Travel News and Information | News Feeds and Travel Information - Airline to launch Cambridge flights
- Swiss-based Darwin Airline is to open a new base at Cambridge Airport, which will see it launch four new routes Read More
- Air Travel Trust Fund returns to surplus
- The Air Travel Trust Fund has officially returned to surplus for the first time since 1996 after a fall in Atol failures Read More
- No quick fix to capacity issues, says Heathrow
- Heathrow airport has warned that there are few viable short-term solutions to fixing the UK’s perceived lack of capacity and that the only real solution is an additional runway Read More
- Ryanair profits hit record high
- Ryanair has delivered record full-year profits, but warned of a slowdown over the coming 12 months Read More
- Scottish agents seek APD reassurance
- The Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA) is seeking reassurance that air taxes would be reduced if the UK government was to hand over levy-setting powers Read More
- Lack of oxygen forces passengers off plane
- Passengers were removed from an easyJet flight this week after a medical emergency left the plane with insufficient oxygen on board Read More
- Gatwick wants more competition between London airports
- Gatwick has renewed its call for the encouragement of greater competition between London’s airports Read More
- Virgin Atlantic posts record annual loss
- Virgin Atlantic has reported a record annual loss of £93 million in the year to the end of February, the airline reported today. Read More
- Ryanair adjusts Kefalonia flight timings after delay
- Ryanair has altered the timings of its flights to the Greek island of Kefalonia after passengers were yesterday delayed by two hours because of night-landing restrictions at the airport Read More
- EasyJet slashes losses
- EasyJet has cut its half-year pre-tax losses by almost half as passenger numbers increased during the winter period Read More
- Flight diverted after pilot locked out of cockpit
- An Air India flight was reportedly forced to land on Monday after the pilot returned from a toilet break to find himself locked out of the cockpit Read More
- Heathrow suffers fall in passengers after early Easter
- This year’s earlier Easter prompted a 0.7% drop in passengers for Heathrow in April, compared with the same period last year Read More
- Bmi launches new routes
- Bmi regional has launched six new European routes from Brimingham and Bristol Read More
- Flybe in talks over Gatwick slots
- Flybe is in talks about selling runway slots at Gatwick airport Read More
- Advantage 2013: GDSs hit out at Iata's new distribution platform
- Airline body Iata came under fire from the GDSs at the Advantage conference this morning over its plans to introduce its New Distribution Capability (NDC) Read More
- Qatar eyeing IAG stake
- Qatar could be set to become a shareholder in the parent company of British Airways, according to reports Read More
- Fastjet moves closer to South Africa launch
- African no-frills airline fastjet has taken the next step towards launching its planned air service in South Africa between Johannesburg and Cape Town Read More
- Qatar Airways reveals cost of Dreamliner delays
- Qatar Airways is seeking compensation from Boeing following the recent problems associated with its Dreamliner aircraft cost the airline around $200 million Read More
- Air-France KLM net loss grows
- Air-France KLM has insisted its transformation plan remains on track despite its first quarter net loss widening Read More
- ATE 2013: Australian aviation in good shape
- Tourism bosses at ATE this week urged UK agents to remember that Australia is offering a wider choice of air connections than ever, with the destination exceeding its capacity targets Read More
![]() - Jet Airways plans Amsterdam switch
- Indian carrier Jet Airways plans to transfer its "scissor hub" from Brussels to Amsterdam Schiphol
  Read More
- Qantas extends Select on Q-Eat services
- Business class passengers on Singapore flights can now utilise the online pre-flight meal selection service
  Read More
- Four new European routes at Cambridge airport
- Swiss airline Darwin has opened a European base at Cambridge airport, launching four new routes linking Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Geneva with Cambridge
  Read More
- Little Red"s transfer traffic disappoints
- Virgin's Little Red is struggling to feed domestic passengers to and from Virgin Atlantic long-haul services at London Heathrow
  Read More
- Jetstar gears up for B787 launch
- Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar is the latest airline to start preparing to launch B787 Dreamliner flights, including deciding where it will fly
  Read More
- Gatwick Express "veers towards Third World conditions"
- The new chairman of Gatwick Airport, Sir Roy McNulty, has criticised the Gatwick Express train service, saying that it "at times veers towards Third World conditions"
  Read More
- London Syon Park no longer a Waldorf Astoria hotel
- The 151-room property was recently rechristened Hilton London Syon Park
  Read More
- Ryanair reveals annual profits of £482 million
- The budget carrier's profits increased by 13 per cent, despite soaring fuel costs
  Read More
- City guides
- Business Traveller's city guides provide you with compact, indispensable guides to the sights you shouldn't miss in cities around the world. Recent guides include Tel Aviv, Toulouse and Dallas
  Read More
- British Airways A380: What you need to know
- BA has 12 of the superjumbos on order and will roster the first onto its Los Angeles route from October 15, followed by Hong Kong from November 15
  Read More
- Win luxury hotel stays with Business Traveller
- This month we're giving away two nights in a deluxe King Bedroom at St Ermin's Hotel in London and three prizes of luxurious stays at the Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
  Read More
- JetBlue and Emirates agree codeshare expansion
- JetBlue will place its "B6" airline code on all flights operated by Emirates between the U.S. and Dubai, as well as between New York's JFK airport and Milan
  Read More
- Heathrow: Third runway is only solution
- Heathrow today said there are no short-term solutions to increase capacity at the UK's hub airport with the "only realistic option" being a third runway
  Read More
- Third terminal for Frankfurt
- Airport operator Fraport plans to open Terminal 3 in 2020 to cope with future growth
  Read More
- Dubai runway to close for 80 days in 2014
- DXB has confirmed that runway engineering work will be taking place between May and July next year
  Read More
- BA to launch Gatwick to Larnaca route
- The thrice-weekly Cyprus flights will be operated by A319 aircraft, starting from June 30
  Read More
- DB to stop selling Thalys tickets
- The decision, which takes effect from June 9, will mainly affect those passengers using the high-speed line linking Brussels with Cologne which is served by both Thalys and DB's ICE trains
  Read More
- ANA reports 'problem' with modified Dreamliner
- The Japanese carrier said a damaged electrical distribution panel, unrelated to the battery system that grounded the entire Boeing 787 fleet in January, was to blame
  Read More
- Hilton London Islington undergoes £5.2m refurb
- The hotel will have an additional seven new bedrooms - bringing the total number to 191 - and a new executive lounge when work is completed next month
  Read More
- South African Airways A340-600 business class
- Johannesburg to London Heathrow
 Read More
- BA plans living lab in the sky
- The airline's "Ungrounded" programme takes blue sky thinking to a new level
  Read More
- Gatwick: Increase competition between London airports
- While Heathrow is running at 99 per cent capacity, Gatwick said that there is "significant unused capacity" across the capital's other airports
 Read More
- Emirates to add A380 on Brisbane-Auckland route
- The Gulf carrier is adding the jet to one of its two daily Dubai to Brisbane services from October 1
  Read More
- Dreamliner lands at Heathrow again
- Qatar's flight from Doha touched down at Heathrow at 1120 today – the first 787 service to land at the airport since January
  Read More
- New rules for Easyjet cabin bags
- Faced with packed cabins, the airline brings in a new guaranteed bag size
  Read More
 - Michael Medlicott announced as new Chair of the Air Travel Trust
- Press release announcing Michael Medlicott as the new chair of the ATT Read More
- Air Travel Trust fund returns to surplus
- ATT annual report press notice Read More
- CAA appoints Mike Barnard as new GA programme manager
- The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today announced that Mike Barnard has been appointed as General Aviation (GA) Programme Manager. Mike's main role will be leading a programme to develop and implement policy on how the CAA regulates the GA sector in the future to ensure it is safe and the regulation is proportionate.
Read More
- Flight safety briefing for AeroExpo pilots
- Pilots attending this year's AeroExpo event at Sywell Aerodrome can receive a personal safety briefing on the Airspace & Safety Initiative (ASI) stand. Safety experts will be on hand to guide private pilots through a virtual flight, highlighting potential risks and advising on good practice to help avoid, in particular, infringements of controlled airspace.
Anyone taking part in a briefing will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win an Aware GPS device or one of several annual sub Read More
- CAA to merge safety and airspace policy functions
- News release on merger of safety and airspace policy functions Read More
- CAA secures nearly ?100,000 compensation for delayed passengers
- Press release on EC261 compensation claims Read More
![]() - Hotelbeds claims 150% growth in Americas since 2008
- Tui Travel accommodation wholesaler Hotelbeds has claimed 150% growth in the Americas region since 2008. Read More
- Travel in pole position to exploit the next generation personal web
- The travel sector is perfectly placed to take advantage of a growing divergence of utility products and experiential products sold online, says leading web analytics firm QuBit. Read More
- Barcelona tops Gogobot list of top summer destinations
- Barcelona tops a list of the top 25 summer destinations put forward by users of US travel site Gogobot. Read More
- Stickyeyes wins Hertz SEO contract
- Digital marketing agency Stickyeyes has won a three-year contract to manage the international Search Engine Optimisation strategy for Hertz Europe. Read More
- Bath Travel to display automated late offers in branches
- Automated late offers are to be displayed in all 60 branches of southwest agency group Bath Travel. Read More
- Ryanair outsources online display ad inventory
- Ryanair is outsourcing responsibility for selling the entire online display advertising inventory on its website Ryanair.com. Read More
- Air France-KLM ancillaries go live on Sabre
- Ancillary services offered by Air France-KLM have started to be distributed via Sabre. Read More
- Stand-alone SEO service issued for hotels
- A stand-alone SEO service for independent hotels to monitor and improve their ratings to increase website traffic, online bookings and revenue has been issued by e-marketing firm FastBooking. Read More
- Thomas Cook partners with Triporati to inspire customers
- Amid all the hullabaloo about Thomas Cook’s £1.6 billion refinancing, chief executive Harriet Green slipped in a brief reference to a new partnership struck with Triporati. Read More
- Newly-opened hotel installs tech to link TVs and iPads
- The newly-opened Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna has become the first hotel to install new in-room technology to link TVs and iPads. Read More
- Momondo develops Blackberry app as users switch to mobile
- Travel site Momondo.co.uk has developed an app for Blackberry users to search for cheap flights.
Read More
- Lowcost chief hails ‘advanced’ UK tech as he gets a Brazilian
- UK travel technology is among the best in the world including the US, a leading online travel agent and supplier has claimed. Read More
- Multicom boss calls for 'radical and spiky' Abta chairman
- The new Abta chairman must be more “radical and spiky” to ensure the organisation’s voice is heard in the corridors of power. Read More
- OAG unveils next gen flight connections analysis tool
- A flight connections information tool based on real-time data is being introduced by OAG. Read More
- Travelport promotes Rooms and More upgrade in Youtube clip [Video]
- Travelport claims its Rooms and More hotel booking platform now offers the broadest range of any in its field with 450,000 individual properties listed. Read More
![]() - Swiss regional carrier to begin flights from Cambridge
- Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline is to start flying from Cambridge airport. Read More
- Thomson and First Choice to increase Cardiff's winter capacity
- Thomson and First Choice are raising winter capacity from Cardiff airport by 17% with additional flights to Tenerife and Alicante. Read More
- Three tourists killed in balloon accident
- Three tourists from Brazil were killed and more than 20 other people injured after a collision between two hot-air balloons collided in Turkey. Read More
- Virgin to boost capacity on Glasgow to Florida route
- Virgin Atlantic has announced an increase in capacity on more than a third of its flights from Glasgow Airport to Florida next year. Read More
- Opinion: Is Cook turnaround just icing on a crumbling cake?
- On Holiday Group chief executive Steve Endacott explains why he believes the Thomas Cook financial revival may not be quite as solid as it seems Read More
- Norwegian to pay bonus commission to more than 1,800 Breakaway agents
- Norwegian Cruise Line will pay 4% bonus commission to more than 1,000 travel agents who attended launch celebrations for new ship Norwegian Breakaway in Southampton last month.
Read More
- Virgin Atlantic marketing chief leaves
- Virgin Atlantic marketing director Simon Lloyd has left the airline after less than a year in the role.
Read More
- Carnival Corp cuts profit forecast
- The world’s largest cruise conglomerate Carnival Corporation last night cut its profit forecast for the second half of the year.
Read More
- Cruise ship runs aground in Scotland
- A small cruise ship ran aground in Oban Bay in Scotland yesterday evening.
Read More
- 'Sad to be leaving but excited about challenge ahead', says Hawke
- Carnival UK sales and customer services director Giles Hawke is to leave the company in November to join another cruise line. Read More
- Occidental Hotels & Resorts concludes debt refinancing
- A long-term debt refinancing has been concluded by Occidental Hotels & Resorts after months of negotiations, triggering a revamp of properties across the 17-strong portfolio. Read More
- Only bad breaks expected from Europe on package reform
- The UK’s Flight-Plus Atol scheme is unlikely to be endorsed by Europe in its revamped Package Travel Directive, the managing director of the Travel Network Group consortium fears. Read More
- CAA claims two scalps in new crackdown on Atol transgressors
- The CAA has forced out of business two travel companies suspected of trading illegally, it was revealed at the weekend’s Travel Network Group conference. Read More
- Luxury Dubai hotel introduces 24-carat gold iPads
- Luxury Dubai hotel Burj Al Arab has introduced 24-carat gold iPads for its in-house guests. Read More
- Full investigation promised after girl drowns at Egyptian hotel
- A girl who died in a pool at a hotel in the Egypt has been named as five-year-old Chloe Johnson from Forest Hill in south London. Read More
![]() - Germany: Harz and minds
- Germany's Harz Mountains are a playground of scenic walks, steam railways and Grimm fairy tales, discovers Joanna Booth. Read More
- 48 hours in Munich: Laptops and lederhosen
- James Ottery gets under the skin of Munich, a city of two halves. Read More
- Calgary, Canada: Rocky road
- Cosmopolitan Calgary leads the way to the Rocky Mountains and much more, reports Katie McGonagle. Read More
- Canada: Encore performance
- Canada has plenty of options for second-time visitors, finds Katie McGonagle. Read More
- 10 of the best family-friendly all-inclusives
- Emily Ashwell recommends all-inclusive stays that will score highly with the whole family. Read More
- All-inclusives: What's going on?
- The Travel Weekly team rounds up what's new to the all-inclusive market and tests two properties. Read More
- The US: Miami slices
- Miami is a smooth, polished diamond with many glittering faces. Paul Blaney explores its diverse neighbourhoods. Read More
- The US: Year-round Rockies
- Paul Blaney assesses the appeal of the American Rockies as a four-season destination. Read More
- Action and adventure holidays: Mountain high
- From Everest Base Camp to Kilimanjaro, the world is full of peaks your clients will love to conquer, says Joanna Booth. Read More
- Greece: Spoilt by the Sporades
- Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonissos show off the great variety of Greek holidays, reports Katie McGonagle. Read More
- Greece and Cyprus: Pause and play
- Creating the perfect holiday is all about pace, finds Katie McGonagle. Read More
- Tunisia: Hamma time
- Hammamet, Tunisia's original package holiday resort, is still going strong. Karl Cushing reports. Read More
- Morocco: Adventure, beach, city
- Getting more from Morocco is as easy as ABC, reports Katie McGonagle. Read More
- Weddings: Beach brides
- Book some of the best beach weddings in the world with our guide to 10 of the hottest spots. Katie McGonagle reports. Read More
- Heavenly honeymoons
- Make a honeymoon more than just a holiday with special touches to add extra romance, says Katie McGonagle. Read More
![]() - Readers' Lives: Nick Louis, cruise specialist
- Agent lands dream trip after less than a year in travel. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Julian Abbott, owner of Abbotts Travel
- One of Julian Abbott’s mantras is to treat all customers the same, whether they spend £10 or £1,000. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Dave Smith, MD of Village Travel
- Boss lives the Cheam after support from Advantage. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Jennifer Grant, founder of Diva Destinations
- Google ‘lesbian holidays’ and Diva Destinations takes the top spot in the natural search listings. It’s where all businesses aspire to be. So it might surprise you to hear founder Jennifer Grant only launched her agency’s website in January, that she came up with the idea less than a year ago, and only set it up after coming across a homeworking opportunity with Independent Travel Experts by chance online. In fact, after being made redundant last June, she had no intention of getting another ... Read More
- Readers' Lives: Geoff Monk, managing director of Global Coach Tours
- Tour expert sprints into action for Usain Bolt's mum. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Cover Star Nicolette Shepherd
- Movie fan Nicolette says Universal in the reel deal. Read More
- Mystery Shopper: Online safari specialists tested on safari and beach in Tanzania
- A couple would like to celebrate their wedding anniversary by splashing out on a safari in Tanzania, followed by a few nights on the beach in Zanzibar. They want to travel for about 10 days in June or July. Budget: £7,500. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Marie Rayner of Travel Counsellors
- When Marie Rayner applied to become a Travel Weekly 2013 Cover Star, she asked a friend to help her canvas votes. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Natasha Lawrence, travel counsellor
- Mum of three knows exactly what families value. Read More
- Mystery Shopper: Warrington agents tested on a Valentine's weekend in the UK
- A loved-up couple would like to turn Valentine’s Day into a long weekend at a UK country house hotel. They’d love to push the boat out on a luxurious property with character, beautiful grounds and perhaps a spa. Budget: £500. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Richard Abery, owner of Spitfire Travel
- Richard Abery isn't one to let a minor issue such as age get in the way of setting up a travel agency. Read More
- Readers' Lives: Ken Clarke of Iglu Cruise
- There isn’t much Ken Clarke doesn’t know about a Cunard cruise. And if he doesn’t know it, he’ll find out. Read More
- Mystery Shopper: Online cruise agencies tested on a family-friendly fly-cruise
- A couple of keen skiers would like to take their two children out on the slopes for the first time. they’d like a week at a european ski resort during February half-term, with details of ski lessons and off-piste activities. Budget: £4,500. Read More
- Mystery Shopper: Online ski specialists tested on a family ski holiday
- A couple of keen skiers would like to take their two children out on the slopes for the first time. they’d like a week at a european ski resort during February half-term, with details of ski lessons and off-piste activities. Budget: £4,500. Read More
- Mystery Shopper: Llanelli agents tested on winter sun in the Gambia
- This week's agents were tested on a budget-friendly break to the Gambia. A couple want two weeks in a beachfront hotel next February, with tips on the best board basis and interesting things to do nearby. Budget: £1,750 Read More
|
