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A UK trial aimed at making ground support for the aviation industry more sustainable has been held in Devon. Vehicles assisting a flight departing Exeter Airport were powered using hydrogen gas on Tuesday in the “UK’s first zero-carbon turn” of a commercial aircraft. The airport said it was the first time a Boeing 737 passenger...

The government has approved plans to expand London Luton Airport. Luton Rising, the airport’s owners, wanted to increase airport capacity from 18 million annual passengers to 32 million by 2043. This would involve building a new terminal, new taxiways and increasing the capacity in the existing terminal. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the proposals despite...

Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration’s detention, interrogation and deportation machine has shown a new level of cruelty. The detention and deportation of visa holders, followed by over 200 Venezuelan nationals without due process, has caused judicial controversy and a struggle in the courts. But activists and progressives cannot simply rely on the...