Ryanair has axed its family seating policy – but kids’ fees still add up The airfare for a baby on your lap could cost more than your own ticket. Here’s how airline charges and travel taxes can hit you
High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners Carmakers welcome ruling against suit claiming manufacturers including Nissan, Ford and Peugeot fitted devices to defeat emission tests
Ryanair passenger almost sucked out of shattered window during flight Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece
French billionaire becomes Vodafone’s largest shareholder with £4.4bn stake Xavier Niel buys 16% through investment vehicle Vega after Emirati telecoms group sells shareholding
US private equity firm Apollo enters bidding war for easyJet with £5.7bn offer Airline’s board ‘minded to recommend’ deal – after agreeing in principle to accept rival one from Castlelake
UK swelters in third heatwave of the year as western Europe counts cost of hottest-ever June Britain expands heat alerts while estimates suggest June’s death toll could surpass 20,000 across continent
VW workers protest in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe’s biggest carmaker
Licensed to drill? How a Trump-linked Texas oil company is elbowing its way into Greenland Greenland Energy says billions of barrels of crude could lie beneath territory and claims it has permission to bring drilling kit ashore – a claim denied by Nuuk
EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander Zinell
Oil prices rise sharply after Iran launches attacks on tankers near strait of Hormuz Brent crude benchmark rose to more than $80 a barrel, its steepest increase since ceasefire began
German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat VW to propose 100,000 job losses to board and says car plants could be put under foreign ownership to save jobs
Summer holiday bookings bounce back after fragile Middle East ceasefire, Jet2 says Company says market in good shape with strong recovery across all destinations as customers take the plunge
Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs say UK government urged to apply pressure on France to fix system or suspend checks by next week
EasyJet’s board has surrendered too easily to US bidder The company’s target to hit £1bn profitability is intact. Why isn’t the board putting up a proper fight?
EU rejects suspending biometric border controls despite 20 ‘difficult spots’ Officials admit new post-Brexit EES system is ‘not perfect’, as airports and airlines voice fears over delays