4th December 2009

Ryanair Ranked Worst Family Brand

It now seems that Ryanair has been dealt a hard blow after being named Britain’s Worst Family Brand. This all comes thanks to a study that was done to find what companies in the UK offer the most family values.
The results of the study show that most people rank Ryanair, the no frills airline, as doing very little to promote family values and does not seem to care or listen to their customers. Almost 100 famous firms in the UK were ranked in this poll that 15,000 Britons took part in.
Although Ryanair came out as the worst company on the [...]

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4th December 2009

International Air Transport Association Says Middle East Leading Airline Recovery

It now seems that some new data that was released on November 30th by the International Air Transport Association, suggests that the strong growth in both Latin America and the Middle East is starting to bring international air travel back to positive growth levels. Passenger traffic across the worldwide industry has actually been on the rise.
Of course, the year on year rise for Middle Eastern carriers has had a healthy 14.3 percent growth. This is helping to reduce the average declines experienced in other places like Europe, which has seen a decline of 3 percent. Even North America has seen [...]

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4th December 2009

American Airlines Raises the Sakes and Offers Japan Airlines $1.1 Billion

It now seems that American Airlines has planned to step up their bidding war by offering Japan Airlines $1.1 billion to stay with Oneworld. Right now, although the two sides deny it, there is a bidding war going on between American Airlines’ Oneworld alliance and Delta Air Lines’ Skyteam alliance to get Japan Airlines to join. Although Japan Airlines is already part of Oneworld, American Airlines would like to keep it that way, while Delta is hoping that the airline will jump ship.
Right now much of the $1.1 billion that American Airlines is offering is being injected by TPG, a [...]

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4th December 2009

Viscount receives driving ban for being drunk as a lord

A twenty-four-year-old Viscount has been told that he is not allowed to drive a car for the next three years after receiving a second conviction for drink driving. Viscount St. Cyrus is well known for posting boasts about his fondness for the odd tipple on social networking sites. Friends are often privy to photographs of [...]

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4th December 2009

Female car hire drivers do not meet the traditional stereotypes

Long held jokes and stereotypes about women drivers are completely untrue according to a new study which showed just as many females as males enjoy chatting about motor vehicles and watching Top Gear.
Often derided by male drivers as being inferior and generally clueless about anything technical, new research from Diamond -  a girl’s best friend when it comes to car hire – suggests that women are far more clued up than they are given credit for, with car hire users frequently researching motoring and being more knowledgeable about the details of their rental purchase.
Diamond also found that almost half of [...]

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4th December 2009

Best car manufacturers chosen by Top Gear viewers has Sixt car hire happy

Consistently popular TV show Top Gear viewers will have noticed Clarkson & Co recently ask pundits which car manufacturer they consider to be the best. The show, now is its audience-pleasing 14th season, announced the results of their poll during last night’s show.
The voters unsurprisingly decided on BMW as being the top choice on Top Gear, with VW coming in second ahead of Ford.
Sixt car hire was just one of the many UK-based rental companies that would have been delighted with the announcement, as when it comes to making rental choices the group is able to offer the cars that [...]

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