BREAKING NEWS: Opodo pays £1.2m for Quest Travel
Phil Davies - Jan 14, 2025
Online firm Opodo has bought long haul tour operator Quest Travel for £1.2 million. The purchase of Quest, which carries 30,000…
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BREAKING NEWS: Virgin Express abolishes commission
Phil Davies - Jan 14, 2025
Low cost carrier Virgin Express is to abandon commission payments to travel agents from April 1. The Brussels-based airline said the…
Operators extend holiday ban to tsunami hit areas
Phil Davies - Jan 14, 2025
Some tour operators have cancelled all charters to tsunami affected areas until the end of March. Following a review of…
Struggling US Air gets extended life
David - Jan 13, 2025
US Airways will be able to keep flying through June after a bankruptcy judge approved a deal that extends the…
Bankrupt but leads on ‘best on-time’
David - Jan 13, 2025
Bankrupt Hawaiian Airlines led all carriers for the best on-time arrival rate in November, the latest month for numbers from…
Listen up: No cell phones allowed
David - Jan 13, 2025
Within days after announcing it might lift a ban on airline cellular phone use, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was…
Business travelers get a break from airlines
David - Jan 13, 2025
US air carriers, looking for a better mix of fare types, have started deeply discounting business class fares for those…
TravelMole to run free FastConference on tsunami crisis
Phil Davies - Jan 13, 2025
A free event for the travel industry to debate next steps following the tsunami disaster has been launched by TravelMole.…
BA jumbo in security alert
- Jan 13, 2025
A British Airways jumbo jet heading for New York was turned back to London last night because of a security…
ABTA’s first agency failure of ’05
Phil Davies - Jan 13, 2025
ABTA has suffered its first travel agency collapse of 2005. Woodham Travel, based in Addlestone, Surrey, ceased trading on Tuesday…
Amadeus bid confirmed
Phil Davies - Jan 13, 2025
Amadeus has confirmed that venture capital firms BC Partners and Cinven are to launch a bid for the GDS. As…
US pilots hit by “laser attacks”
- Jan 13, 2025
US authorities are reportedly concerned about a spate of incidents in which pilots have had laser beams shone into their…
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