Eurostar has seen a rise in bookings over the upcoming weekend of the royal wedding in London. The rail company, which links continental Europe to the United Kingdom via high speed trains through the Channel Tunnel, said that it had sold 28% more UK-bound tickets for the week ending on the 29th of April than [...]

High-speed rail operator Eurostar has announced a 12 per cent rise in sales revenue on a year earlier. The company claims that revenues of £760 million, compared to 2009′s £675.5 million, are down to the fact that passenger numbers are increasing and the business traveller is returning. “We have reported a strong performance in 2010 [...]

Travellers making their way to France today can expect a degree of disruption as another 24-hour strike affects airlines and train networks. Although most long-haul flights are expected to remain unaffected by the protests, a number of short-haul flights are expected to be cancelled. Half of all flights in and out of Paris Orly will [...]

Amid much speculation, Virgin trains says it will not compete with rival Eurostar on new routes between London and the European continent. This comes after last week’s reports by Eurotunnel saying that Virgin would be one of the new companies offering service via the Channel tunnel after the change in EU rules that opened up [...]

The ongoing disruption across France, caused by protests over pension reform, has prompted the UK Foreign Office to issue a warning to those intending to visit the country for the school half-term holidays. Most modes of transport within France have been affected, and it is not clear how long the disruption is set to continue. [...]

The civil aviation authority in France has announced further disruption at airports throughout the country. Protests over pension and retirement reforms have meant the cancellation of around a third of all scheduled flights. At Paris Orly only half of all flights will be operating. Short-haul services face the greatest disruption. Budget carrier Ryanair said it [...]

Protests over President Sarkozy’s pension and retirement reforms are continuing to disrupt those trying to travel in France. Yesterday, rail services continued to be restricted meaning remaining services suffered from delays and many trains became congested. Commuters on trains running into Paris said the strikes were causing frustration for travellers, but that the protests were [...]

Continued demonstrations and strikes across France threaten to further disrupt those with travel plans. A national day of walkouts organised by French unions has caused the Civil Aviation Authority to cancel around half all scheduled flights to and from the country. This is the third national day of strikes in a month with the French [...]

Eurostar has announced plans to invest £700 million in upgrading existing trains and adding new rolling stock to the fleet. Italian car design company, Pininfarina, has been asked to oversee a complete overhaul of Eurostar’s existing trains. The firm will also buy 10 new train sets to expand its fleet and offer customers an improved [...]

Eurotunnel has announced a record summer as more motorcycles, caravans, cars and coaches travelled under the channel than ever before. During July and August traffic was up by 17 per cent on the same months last year. On 14 August the channel tunnel recorded its busiest day ever with a total of 14,825 cars making [...]