Former soccer ace Paul Gascoigne has failed to appear in front of Newcastle Magistrates’ Court to receive sentencing for a drink-driving offence. The 43-year-old has checked himself into a rehabilitation centre on the UK’s south coast, according to reports. At 2.45pm on 8 October, Gascoigne was apprehended by police after being spotted driving an MG [...]
John Borghetti, boss of Australian budget airline Virgin Blue, plans to use the contacts he made while overseeing sponsorship of sporting events at Qantas to do the same at his new home. According to reports, Mr Borghetti wants to challenge his former employee at the Australian Tennis Open, NFL fixtures and at Australian soccer stadiums. [...]
The US Department of Justice has fined hotel group Hilton Worldwide $50,000 for not providing the necessary requirements in its establishments for guests with disabilities. The hotel giant has also agreed to make some 900 hotels across the US compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. Hilton will now review facilities in all [...]
Qantas boss Alan Joyce has said that it will probably be at least another three days before any of the airline’s A380 superjumbos would be allowed back into service following the discovery of oil leaks in three engines. The problems in the turbine sections of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900s were discovered after a serious malfunction [...]
Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, said none of the Australian flag-carrier’s Airbus A380s will resume service until the cause of last weeks engine failure is known. Shortly after taking off from Singapore for Sydney last Thursday, flight QF32 experienced what has been called significant engine failure. The pilot was able to shut down engine two [...]
Qantas has said it has engineers working around the clock to try and determine what caused one of the engines on an A380 superjumbo to fail yesterday prompting an emergency landing of the aircraft in Singapore. Spokeswoman, Olivia Worth, said as well as engineers from Qantas, experts from British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and Airbus were [...]
The return of the business traveller has helped British Airways announce an increase in passenger numbers of 3.9 per cent for October on the same month a year ago. For October 2009, the airline published passenger figures of 2.76 million. This year the number is 2.95 million. First- and Business-class numbers are up by 4.6 [...]
Budget car hire brand Dollar Thrifty says that because of better performance in the vehicle rental market, it expects revenues in the fourth quarter to be up by between two and four per cent. A spokesman for the company said that even though the travel market will probably come back at a slow pace, it [...]
Tour operator Thomas Cook has come under fire from representatives of European hotels for announcing it will be reducing invoices for August and September by five per cent. The group claims it is necessary to make a reduction on payments because it has been a difficult year for the industry in the UK. The Spanish [...]
British Airways is back in profit for the first time in two years. The announcement comes as the final preparations for a merger with Spanish carrier Iberia are put into place. The deal is expected to be finalised on 21 January. According to an official release by BA, the British flag carrier exceeded analyst’s expectations [...]
