Rent a car in France

This week sees the return to the negotiation table for chiefs of both rail and airline organisations.
The mission is to ward off the potential of industrial action in the lead-up to this summer’s Football World Cup in South Africa, where unprecedented travel demand is placing high levels of pressure of travel operators to meet customer needs.
The Unite union, which represents the embattled British Airways cabin crew members, will this week table a new offer to the company for consultation. Should this new offer be rejected, it is likely that a third round of strikes will be announced, just days after [...]

Union officials have announced that they will be balloting British Airways cabin crew this week, in order to see if further industrial action is deemed necessary. Airline union Unite said that it felt the negotiations with BA bosses were making progress, but that there were still some issues to be sorted out.
Although the two sides appear to be close to hammering out a deal on working conditions, union officials said that they could not rule out further strike action by its 12,000 members if negotiations faltered this week. They stressed that a strike would be a last resort and that [...]

Economy car hire has announced plans aimed at making sure rental car users are not left short in the event of a car hire shortage.
The economic recovery has seen visitor numbers and the general tourism industry in the UK rebound strongly from last year’s dire recession levels, leaving many industry analysts fearing a car hire shortage across Britain. This, couple with recent reductions to overall scale and quality of rental fleets, has meant that many would-be car hire users are finding it increasingly difficult to get their hands on their desired vehicle. Economy Car Hire has then vowed that its new approach [...]

Hertz has announced that it is to buy rivals, Dollar Thrifty. The two car hire firms have signed a definitive agreement which will see the rental giant acquire Dollar Thrifty at a price of $41.00 per share using a combination of common stock and cash. The purchase price is based on the closing price of [...]

Virgin Atlantic boss, Sir Richard Branson, has hit out against last week’s decision to declare a blanket ban of flights over Europe because of volcanic ash in the atmosphere. He claims that there was no danger posed to flights, and has even suggested that Britain’s government should foot the bill for the disruption.
IATA, the airline industry body, says that the cost to airlines of nearly a week’s disruption will come to well over £1 billion. Speaking in London, Branson said that the decision to ground fleets was the government’s, and that the government should now be looking at how it can compensate airlines for that [...]