-landing and post-9/11 penny pinching by joint operators British Airways and Air France meant the costly jet was soon sacrificed, with the remaining craft grounded in 2003 and sent to museums (including......

London City Airport is closed until further notice after an Air France jet burst its tyres on landing: The Air France 146 jet from Paris got into difficulties when it touched down on the runway at 0835 GMT on Tuesday. It came to rest at the eastern end of the runway and all 55 passengers and five crew were transported to the terminal uninjured, the airport said. An inquiry has been launched and passengers......

Latest airport news: Air France yesterday cancelled four flights to London due to congestion, but generally it looks like things are getting better. The Daily Mail meanwhile gets right to the heart of the issue...by slagging off John Prescott. The hearing against the Met over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes was adjourned yesterday after police lawyers requested extra time to consider their plea. Ken's new planning powers will go under public consultation......