Amadeus Computer Crash Leaves Airline Passengers in Chaos
Posted on: February 2nd, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
For the people who do not know, Amadeus just so happens to be one of the aviation industry’s main computer networks. So, when this system goes down, it affects a lot of people. Unfortunately, for thousands of airline passengers, this is just what happened. Apparently, when the system went down, passengers were unable to check [...]
Taiwanese Family to Get Refund on Rental Car After Ferry Crash
Posted on: January 23rd, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
According to local reports, a Taiwanese family has now been told that they are to receive a refund on their rental car. However, these reports came after the family was first told that it would not receive such a refund, nor would it receive a replacement, after their rental car was rear-ended and fell off [...]
Malev Airlines Now Ordered to Pay Back Government Aid
Posted on: January 11th, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Things are not looking promising for Malev Airlines. For people who do not know, Malev Airlines is a Hungary state-owned airline that has been extremely unprofitable. Just recently, the airline was ordered by the European Union regulators to repay loans and guarantees it got from the Hungarian government. The European Commission apparently said that Hungary [...]
Four hospitalised after holiday park blaze
Posted on: January 2nd, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Four people were sent to hospital following a fire at a Somerset holiday village early this morning. A cluster of chalets at Pontins’ Brean Sands holiday complex close to Weston-super-Mare was destroyed in the blaze. The alarm was raised shortly after 02:00 today and local fire crews raced to the scene. Firefighters used breathing equipment [...]
Every road is a pothole
Posted on: November 28th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
The AA says that its army of streetwatchers has discovered that Britain is facing a winter of streets pitted with potholes. AA president, Edmund King, said late last week that the association’s 1,000-strong team of dedicated streetwatch volunteers had found that the pothole problem had exacerbated since last winter. Last year, every streetwatcher located an [...]
Big China Train Crash Caused by Bad Management
Posted on: November 23rd, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Lately, investigators in China have been looking into a high-speed rail crash that took place in eastern China. Officials really want to know what went wrong because some 40 people ended up dead as a result of the crash. On top of that, another 200 people were very badly injured. Well now investigators are saying [...]
Flybe to Drop Many Winter Routes
Posted on: November 10th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It now seems that Flybe has announced its plans to cut many of its winter routes. This should not come as much of a shock to most people. In fact, the airline said that it will be cutting down its routes by 6 percent due to low demand and rising oil prices. This means, the [...]
Air France Cancels Five Flights Due to Strike
Posted on: October 31st, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Everyone has heard about the strikes going on in Australia. The industrial action there has caused Qantas to cancel tons of flights and caused travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. Of course, Qantas is not the only airline that is having to deal with strike. Just recently, Air France had to cancel one [...]
China Southern Airlines to Cancel 787 Dreamliner Order
Posted on: October 19th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It seems that China Southern Airlines, like so many airlines, is sick of hearing about Boeing Dreamliner delays. The carrier is so sick, that it has been reported that this final delay was the last straw. The airline, which is the largest one in all of Asia by passenger volume, said that it may join [...]
International Airlines Group Announces Profit Growth
Posted on: October 7th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It seems that the International Airlines Group, which is the company which now owns both Iberia and British Airways, said it is going to deliver significant full-year profit growth. This is an amazing announcement considering the terrible luck of the airline industry recently. The group said that it will see profits thanks to the uplift [...]

