24th
December
2009
Lately there has been a big scramble by Eurostar passengers to find a way to get on the limited scheduled trains before Christmas. However, Eurostar has come forward and issued a statement saying that it will be running services throughout the day.
The train operator went on to note that it will continue running services the day before Christmas and is still confident that everyone that wishes to travel before Christmas will get the chance to do so. A Eurostar spokeswoman had earlier urged passengers to wait to come down to the station, because they did not want people waiting out [...]
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24th
December
2009
Recently there seems to be no hope for the UK travel industry. With reports of strikes, businesses closing and bad weather, it would appear that no one is going to make it to their holiday destination. However, the bad news is not over yet. Apparently bad weather continues to be a problem for many people trying to make it to their destinations before Christmas.
Right now temperatures in the UK are lower than that of Alaska, and it continues to plunge the UK into travel chaos. However, airports are not the only places that are seeing delays. Apparently travel has [...]
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24th
December
2009
New reports now show that dozens of passengers were injured after an American Airlines jet overshot the runaway in Jamaica when trying to land in heavy rain. The fuselage of the Boeing 737-800 broke into two pieces on impact. Despite this bad news, no reports suggested any fatalities.
A spokesman for American Airlines, Tim Wagner, said that the Boeing 737-800, which is one of the airline’s newest models, was carrying 148 passengers at the time of the crash. There were six crew members on board as well.
The American Airlines flight was coming from Washington D.C. and had stopped in Miami en [...]
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24th
December
2009
As temperatures begin to creep above freezing across the U.K. and the rest of Europe transport services try to get back to normal. Eurostar say that at last it is beginning to clear its backlog of passengers and that it is doing its best to find seats for those who have tickets. It says that [...]
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24th
December
2009
The multi award winning carrentals.co.uk comparison source has declared that trends seen this year across Europe are likely to continue in 2010, as reduced fleet sizes continue in times of economic downturn. Although the recession shows slow signs of a recovery, the plans implemented by the continent’s leading rental operators will not be reversed any time soon.
The summer peak period is forecasted once again to mirror the chaotic scenes witnessed in areas such as Spain, where popular holiday destinations such as Alicante, Malaga and Valencia all selling out of their fleets well in advance. Worse news is that the highly [...]
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24th
December
2009
Speaking at the climate summit in Copenhagen, London Mayor Boris Johnson made the assertion that by the year 2015 not a single Londoner would be further than one mile away from an electric car charge point.
Mayor Johnson went on to reveal details of a citywide network of charge points for electric vehicles as London strives to be a world-leader in zero carbon-emission vehicles of the electric kind. Johnson had been using the summit to showcase London’s electric vehicle plans and his desire to make such vehicles a notable feature of the city. London is at the forefront of a global [...]
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