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If you've booked a trip to a country where the Zika virus is rife and are pregnant or travelling with someone who is, you should be able to get your money back or at least rearrange your trip. But policies differ by holiday company and insurer, MoneySavingExpert.com has found – and most other travellers are unlikely to be able to cancel their trip without losing money.

Most passengers claiming compensation for train delays should automatically be given a cheque instead of rail vouchers from tomorrow – but the law to enforce this has been postponed by six months.

Aer Lingus, Jet2 and Wizz Air face legal action after the UK's aviation regulator found the latter two airlines are wrongly rejecting flight delay compensation claims, while Aer Lingus is failing to provide passengers with information on their rights.

Ryanair – so often the king of unexpected charges – is offering an Easter boost to parents by refunding the value of air tax for young kids ahead of other airlines. This follows the Chancellor's announcement in this week's Autumn Statement that it would scrap Air Passenger Duty for under-12s from 1 May.

In the first summer of flights since hard new EU rules on delay compensation were announced, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal huge differences between airlines' approaches to paying flight delay compensation.

A record fine imposed on British Airways for colluding with rival Virgin Atlantic to raise fuel surcharges was today cut by more than half to £58.5 million.

Higher rates of the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax take effect this week, meaning passengers will pay around 8% more for travel.

British Airways is set to raise long haul air fares for the third time in under four months, but passengers can beat the increase by booking today or tomorrow.

This week's rise in Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax will make family holidays "unaffordable for many", Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic warned.