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August 30th - What did go wrong with the UK's air traffic control system?
We're still feeling the effects of the air traffic control fiasco that crippled flights into and out of the UK on the bank holiday with little in the…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 29 - Travel chaos from a technical issue
Hundreds of thousands of passengers booked to travel to or from the UK have had their flights cancelled or delayed after the air-traffic control syst…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 28 - Scandinavian simplicity extends to... buying tickets
This week will see much debate about plans to close railway station ticket offices – including the wider question about how passengers with disabilit…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 25 - Travel chaos arrived before the bank holiday started
Bank holiday travel chaos arrived earlier than expected, with thousands of travellers stranded in various parts of Europe after large-scale cancellat…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 24 - All the travel challenges this bank holiday
I predict that we're about to see the busiest holiday since 2019 this bank holiday weekend and it won't be helped by the train strikes. Over ten thou…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 23rd - New airline flights to Cairo this Winter!
Today I am celebrating the news that not one but two airlines will be flying from Luton to Cairo this winter: easyJet and Wizz Air. With the much-del…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 22nd - Concorde remembered
Twenty years ago, the world’s only surviving supersonic airliner was on her final lap of honour. The Concorde era ended on 24 October 2003, when Brit…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 21st - Brace yourselves for the next round of train strikes
For today’s travel podcast, I’m on the train again, from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport – making the most of the opportunity of rail travel ahead o…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 18th - Lonely Planet's Vice President on the future for the iconic travel brand
50 years ago after Tony and Maureen Wheeler first published Across Asia on the Cheap – the first book in the Lonely Planet guidebook series.
The pand…
2 years, 8 months ago
August 17th - British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academy
It’s A-level results day, which means some young people may be having a bit of a rethink about their future.
One option for which the academic require…
2 years, 8 months ago