The practice of adding credit & debit card surcharges on travel purchases has become epidemic in the UK over the past few years, and now the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has concluded the activity is unfair to consumers.

easyJet launches premium flexible fares aimed at business travelers.

The history of budget air travel can be traced back to Southwest Airlines in Dallas, Texas in the Seventies, but it was not until the Nineties that deregulation of the European market allowed low-cost pioneers Ryanair and easyJet to really take off

70 new routes for Europe's second largest budget airline in 2010.

easyJet will be cutting 20% of the airlines' flights out of London Luton airport and will be closing the East Midlands airport hub by 2010.

Now there's one less budget airline in Europe, after Sky Europe filed for bankruptcy on 1 September. The failed airline has also suspended all flights, stranding passengers waiting for their return flights.

David Dimbleby, the host of BBC Question Time, was one of many hundreds of travelers stuck at Stansted the other day because Ryanair only opened 11 check in desks for 255 flights.

For those with last minute travel plans, Ryanair has improved their booking process so that you can fly on the same day as you book. On the website you can now go ahead and buy a ticket at anytime up to 6 hours before the scheduled departure time.

A recent survey carried out by Continental Research (July 2009) found that budget airlines are failing to live up to passenger expectations with many complaints relating to hidden costs.

Never a company to shy away from upsetting their passengers, Ryanair has upped fees and plan to lower service levels to less than you'd expect on a city bus. In Communist Russia. And CEO Michael O'Leary is quite proud of this

In what has to be a new low for an airline, European budget carrier Ryanair will now give fines to passengers with “excess” cabin luggage

Budget airline Ryanair wants to offer flights to the U.S. for just £8 plus tax. The budget airline is preparing to buy cheap planes from struggling rivals for the service, which could start at the end of next year

easyJet's Iannos Stelios has just launched a new airmiles credit card for his budget airline, and if you're a frequent easyJet traveler, it may be a useful way for you to get free travel.