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EasyJet slashes expansion plans
EasyJet confirmed that the brakes have been firmly applied to the astonishing growth of the low-budget business model this morning by slashing a planned fleet increase due to high fuel costs and weakening demand.

Passport workers' strike threatens summer holiday chaos
Thousands of holidaymakers could find their travel plans disrupted by a three-day strike by passport workers.

Aviation: Half price oil, cheaper tickets - report sees flaws in case for third Heathrow runway
The economic case for expanding Heathrow is flawed because the argument for building a third runway at Britain's largest airport relies on optimistic assumptions including a low oil price and escalating passenger demand for flights, a new report argues.

Holidaymakers face summer of chaos on Britain's failing railways
It's the summer holidays.

Sun and cheap beer lure music fans to foreign fields
The microphone screeches as the Festivalbus rep explains the rules of the journey.

Ryanair to ground Stansted planes in winter freeze
Ryanair's aggressive expansion plans became the latest victim of the airline industry downturn yesterday as Europe's biggest low-cost carrier said it would ground 12 planes at Stansted airport this winter and close seven European bases.

Artificial reef: Surfers wait to catch Dorset's £3m wave
You'll change into your wetsuit in the world's grooviest beach hut, designed by Red or Dead founder Wayne Hemingway, tuck your surfboard under your arm, trot down to the sea and paddle out like mad.

Is that the way to do it? PM tightens his belt and opts for beach huts and Punch & Judy
Children scatter across the warm sand.