The US’s third-largest airline is set to retire some older aircraft and cut its capacity, the carrier announced on Monday. Officials for Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines said that by the end of January the carrier’s total number of seats would be reduced by 3 percent. This will come via the slashing of its least [...]
Sunday saw a 10-hour driving ban in the Italian city of Milan. The move was party of the northern Italian metropolis’ program to combat its worsening smog problem. All drivers were ordered to stay off roadways on Sunday whilst public transportation continued to operate normal schedules. Milan is among the smoggiest cities in all of [...]
BA and Iberia’s parent firm has said a slowdown is likely in the coming weeks despite encouraging numbers released this week. International Airlines Group said that it had seen a jump of 9.3 per cent in the number of premium-class travellers, its most profitable customers, during September, alongside an increase of 3.5 per cent for those [...]
New data shows that holiday spending in England rose 10% in the first six months of 2011. The news came via VisitEngland tourism body at this week’s ABTA conference in Palma, Majorca, during which it said that staycations had risen 3 per cent – a primary factor contributing to the rise in spending. The organisation [...]
Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas has received a racist and threatening letter as the airline continues its current showdown with labour unions. The anonymous note sent to the Australian flag carrier’s top executive –an Irishman- made violent threats and racist comments. The author referred to Joyce as ‘foreign filth’ and said that Qantas had [...]
Fears that American Airlines may soon file for bankruptcy caused its parent company’s shares to close down 33 points on Monday. Monday actually saw AMR Corp stock down as much as 41 per cent during the day, causing automatic stops to be put in place. AA is third biggest US airline but continues to be [...]
Qatar Airways celebrated the delivery of its 100th aircraft over the weekend. The 14 year-old company took delivery of the wide-body, long-range Boeing 777-200 LR during a special event at Boeing’s production facility in Seattle, where Akbar Al Baker, the airline’s chief executive, as well as Boeing chief executive and commercial president Jim Albaugh were [...]
This week saw travel firm Thomas Cook announce that summer sales in the United Kingdom remained flat. The financial statement released by the major European tour company also said that ongoing political unrest in the Middle Eastern and North African regions were continuing to adversely affect business, particularly in the French market. It also said [...]
The recent case of a medical emergency abroad for a British citizen has prompted one MP to call for mandatory cover. North West Leicestershire conservative MP Andrew Bridgen suggested this week that cover for Britons travelling abroad should be compulsory and that a system could be utilised at UK airports to check that all travellers [...]
The top executive of Gulf carrier Emirates has said the company still has seen no decline in demand despite economic uncertainty. Emirates’ President Tim Clark revealed the news early this week at the 100th anniversary of Hamburg airport, where he said that demand for seat on the fast-growing airline still was not being depleted and [...]
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