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June 8th - Chaos, what chaos?
With 31 days of security strikes threatened at Heathrow, I take a look at what measures will be used to limit the impact of the walk-outs.
This podcas…
2 years, 11 months ago
June 7th - Heathrow strikes amid a "major escalation" about pay
London Heathrow airport will see “disruption, delays and cancellations this summer” according to the Unite union. In a “a major escalation” of a pay …
2 years, 11 months ago
June 6th - My arctic adventure continues
Part two of my Arctic adventure. In which a train goes missing, a bus stands in, another train has almost no passengers, connections are missed or ne…
2 years, 11 months ago
June 5th - My difficult journey to Sweden
I had a particularly odd journey to Luleå in Sweden. It began with a 25 minute late flight from Stansted, I was met by a train derailment in Arlanda …
2 years, 11 months ago
June 2nd - How to get the cheapest plane tickets
I’m on a plane to Sweden – flying Ryanair from Stansted to Vasteras, an approximation to Stockholm. I know some people will have paid less than me, a…
2 years, 11 months ago
June 1st - Weigh before fly
Would you tolerate standing on the scales at the airport?
At present, airlines use “assumed mass” – typically 88kg per passenger. Air New Zealand is s…
2 years, 11 months ago
May 31 - What to discover in Szczecin
I’m in Szczecin in northwest Poland – previously known as Stettin, when in German hands.
It’s a fascinating city, as I have been hearing from Szymon M…
2 years, 11 months ago
May 30th - The worlds largest passenger jet could be on it's way
A new transatlantic start-up airline, Global Airlines, says it has acquired its first Airbus A380 SuperJumbo and will fly four of them between London…
2 years, 11 months ago
May 29th - How eGates work... and why they break
When airport eGates work, they're wonderful! Step in, scan your passport and... whiz, you're through!
But that didn't quite happen on Friday night and…
2 years, 11 months ago
May 26th - What rights you have if your flight gets cancelled
My flight at Heathrow, to Prague, has just been cancelled – along with almost 200 other departures since the latest British Airways IT meltdown began…
2 years, 11 months ago