The Olympics’ classic five-ring logo is now on display on the French side of the Channel Tunnel. The giant symbol was unveiled on Tuesday at the Coquelles tunnel entrance, not far from Calais in Northern France, marking the significance of the date: 20/12. Measuring 15ft (4.6m) high and 31ft (9.4m) wide, French workers assembled the [...]
Britain’s transport links are set for yet another round of heavy travel over the Christmas and New Year period. The AA said that about 18 million people reported they would be driving to their holiday destinations. Thursday, 22 December as well as Friday, 23 December are slated to be the busiest travel days over the [...]
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 [...]
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has said it has begun a new inquiry into the rapidly rising cost of car insurance. The regulator said in its announcement on Wednesday that the effort follows its findings that premium rates in Britain’s £10 billion auto insurance industry have jumped 21 per cent in only two years. [...]
Road and rail travel in Scotland has been disrupted by snowfall and severe winds. Tuesday saw snow and gusty winds of up to 70mph stretch across the central region. Similarly, heavy snowfall is expected to continue in the highlands, according to forecasts. The conditions wreaked havoc on dozens of roadways, including the A9, where a [...]
British Midland International could still be purchased by either Virgin Atlantic or British Airways’ parent firm. International Airlines Group (IAG) and Virgin continue to seek rights to by the struggling carrier in the effort of gaining a significant portion of landing slots at the vastly overcrowded Heathrow airport. Now, the BMI’s owner, German flag carrier [...]
Heathrow airport will soon see five daily arrivals from Doha via Qatar Airways. The Doha-based airline said at the weekend that its new London-bound extension would commence service on 25 March as part of its northern summer scheduling, bringing the number of weekly Qatar Airways flights between Doha and Heathrow to 35. The flag-carrier also [...]
Officials from Seattle-based Expedia told reporters this week that the firm is aiming to spin off the fast growing travel review site around 20 December as a publicly traded business, which will enable company investors to take advantage of the website’s current growth spurt. TripAdvisor will be traded on the Nasdaq market and with its [...]
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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