As Thailand emerges from some of the worst flooding in living memory, the UK Foreign Office is relaxing its warning on travel to the country. On its website, it is no longer advising that travellers avoid parts of the nation unless their visit is strictly necessary. However, it is still warning visitors to Bangkok to [...]
Ryanair passengers are unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt anymore when they check in with hand luggage at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The company which runs bag handling operations for the airline, Servisair, has told staff that they will be rewarded with 50p whenever they spot a piece of hand luggage which is [...]
Peter Vaughan, South Wales Police chief constable, has said that he does not agree with the government’s plans to increase the speed limit on the roads. At the moment, the rules are set to change in 2013 when the limit will go up to 80mph. He also said that he would like to see control [...]
Plans to turn the A14 into a toll road have garnered the support of the Confederation of British Industry. The body claims that the move would help to improve the economy, while cutting down on the congestion the route currently suffers from. It pointed out, however, that the scheme would be optional for motorists. In [...]
A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has revealed that passengers flying between Exeter and Newcastle witnessed one of the aircrafts wheels falling off, but failed to immediately report the incident to Flybe staff. After the pilot was radioed by Air Traffic Control, he asked the head stewardess to go and check on the [...]
On 29 November, the Chancellor will deliver his Autumn Statement. In it he is expected to confirm that Air Passenger Duty will once again be increased. If there is the predicted rise, then it will affect all those who have tickets for flights on, or after, 1 April 2011. However, travel firms and airlines are [...]
Transport Secretary Justine Greening said that an investigation into the exact cause of last Friday’s pile up on the M5 in Somerset could take weeks. She confirmed that 51 people had been hurt in the crash and that 37 vehicles had been involved. Ms Greening also told MPs that seven people had died. She added [...]
Virgin Atlantic has said that if British Airways owner IAG were to succeed in purchasing BMI from Lufthansa, it would de a disaster for competition and consumer choice. Virgin is concerned that if IAG were to take over BMI it would increase its hold over landing a take off slots at the UK’s busiest airport, [...]
Singapore Airlines has blamed economic uncertainty and the price of jet fuel for a drop in profits. The carrier has published its third quarterly results which show that year on profits have almost halved. For the three months to September in 2010, Singapore Airlines declared earnings of S$380 million. For the same period this year [...]
Boris Johnson has said that the construction of the world’s biggest airport in the Thames Estuary is the answer to Britain’s aviation crisis in the South East. Lord Foster, the architect behind the plans, claims that such an airport would put the country back at the centre of world trade. The London mayor wants to [...]
