28th
December
2009
It seems now that Etihad Airways has taken the delivery of its first Airbus A330-300. This aircraft is configured with the airline’s new first, business and economy cabin products. This aircraft is the first of five new A330-300s the Abu Dhabi-based airline will take delivery of during the next two years. The plane itself will soon be deployed between Abu Dhabi and London. The new plane carries 12 passengers in first class, 40 in business class and 151 economy class passengers.
The chief executive of Etihad Airways, James Hogan, said that the delivery of a new aircraft is a great moment [...]
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28th
December
2009
Apparently Ryanair has just recently threatened to stop domestic flights in Italy starting next month amid a dispute with the country’s authorities over new rules on ID documents that passengers can show at airport gates. Ryanair pointed out that Domestic flights operated at 10 Italian airports, which does include Rome and Milan, will be grounded starting January 23 if the issue is not resolved.
Just last month, the Italy Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC, ordered airlines to accept driving licenses, government badges, fishing and hunting licenses, as well as other documents to identify passengers at boarding gates for domestic flights. Ryanair said [...]
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28th
December
2009
Elias Elia, the owner of E-Clear, which is the online transaction company that has been linked to the collapse of Globespan’s airline, Flyglobespan, has finally come out and broken his company’s silence about the matter. Elia, who is the chief executive of E-Clear, has said that his firm was not responsible for the airline’s collapse and that he was getting on extremely well with administrators of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Right now Elia is currently under pressure from the administrators to place £35 million in a joint bank account, which he is currently withholding. This move comes just after PricewaterhouseCoopers claimed that E-Clear had [...]
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28th
December
2009
Low cost airline Ryanair has threatened to cancel all flights within Italy in a protest against directives it claims could put the lives of it passengers at risk. Airline safety became that bit more relevant this Christmas when an alleged member of Al Qaeda tried to explode a bomb on board a Northwest Airlines flight [...]
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28th
December
2009
The top ten destinations to travel to and party at across the globe have been announced in a new survey by sunshine.co.uk, one of Britain’s quickest growing travel industry specialist Online Travel Agent (OTA).
Top of the list in New York, where a million people gather each New Year’s Eve to party in Times Square and watch the New Year’s Eve ball make its annual magical descent from atop the flagpole.
Sydney’s famous fireworks display, from the Harbour Bridge, has become the most watched of its kind in the world. The amazing natural, enclosed harbour and Opera House make the visual symphony [...]
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28th
December
2009
Thousands of stranded passengers just before Christmas and hundreds of holidays ruined has not apparently affected the standing of the Eurostar boss who oversaw the chaos. An estimated 100,000 people were caught out by the closures brought about by heating defects and cold weather.
Eurostar is expected to announce this week the appointment of CEO Nicolas Petrovic to the post of head of the company’s rail operations on January first where he will replace incumbent Richard Brown. Petrovic will not only have a new title but a six-figure increase in his salary with his new role paying around £400,000 per annum.
However, [...]
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