British Airways names fastest growing business routes
British Airways has today revealed some of its fastest growing travel routes for small-medium businesses (SME) over the last year. The 2018 data – from its On Business programme- suggests…
Norwegian becomes first low-cost airline to introduce free Wi-Fi on intercontinental flights
Norwegian is taking off the new year by upgrading the passenger experience for long-haul customers with the introduction of inflight Wi-Fi on its growing long-haul fleet of aircraft.
Dubai Airport welcomes its billionth passenger
Dubai Airport gave the airport’s billionth warm welcome to nine-year-old Arjun and his family who arrived this morning from Orlando, Florida on Emirates flight EK220
We roll the dice to see if Las Vegas is the perfect hand as a global MICE location
As the Consumer Education Show kicks off in Las Vegas we find out the strengths of the city’s MICE scene
Business travel buyers have bigger budgets for 2019 but there are less buyer than a year ago
One third of corporate travel buyers say they will have bigger budgets in 2019, but the proportion of positive respondents is lower than in 2018, according to research.
Norwegian enters period of slower growth amid Rolls Royce costs
Budget airline Norwegian posted slower than expected growth in December, and pointed the finger at Rolls Royce for a financial hit in the second half of 2018.
AccorHotels completes acquisition of a 50% stake in sbe
AccorHotels and sbe Entertainment Group ("sbe") announced today the completion of AccorHotels' acquisition of a 50% stake in sbe.
Eurostar adds third daily Amsterdam service
High-speed rail service Eurostar has started selling tickets for a third daily service from London to Rotterdam and Amsterdam that will launch this summer.
New car-sharing service to launch at Manchester airport
Car-sharing service provider Forestcar is set to launch operations at Manchester airport on 14 January in partnership with Airport Parking and Hotels (APH).
Heathrow & Gatwick to deploy anti-drone equipment
Heathrow and Gatwick airports are set to invest millions of pounds in anti-drone technology following the huge disruption experienced at the Sussex hub before Christmas.
Sharp rise in air accident deaths in 2018, statistics show
Statistics show there were a total of 15 fatal air accidents in 2018 resulting in 556 deaths compared to just 44 in 2017, but it was one of the safest…
French firm Vinci to buy majority stake in Gatwick airport
Gatwick Airport has been sold to France’s Vinci for £2.9 billion, just days after after reports of drone sightings closed its runway and caused chaos for thousands of passengers.