03 Sep 2012Travel

Lufthansa union plans extended strikes on Tuesday

Lufthansa cabin crews will strike again on Tuesday and extend work stoppages, after a labour action on Friday over pay and cost-cutting measures brought Frankfurt airport to a standstill.A spokesman for Lufthansa said that Germany's biggest airline had little possibility to prepare for the strike and was not planning right now to improve its offer to increase wages by 3.5pc in exchange for longer working...

Source : telegraph | 263 Day(s) AgoCategory : Travel

Airline scams and scandals

When Easyjet announced a new route from London Luton to Tel Aviv (capital city of Israel, a country where 76 per cent of the population are Jewish) in 2010, it also unveiled a special kosher menu designed by Hermolis of London, to be priced at the same rates as standard ranges on other flights.However, in February 2011, many Jewish passengers were somewhat taken aback when the inflight offering included...

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Canada: where to view the autumn foliage

Kathy...

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National Trust on the hunt for the great British walk

The National...

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MSPs warned over bad behaviour

presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament has written to MSPs warning them against bad behaviour in the Holyrood chamber.Tricia Marwick has urged members to "conduct themselves in a courteous and respectful manner".Her letter was sent ahead of the new term which will see the parliament sit on three as opposed to two days a week.The change was made to allow MSPs to quiz ministers on "topical issues"...

Source : BBC | 262 Day(s) AgoCategory : Travel

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Warning over delays at Australian airports : telegraph

Aircraft named in Dame Mary Peters's honour

the 40th anniversary of Dame Mary Peters’s gold-medal winning performance in the Munich Olympics, an aircraft was named in her honour at a ceremony in Belfast.Several former Olympic champions, including Dame Kelly Holmes and Daley Thompson, also attended the event at Belfast City Airport on Sunday, when a Flybe plane was christened ‘The Mary Peters’.The aircraft features a life-size image of the athlete...

Source : telegraph | 263 Day(s) AgoCategory : Travel

This week's best things to do in London, from Fashion's Night Out to the Mayor's Thames Festival

week's best things to do in London, from Fashion's Night Out to the Mayor's Thames FestivalJohn O'Ceallaigh selects the best lifestyle, culture and free events taking place in London this week.It's the final week of the Paralympic Games and this weekend's Mayor's Thames Festival marks the "end of summer". Next week might seem depressingly flat but for now there's stillThere was plenty of cynicism in...

Source : telegraph | 263 Day(s) AgoCategory : Travel

Best cruise deals from British ports

Seville (for Cadiz), Alghero (Sardinia), Civitavecchia (for Rome), Florence, Cannes, Barcelona, Gibraltar, SouthamptonGibraltar, Cannes, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Malaga, Lisbon, Vigo, SouthamptonLagoulette (for Carthage), Heraklion, Kusadesi (for Ephesus), Piraeus (for Athens), Katakolon, Lisbon, SouthamptonPonta Delgada, Tortola, St Maarten, Castries, St Lucia, Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao,...

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Deborah Meaden's holiday heaven and hell

entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge Deborah Meaden recalls a gorilla trek in Rwanda and a military coup in Argentina.The Dragon's Den judge was very moved by the sight of mountain gorillas in RwandaMy best holiday is always the last one I went on. Just recently, my husband, Paul, and I were in Tanzania doing charity work for the Worldwide Fund for Nature and we decided to go and see the gorillas in...

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Plane turned back after mid-flight brawl

Swiss International Airlines plane carrying 200 passengers from Zurich to Beijing was forced to turn back yesterday after two fliers became embroiled in a violent confrontation.The two men were 27 and 57 years old, and were both Chinese citizens, according to a report in the Swiss German-language newspaper Blick.Mehdi Guenin, a spokesman for the airline, confirmed that an altercation had taken place...

Source : telegraph | 263 Day(s) AgoCategory : Travel

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