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April 1st - Busy week for budget airlines in southeast England
Yesterday I was at Southend airport for the opening of a new easyJet base. Today the target is Luton airport where Jet2 has opened a new base – at th…
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March 31st - Exclusive interview with Michael O’Leary
Ryanair has just announced it has carried 200 million passengers over the course of a year. A good moment, then, to catch up with Michael O’Leary, wh…
1 year, 1 month ago
March 28th - CNN's Richard Quest warns travellers to be wary of visiting the US because of tighter borders
US immigration is going to be looking more closely at everybody coming through the border. How this translates into travel and decision making, we do…
1 year, 1 month ago
March 27th - Ryanair has launched a loyalty scheme of sorts – but how good is it?
"Ryanair Prime" costs £79 a year, and its benefits are – to be polite – modest. Rob Burgess, founder of the excellent Head for Points frequent-flyer …
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March 26th - Diversionary tactics: should the UK do more when planes can't land where they are supposed to?
“Passengers don’t deserve to end up on random Atlantic islands,” says Matt Purton – group aviation services director at Air Charter Service – after l…
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March 25th - London to Sydney nonstop via the North Pole!
I'm talking today to Vanessa Hudson, chief executive of Qantas, about Project Sunrise – connecting London and Sydney nonstop.
This podcast is free, as…
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March 24th - Heathrow: what went wrong?
I've spent the weekend covering the airport shutdown. Around a quarter-million passengers who were due to fly to, from or via Heathrow on Friday and …
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March 21st - Taking the temperature of UK tourism
Today the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions has released its figures for 2024 – showing a "slow but steady" increase in visitor numbers. But…
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March 20th - Electric ferry for pedestrians and cyclists starts crossing the Thames in East London soon
I've been talking to Sean Collins, chief executive of Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, about his shiny new ferry – and how it will transform travel acro…
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March 19th - Visit this museum to understand divided Berlin
Today, the German capital is a busy, fun and coherent city. But I first knew Berlin when the Wall carved through its streets, dividing families. Some…
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