By Danny Fortson Business Correspondent British airlines face increased costs running into hundreds of millions of pounds, and expansion plans being blown off course, after fresh problems emerged with Boeing's rollout of its new 787 Dreamliner aeroplane.

By NICHOLAS CECIL, AMY IGGULDEN BUDGET airlines could be forced to give passengers more legroom under a proposed shake-up of flying rules. A parliamentary committee today called for the minimum space between seats to be increased as people are getting bigger.

By Stephen Foley in New York Boeing will be six months late delivering the first of its hotly anticipated new Dreamliner aircraft, also known at the Boeing 787, following a string of supplier problems and difficulties with the complex flight software on board.

TOUR firms fail the disabled, a watchdog claims. Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways charge the blind to travel with guide dogs. And Monarch airlines ban people with certain mental problems.

By CALUM MACDONALD A FAMILY yesterday thanked the cabin crew who delivered a tiny premature baby and then fought to keep him alive at 30,000ft during a holiday flight.