British Airways' Final Service from the North West of England to New York

British Airways' final service from the north west of England to New York's JFK airport left at 1018 BST. A spokeswoman said a decline in business travellers and increased competition had forced the move.

New York was British Airways' only remaining international route from Manchester Airport, future passengers will have to travel via London.

The British Airways (BA) flight from Manchester to JFK airport in New York used to fly on a daily basis, seven days a week.

Travellers can still fly with BA from Manchester, but only via Heathrow and Gatwick.
Other firms, including Delta and Continental, offer transatlantic services from Manchester.

Ryanair has been voted as the World's Least Favourite Airline

It's not a big surprise, really, but guess who has been voted the world's least favourite airline? Yes, it's the airline we love to hate. It's Ryanair. Trip advisor's annual poll of over 8,000 passengers has revealed the low-cost airline as passengers' least favourite. It's scored a hat-trick - that's three years in a row that the airline has come bottom of the Tripadvisor league.

Those asked cited lack of legroom, unfriendly staff and delays as the airline's main problems. And yet, and yet...Guess how many people Ryanair says will fly with it this year? 42 million. That's 42 million passengers who are willing to put up with the lack of legroom, unfriendly staff and delays. Anything for a cheap flight, especially in our credit crunched times.

There was one surprise in the poll, though. No matter how much passengers moan about British Airways, it has, along with Singapore Airlines and Air France, been voted top of the favourite airlines. No matter delays, lost luggage and price hikes - it seems BA is the world's favourite airline after all.

British Airways Introduces New Bag Charges

British Airways (BA) is set to introduce a new Heavy Bag Charge for luggage from November. The airline will begin charging a £25 fee for bags that weigh more than 23kg and less than 32kg from November 26th. Customers will only be able to pay the new charge at the airport, while BA has also said that it will not accept luggage that weighs more than 32kg on its flights.

BA will also introduce new excess baggage charge prices from September 1st that will see customer payments increased by 20 percent.However, the airline is keen to encourage customers to use its website, so offers a 20 percent discount to those that pay in advance online.

BA is one of several international airlines that have cut prices on some of their flights. Tickets for flights on some of the carrier's routes have been reduced by as much as 36 per cent.