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July 23rd - This weekend will be the busiest so far of the year at UK airports
With figures from aviation analyst Cirium, this coming Friday, 25 July, will see 3,255 flights out of the UK with 585,189 seats on board. Paul Charle…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
July 22nd - United business class – present and future
It's Travel Desk Tuesday, and joining me today is The Independent's US Travel Editor, Ted Thornhill. He's been to the US and back in business class o…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
July 21st - Over from Dover in the busiest week of the year
I'm at the UK's busiest port, watching ferries zipping back and forth across the Channel while I talk to Doug Bannister, chief executive of the Port …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
July 18th - 'Fuel prices on some motorways are extortionate'
So says the president of the AA, Edmund King. He's urging motorists to plan their journeys with care in order to save on petrol or diesel.
This podcas…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
17th July - Airport charges: Drop-off rip-off, says RAC
Some of the UK’s top airports now charge a fee of £7 for dropping off passengers at the airport. Only one, London City, has no charge. In contrast, a…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
July 16th - Ryanair: cheesed off about air-traffic control
Europe’s biggest budget airline cancelled hundreds of flights earlier this month due to a strike by French air-traffic controllers.
Most of those wer…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
July 15th - Those annoying extras...
It's Travel Desk Tuesday, in which one of my excellent colleagues fills us in on what's happening around the world – and, in this case, around the UK…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
July 14th - Wizz Air UK has a new boss
Yvonne Moynihan has taken over running the British offshoot of one of Europe’s top three budget airlines (the other two being easyJet and Ryanair, wh…
10 months ago
July 11th - Aviation security eases – but only at some UK airports
Rejoice! For the first summer since 2006, passengers at some UK airports can leave all electrical items and liquids inside their cabin baggage at the…
10 months ago
July 10th - Just how affordable is Switzerland?
Ahead of the key England v Wales match in the Women's Euros in St Gallen, Switzerland, I have been assessing the cost of being a tourist in the Alpin…
10 months ago