Political and social unrest across the Middle East and North Africa has hit tourism in the regions’ hard this year. As uprisings took place in Tunisia and Egypt, many popular tourist destinations were left bereft of foreign visitors as tour companies pulled their customers out. Holidaymakers from Europe have also decided against travelling to civil [...]

Authorities announced on Tuesday that the official cause of Thursday’s M5 motorway crash could be weeks away. The news comes via transport secretary Justine Greening, who said in a statement that officials would need ample time to interview all witnesses and to conduct careful examinations on recovered vehicles before it is known exactly what caused [...]

Network Rail is facing fines which could add up to millions of pounds after a regulator said the operator’s performance continued to deteriorate. The Office of Rail Regulations said that if the company was shown to be in breach of license conditions, then a fine could be imposed. Network Rail was slapped with a £14 [...]

Singapore’s flag carrier has announced that it will be launching a new budget long-haul airline. Named ‘Scoot’, the venture is set to commence flights midway through 2012 as the company is looks to cash in on the fast-growing Asian air travel market, which the International Air Transport Association projects to grow 6.4 per cent in [...]

Australia’s national carrier is set to lower airfares in the effort of wooing back the flying public following recent industrial turmoil. The news comes after an independent tribunal ordered an end to an ongoing labour standoff between the airline’s management and several labour unions. The dispute has wreaked havoc on passengers since Qantas announced restructuring [...]

Boeing has, at last, witnessed the first commercial flight of its long delayed 787 Dreamliner. The All Nippon Airlines flight was between Tokyo and Hong Kong, carrying a select group of passengers. The planemaker had originally planned to have the Dreamliner in service by 2008, but has been hit by a raft of setbacks, including [...]

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called for the resumption of strikes and has claimed that Qantas management has reneged on promises not to outsource labour. Tony Sheldon, national secretary of the TWU, said that executives for Australia’s national carrier told him during bargaining talks that new workers would not be hired in Australia under [...]

The UK Foreign Office has drawn fire from Indian authorities over its recently issued advisories against travel to India during the upcoming festival season. The United Kingdom is among four other nations – the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada- that issued similar bulletins this week citing a heightened level of terrorist attacks during [...]

The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union is seeking a meeting with London Underground bosses over a proposed reduction in the number of safety checks made on fail-safe equipment. The row is over a device called the tripcock, which prevents trains from running red lights. London Underground has said that it is in talks with the [...]

Higher profits can be largely attributed to Premier Inn properties in the capital, hotel firm Whitbread announced this week. The company said in a statement that Premier Inns in London have performed much better than those elsewhere in the UK, which helped to push its half-year profits up by more than 15 per cent. The [...]