One of the world’s largest airlines are banning flyers from travelling on their planes if they are suffering from swine flu. British Airways have started taking action as the Department of Health has issued a warning to sufferers not to travel home until they are well enough so as not to spread the virus. The [...]

The number of foreigners gracing the shores of the UK has fallen for the first time in seven years it was shown last week. Britain welcomed 31.9 million tourists last year which is a drop of 2.7 per cent on the same period for 2007, said the Office for National Statistics. However there were also [...]

Rising financial losses for the German airline Lufthansa have led the company into forcing job losses in its main airline sector. It also has to defer deliveries of new planes as part of the plan to reduce spending and counteract the damage to its finances. Lufthansa need to cut back on spending by €1bn by [...]

A recent survey has discovered that the relaxing on holiday people once dreamt of is a thing of the distant past. Britons now spend a mind boggling 250 million hours a year working while trying to enjoy their holiday time. Around 55 per cent of those polled said that they rely heavily on their mobile [...]

www.london.com A new report that has been commissioned by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has suggested that a new super size airport could be built in the Thames Estuary within ten years. Experts are expected to push Mr Johnson into the £40 billion scheme at the same time as getting the third runway for [...]

www.westminster.gov.uk People from all over London last week were being asked to give up their cars and use rental cars instead, to help the capital be more considerate to the environment. The council for Westminster had said they plan to have launched around 400 rental cars on the streets of London by 2012, with up [...]

www.united.com A musician from Canada who says United Airlines broke his prize guitar has dedicated a song to the airline on YouTube and it has become a worldwide hit at the same as giving a massive headache to United. Dave Carroll who composed the song United Breaks Guitars in a Country and Western theme said [...]

www.carrentals.co.uk One of Ireland’s largest car rental companies has made a move to get court protection from its creditors after falling into financial difficulty. They have recently suffered loses of franchised businesses and cash flow problems have led to a decline in sales. Michael McAteer was appointed by the High Court as the interim examiner [...]

www.europcar.co.uk Many Britons are holidaying at home this year thanks to the unrelenting effects of the credit crunch and as such car hire giant Europcar are urging people not to forget about car hire just because they are not going abroad. Lots of families across the UK have downsized their cars to make them more [...]

www.ryanair.com Low-cost airline Ryanair have come up with another hair-brained scheme in an effort to get more money and more passengers onto one flight. The CEO is asking if Boeing can make a standing only jet with passengers crammed onto stalls for take off and landings. They believe with this new idea they will be [...]