Ryanair flight cancellation troubles to cost airline up to €25m as boss Michael O’Leary bemoans ‘mess of our own making’ September 19, 2017 Ryanair is set to foot a €25m (£22m) bill following a wave of flight cancellations set to take place over the next six weeks. The airline said over the weekend that it will cancel 40 to 50 flights every day until the end of October after “messing up” its pilots’ holidays, the fallout from which [...]
I went up a mountain in Sri Lanka to meet a reclusive mystic and here is what I learned September 14, 2017 Somewhere high up in the hills surrounding the town of Kandy in Sri Lanka, there lives a man called Rahju. An artist, spiritualist and musician, Rahju practices meditation while riding along coastal roads on his motorcycle. His paintings are inspired by the writing of Buddhist philosophers and the intergalactic observations of the Hubble Space Telescope [...]
Monarch thinks a ‘mood-enhancing’ menu featuring liquorice ice cream can cure flying jitters August 23, 2017 Liquorice ice cream which can boost your immunity; stress busting lavender cakes; these creations wouldn’t sound out of place in Willy Wonka’s factory. In fact, they are part of Monarch’s new “mood food” in-flight menu, which has been designed to improve the flying experience and get them in the holiday mood. In hopes of revolutionising [...]
British Airways owner IAG launches mobile pay on new Barcelona-based airline Level August 17, 2017 British Airways owner IAG is rolling out mobile pay on new low-cost, long-haul airline Level so passengers can browse and buy products on board from their personal devices. IAG said the platofrm was a universal one that it is looking at rolling out across its other airlines in the future. The new carrier, which started [...]
For King and Country: As Swaziland celebrates 50 years of independence, the king took to the stage to make an astonishing announcement June 8, 2017 Portraits of the Lion and the Great She Elephant — King Mswati III and his mother — stare down from the wall of the immigration office. The animal print pattern of the king’s tribal dress seems a world away from the border-bureaucracy of entry stamps and customs forms, but it’s part of the dichotomy of [...]
London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry June 5, 2017 Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called after [...]
London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry June 5, 2017 Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called [...]
Heathrow airport eyes a series of “viaducts” over the M25 as a simpler solution to its £17bn third runway June 4, 2017 Heathrow Airport is considering plans to construct its third runway across a series of “viaducts” that would cross above the M25. These would consist of three parallel bridges, the widest of which would be the runway itself and two thinner ones which would be taxiways for planes. The plans were presented to an engineering conference [...]
British Airways faces escalating bill over IT nightmare as questions build for cost-cutting chief executive Alex Cruz May 29, 2017 British Airways is facing a sky-high bill for its global IT meltdown that resulted in hundreds of flights cancelled over the bank holiday weekend. A power failure on Saturday resulted in mass flight cancellations across London Heathrow and Gatwick airports, causing chaos for 75,000 passengers. Read more: Global IT meltdown prompts British Airways Heathrow, Gatwick [...]
British Airways owner British Airways owner IAG’s new airline Level has already soared past 100,000 bookings since launching in March April 11, 2017 IAG only unveiled its new low-cost, long-haul airline Level last month. But the new Barcelona-based carrier has already soared past 100,000 bookings as the low-cost, long-haul market heats up. Customers have been snapping up tickets from the Spanish city to LA, San Francisco, Buenos Aires and Punta Cana. Read more: British Airways owner IAG is [...]