Several airlines diverted flight paths late last week amid the largest solar storm in nearly a decade. Delta Airlines, Air Canada and other North American carriers said on Thursday that several transpolar long-haul routs had to be shifter further southward in the effort of avoiding disruptions to radio transmissions, which resulted in flights lasting about [...]
A new report has claimed that warmer temperatures in the UK will make it a holiday destination over the next 40 years. The news comes via a recent study released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which said that over the next several decades Britons will be less likely to travel abroad [...]
British Airways is to repaint its aircraft in a new dove design to commemorate the London 2012 Olympics. Designed by Pascal Anson of Brighton, the artwork will be rolled out on the British Airways fleet beginning in April and will remain on the company’s planes through the remainder of the year. The carrier also said [...]
A recent survey has revealed that British consumers will be exceptionally cost-conscious regarding holiday travel in 2012. According to recent figures from Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance, some 28.9 million Britons plan to spend a grand total of £22.1 billion on holiday travel over the next 12 months. Although that number appears to be fairly generous at [...]
Car hire giant Hertz has announced the acquisition Northern California’s DW Pumps firm. Officials from the global car rental conglomerate did not disclose the purchase price of the company in its official statement released on Friday, but said that it was aiming to expand the business throughout the US state and would quickly reach annual [...]
Qantas has reported that about 150 of its pilots are currently on unpaid leave amid efforts to cut losses via its Qantas International division. The Australian airline said that some of those on leave – which compose about 7.5 per cent of its 2,000 pilots – had asked for time off in the effort of [...]
The UK’s airline figureheads are again calling on ministers to scrap the air passenger duty (APD) tax. Willie Walsh, head of British Airways and Iberia owner IAG, has issued a joint letter to the Government with Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgeway, easyJet’s Carolyn Mcall and Michael O’Leary of Ireland-based Ryanair, in which the group [...]
The paper driving license will be phased out in the coming years, the Government has announced. Officials said this week that rather than carrying a paper license that drivers will soon only need to keep a photocard and that conviction information would become available via computer systems to foreign authorities and car hire companies. The [...]
Qantas officials are continuing efforts to launch new ventures in the Asian market, citing growing demand in the region. Alan Joyce, chief executive of the carrier told reporters on Wednesday that the industry is seeing a rapid rise of emerging markets in Asia and that Qantas was looking to launch either a new Singapore- or [...]
UK flag carrier British Airways has said it will hire fewer new workers next year to cope with the government’s scheduled APD tax rise. Air Passenger Duty rates are set to increase by 8 per cent in April of next year after remaining steady for 12 months following ministers’ 2010 decision to freeze the departure [...]
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