Travel

Motorists will get some respite from high fuel prices, after the Chancellor scrapped September's fuel duty hike.

The average price of petrol at the pumps has reached the 140p-per-litre mark again, the AA has said today.

Air passengers could soon get better travel rights, if a raft of changes proposed by the European Commission come into force.

British Airways says it will cut prices on all its short-haul flights from Gatwick for passengers who don't check in a bag.

Drivers have been given a boost as the big four supermarkets are all cutting petrol prices.

Holidaymakers needing medical treatment in crisis-hit Spain and Greece should beware of having their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) unlawfully refused.

British Airways customers travelling to or from Spain should urgently check whether their flight is still on due to a strike by Iberia workers. The airline left a plane-load of angry passengers waiting in vain because it failed to tell them it had cancelled their flight from Malaga to London City airport.

The plummeting pound is making holidaymakers' costs rise, with sterling at its lowest level against almost every major European currency for well over a year.

The majority of motorists who challenge parking tickets issued by private firms are winning their cases under a new appeals service.

British Airways (BA) says it will cut prices for passengers who travel with hand-luggage only.