Flooding in Dublin Hurts Travel
Posted on: October 27th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
It now seems that floods in Dublin have made traveling throughout Ireland very difficult. This severe weather started as of Tuesday. The Dublin City Council and Southern Dublin County Council have already implemented the major emergency plan for the Dublin Region. People need to be aware of this when traveling to this area. Reports go [...]
Qantas Calls Off 400 Domestic Flights
Posted on: October 17th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
It now seems that Qantas Airways has canceled some 400 domestic flights over the next few months. These flights were canceled following the grounding of five of its planes. The airline has been blaming a lot of these disruptions on strikes by engineers. The airline is saying that this is causing a backlog of maintenance. [...]
26 Countries Lash Out Against Europe’s Carbon Emissions Plan
Posted on: October 5th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
It now seems that some 26 countries have joined together to take on the European Union’s carbon emissions plan. These countries are calling the plan ‘discriminatory’ and in violation of global laws. The countries that have stepped up against this emissions plan include the United States and China. Reports show that India will be hosting [...]
High Speed Rails Lose Funding in the United States
Posted on: September 23rd, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
For people in America that were hoping to see high-speed rails take off, better think again. Reports now show that high-speed trains may not be getting the funding that they need. This news follows a legislation that doesn’t include any money for this high-speed rail scheme. So far, the Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved the [...]
UK Coast Hit by Hurricane Katia
Posted on: September 13th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
The most-recent repots now show that the UK is in the middle of dealing with the worst storm that it has had in almost 15 years. This happened as Hurricane Katia made its way back across the ocean to hit the UK. Due to this unexpected move, travel has now been disrupted in a few [...]
TomTom Announces More Travel Apps
Posted on: September 1st, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
TomTom is a very well-known brand among travelers and for good reasons. Now, this company has just recently announced that it will launch TomTom GO LIVE 153 5M. This is actually a new version of their popular device that can combine its navigation power with information and reviews from related applications. In the past, GPS [...]
British Airways’ Staff Use iPads to Help Customers
Posted on: August 22nd, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
Apple iPads are starting to pop up all over the place. People love to use them for both entertainment and business proposes. Now, it seems that British Airways is going to join the trend. In fact, British Airways’ staff are now going to use the iPad 2 to help deal with passengers. The flagship carrier [...]
Huge Pilot Recruitment Drive Launched by British Airways
Posted on: August 12th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
The British flag carrier, British Airways, has just recently announced a huge pilot recruitment drive. This is said to be one of the largest recruitment drives in more than a decade. The airline is looking forward to expanding its airline with some 800 more pilots. How will the airline bring in these new pilots? The [...]
Hertz sees Profits More Than Double Thanks to Equipment Rental Division
Posted on: August 4th, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
Hertz, which is best known for offering cars for hire, has just recently reported a 13.5 percent increase in revenue to $301.7 million for the second quarter of this year. Pretty much, this big increase in profits came on the shoulders of its equipment rental division. On top of this, the equipment rental division also [...]
Thomas Cook and Co-op Merger Approved by the Competition Commission
Posted on: July 22nd, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
New reports now clearly show that Thomas Cook and Co-Op will soon be able to merge together. Although a lot of people knew that these two companies were planning on a merger together, their plans were finally given the go ahead by the Competition Commission. Overall, this brand new tie up is going to be [...]

