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Continental Airlines are the first carrier to introduce mobile boarding at London’s Heathrow Airport. The US based carrier is the first airliner to offer mobile boarding – a paperless facility, on flights from the UK to the USA.
Travellers will have a pass sent to a mobile device in the form of a two dimensional […]

easyJet’s first new routes of the year commenced yesterday with flights from London Gatwick to city break destinations in Germany – Hamburg and Dusseldorf.
Over 70 new flight services will be launched by the low budget carrier in the next six months, which will include: Cagliari to Stansted, and Manchester to Helsinki.
easyJet will also be increasing […]

London’s Gatwick airport released figures for December 2009, which showed the hub handled 2.12 million passengers – an increase of just under 2 per cent on December 2008.
The London hub monitored annual growth by recording the number of travellers flying to the UK, Channel Islands and Europe, December’s increasing passenger numbers for the third consecutive […]

American airliner, Continental Airlines has said they will increase flights from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York this year, maximising opportunities for city breaks to New York.
In March, an additional flight will commence from the 27th of the month at Newark Liberty Airport, making it the fourth daily connection from the US to the UK […]

Aer Arann and Aer Lingus have teamed up to launch a new timetable of flights to Cork from Glasgow along with increasing the number of flights to Dublin.
The new flights from Glasgow Airport will start on 28th February under the new name ‘Aer Lingus Regional’.
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, told the BBC: “Ireland […]

Economy travellers on Air New Zealand flights will soon get to experience ‘lie-down economy bed’s’, reveals the Guardian Online.
The introduction of ‘beds’ in economy class will certainly be a novelty and is currently being seen as a big improvement in economy travel comfort in nearly 20 years.
The design of lie flat beds has […]

2010 is a promising year for the Dutch Caribbean Island, Aruba if 2009 is anything to go by. Official figures show Aruba recorded nearly a 50% increase in tourism for a year to year like for like time period.
Aruba is famous for its hot climate and crystalline shores, a luxurious and relaxing Caribbean holiday […]

Travellers don’t often know their rights when travelling, for example if a flight a traveller is on is disrupted or cancelled, what do you do?
The following guidance gives travellers some information on; flight cancellations, cost of extra hotels, compensation and flight delays.

Flight cancellation
Full refunds will be given on flights which are cancelled within 7 […]

Over the next couple of years BAA are said to be spending £25 million investing in improvements to Glasgow Airport, £12 million to be spent in the next year and £13 million in 2011.
Improvements to the airport will benefit passengers, as plans include;
• A terminal pier upgrade
• New food court
• Facility enhancements in the main terminal building.
Amanda McMillan, […]

As the European ski season gets underway, Ryanair has launched new routes from London’s Stansted Airport which includes twice weekly flights to Grenoble, Lourdes and Cueno, thus maximising accessibility to ski resorts in the Alps and Pyrenees regions.
Transfer times to selected resorts may be cut by up to an hour when flying to Grenoble. […]

This year trips to Lapland to see Santa Claus will be more eco-friendly due to new flight routes for airplanes to help cut emissions.
Flying to Santa Park in Rovaniemi, Finland, travelling through Norwegian airspace on a ‘greener route’ from the UK can help cut CO2 by up to 15 tons a day.
The Independent reports, “The […]

easyJet have announced their plans for expansion which includes new routes from Liverpool, Manchester and London’s Stansted airports.
The low cost airline will commence a daily service from Stansted to Sardinia’s Cagliari airport at the end of March, whilst Malta will see an increase of twice daily flights from Liverpool in the middle of June.
City break […]

The success of Emirates in the last 6 months is thought to have contributed to the success of Dubai Airport, where the 40 millionth passenger is set to pass through before the year is out.
Events in Dubai such as the World Travel Awards, Dubai Shopping Festival, and the Dubai Air show have all helped with […]

Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) according to its managers is set to expand in 2010 and is currently one of the few UK airports to report growth in the current financial crisis.
A positive end to this year and hopes for a new terminal building to go ahead will certainly put LBIA in competition with the […]

After 18 months of discussions British Airways (BA) is to merge with Spanish airliner, Iberia, creating the 3rd largest airliner in the world through a £4.2bn deal.
BA will have a 55% stake of the new company with Willie Walsh taking the role of Chief Executive for the BA-Iberia brand, while Iberia’s chief executive will be […]

Flight routes to Northern Ireland will alter for low cost airliner easyJet in the New Year.
From 7th January 2010, the daily flight route from Luton to Belfast International will go to Belfast City. All the other flights remain at Belfast International, according to an easyJet spokesperson.
More flight routes may be added to […]

Christmas Markets are a popular tourist attraction in many European towns and cities with shoppers and tourists alike. CityBreaks-Direct have responded to consumer demand and created Christmas Market-themed citybreaks, enabling festive shoppers to combine a European citybreak with Christmas shopping.
Features of the themed citybreaks include 2 or 3 night deals with hotels close to […]

Mike Tanzer, Chief Executive of ABTA has addressed the ABTA Travel Convention attendees in Barcelona about the latest initiative to help safeguard holidaymakers who purchase flights or accommodation separately, as well as those who purchase packages.
In a fundamental effort to close one of the tourism industry’s biggest loopholes, ABTA, along with the support from its […]

As of 1st October 2009 Ryanair will not accept any other form of identification other than valid Passports or National Identity cards.
Passengers are now reminded that the use of driving licences is no longer valid on Ryanair flights.
Any passenger who wishes to travel with Ryanair will now have to use the correct form of ID […]

ABTA is advising UK holidaymakers to act against the Government on its plans to increase Air Passenger Duty (APD), as it claims long haul destinations such as the Caribbean will become unaffordable.
With the Notting Hill Carnival being held in London over August Bank Holiday weekend, an influx of visitors from the Caribbean will be here […]