This week, the European Union made the decision to add four airlines to a list of carriers which are not allowed to fly to or from any of the 27 members of the bloc. Filipino company Aeromajestic and Interisland Airlines, The Republic of Congo’s Equatorial Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Stella Airlines have [...]

Europe’s second largest tour operator has said that it will be closing 200 of its UK high-street outlets as it continues with a review of its operations. The firm has already said that as a result of a merger with Co-operative travel, 75 stores will be shut. The confirmation that a further 125 are to [...]

Airlines in the UK and Ireland are asking the government to do away with Air Passenger Duty. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair and easyJet, have all said that the tax is damaging and that it is harmful to tourism. APD was first introduced in 1994, and has since risen sharply. What was between £5 and [...]

A French court has rejected a £5 million takeover bid for SeaFrance. The ferry company recently halted operations between Dover and Calais and has been declared bankrupt by the Tribunal de Commerce. SeaFrance will be permitted to resume services until 28 January next year.
Ferries will begin carrying passengers to and from the continent after safety [...]

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has relaxed restrictions on people to travelling to Thailand after floods affected many regions of the South East Asian nation. There is no longer a warning that visitors avoid areas such as the capital Bangkok for all but the most necessary travel.
However, it is still asking travellers to be [...]

Baggage handlers dealing with Ryanair passengers at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport have been given a new incentive for checking that all hand luggage adheres to the airline’s weight rules. For every bag discovered which is slightly too heavy for the flight deck, a handler will be able to claim a 50p reward.
The handlers are employed [...]

Middle Eastern airline Emirates has announced an order for 50 Boeing 777s at the Dubai Airshow. The deal is worth around $18 billion at list price, and is the largest single order for Boeing aircraft ever made, according to the airline’s chief executive and chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum. He called the order a [...]

The Confederation of British Industry has said that plans to upgrade the A14 could boost the economy, while reducing congestion on the road. The scheme was shelved in 2010 when the government was implementing its Spending Review. The road runs through East Anglia from west to east, and is the main connection for Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire [...]

Passengers travelling on a Flybe service to Newcastle from Exeter in March this year saw one of the planes wheels fall off shortly after take off, but made the decision not to immediately tell any of the crew what they had witnessed. The problem was made known after the pilot of the Bombardier Q400 was [...]

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that Virgin Atlantic, the whistleblower behind alleged airline price-fixing activities with British Airways, will remain immune from penalties. The OFT said in May 2010 that the airline’s immunity could be in danger after criminal proceedings against current and former senior executives at BA fell apart.
The four executives were [...]