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These are the most reliable airlines in the World
A list of the most reliable airlines in the World has been revealed, with UK carriers largely absent from the list. North American airline GoJet was the most reliable carrier out of a list of 40 global airlines. Air China and Air Asia came out as the two worst airlines, with 43 per cent of Air Asia flights being delayed for just under an hour on average. Japan based ANA and frequent ‘best airline’ winner Air New Zealand round out the top three with impressive...
Bath could become the first city in the UK to introduce a “tourist tax”
Bath could become the first city in the UK to introduce a tourist tax, in line with a model common in European cities. Tourists have flocked to the Georgian spa city for centuries in order to visit the Roman baths and famous abbey - but plans have been drawn up to charge visitors an extra £1 per night, which would be put back into the community. The plans, proposed by Bath and North East Somerset Council, will be put to...
2017 “safest ever” for airline passengers
2017 was the safest year on record for airline passengers, the Civil Aviation Safety Review has revealed. With more people flying to more places than ever it will come as a relief to find that no jets crashed in passenger service anywhere in the world last year. The Dutch-based aviation consultancy, To70, has released its Civil Aviation Safety Review for 2017. It reports only two fatal accidents, both involving small turbo-prop aircraft, with a total of 13 lives lost. The Aviation...
Four UK airports named amongst the world’s happiest
Exeter, Newcastle, London Southend and Cardiff airports are among the happiest in the world, according to 'smiley' feedback system technology. Exeter Airport was named the number one aiport in the world, achieving an average customer satifisfaction rating of 88.66 per cent. Cork Airport came a close second with a score of 88.45 per cent, with Newcastle finishing fifth (87.05 per cent), London Southend Airport in sixth (86.79 per cent) and Cardiff seventh (86.57 per cent). Published by HappyOrNot, the Finnish company responsible...
This Airbus is currently drawing a giant Christmas tree in the sky over Germany
An Airbus jet is drawing a giant Christmas tree over the sky in Germany after taking off from Hamburg earlier today. The jet headed south towards Munster before making the zigzagged outline of a Christmas tree over the German cities of Cologne, Bonn and Frankfurt. The flight is currently heading back to its origin over the east of Germany. The stunt echoes a move by rival manufacturer Boeing in August when a Dreamliner made a giant plane over America. Flight BOE004...
Only non-stop service between UK and Taiwan takes off
The first non-stop service between the UK and Taiwan arrived in London this week. Having started its journey at Taipei’s Taoyuan International at 08:55 local time, the Airbus A350-900 undertook a 13 hour journey to arrive at London’s Gatwick airport. The first flight commemorates the start of the only non-stop service between Taiwan and the UK, and marks China Airlines’ return to the UK after a five year hiatus. The aircraft was greeted by water cannons on arrival to mark the occasion....
What Ryanair taught their passengers
2017 will be remembered as the year that Ryanair bosses got very red faces. A bizarre decision to change their staff holiday entitlement proved to be a very poor judgement and left most of us thinking they should probably fire the person who made that call. Flight Chaos The changes they made resulted in many pilots and cabin crew having a lot of holiday entitlement to use up. Knowing that it couldn’t really be denied the jaw-dropping decision was made...
UPDATE: London Underground Tube strike suspended but South Western set to strike
This week’s 24 hour walk out by tube train drivers has been suspended after talks between union Aslef and London Underground. The strike would have caused disruption to the capital, especially with the England v Slovenia World Cup qualifier football match at Wembley on Thursday evening. The dispute centres on broken agreements underground staff say they had with tube bosses over the shifts they work since the Night Tube made sections of the London underground run 24 hours. London Underground...
Attention wanderlusters: we now have non-stop flights to Indonesia
Just when we thought London was the best-connected city in the world, it's become a little better: the first non-stop return flights between the UK and Indonesia begin on 31 October. Operated by five-star airline Garuda Indonesia, it will be the only airline to fly direct, and will cut out its previous stopover in Singapore for the return journey. Non-stop flights will run three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from London Heathrow at 21:155, landing in the...