Unlimited Flight Plans Now Being Offered by JetBlue
Posted on: July 29th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell
According to new reports, JetBlue has just announced new three-month, unlimited flight plans. These new plans are more than likely a way for the airline to bring in some high paying business travelers to their network. This new package, which is called BluePass, is available only for departures from Boston Logan International Airport and Long [...]
Holidaybreak to be Bought Out by Cox & Kings
Posted on: July 28th, 2011 Posted by Marianna Lee
According to reports, Indian tour operator Cox & Kings will be buying out British specialist travel company Holidaybreak. This deal is said to be worth more than 312 million pounds in cash. The goal for Cox & Kings is to buy out Holidaybreak to help it meet the growing demand for education travel. Holidaybreak could [...]
FAA Confirms Deaths of 3 People in Plane Crash
Posted on: July 27th, 2011 Posted by Michael Bond
According to new reports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just recently confirmed the death of three people in a plane crash. Apparently the plane that crashed was a single-engine plane, which went down shortly after takeoff on Sunday. Authorities say that the plane took off from central Illinois. The plane was a Piper PA [...]
Railway Stock in China Drops After Deadly Crash
Posted on: July 26th, 2011 Posted by Lucy Williams
It now seems that some people are starting to second guess the quickly expanding high-speed rail network in China. In fact, reports show that Chinese railway stock recently fell on Monday after a very deadly train accident over the weekend This has just added fuel to concerns about the safety of these high-speed trains. On [...]
Major Airlines in the United States Offset Lower Taxes by Increasing Fares
Posted on: July 25th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Anyone who is thinking about traveling to the United States might have thought that they would be enjoying some lower prices on airline tickets, but this is not going to be the case. People assumed that the price of tickets were going down after taxes from the federal government on travel tickets was lowered. Instead, [...]
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 [...]
Dream Holidays Goes Under, Leaving People Stranded
Posted on: July 21st, 2011 Posted by Marianna Lee
If people were thinking that the travel industry has finally started to fully recover, they need to think again. In fact, tour operators around the world are still finding it hard to stay afloat, and some of them are already sinking. Just recently, another tour operator bit the dust. This time it was Dream Holidays, [...]
BMW and Sixt Extend Car Sharing Partnership
Posted on: July 20th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell
Reports have just recently come out that show a new car sharing scheme has been launched between BMW and Sixt. This new partnership could see their current car sharing scheme be expanded from Munich to other European destinations, which would include the UK. Currently there are 300 BMW 1 Series cars available to hire for [...]
Network Rail May See Another Strike Over Claims That Females Are Paid Less Than Men
Posted on: July 19th, 2011 Posted by Michael Bond
Reports now show that Network Rail may be finding itself dealing with yet another strike. Currently thousands of technicians and managers for Network Rail are being balloted for strikes. If the strike gets approve then it would, of course, affect routes in both Manchester and Liverpool. Now the main question that everyone wants to know [...]
Saudi Arabian Airlines see Big 14% Boost in Passenger Numbers
Posted on: July 18th, 2011 Posted by Lucy Williams
It is no secret that there are a number of airlines out there struggling to get their passenger numbers up. Apparently Saudi Arabian Airlines is not one of them. In fact, this airline just recently set a record in the number of domestic, as well as international, flights that it had in the first half [...]

