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The International Air Transport Association, the governing body for the global aviation industry, has declared 2009 the second safest year ever on record following the release of new statistics.
In 2009, the worldwide accident rate equated to one mishap per 1.4 million flights. The accident rate uses hull losses for western manufactured aircraft in terms of per million ratios, resulting in an overall rating of 0.71. This represents a major improvement from the accident rate recorded in 2008 which scored a far higher 0.81.
Giovanni Bisignani, director general for the International Air Transport Association, said that the results were testament to the [...]

Passengers with upcoming flights booked with British Airways could face travel chaos as cabin crew voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action due to work conditions and pay.
Unite, the union representing the cabin crew, said that 78.77 percent of the ballots were returned, with 80.7 per cent of flight attendants voting in support of the [...]

A Greek flight attendant who worked at an Iranian domestic airline has been expelled following a disagreement with a number of in-flight passengers as to the proper name for the Persian Gulf.
An employee with local Kish Airlines, the attendant reportedly engaged in a heated verbal debate during a flight from Tehran to Kish last Friday. The attendant is also alleged to have threatened the passengers with arrest according to local police authorities.
The row stemmed from the airline’s in-flight monitor screen display showing that the Gulf waterway in question was named the Arabian Gulf. Passengers brought the matter to the attention [...]

Hertz, the world’s largest car rental company and premier hire organization inside the United Arab Emirates, has been ranked the region’s leader under a new survey using mystery shopper. The survey was undertaken by Dubai-based Arabian Travel News and Ethos Consultancy, a leading travel publication for the travel industry.
The leading rental group in the UAE, won points for its keenly maintained depot appearance, ease of access to location, tidiness and cleanliness including how well employees are presented and groomed. This included the prominent display of name tags in addition to the actual length of time a customer was kept waiting [...]

European rail operator Eurostar is investigating yet another in a long series of cross-channel train breakdowns, which left over 700 passengers in darkness.
The service, which operates from London to Paris, came to a grinding halt with its lights off just south of Ashford in Kent at about 10:45pm last night after what the operator described [...]

The already troubled European airline industry is facing yet more disruptions after pilots working for German carrier Lufthansa voted in favour of their largest strike in almost a decade in reaction to ongoing job security.
Of the airline’s pilots, a staggering 93 percent said yes to the strike, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. All of the pilots will be asked to participate in the strike which will have massive consequences given Lufthansa is one of the ‘big three’ airlines in Europe along with British Airways and France-KLM.
Management has accepted full responsibility for the action, which dates back to acrimonious [...]

Sir Nicholas Winterton, an MP, has started a campaign which protests the ban of free first-class travel tickets for all MP’s. The tirade is sure to gain some support from his peers, and he is arguing that the need for first class travel is based out of the need for privacy to be able to [...]

With the tentacles of the European high-speed rail network and budget air carriers spreading to more and more locations, a whole new range of relatively undiscovered destinations are now within easy reach… we look at some of the hippest places to be right now.
First up is the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, a massive and beautiful city of monasteries, open-air parks and stunning architecture. Often compared to Budapest or Prague the lack of tourist masses make it just as appealing. Budget airline Wizz Air is now offering flights from most European countries to what could be the continent’s most exciting location, [...]

EasyJet, one of the UK’s top low-budget carriers, announced that they would begin services to the Isle of Man. The budget carrier will begin services on May 21 from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and offer them six days a week. Mostly the airline will target business commuters and visitors with relatives on the island.
The carrier [...]

Formula 1 World Champ and celebrity sportsman Jenson Button has been declared the largest polluting celebrity motorist.
Theoretically the planet’s top driver does little to promoted eco-friendly motoring given that the F1 industry is a multi-billion dollar gasoline waster, but Button has made headlines after City Car Club declared that the champ has a fleet of vehicles for getting around which average 383.1g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This number is roughly triple that of a standard hatchback car.
The calculations do not take into account the stupendous amounts of fuel used by his day job, where the practice of running several F1 [...]

The terrorist attack at the popular Indian tourist destination of Pune last weekend has seen Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States renew their travel warnings for travel to the country.
The Indian government has called the warnings an understandable and routine reaction to the German Bakery explosion but most industry analysts feel their mild acceptance of the reactions as pointing to significant changes to inbound tourism as travellers once again come under threat in the Asian nation.
Three foreigners were among the nine dead in the blast which has sent shockwaves across the region with upcoming sporting events also thrown [...]

The Irish county of Fingal is set to receive a much needed employment boost after car hire giant Hertz announced plans to create up to 100 new jobs at the Swords Business Park outside of Dublin.
Seeking to expand its European services, Hertz, the world’s largest rental car organisation, will upgrade Dublin operations at the Swords based rental centre. The announcement was made at the centre by Mary Coughlan, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Coughlan highlighted the successful partnership that the Dublin area and Hertz have had over the years as testament to the strong work ethic of the [...]