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Holidaymakers have been advised to make sure they print their boarding passes before heading to the airport. The warning comes after reports of confusion, a global IT outage and high charges for travellers.

If you've ever been on a plane and heard some terms that left you clueless, you're not alone.

British Airways has launched a scheme to recruit 200 pilots, training them from scratch with no previous experience necessary. The Speedbird Pilot Academy will be accepting applications for 2025 later this year - but people who are interested can read up on the requirements first - and see if they are eligible.

We've been flying to holiday destinations for over 100 years, but the art of aviation is still shrouded in a considerable amount of myth and mystery. Generated by fear, gossip and lively imaginations, the internet is rife with tall tales and alarming assertions.

Love Island dumpee Lolly Hart revealed what it was like for her in the villa as the latest bombshell who came in just a couple of weeks before the final. While her time was short when her and Konnor Ewudzi were dumped during Wednesday (18 July) night's episode, less than a week after Lolly entered, the blonde bombshell still had her fair share of frosty encounters, a ring on her finger and her fair share of snogs. Lolly revealed exclusively to OK! that she actually had to reshoot one of the challenges four times.The Snog Marry Pie challenge returned this year and while some delivered their pies with more vim, Lolly revealed that she had to reshoot her pie-ing Reuben four times.

IndiGo Airline, one of India's leading carriers, has rolled out a pioneering service that allows female passengers to opt not to sit next to men on their flights.

A Scottish hiker has told how his lifetime dream to trek through the Himalayas has been "ruined" by British Airways. Choudhary Shahid - who is the first Scottish-Asian to bag all of Scotland's 282 Munros - has accused the airline of crushing his ambitions to scale the K2 base camp and Gondogoro Pass in Pakistan after his luggage was "lost" following a connecting flight from Glasgow to London on July 9.

Shoppers are raving over a pair of noise cancelling headphones that they insist 'beat Sony and Bose hands-down'. The JLab JBuds LUX ANC Smart Active Noise Cancelling Headphones are £79 on Amazon, but they're currently much cheaper on the JLab website.

Now that we're fully in holiday season, many will be hopping on EasyJet, Jet2 and Ryanair flights to get to their destinations this summer. One of the most important things on the list of travel essentials is of course an approved cabin case, or you risk facing unwanted and unexpected fees at the gate before you fly.

Passengers have been warned against wearing shorts while on a plane by a Tui flight attendant. It comes as thousands of people jet off on holiday in the coming weeks over the summer break.

Ryanair customers have been venting their frustrations on X (formerly Twitter), bashing the budget airline's "disgusting" hand luggage limits. As more innocent travellers fall foul at the boarding gate due to having too large cabin bags, many are swearing off the airline completely after being hit with additional charges for their bags failing to comply with the company's ultra-strict dimensions.

Ryanair has announced that travellers can expect "materially lower" airfares during the peak summer period compared to last year. It comes as the airline said it had seen a significant drop in quarterly profits.

Scots holidaymakers have been left stranded at European resorts in the aftermath of a global IT outage.

If you're a keen traveller, then you'll know that the best cabin bags are the ones that have additional room for all your packing essentials.

A couple of years ago, I thought I'd lucked out when I managed to bag £50 return flights from Liverpool Airport to Barcelona with a carry on case. In advance, I looked up the baggage dimension rules, and eagerly packed my items thinking all was above board - not realising I'd made a rookie error.

Operations are back to normal at Manchester Airport following the disruption caused on Friday by the global IT outage. Thousands of flights around the world were cancelled and delayed due to the Crowdstrike glitch on July 19 which saw airports resorting to manual check-in and boarding.

Jet2 and EasyJet passengers are being reminded to pay attention to a lesser-known rule that applies to all 'wheeled and handled' bags. Each airline has its own rules regarding the hand luggage passengers can bring on board and the type of suitcases that can be checked in.

Tui holidaymakers were left stranded in a 'nightmare' situation, for 50 hours at Corfu airport following a global IT outage.

Tui passengers were left stranded in a 50 HOUR delay 'nightmare' in Corfu airport after a global IT outage sparked travel chaos worldwide on Friday (July 19).

Air travel is recovering after facing major disruption following a global IT outage on Friday which saw airlines affected across the world, causing delays and some cancellations. Long queues formed at Manchester Airport after check-in and boarding had to be conducted manually.

Holidaymakers are continuing to face some disruption at Manchester Airport following a global IT outage. Airlines were hit by the worldwide technical glitch yesterday, causing delays and some cancellations.