Ticket prices set to rise by 15p as Heathrow able to recover runway project money UK airport gets green light to charge airlines more to use the hub, which is expected to mean higher fares for flyers. #Ticket #Prices #Rise #Heathrow #WorldNews

Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs CAA says airport can recoup £320m through higher airline charges, which are usually passed on to travellersHeathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the airport was given permission to recover early costs from developing its expansion plan.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced it had permitted Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to recoup £320m spent on its proposal to build a third runway since the start of last year. Continue reading... #ArtificialIntelligence #Heathrow #Passengers #Face #News

Weather tracker: Why Europe’s wildfires are proving so fierce and difficult to stop Wind and record-breaking heat are fuelling the continent’s explosive fire season, with Spain and France among worst hitExplainer: what is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?Europe wildfires live – latest updatesA combination of an unusually wet winter, very low rainfall since spring and repeated record-breaking summer heatwaves is likely to explain why wildfires have ignited, spread and resisted control so readily across France and Spain in recent days.About 90% of wildfires are started by human activity, typically igniting “fine fuels” such as vegetation grass, pine needles, litter and twigs. And recent weather has almost certainly made ignition far easier. Drought in western Europe has turned this vegetation – which normally dries after only a few hours of heat and low rainfall – into tinder. Continue reading... #Wildfires #Weather #Tracker #Europes #News

Beyond Greece and Rome A broader view of antiquity is emerging, one that traces trade, travel, and cultural exchange across Afro-Eurasia rather than centering only the Mediterranean world. [aeon.co] #Beyond #Greece #Rome #News

Building a 'different kind of forest' after devastating wildfires French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Monday "to rebuild a different kind of forest" as he visited an area ravaged by wildfires in southwest France, adding that "the coming weeks will be tough". FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Yuval Zelnik, Researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ecology Department. #Wildfires #Building #Different #Kind #News