Virgin Atlantic stops Kenya flights

by William ASTON on May 16, 2012

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will withdraw flights to and from Kenya in the face of rising costs and a dip in visitor numbers.
Increasing fuel costs paired with rising APD – or Air Passenger Duty – were the main factors in Virgin Atlantic’s decision to discontinue all flights between the Kenyan capital Nairobi and [...]

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Travel firm probe launched after Gran Canaria Briton deaths of two Britons

by Alfie FEATHERSTONE on May 15, 2012

A travel firm and regular organiser of guided walks around Gran Canaria is currently investigating after the death of a 78-year-old female during a hill walk in temperatures nearing 40C.
Wendy Richardson, aged 78, suffered from a suspected heart attack just 40 minutes into a guided tour on Sunday and a matter of days after certain [...]

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Ryanair passengers receive website closure warning

May 14, 2012

Thousands of Ryanair customers, set to travel this weekend, have been advised by the airline to make use of web-check in services before Friday night - or face having to pay extra once they arrive at the airport.
The budget carrier’s website is to be closed for routine maintenance as of 10pm on Friday night and [...]

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Virgin offers in flight calls

May 11, 2012

The service is to initially become available on the airline’s new Airbus A330s that will fly from London to New York. By the end of the year, the service will be available on at least 17 planes covering 10 routes.
AeroMobile, part-owned by Panasonic, will provide all in-flight mobile access. Virgin is to charge passengers roughly [...]

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Border staff strike to not affect travellers insists BAA

May 10, 2012

The BAA has advised London Heathrow passengers not to make any changes to their travel plans today, in spite of a 24-hour walk-out that has been planned by vital airport border staff.
Fliers arriving at Heathrow have unfortunately experienced delays of anything up to three hours in recent weeks as a result of a border staff [...]

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Welsh Chinese holiday village blocked

May 9, 2012

A £50m holiday village for Chinese tourists, proposed for the heart of the Welsh countryside, was shelved today after inspectors deemed the plans “inappropriate”.
Thousands of wealthy Chinese visitors were expected to flock to the proposed hotel, which was to have 100 rooms, and holiday homes that were to be built on a rural site. Although [...]

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Border Force staff face daily appearance checks

May 8, 2012

UK Border Force officers, currently struggling to handle immigration queues of anything up to three hours, are now facing daily checks on uniform, hair and fingernails before they are allowed to begin their shift.
 
Internal emails that ended up in the hands of the British broadsheet press show how managers at various ports of entry around [...]

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Cornwall cliff plunge man died whilst trying to take photos

May 7, 2012

A man who died after plunging 160 feet from a Cornish cliff was attempting to take photographs, it has emerged.
Harry McCabe, aged 54, lost his footing while walking along the cliffs at Mullion, Cornwall, on Friday night. He was with his wife Samantha, aged 44, and their two children, both aged 12.
It is believed Mr McCabe, holidaying [...]

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Foreign Office relaxes Lamu warning

May 4, 2012

The popular Kenyan resort of Lamu has now been declared relatively safe for UK holidaymakers to visit. 
The Foreign Office amended its advice for Kenya earlier on in the week and is now warning against anything but essential travel to the coastal areas that are within 60 kilometres of the border the country shares with Somalia. [...]

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British Airways to resume Seoul flights

May 3, 2012

British Airways is to resume its flights to the capital of South Korea, Seoul, after over a decade of not flying to the destination.
The flagship carrier will re-launch its service on December 2, which is when it will start operating at least six flights per week between London Heathrow Airport and Seoul, using slots that [...]

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