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Passengers on board a holiday jet flying from Spain to Birmingham have told how it was shadowed by a French fighter plane for up to 15 minutes, according to The Independent.co.uk

Low-cost carrier Jet2 said it was awaiting confirmation from French aviation officials as to why flight LS1204 was apparently tracked by the French air force on Friday afternoon.

More than 670 flights of the British airline British Airways have been canceled because of a crash in the system, the news agencies reported.

British Airways was operating most of its flights from London's two largest airports on May 29 after a computer system failure stranded thousands of passengers over a holiday weekend and turned into a public relations disaster.

The airline planned to run more than 95 percent of flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick on Monday, Chief Executive Alex Cruz told Sky News.

Computer problems are causing delays for British Airways passengers worldwide, the airline has said, reported BBC.

The carrier apologised for the "global system outage" and said it was "working to resolve the the problem as quickly as possible".

Heathrow Airport said it was "working closely" with BA to solve the issue.

British Airways canceled all flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports on May 27 as a global IT failure causes severe disruption for travelers.

Thomas Cook says it will double the number of agent “fam trips” for its independent partners this year.

The fam trips-abbreviated vesion of familiarisation trips- will include long haul destinations Florida and Mauritius, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Majorca, Tenerife, Santorini and Cape Verde.

British travel company Thomas Cook posted broadly flat annual profit after its attempt to grow was hampered by customers turning their backs on holidays to Turkey, and said it was encouraged by future demand for trips abroad.

A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for New York has returned to London's Heathrow Airport after a laser was beamed into the cockpit.
     
The airline said in a statement Monday that flight VS025 decided to return to Heathrow rather than making the trans-Atlantic crossing. Passengers were offered overnight accommodation and the airline apologized for any inconvenience.
     

The flight BA632 of British Airways to Athens landed on Heathrow airport due to fuel leakage.

According to information, one of its motors had stopped operating because of the fuel leakage.

The airplane of the British airlines landed safely on runway 27L at Heathrow airport and according to information, passengers will board on another plane to continue their journey to Athens.

Pilots of British Airways flight BA49 heading to Seattle, notified Control that they are facing a state of emergency and that the airplane is landing back at Heathrow, according to the Daily Mirro.