The Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, said that airlines would be allowed to look at ways of easing the passenger experience. He made these comments just after the aviation industry backed calls by British Airways for America to relax its airport security demands. Martin Broughton, the British Airways chairman, said that Europe has to stop giving [...]

It now appears that the aviation industry is backing a call by the chairman of British Airways for a radical overhaul of airport security checks. Martin Broughton said that some parts of the security program are completely redundant. Britain should stop “kowtowing” to the United States every time it wants something done. Martin was speaking [...]

It now appears that families who are wishing to travel abroad during the half term break are having to pay almost 70 percent more on average than they would the week after. This news was brought to light by fresh research that apparently highlights how parents are being hit hard by travel companies. An overseas [...]

Just recently, Prince William and Prince Harry said that they were just shocked and deeply saddened by the death of their friend, Charles Stisted, in a helicopter crash in Northern Ireland. Mr Stisted, age 47, was the chief executive officer of The Guards Polo Club in Windsor, Berkshire. He was a very close friend of [...]

Just recently, three people have been pronounced dead after a helicopter crashed into the mountains in Northern Ireland. The small aircraft, which is thought to be civilian, came down in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. As of right now, it has still not been confirmed how many people were on the helicopter. Either way, [...]

It now seems that things like the recession and the rise in the Air Passenger Duty tax are the main reasons why people are seeing a drop in passenger numbers, according to some experts. Due to the decreasing passenger numbers, the number of domestic flights in Britain has already fallen by a quarter in the [...]

A new survey has discovered that potholes caused by last winter’s cold snap have still not been repaired over much of the UK. Local authorities are still struggling to get this roadwork complete, and it is looking like some places may not have it done before winter hits again this year. Ten out of 11 [...]

Hertz, which is one of the world’s most well known car rental companies, has just recently announced this week its plans to accelerate its adoption of self service technology. They wall be doing this by rolling out Self Service Express touch kiosks from NCR Corporation at selected locations across nine countries in Europe. The Self [...]

It seems like travelers all across Europe cannot catch a break. If it is not the airline industry that is going on strike it’s the UK Border Agency, and if it’s not them then it’s the rail industry. All of these strikes of course cause delays and disruptions in thousands of peoples’ travel plans. Just [...]

Just recently, a London-based tour operator announced that it was searching for 22 bold holidaymakers to strip off for a seven-night naked cruise. eWaterways, which actually specializes in river and coastal cruises, will run its first cruise for naturists in August of 2011. They will be exploring the Croatian coastline. The cruise itself is suppose [...]