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It is now said that British Airways has called in the help of the ACAS after failing to reach an agreement with unions over pay cuts and job losses. Bringing in the ACAS is a major attempt on British Airways’ side to avoid a summer strike. This announcement came just a few days ago after the two sides were unable to reach an agreement.
More talks with the union were expected to take place a few days ago, but the union claims that the British Airways management failed to show up at all. British Airways said in a statement that it [...]

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According to a new announcement, Airbus may be forced to ground its worldwide fleet of long range aircrafts. This huge blow could be dealt to Airbus after accident investigators publish what they think caused the Air France 447 crash on June 1 off the coast of Brazil. This crash killed at least 228 people.
Most experts say that they think that the French accident bureau will report that it was faulty speed data and electronics that caused the Airbus 330 to stall during the tropical thunderstorm. Of course, the European Aviation Safety Agency is likely to be asked why they did [...]

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Right now 600 Virgin Atlantic employees could be looking at loosing their jobs. This news comes about as Virgin Atlantic announces that it is looking to cut back on its winter services due to the economy.
The carrier said that it was going to be reducing the number of flights by almost seven percent when compared to last year. This is all in response to the falling passenger numbers. Some of the cuts that will take place include the Heathrow to Chicago daily routes that used to be offered. They will also be reducing the amount of serviced flights that travel [...]

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Kingstone High School in Heresfordshire has introduced a new scheme in September that is suppose to reward children that have a 100 percent attendance record with a trip to Alton Towers. However, many parents have now spoke out against the scheme. Of course, the parents are not speaking out, because they do not want their kids going to Alton Towers; they are speaking out, because they say its unfair.
One of the parents told the school that it was unfair to reward kids for not getting sick or ill during the school year. She went on to say that some children [...]

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People in Gloucester are now going to be able to get a better night sleep now that a brand new Travelodge hotel has opened. Earlier this week, Travelodge celebrated the official opening of its very first hotel in Gloucester. The Travelodge hotel, which was first owned by The Mayor of Gloucester, Councillor Chris Witts, is said to have cost £3.8 million.
Chris Witts said that he was very pleased to see the first Travelodge to be opened in Gloucester. He went on to say that he was pleased to see it despite the current economic difficulties and woes that [...]

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Customers who are looking to find the best deals on summer time items like DVD’s, games, clothing, travel, and more should check out DiscountVouchers.co.uk. This site is offering great deals on tons of these summer time items. When people go to DiscountVouchers.co.uk for offers, they will find great deals on more than 300 leading brands - such brands like Miss Selfridge, HMV, Nike, Game, and Borders are all included.
Some of the great deals that customers can expect to find include 10 percent off DVD’s and CD’s, as well as the ability to get free delivery, at CDWow. Guests to [...]

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Although PKF says that London hotel occupancy is on the rise, they note that the region is still struggling. The occupancy levels in London hotels has increased by 1.3 percent. This is when compared with the same month last year, according to PKF.
Although the occupancy rate now stands at 82.1 percent, PKF says that the room rates have dropped by 7.3 percent to just £116.49. So although they are selling rooms, because the room rates are down, this has all led to a fall in room yield of about 6.4 percent. This means it dropped from £101.77 last May to [...]

Reports have come out that Queen Elizabeth II’s spending could be out of control. These reports have gone on to say that the Queen may actually be costing British taxpayers almost $1.14 each. This may not seem like a lot until the reports go on to say that the royal family took in almost $68.6 million this year. This is an increase of almost $2.84 million from the previous year.
These public funds are used to pay for the Queen’s travel expenses. However, beyond the travel expenses of the Queen, these funds are also used for the operation and staffing of [...]

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According to the British bus and rail operator, Arriva, slower growth at its main rail franchise, CrossCrounty, would hit its first half results. Thus, this would knock its stock. Right now Arriva runs transport groups in 13 different countries across Europe.
A statement from Arriva said that CrossCountry revenues grew by about 2.4 percent in the last six months. However, it would need a full year growth of 10 percent to maintain its 2008 profit levels.
Arriva shares, which are already down by more than 30 percent this year, were off 1.8 percent at 413.25. This values the business at around 805 [...]

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A new £25 billion scheme for Edinburgh Airport has been proposed. This new project sets to make Edinburgh Airport the new rail, road, and air hub in Scotland. The new project that has been put forward by Reform Scotland says that the new hub could be called Grand Central.
In this new hub, it would include a high speed rail link from the airport to all of the major Scottish cities. This would make journeys from the airport to places like Sterling, Glasgow, and Edinburgh possible in only 20 minutes time. However, the time it takes to reach places like Perth, [...]