As much of the UK continues to suffer the cold weather, heavy snow is predicted in some parts of the country with the worst hit areas to be in the south east. A cold front moving east and south is expected to meet slightly warmer air which could cause snow. A Cold Weather Alert has [...]

A request by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association that drivers be permitted to push fares up during this summer’s Olympic Games by 22 per cent has been denied. Transport for London said that it had rejected the proposal because the majority of taxi drivers said that they did not want the initiative. However, TfL said [...]

French labour unions are threatening an Air France strike on Monday. According to the Europe 1 website, almost all of the Paris-based carrier’s labour unions would be involved in the walkout, which comes in response to new laws that tighten workers’ restrictions on the right to strike. Should the action take place, workers will strike [...]

Qantas passengers will see fare rises beginning 1 July. The Airline said this week that the move comes as a result of the Gillard government’s carbon initiative, which will add an extra AUD $6.86 (£4.64) per one-way ticket, as well as the carrier’s skyrocketing fuel bills, which could add up to as much as AUD [...]

The cost of booking a hotel room in London during this summer’s Olympic Games has soared. This is in spite of the fact that the organisers have handed back a large volume of rooms they no longer require. VisitBritain’s head, Sandie Shaw, said that she believed that many hotels were deliberately waiting before offering rooms [...]

As a way of helping to keep congestion to a minimum during the Olympic Games this summer, Transport for London has unveiled a new website which will allow passengers to use an interactive map, select travel dates and see just how busy stations are expected to be during the event. Details on the Paralympics will [...]

American Airlines’ parent firm has announced plans to cut its workforce by 13,000. The major US carrier, which employs nearly 100,000 people worldwide, said on Wednesday that the move would come part of its restructuring plans in the wake of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. AMR said it wants to cut its labour costs by 20 [...]

The IATA has said that passenger traffic on flights worldwide climbed by 5.9 per cent in 2011. Officials from the International Air Travel Association said on Thursday that last year’s increase came despite difficult conditions and said 2012 is likely to be another tough year for airlines around the world. The organisation said in an [...]

The growing trend of online shopping in the Middle East is likely to spread to car hire bookings, Hertz UAE has said. The prediction comes this week via an official release from one of the region’s largest car rental providers, which said that following a 35 per cent increase in internet bookings over the last [...]

Caribbean tourism is being damaged by the high cost of travelling to the region from the UK. Over the past half-decade there has been a 16 per cent drop in the number of people stepping off a plane from the UK. One of the reasons for this is the Air Passenger Duty added on to [...]