Category archives for: Travel

Qantas in baggage hell

Qantas is experiencing a baggage nightmare around Australia after a stray rock-climbing rope jammed key equipment in Melbourne on Sunday. The airline is believed to have up to 400 pieces of luggage awaiting delivery around Australia and has told travellers they can come back to their final airport destination and “search through the piles” to [...]

secrets to cheap air travel

Read the real insider secrets. These really shouldn’t be secrets because every air travel shopper show know them — I know shopping for airfare can be maddening — I was just back from a travel CEO conference and studies show that “you” the consumer shop 5-6 websites before you buy. Let me take some of [...]

Newcastle flights disrupted

Newcastle Airport services are set to be disrupted by military training exercises for two days. The disruptions are expected to affect passenger flights between 8.30am (AEST) and 5.30pm (AEST) on Monday and 8.30am (AEST) and 3.30pm (AEST) on May 28. The airport’s runway will be shortened for safety reasons as part of the exercise, thereby [...]

The silver lining of the ash cloud

Due to giant ash cloud over most of Europe, a ferry company has found a way to take advantage of a disastrous situation. Stena Lines a major ferry company has seen a massive increase in passenger numbers. Since the first airport closures at the end of April, the company has had the opportunity to promote [...]

Continental Airlines to charge for extra legroom

CONTINENTAL Airlines, the No. 4 US airline, will charge customers for seats with extra legroom on its flights worldwide starting March 17. The cost of this extra space will vary depending on a slew of factors such as the length of a flight and competition from other airlines within a market, said spokeswoman Julie King. [...]

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