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Thousands of passengers have been left stranded across Europe and Africa after the collapse of Spanair, Spain’s fourth biggest carrier. Operations were halted on Friday resulting in the sudden cancellation of 200 flights. The collapse could possibly …

Budget airline Ryanair has announced profits of 14.9 million euros for the final quarter of 2011. The increase in profit compared to a year earlier has been due to higher ticket prices and better winter weather. Cancellations because of ice and snow me…

Travellers utilising San Francisco International Airport (SFO) can now make use of the onsite yoga room. The space, which opened up late last week in the recently remodelled Terminal 2, comes as part of the airport’s efforts to make the experience of…

A glitch in the computer system which thousands of airline customers use to book tickets, reserve seats and check in caused frustration yesterday as it effectively closed down for three hours. The situation was also bad news for travel companies who use the Amadeus system to book flights. Among the airlines hit by the problem [...]

The chief executive of New Zealand’s national airline announced today that he will soon be leaving the company. Flamboyant Rob Fyfe has headed the carrier since 2005 told reporters today that he will depart the firm at the end of the year at the end …

The award for Best Budget Hotel Brand has been scooped by Premier Inn at the 2012 Business Travel Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Whitbread owned budget brand took the award ahead of Travelodge and Hampton by Hilton for the thir…

Visitors coming to Britain for this summer’s Olympic Games will now have an extra 120,000 hotel rooms to choose from as the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games hands them back after originally booking 600,000 for officials and the media. The rooms were originally booked as part of the bid to secure the Games [...]

Experts have warned the government that a new airport in the Thames Estuary would put aircraft landing and taking off in danger of bird strikes. The last time that ministers proposed building a new hub in the south-east, a study showed that there was a…

The financial collapse of Spanish airline Spanair has stranded dozens of passengers. According to Spanish airport operating firm, the carrier announced that it would cease operations beginning at 02:00 local time on Saturday. The move left many passeng…

Last week saw several airlines divert flight routes in response to a major solar storm. United Airlines, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and other North American carriers said late last week that several long-haul routes were affected by the largest solar …

Budget carrier easyJet has declared a 16.7 per cent rise in revenues for the last quarter of 2011. The airline said that passenger numbers were also up by 8.1 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Although the figures are an improvement, easyJet …

Hotel chain Best Western has announced plans to open in Haiti to serve business travellers visiting the country. The hotel is due to open in Port-au-Prince this summer and will operate under the Premier banner which was launched in 2011 as a way of att…