Just recently, passengers on a British Airways flight were told that they were just about to crash into the sea. This news was given to the passengers after an emergency message was played in error. This, of course, brought a lot of fear to people on the plane who were preparing for the worst. Reports [...]

Apparently the well known car hire firm Sixt has just recently signed a new deal with Wataniya Airways. So what does this new deal mean? Well it means greater rewards for frequent flyers who rent vehicles through Sixt at various Wataniya destinations. According to most reports, members of the airline’s Diwan program will now be [...]

Reports now show that the well known Scandinavian carrier SAS has a reason to be happy. That is because this airline has now been listed as Europe’s most on-time airline this summer. This is the second year in a row that the airline has been given this title. Flightstats, which is a company that monitors [...]

Many people are looking forward to their Bank holidays this year. This has a lot to do with the fact that some people have not been able to take a holiday in a long time due to the bad economy. Well it appears that for many, their last chance to get away before the summer [...]

When people travel to Italy, they know that some of the beaches there are topless. This could have been one of the main reasons why the Italian court has just recently thrown out a compliant by a mother who said that her younger sons were “troubled” by the sight of busty young women applying suntan [...]

Mexicana Airlines Rescued by a Private Consortium

Posted on: August 24th, 2010 Posted by Steven Powell

Reports are now flooding the net about a private consortium of Mexican businessmen that have bought some 95 percent stake in the holding company that controls Mexicana Airlines. This is a deal that will secure the future of this troubled airline. The United States private equity group, Advent International, arranged the acquisition for the consortium. [...]

New research, which was done by TripAdvisor, shows that about 91 percent of British that were surveyed are more nervous now about booking their holiday with a less well known travel firm. This news comes just following the collapse of many tour operators all over the UK. It is no wonder why British holidaymakers are [...]

Two British climbers have just recently been saved from freezing to death, and they have their cell phones to thank for this. Apparently they became trapped on an Italian Alpine ledge in a freezing storm for 24 hours. They were finally airlifted to safety by a helicopter just yesterday. This was all thanks to a [...]

London’s Flight Options Goes Under

Posted on: August 19th, 2010 Posted by Lucy Williams

The well known London-based travel company Flight Options, which operates principally as Kiss Flights, has now ceased trading. The Civil Aviation Authority has had to step in to help protect holidaymakers. Right now there are some 60,000 passengers who are likely to see their holiday plans disrupted now, following the collapse of this company. Most [...]

Unite Union Calls Off Airport Strike

Posted on: August 18th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell

As of right now, there has finally been a bit of good news for the aviation world. It now appears that the airport operator that was set to see a strike from the Unite union has avoid the industrial action. Apparently this happened when the airport operator and the trade union were able to reach [...]