18th
March
2010
A recent research revealed that UK airports had seen huge decrease in passenger traffic last year than in 2008.
The country’s air terminals handled 7.4 per cent fewer travellers in 2009 than a year before. It was said that the annual figure was the largest decline since records began way back 65 years ago. Moreover, the Civil Aviation Authority research disclosed that passenger traffic fell for the first time for two consecutive years, 2008 and 2009.
Moreover, chartered and scheduled flights also fell 17 per cent lower in 2009 as compared in the year before. Domestic flight traffic in the UK was [...]
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18th
March
2010
Two staff from Emirates Airlines have been sentenced to imprisonment for three months in Dubai because of sending sexually malicious SMS.
A female Emirates cabin crew of Indian nationality and her supervisor were found guilty and were originally sentenced to six months jail term. Luckily, the verdict was lessened to three months and the deportation order against the pair was lifted due to an appeal filed last week. The content of the SMS is however still not known up to this time.
A news agency informed that the case surfaced after the flight attendant’s husband filed a complaint against her a year [...]
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18th
March
2010
The Football Wold Cup in June will see an unprecedented level of international tourism visit South Africa for the largest sporting event in the nation’s history, and rental specialists Drive South Africa have offered advice for those considering hiring a vehicle to experience the tournament.
Most importantly, if you have not already arranged your travel plans then you could be in danger of missing out on the best deals or even altogether. Across the country, rental agencies are already reporting high demand as visitors begin to arrive, just ten weeks out from tournament kick-off.
South African domestic airlines are expected to ramp [...]
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18th
March
2010
China has unveiled plans to launch high-speed rail links over the next decade that will connect the country with Europe, the UK, Asia and India.
The new plans mean that international rail passengers will be able to make the journey from Beijing to London in just two days, reaching speeds of 320kph. Passengers who board at London’s Kings Cross station will further be able to travel the 10,800km journey to Singapore via Beijing in just three days. According to Chinese domestic railway senior spokesperson Wang Mengshu, the stated goal is to introduce trains which can make international travel in the same [...]
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