As BAA finally admits defeat and agrees to sell Stansted Airport, who are the potential buyers and what sort of job would they make of running it?

As Etihad steps in as a possible buyer for a stake in Aer Lingus, could Ryanair's third takeover bid for the Irish flag carrier enter yet more turbulence?

Michael O’Leary tends to be a CEO that polarises public opinion, but no one can doubt his achievement in taking Ryanair, the low cost Irish carrier founded in 1985, from a small provincial operation to one of Europe’s largest and most profitable airlines.

Things must be bad if Lufthansa can’t fix BMI

This deal is testimony to the determination of boards wanting to get a deal done.