04-04-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Airplane approaching Heathrow Airport. Heathrow to close half its terminals as it switches to single runway operation © Duncan Phillips

04-04-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Airplane approaching Heathrow Airport. Heathrow to close half its terminals as it switches to single runway operation © Duncan Phillips

20-07-2018 Lufthansa logo and passenger jet taxiing Munich International Airport, Bavaria, Germany. Airbus A320-211 © Paul Box

24-09-2015 An elderly Bai woman herding her livestock back to the farm, Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, China. © Connor Matheson

11-03-2015 Ryanair planes preparing for take-off, Stansted airport, Essex. © Philip Wolmuth

11-03-2015 Ryanair planes preparing for take-off, Stansted airport, Essex. © Philip Wolmuth

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe, Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda, North Wales © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe, Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda, North Wales © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

13-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

12-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

12-08-2013 Zip World Velocity, longest and fastest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, North Wales. © Paul Box

18-12-2012 Strange graffiti Coventry © John Harris

18-12-2012 Strange graffiti Coventry © John Harris

18-12-2012 Strange graffiti Coventry © John Harris

14-09-2012 Portrait of a line engineer in front of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet on its stand on the ground. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Engineer checking wheels tyres landing gear of FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A line engineer in front of the engine of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Ground crew preparing a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet on its stand on the ground. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turbo prop FlyBe passenger aircraft. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Passengers with suitcases walking across the apron to board a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turbo prop FlyBe passenger aircraft. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A line engineer in front of the engine of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

19-08-2012 A Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 plane approaching the runway at Dsseldorf Airport, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

19-08-2012 A Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 plane approaching the runway at Dsseldorf Airport, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

08-04-2012 Ground crew at Stansted Airport preparing a Ryanair Boing 737-800 flight to Krakow on the apron of the runway. © Timm Sonnenschein

08-04-2012 Ground crew at Stansted Airport preparing a Ryanair Boing 737-800 flight to Krakow on the apron of the runway, as passengers board the plane © Timm Sonnenschein

10-02-2012 Through the porthole window Birmingham Airport ground staff de-icing the wings by spraying fluid onto a grounded Flybe plane prior to takeoff. The plane is delayed due to the need to remove freezing r... © Timm Sonnenschein

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

24-07-2011 Ground staff as passengers boarding a KLM flight from Birmingham to Amsterdam. Birmingham International Airport. © Timm Sonnenschein

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

27-01-2011 An unfinished RAF Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and attack aircraft waits on tarmac at BAE Systems, Woodford, Greater Manchester, before being scrapped in defence cuts. © Paul Herrmann

22-03-2010 A coach with blacked out windows carrying scab workers past rows of grounded planes. British Airways cabin crew on the third day of strike action over pay and working conditions. London Heathrow Airpo... © Justin Tallis

22-03-2010 Large numbers of grounded BA planes build up at Heathrow Airport. British Airways cabin crew on the third day of strike action over pay and working conditions. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

22-03-2010 Thumbs down and booing a British Airways plane overhead. British Airways cabin crew on the third day of strike action over pay and working conditions. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

20-03-2010 Large numbers of parked BA planes build up at Heathrow Airport. British Airways cabin crew start a three day strike over pay and working conditions. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

20-03-2010 Large numbers of parked BA planes build up at Heathrow Airport. British Airways cabin crew start a three day strike over pay and working conditions. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

21-05-2009 Aircraft landing on the runway at Manchester Airport. © Christopher Thomond

21-05-2009 Aircraft landing on the runway at Manchester Airport. © Christopher Thomond

21-05-2009 Two Ryanair jets landing and taking off at Manchester Airport. © Christopher Thomond

16-05-2009 Eurovision Flash Mob protest at Heathrow Terminal One. Europe-wide Flash Mob taking place on the same day at 6 airports across Europe. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

16-05-2009 Eurovision Flash Mob protest at Heathrow Terminal One. Europe-wide Flash Mob taking place on the same day at 6 airports across Europe. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

16-05-2009 Eurovision Flash Mob protest at Heathrow Terminal One. Europe-wide Flash Mob taking place on the same day at 6 airports across Europe. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

23-03-2009 Children and their mothers from Chiswick demonstrate outside Parliament. They are protesting against the building of a third runway at Heathrow airport as well as plans for new coal-fired power statio... © Justin Tallis

19-02-2009 Demonstration in favour of Heathrow airport expansion. Organised by the Revolutionary Communist Party. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration against expansion Heathrow airport. Organised by Campaign against Climate Change. Downing Street. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration in favour of Heathrow airport expansion. Organised by the Revolutionary Communist Party. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration against expansion Heathrow airport. Organised by Campaign against Climate Change. Downing Street. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration in favour of Heathrow airport expansion. Organised by the Revolutionary Communist Party. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration in favour of Heathrow airport expansion. Organised by the Revolutionary Communist Party. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration against expansion Heathrow airport. Organised by Campaign against Climate Change. Downing Street. London. © Jess Hurd

19-02-2009 Demonstration in favour of Heathrow airport expansion. Organised by the Revolutionary Communist Party. London. © Jess Hurd

17-01-2009 Women coverd in red paint at a 'Flash Mob' Protest At Heathrow Terminal Five. Simply No Slaughter; No Third Runway. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

17-01-2009 A passenger jet takes off at Heathrow airport near the village of Sipson. West London. © Justin Tallis

17-01-2009 Women coverd in red paint at a Flash Mob Protest At Heathrow Terminal Five. Simply No Slaughter No Third Runway. London Heathrow Airport. © Justin Tallis

17-01-2009 Placard in a house window No Third Runway. The village of Sipson. West London © Justin Tallis

13-10-2008 Climate Rush marks the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement as they attempt to storm Parliament. Westminster, London. No second runway - stop the expansion of Stansted airport © Jess Hurd

13-10-2008 Climate Rush marks the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement as they attempt to storm Parliament. Westminster, London. No second runway - stop the expansion of Stansted airport © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. NUJ and Green Party banners. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

31-05-2008 Protest against the third runway at Heathrow airport. West London. © Jess Hurd

14-01-2008 Passengers board an Easyjet aeroplane at Marrakech Airport, Morocco. © Jess Hurd

14-01-2008 Ground sfaff prepare an Easyjet aeroplane at Marrakech Airport, Morocco. © Jess Hurd

14-01-2008 Ground sfaff prepare an Easyjet aeroplane at Marrakech Airport, Morocco. © Jess Hurd

14-01-2008 Ground sfaff prepare an Easyjet aeroplane at Marrakech Airport, Morocco. © Jess Hurd