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Polo club boards plane in full kit because of T5 baggage chaos
The delays and flight cancellations at the newly-opened Heathrow Terminal 5 are all over the press today, with the Guardian summing up the situation rather well.
They’ve also come up with one of the more bizarre stories of the day, reporting on a polo club who were heading for training in South Africa. The team were forced to wear […]
Gatwick cabin baggage restrictions to be lifted
Hot off the press from an industry contact, BAA are about to announce a lifting of cabin baggage restrictions at flights operating from Gatwick from March 31 2008, as this statement explains:
“On 31st March, passengers travelling from Gatwick will be able to carry more than one bag through security. The government restriction limiting passengers to one […]
Confused about airline charges?
If so, then this article by Sophie Butler in the Telegraph examines the sometimes bewildering say airlines choose to represent taxes, fees and charges to their customers.
Europe A-Z: Albania
Once the only officially atheist state in the world, internationally isolated and with a paranoid dictator, Albania has come a long way since shaking off its communist shackles in 1992, and is now open to the world and cheerfully welcoming visitors.
It’s one of Europe’s least discovered spots with much to offer the adventurous traveller, and […]
China to run “most luxurious train in the world” into occupied Tibet
China is launching a new rail service from Beijing to the Tibetan capital Lhasa, which Chinese authorities claim will be the “most luxurious in the world”.
The service will start in September 2008, running on the 1,142 kilometre Qinghait-Tibet Railway, which opened in July 2006.
China has occupied the Himalayan country since 1950, and critics of the […]
Easter British Airways pilots’ strike averted
British Airways pilots have announced they will not strike over the Easter period.
Talks between the pilots’ union BALPA and BA had broken down last Friday (March 7) over plans to outsource work with worse pay and conditions to the airline’s new service OpenSkies.
“Our row is not with the travelling public who will have worked hard […]
Which travel game comes out on top?
Long journeys often need a bit of livening up, and what better way to do it than with a travel-sized game?
If you’re on a plane there are only so many miniature bottles of wine you can ask for before getting bashful, while train tables are ideal playing surfaces for a battle of luck or wits. […]
British Airways could face Easter pilots’ strike
UK travellers could face Easter misery after negotiations broke down that were seeking to avert a pilots’ strike at British Airways.
Talks between British Airways management and the pilots’ union BALPA, held through the mediation service Acas, ended on Friday March 7 in deadlock. Eighty six per cent of pilots had already voted for strike action […]
Surf Brittania - a beginner’s guide to surfing in Britain
Escape the office
Surfing has witnessed a phenomenal surge in popularity in the last few years, with more and more jaded city professionals donning wetsuits and heading out into the Atlantic waves to get away from the pressures of the daily grind and notch up a few bragging rights in the process.
On a dreary office Monday […]
The bit that Michael Palin missed Part One - Lake Ohrid, Macedonia
Michael Palin’s recent New Europe series was a mild-mannered jaunt around the countries of the former Eastern Bloc. From Slovakia to Serbia he made his usual ambling way around some of the more interesting spots in the east.
Of course, he couldn’t do justice to such a wildly diverse region in just seven episodes, and plenty of […]
