A deal has reportedly been struck between Lufthansa and an unidentified company based in the UK for bmibaby, the budget offshoot of BMI. The Castle Donington based airline has not revealed any financial details, but has said that the transaction could be finalised before the end of the quarter. However, the deal is not exclusive [...]
The cost of securing a hotel room in London for the Olympics is continuing to rise at the risk of putting visitors to the capital off over the summer months. Many hotels seem to be waiting until the last minute to give rooms to tour operators in the hope that they make more money out [...]
The founder of the low cost airline easyJet has slammed the company’s top executives for the size of their bonus. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has proposed that a pay deal is stopped at next month’s AGM. However, if shareholders agree to the idea then there is the possibility that the carrier’s board will walk out en [...]
A computer crash has disrupted the travel plans of thousands of airline passengers including customers of Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Qantas and Iberia. The glitch in the Amadeus system meant that staff at airport check-in desks were forced to manually input passengers’ data rather than just scan their passports. An industry source said that the [...]
The organisers of the London Olympic Games have put 120,000 hotel rooms back on the market after having originally booked 600,000 for Olympic officials during the bidding process in 2005. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games said that the rooms were no longer required, and that it had always planned on giving back [...]
The son of the US Transport Secretary is not being permitted to leave Egypt. Sam LaHood, son of Ray LaHood, was prevented from boarding a flight following a raid by the authorities on the offices of International Republican Institute, the non-profit pro-democracy organisation he works for. The military government in Egypt has said that it [...]
A pilot due to fly 24 passengers to Ireland from Bristol was prevented from doing so because he failed a breath test before boarding the aircraft. Airport staff became concerned after they witnessed the pilot, who has not been named, walk through a security gate for passengers rather than the entrance designated for crew. Reportedly [...]
Although the UK Foreign Office continues to advise against any travel to Libya, British Airways has said that it will be resuming a regular service to the capital Tripoli as of 1 May this year. The airline made the decision to stop carrying passengers to Libya after civil war erupted in February 2011. The conflict [...]
Troubled travel company Thomas Cook has confirmed that bookings for summer holidays in the first two weeks of January have dropped by 33 per cent. Although this is seen as an important time for tour operators, the firm is denying that the fall is solely to do with dented consumer confidence following last years refinancing. [...]
Airlines with Airbus A380 planes in their fleets have been warned that the aircraft should be checked for cracks in the wings and initiate any repairs which may be necessary. A directive by the European Aviation Safety Agency has been issued to carriers including Emirates, Air France-KLM and Singapore Airlines. The issue concerns a bracket [...]
