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The attempted bid by Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet on descent into Detroit will have widespread ramifications for all travellers this New Year’s Eve and possibly beyond.
Airline passengers around the world are facing up to a new range of security checks at airports the likes of which have not been seen since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Abdulmutallab’s failed attempt to down the US bound flight from Amsterdam has seen global leaders call for increased knowledge sharing and global travellers set for massive delays. Cancellations and missed connections are also [...]

All holiday season, Britain has seen ill travel conditions thanks to bad weather. Well it now seems that these bad weather conditions do not plan to stop just because the New Year approaches. In fact, Brits can expect snow and freezing weather to start out a very icy 2010.
Forecasters are expecting to see temperatures of 28°F in most of England and Wales as of Thursday night. Although that is pretty cold, Scotland is going to be looking at temperatures that fall just below 17°F accompanied by widespread snow.
New Year’s day is also expected to be very chilly. With the northern [...]

It now seems that the family of a British tourist, who has gone missing in the Swiss Alps since last Tuesday, says that it seems he has vanished into thin air. Posters have been put up around the Swiss town of Wengen in an attempt to find Myles Robinson, age 23.
Police have taken DNA samples from his parents, Sarah and Michael, to help with identification. The Swiss army is also getting involved in the search and have included helicopters, sniffer dogs and infrared cameras.
Mules Robinson is from south London and has been staying in a ski resort with his family. [...]

Travelers that are heading off to the airport need to be ready for some big delays. This news comes as airports across the world are facing tougher security measures after a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist came within mere moments of blowing up a transatlantic jet carrying 254 people on board.
The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, interrupted his Christmas holiday to order two anti terrorism reviews as aviation leaders attempt to close off these loopholes that failed to stop Umar Farouk Abdulmutalloab, who is a Nigerian extremist, from smuggling in explosive materials onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from [...]

The weekend saw the unleashing of what has been called the fastest ever high-speed train in China. The new passenger carrier can achieve an average speed of some 217mph with a top speed of close to 250mph.
The new train will operate from the central Chinese city of Wuhan to Guangzhou in the south and will reduce the travel time for the 664 mile journey from 9 hours to just 3. The link will provide vital transport services to and from the south coast, Hong Kong in particular.
The new high speed line is expected to serve as a catalyst for Chinese [...]

The leading remarketing and vehicle auction company in Europe, BCA, has been acquired by Clayton, Dublier & Rice (CD&R) from current owners Montagu Private Equity.
Spread across some twelve countries and comprising 45 remarketing centres the BCA group sells more than £4 billion worth of used vehicles each year. These range from ex-rental stock to nearly new and some older models. As well as income generated from its physical auctions BCA also makes a significant profit through its online services. BCA has seen steady financial growth of late with analysts forecasting the trend to continue.
BCA sells on behalf of various operators [...]

The U.S. reaction to the attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day could result in delays at U.K. airports for many months to come. Just hours after the man was taken into custody on the tarmac the U.S. authorities demanded that all [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]