Thousands of passengers have been left stranded across Europe and Africa after the collapse of Spanair, Spain’s fourth biggest carrier. Operations were halted on Friday resulting in the sudden cancellation of 200 flights. The collapse could possibly lead to the airline being fined as much as 9 million euros by the Spanish authorities. For the [...]

Budget airline Ryanair has announced profits of 14.9 million euros for the final quarter of 2011. The increase in profit compared to a year earlier has been due to higher ticket prices and better winter weather. Cancellations because of ice and snow meant that the airline issued a loss of 10.3 million euros at the [...]

Travellers utilising San Francisco International Airport (SFO) can now make use of the onsite yoga room. The space, which opened up late last week in the recently remodelled Terminal 2, comes as part of the airport’s efforts to make the experience of air travel more enjoyable and less stressful, according to John L. Martin, the [...]

The chief executive of New Zealand’s national airline announced today that he will soon be leaving the company. Flamboyant Rob Fyfe has headed the carrier since 2005 told reporters today that he will depart the firm at the end of the year at the end of his current presidency of the Star Alliance global airline [...]

The award for Best Budget Hotel Brand has been scooped by Premier Inn at the 2012 Business Travel Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Whitbread owned budget brand took the award ahead of Travelodge and Hampton by Hilton for the third consecutive year. The awards have been happening for 17 years, [...]

Experts have warned the government that a new airport in the Thames Estuary would put aircraft landing and taking off in danger of bird strikes. The last time that ministers proposed building a new hub in the south-east, a study showed that there was a significant chance that a passenger jet could be brought down [...]

The financial collapse of Spanish airline Spanair has stranded dozens of passengers. According to Spanish airport operating firm, the carrier announced that it would cease operations beginning at 02:00 local time on Saturday. The move left many passengers searching for last-minute empty seats on other carriers, local news agencies report. The company said in its [...]

Last week saw several airlines divert flight routes in response to a major solar storm. United Airlines, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and other North American carriers said late last week that several long-haul routes were affected by the largest solar storm to hit the earth since 2003. A spokesman for Delta said that many [...]

Budget carrier easyJet has declared a 16.7 per cent rise in revenues for the last quarter of 2011. The airline said that passenger numbers were also up by 8.1 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Although the figures are an improvement, easyJet pointed out that figures for the last three months of [...]

Hotel chain Best Western has announced plans to open in Haiti to serve business travellers visiting the country. The hotel is due to open in Port-au-Prince this summer and will operate under the Premier banner which was launched in 2011 as a way of attracting higher-end customers. The property will be seven stories tall and [...]