Strike to hit Virgin Atlantic flights

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will cancel three flights a day for the duration of the recently announced strike by members of the Unite union.

Airline employees will hold industrial action on certain days in January and while the ...

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Posted by Merv at 08:51, 21 December 2007

Air France tests inflight mobile

Air France has announced that it is trialling inflight mobile phone services on its flights across Europe.

Passengers travelling with the carrier onboard one of its Airbus A318 planes are now able to send and receive text and ...

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Posted by Andrew at 08:52, 21 December 2007

BAA workers vote to strike in January

Airports operated by BAA in the UK look set to shut down on three separate occasions in the new year, after employees voted to carry out strikes in January.

The Unite union announced the results of the ballot in a conference ...

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Posted by Merv at 12:11, 21 December 2007

New York reveals Restaurant Week details

Details of the forthcoming Winter Restaurant Week in New York have been announced by the city's tourist board.

The widely anticipated event, which sees hundreds of restaurants across the Big Apple offer cuisine at ultra-low prices, will run between January ...

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Posted by Andrew at 08:00, 24 December 2007

New year "great" for USA shopping

Britons looking to take advantage of bargains in the new year sales might want to hop on a flight to the USA in January.

According to a spokesperson for Stansted Airport, January represents the perfect time to benefit from ...

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Posted by Carrie at 12:06, 24 December 2007

Travellers 'treat themselves for special occasions'

Christmas travellers tend to treat themselves at Christmas and on special occasions, a spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic has said.

Anna Knowles said that airline passengers will treat themselves to a first class seat at Christmas to see their friends ...

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Posted by Teddie at 14:00, 27 December 2007

BA draws attention to Israel

After years of fending off attacks from surrounding Arab countries and terrorists, Israel has been added to British Airways' (BA) list of recommended destinations.

The airline no longer classes Israel as a war zone and the Jewish state will now ...

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Posted by Andrew at 14:05, 27 December 2007

Eos reports record passenger figures

Eos Airlines has announced that it saw a record number of customers on its flights during October and November this year.

The premium-only carrier experienced a 64 per cent increase in passenger traffic during the two-month period, a trend ...

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Posted by Penny at 10:16, 28 December 2007

Flyers urged to note new hand luggage rules

Travellers flying to or from Heathrow Airport next year have been reminded to take note of changes to the one-bag policy for hand luggage.

From January 7th, 2008, passengers will be able to take one piece of hand luggage and ...

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Posted by Mike at 10:16, 28 December 2007

City breaks 'popular at new year'

City breaks are more popular at new year than they are at Christmas, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta).

Trips to cities increase in popularity at the end of the year as partygoers look to visit places "that ...

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Posted by Paul at 14:45, 31 December 2007

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