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What is the most expensive ticket for a top London show?   It depends on your take.   “Home from Away” is the true story of the 7,000 airline passengers who were involuntarily diverted to Gander in Newfoundland, Canada, following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.  Now retold as a musical it is playing to the London theatre following a highly successful tour.   But if you want to see it in a unique classical theatre setting the best place for watching is on Cunard’s Queen

Drawing attention to the importance of manners while flying, United Airlines has updated its contract of carriage to include a clause prohibiting passengers from playing media out loud on personal devices without headphones.  The airline will ban future travel for any customer who refuses to comply.  Will British Airways follow?

The next Aviation Club lunch on Thursday 12 February is at the Royal Overseas League and features Guest of Honour, Thomas Woldbye, CEO Heathrow since October 2023.  The proposed £49 billion third runway scheme has been called an unaffordable “vanity project” that does not meet the needs of passengers, research has found.  The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport said the development was based on assumptions about traveller behaviour, airline economics and capacity a

Hotelier Surinder Arora, has capitulated with his plans for a 2800m third Heathrow runway north of the Bath Road.  No actual reason was given in a surprise short statement.  The airline industry (including British Airways) is sceptical of the very expensive Heathrow PLC scheme, which has the support of the Department for Transport (DfT).

Murdo Morrison  reports for Flight Global   11 December 2025 Loganair’s growth over the past decade has largely been by filling gaps left by failed, fellow regional carriers. However, the Scottish airline’s chief executive is “very cautious” about opening new services from east of England airports vacated by Eastern Airways, which collapsed in October.   Speaking at the Aviation Club in London on 10 December, Luke Farajallah said one of Humberside-based Eastern Airways’ core

Malcolm Ginsberg takes a look at the new Cunard ship, a long time coming due in the main to Covid.   It is a bit of a Cunard tradition.  In 1929, RMS Queen Mary was ordered but she did not enter service until 1936.  Finance was the problem. With Queen Anne documents were signed in 2017.  Her maiden voyage was not until May 2024 with a somewhat quieter introduction than is usual for a Cunard ship.  No Royal naming.    If you have never been cruising Cunard’s Queen Anne is prob