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The latest news, updates and features on London Stansted Airport (STN), an international airport located in Essex in England – one of six serving the UK capital. Stansted is the largest base of low-cost airline Ryanair.

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Worst UK airports for security queues revealed

Channel: UK UK November 23, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson
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Armed police storm easyJet flight and arrest three men over ‘bomb hoax’

Channel: UK UK October 22, 2022 By Brooke Davies

Stansted Airport flights halted due to 'security incident'

Channel: UK UK October 19, 2022 By Liam Coleman

'RAF jets escort Jet2 flight to Stansted after alleged bomb scare'

Channel: UK UK October 13, 2022 By Harrison Jones
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at London Stansted Airport, in Stansted, Britain, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The Bidens are in London to attend the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joe Biden lands at Stansted Airport for Queen's funeral (but not on Ryanair)

Channel: UK UK September 18, 2022 By Liam Coleman
File photo dated 16/03/10 of the car park at Edinburgh Airport, as drop-off fees have increased at two-thirds of the UK's major airports since 2019, according to research. PA Photo. Issue date: Saturday August 27, 2022. Sixteen of the 22 airports analysed have introduced or raised charges for dropping off passengers in the past three years, an RAC investigation found. See PA story AIR Charges. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'Sky high' drop off fees yet another reason to avoid UK airports like the plague

Channel: UK UK August 27, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson
Busier then normal Heathrow T5, London, 22nd July 2022. Travellers are facing long queues at airports accross the country this morning on what is expected to be an extremely busy day for air and road travel as the schools break up and the summer getaway begins.

What time should you arrive at the airport for your flight?

Channel: UK UK July 23, 2022 By Caroline Westbrook

More flights to be cancelled this summer with no end in sight to travel misery

Channel: UK UK June 16, 2022 By Jordan King

Thousands miss their flights after queuing for hours at airports

Channel: UK UK May 31, 2022 By Aidan Radnedge
Man smuggled cocaine through Stansted Airport in golden duck statue

Man smuggled cocaine through Stansted Airport in golden duck statue

Channel: UK UK February 20, 2022 By Joe Roberts
London Stansted Airport international airport, an airport with more than 25.000.000 passengers in 2017 that is serving mainly the city of London and Essex county. It is a hub for Ryanair as the main user operator, easyJet, Jet2.com, Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI Airways. The airport is owned by Manchester Airports Group. The airport has an important history as it was opened as an airfield in 1943 and was used during the Second World War for RAF. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Another 'extreme right-wing' terror suspect arrested at Stansted Airport

Channel: UK UK December 6, 2021 By Jen Mills
Some the 'Stansted 15' outside Chelmsford Crown Court and pictures of them trying to stop a deportation flight at the airport

Convictions quashed for 'Stansted 15' who stormed runway over deportations

Channel: UK UK January 30, 2021 By James Hockaday
Two men arrested on suspicion of terrorism after 'suspicious item found in toilet' Pics: Getty

Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism after RAF jets intercept Ryanair flight

Channel: UK UK August 31, 2020 By Elisa Menendez
A picture taken on July 17, 2020 shows an aircraft of Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair on the tarmac of Oslo's airport where the aircraft landed safely after a bomb threat. - A British national was arrested after a Ryanair plane flying from London to Oslo received a bomb threat, Norwegian police said, the second threat against a Ryanair flight in a week. Fighter jets from neighbouring Denmark escorted the plane to Oslo. (Photo by Berit Roald / NTB Scanpix / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by BERIT ROALD/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

British man, 51, arrested at Oslo Airport over 'bomb threat' on Ryanair Flight

Channel: UK UK July 17, 2020 By James Hockaday

Note saying 'explosives on board' found on Ryanair flight forcing emergency landing

Channel: UK UK July 14, 2020 By Elisa Menendez
Airports say travellers must wear gloves and masks

UK airports say travellers must wear gloves and masks from today

Channel: UK UK May 7, 2020 By Joe Roberts

Britain's best and worst airports revealed

Channel: UK UK September 9, 2019 By Jen Mills
heroin smugglers

Gang smuggled £2,500,000 of heroin in to UK in boxing gloves

Channel: UK UK August 11, 2019 By James Hockaday
London Stansted Airport international airport, an airport with more than 25.000.000 passengers in 2017 that is serving mainly the city of London and Essex county. It is a hub for Ryanair as the main user operator, easyJet, Jet2.com, Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI Airways. The airport is owned by Manchester Airports Group. The airport has an important history as it was opened as an airfield in 1943 and was used during the Second World War for RAF. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Strikes suspended at London Stansted Airport

Channel: UK UK July 25, 2019 By Elisa Menendez
File photo dated 29/10/2012 of of a Heathrow Airport sign. Children are being held in "unsuitable" temporary detention rooms at Heathrow Airport for more than 12 hours at a time, according to a report.

Heathrow Airport strikes 2019: when are they and will your holiday be affected?

Channel: Travel Travel July 13, 2019 By Anna Paul

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