France’s Aigle Azur airline has become the first European passenger airline to fly directly to Iraq since the beginning of the Gulf War. The plane has touched down at Baghdad International Airport at around 6 a.m. local time on Sunday, carrying mostly journalists and French officials, which made it mostly a very ceremonial flight. The [...]
The Allure of the Seas, one the world’s largest cruise liner, has set sail Friday for its Florida’s home port. The extravagant ship, the second largest cruise liner in the world, has been built in Finland’s Turku. The cruise liner spans for about four soccer fields, and boasts 8,300 cabins, an open-air park as well [...]
British mogul Sir Richard Branson is preparing to go into space as he finishes the design of his very own spaceport in the New Mexico desert. Gov. Bill Richardson, a long-time space enthusiast, has agreed five years ago to help Branson build the first dedicated spaceport in the world. Now that all the hanger facilities, [...]
British Airways’ cabin crew that has been on strike since the beginning of this year may receive back its basic travel perks, if they agree to accept the latest offer made by the carrier. The two parties have been locked into the costly and long-running dispute after the BA has withdrawn staff’s travel concessions, which [...]
According to the report recently published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., the worldwide travel luggage market will reach a stunning US48.4 billion in just five years from now. The growth is prompted by both higher unit sales and price competitiveness, which can be attributed to increased number of leisure as well as business travelers. The [...]
Air New Zealand has announced plans to introduce new class of seating on its flights dubbed Cuddle Class. The idea is to give the passengers an opportunity to convert three seats to some sort of a mini couch. This design has already become known as sky couch, and will be offered on the Air New [...]
The two year long disputed between the discount flights air company`s Board of Directors and EasyJet`s founder and main shareholder seems to finally have been settled. The agreement will allow sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou hang on to 0.25% royalty whenever the Easy Brand name is used, which is estimated to be worth anywhere between £4 to [...]
Continental Airlines have announced their decision to stop serving food to passengers on most flights effective October 12, 2010. This move makes the company the last among the major airlines to cancel free food service. According to the industry experts, Continental remained the only major airline company that continued offering free meals on its flights, [...]
It yet remains to be seen if the US$1.4B merger of the two low cost airlines, Southwest and its rival AirTran Airways, will add any extra convenience to travelers, but many analysts predict that the ticket prices will most likely go up. According to Gary Kelly, Southwest CEO, the acquisition of the AirTran is an [...]
Thomas Cook has been harshly criticized by tour operators and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) for its move to cut payments for hotel rooms by 5% for all people traveling in August and September. The CHTA has threatened Thomas Cook with a legal action in response to the move, should the carrier go [...]
