Strikes by air traffic controllers in Spain at the weekend caused travel chaos for many trying to take advantage of the long weekend. Among those stranded as flights came to a standstill were around 20,000 Brits. The wildcat strikes began on Friday at 5pm. However, on Sunday, Aena, the state airports authority said the situation [...]

Airline passengers in the UK and across Europe face having their travel plans disrupted today as France’s air traffic controllers walk out on strike. Around 400 flights have been cancelled to and from Britain and delays are expected as airlines re-route flights to avoid French airspace. Ryanair said it has had to cancel around 200 [...]

The founder of budget airline, EasyJet, has told a court in London that he thinks the airline is in danger of damaging the ‘Easy’ brand by piling on to its customers numerous extra charges in an attempt to make extra revenue. Stelios Haji-ioannou, who usually goes by his first name only, claimed in a statement [...]

EasyJet, one of the UK’s top low-budget carriers, announced that they would begin services to the Isle of Man. The budget carrier will begin services on May 21 from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and offer them six days a week. Mostly the airline will target business commuters and visitors with relatives on the island. The [...]

As temperatures begin to creep above freezing across the U.K. and the rest of Europe transport services try to get back to normal. Eurostar say that at last it is beginning to clear its backlog of passengers and that it is doing its best to find seats for those who have tickets. It says that [...]

Whilst strongly denying that Lufthansa will become an economy airline on a par with Ryanair and easyJet the German carrier has said that it will be making changes to its economy class to ensure that it will be able to cut costs in the future. The airline has said that it plans to redesign its [...]

A recent report by the International Air Transport Association made gloomy predictions for the near future of air travel in Europe.  The report predicts 9 billion dollars in losses in the upcoming year, which is even worse than the original prediction, which only forecasted half of that amount.  The report attributes these losses to the [...]

Luton has always been the “spiritual home” of EasyJet, as it is the place where the popular budget airline first started years ago.  However, the proposed higher landing fees at Luton have the airline wondering if they wouldn’t be better served moving their fleet to Gatwick and Stansted airports instead.  This comes on the heels [...]

www.europcar.com As many companies report losses this year, leading car rental company Europcar continues to stay in the black. Part of the reason for this is Europcar’s exclusive partnership with budget airline easyJet. Europcar and easyJet formed an exclusive partnership in 2003 and have served more than 1.7 million joint customers. The partnership has proven [...]