The government is preparing to announce what it claims will be a simplification of the sometimes confusing system of rail fares currently offered to UK travellers. According to ministers, the new system will not only make rail fares easier to understand but will save passengers’ money. By the end of this decade the government hopes [...]

The quality of air in passenger jet cabins is currently being investigated by the Department for Transport. The study is being conducted by Cranfield University and the results are due to be made public in the near future. A DfT spokesman said the health and safety of passengers was one of its top priorities which [...]

Companies that were forced to cut down the cost of business-class air travel during the economic downturn are now planning to maintain the lower cost flights in a bid to save money and employees looking for flights are required to look for the lowest cost fares, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed on Tuesday. The [...]

Airline regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, has said it is unlikely that corporate travellers will be returning to the seats at the front of the aircraft as much as they did before the global recession hit. According to its research, the authority found that many companies forced to take more austere measures with their employees [...]

The Civil Aviation Authority is accusing a number of airlines of not meeting the obligations they have towards their passengers during the recent chaos caused by snow and ice. Weather affected passengers may be entitled to accommodation, meals and refreshments courtesy of the carrier they have a ticket with. However, the regulator claims that in [...]

An industry regulator has said that air carriers have ignored the rights of passengers amid recent travel chaos. The accusations came from the Civil Aviation Authority (aka CAA), which has called certain carrier’s behaviour toward travellers during the recent snow disruptions ‘unacceptable’.  The group says that many passengers had been misled about their rights, such [...]

Officials in China have suspended a number of airline pilots after discovering that more than 200 have not been honest about their qualifications or the amount of flight experience they have. The investigation into pilot records began after a Henan Airlines jet crashed in Yichun last month killing 42 passengers. The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority [...]

The collapse of Kiss Flights on Tuesday did not come as complete shock to the Cooperative Travel Agency. It told the BBC it had raised concerns about the company’s business model soon after Kiss was set up. Speaking on the PM Programme on Radio 4, head of Cooperative Travel, Mike Greenacre, said he had voiced [...]

Sun4U, a Birmingham-based travel company, announced yesterday that it had ceased trading. The firm, which specialised in providing holidays in Mallorca and on the Spanish coast, has around 1,200 customers currently holidaying abroad. A statement has been issued advising all those who have booked trips through Sun4U to contact Abta to find out about eligibility [...]

Travel industry analysts are claiming that the collapse of airlines and tour companies in the last couple of years is good news for the package holiday. Uncertainty within the travel industry, especially after the disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajokull volcano earlier in the year and the ongoing industrial action at British Airways, is causing many [...]