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# Saturday, 09 February 2008
Airbus has said that it expects passenger traffic to grow at an average of 4.9% a year. This would mean a trebling of global passenger traffic over the next twenty years. The company forecasts that 24,300 passenger and freight aircraft will be ordered between now and 2026 and expects demand to be greatest in Asia Pacific.

posted on Saturday, 09 February 2008 16:43:30 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Friday, 08 February 2008
Union leaders have announced that workers will be balloted on strike action. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association said its members will vote from 15 February to 11 March. The Rail Maritime and Transport Union has not yet set a date when its workers will vote.

posted on Friday, 08 February 2008 10:13:12 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Thursday, 07 February 2008
BA has become the latest sponsor of the 2012 Olympics paying around £40 million for marketing rights. They will also fly British athletes to this years Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Other major sponsors of the Olympics include Lloyds TSB, EDF and Adidas.

posted on Thursday, 07 February 2008 12:41:14 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
Manchester Airport has closed one its runways to allow maintenance work to be carried out. The airports usual traffic will use the remaining runway whilst the work is carried out. There are not expected to be any delays to flights from the airport. The second runway will reopen on 29th February.

posted on Thursday, 07 February 2008 12:39:47 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
It is likely that tube workers will stage a series of strikes. The two main unions have given London Underground 48 hours to agree to a list of nine demands. If they do not aggress staff will be balloted today. The demands cover a number of issues and it is unlikely that an agreement will be met. One of the issues includes a ban on agency workers and sub contractor working on underground lines. If they go ahead the strikes will take place next month.

posted on Thursday, 07 February 2008 12:37:57 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Wednesday, 06 February 2008
A new high speed train has been launched in France. The train which is called the AGV will replace the TGV. The new trains will travel at a top speed of 224mph compared to 186mph, the top speed of the TGV. This would mean that the journey on Eurostar from London to Paris would now take only 1h42 minutes compared to the current 2h15 minute journey. Eurostar whilst interested in the new train have no plans to replace its current fleet of trains for the next ten years, so those who are looking forward to getting to France in less than two hours will have a to wait quite some time.

posted on Wednesday, 06 February 2008 15:31:05 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Tuesday, 05 February 2008
Ryanair have said that profits could fall by around 50% next year. The warning has come as a result of higher oil prices combined with poor consumer demand and the weaker pound. Shares in the company fell by more than 10% after the warning. Despite the warning Michael O’Leary the Ryanair boss said the company had managed a "creditable performance in very adverse market conditions", and said he still expects profits for the current year to be ahead by around 17.5% to €470m”.

posted on Tuesday, 05 February 2008 18:40:01 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Monday, 04 February 2008
A group of suspected Islamist suicide bombers have been arrested at Gatwick airport. The six men, who were all from Pakistan were arrested 10 days ago and held under anti-terrorism laws. They had flown in from Barcelona and were arrested after a tip off from the Spanish intelligence services after the discovery of a suspected Al-Qaeda cell in the city. The six men were questioned before being held over night and then being escorted onto a flight back to Pakistan.

posted on Monday, 04 February 2008 16:34:32 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback

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posted on Monday, 04 February 2008 00:48:29 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback

blogoftheweek This weeks travel blog of the week is Nate and Shelly's RTW Trip, a married couples blog of their travelling experiences around the world.

The blog covers Nate and Shelly's travels to Argentina, France, Guyana, Italy, Peru and Uruguay and is filled with interesting stories and photo's of their travels. One article I found interesting was their trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina where they visited Recoleta Cemetery which is also the resting place of Eva Peron.

I found Nate's 3 points on "what we throw away" in Argentina quite amusing. He says that garbage is collected every day in the city and can be quite a dangerous excise as bin men run down the street next to the truck throwing rubbish into the truck narrowly avoiding pedestrians. Recycling appears to be done by enterprising locals sifting through the rubbish you put out before the bin men collect it. Avoiding dog mess is another issue when walking through the streets as it is never cleared up and requires one eye constantly focused on the ground.

posted on Monday, 04 February 2008 00:40:18 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Saturday, 02 February 2008
British Airways are likely to deliver record profits this year, in the first nine months of the financial year they have reported a 35% rise in earnings. This is despite rising fuel costs and a fall in economy class bookings during January. BA has recently announced a business class only service that will fly from London’s city airport to New York. They have also not ruled out making a take over bid for BMI which would give them control of 50% of Heathrow’s slots.

posted on Saturday, 02 February 2008 13:30:21 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback
# Wednesday, 30 January 2008
If you want to fly naked then you are in luck. A German travel agent has started a charter flight for passengers who prefer to fly as nature intended (unfortunately wings are not included). The German company OssiUrlaub has decided to launch naturist flights because naturist holidays are particularly popular in Germany. The flight will initially fly from the city of Erfurt to the Baltic island of Usedom returning on the same day. All passengers will travel naked but they will only be allowed to undress once they board the flight, although cabin crew will remain clothed for security reasons.

posted on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 20:27:00 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Trackback