Ryanair has announced that it will not be flying to and from Trapani airport in Sicily for the foreseeable future because the Italian military has commandeered it as a base. The airport will be used as a springboard for operations in Libya and will now be the home of Eurofighter and F-16 jets. The budget [...]

A recent survey conducted by a travel website indicates that many holidaymakers have extremely high expectations for the near future. Of the 1,926 people who responded to the study by sunshine.co.uk, 16 per cent imagined being able to travel under the Atlantic by train to the US by the end of the decade. A further [...]

Following revelations that two high-profile members of the French government accepted controversial travel invitations, President Sarkozy has told ministers that they will have to take their holidays at home in future. The announcement was made at the Elysee Palace during a cabinet meeting. Michele Alliot-Marie, the French foreign minister, has faced calls from the opposition [...]

British holiday makers who have booked to travel to Tunisia from March will not yet know whether they will qualify for an alternative holiday or be eligible for a refund. Over the coming month, those who have already booked with the country’s largest travel firms, including Thomas Cook and Thompson, will be given the opportunity [...]

Although President Obama has said that he will relax some of the restrictions currently imposed on American citizens wishing to travel to Cuba the government in Havana has said the moves do not go nearly far enough. At the end of last week, Mr Obama made some changes to the amount of money which can [...]

As four million Brits tackled the travel chaos over the festive period, thousands will have had their stress compounded by losing their mobile phone, laptop or memory stick as they contended with the bustle of travelling on planes, trains and automobiles. Credent Technologies has published the results of a study which suggests that thousands of [...]

Scotland’s minister for transport has made a public apology for the scenes of travel chaos witnessed across much of central Scotland on Monday. Stewart Stevenson partially pushed the blame for a lack of preparation onto weather forecasters claiming the information given to the authorities had been insufficient. However, representatives of the opposition have hit out [...]

The row over proposed job cuts on the London Underground is likely to cause travel misery today for thousands of commuters as workers walk out on a 24-hour strike. The industrial action began at 7pm last night as maintenance workers downed their tools. They were followed at 9pm by operational staff. In total, around 11,000 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]