Double the baggage for BA's Ghana passengers

Passengers on British Airways' Accra to London economy class route can now take double the checked-in baggage with them on their trips, it has emerged.

This equates to 46 kilos in two pieces, which will benefit the thousands of passengers ...

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Posted by Andrea at 17:55, 2 January 2008

Manchester passengers can take more luggage on board

Manchester Airport is one of the first UK hubs to be given permission to allow its passengers to take more than one item of luggage on-board flights.

Since August 2006, when UK airports were placed on high alert, those travelling ...

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Posted by Clare at 17:57, 2 January 2008

Moscow flights doubled by bmi

UK carrier bmi has announced that it is set to double its flights between Heathrow Airport and Moscow in time for the summer.

From March 30th an extra daily service will be added to the route, with other ...

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Posted by Andrew at 12:33, 3 January 2008

Silverjet reports continued success

Silverjet saw a significant increase in passenger traffic during the month of December, it has been announced.

The business-only carrier said that passenger traffic rose by 10.5 per cent last month compared with November and by 77 per cent ...

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Posted by Carrie at 12:37, 3 January 2008

Frustrated rail travellers 'turning to flights'

Travellers affected by ongoing rail disruption have been increasingly looking to domestic flights to get around the UK, it has been claimed.

VLM said that it has seen "an unexpected boost" in the number of people travelling on its flights ...

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Posted by Teddie at 13:40, 3 January 2008

BAA strikes cancelled

Planned strikes that would have caused disruption at BAA's seven UK airports on three occasions this month have been averted.

The industrial action by members of the Unite union had been planned to take place over 24 hours on January 7th ...

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Posted by Andrea at 13:42, 3 January 2008

Flight demand booms in November

International passenger demand for flights soared by 9.3 per cent in November, new figures have indicated.

The statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) suggest that demand growth reached an 18-month high in November, with average load factors also up ...

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Posted by Mike at 11:24, 4 January 2008

British Airways to launch flights to Paphos

British Airways has announced that it is set to launch a new route to Paphos in Cyprus from Gatwick Airport this summer.

The flights will begin on July 1st and will run on a daily basis, adding ...

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Posted by Carrie at 11:32, 4 January 2008

Flyers urged to consider insurance for health reasons

Holidaymakers should steer themselves away from believing that travel insurance is only needed to cover flight cancellations, according to one expert.

Perry Wilson of insurance firm InsureandGo said that medical expenses are actually the largest part of travel cover and should ...

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Posted by Mike at 11:33, 4 January 2008

Costly rail fares 'will boost flights'

Travellers reluctant to pay the new, higher train fares that came into force last week are likely to turn to flights instead, according to one expert.

Railway users saw the prices of some tickets go up by as much as 11 ...

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Posted by Clare at 11:36, 7 January 2008

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