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A series of rail strikes are expected to affect passengers during Easter holidays. Madrid Metro workers plan to strike again on 17th and 24th April, the plans for further industrial action follow a strike which was held on Monday 10th. The strikes will run from the beginning of service until 8:30am (local time), 64 per cent of services are expected to be guaranteed during the affected days. In a separate dispute, memb...
Read MoreCathay Pacific currently runs a four-times-weekly Hong Kong to Manchester service but the airline has recently announced that daily flights will commence on this route on 1st December. Cathay Pacific announced in March that it would be increasing the number of weekly flights to Manchester to six by the end of the year. The further increase in frequency comes in response to growing customer demand. As of June, the Airb...
Read MoreDisruption is expected at airports across Portugal as security staff are set to stage partial strikes from 13th to 17th April. The country’s airport security staff will be staging strike action, starting Thursday 13th April and lasting until next Tuesday. Employees of the private companies Prosegur and Securitas, who, among other jobs, are responsible for passenger security checks, have announced they will be striking...
Read MoreAs Cyclone Cook approaches, expected to hit Thursday 13th April, New Zealand is being warned to prepare for damaging gales, enormous storm and surges and widespread flooding. Although the cyclone has been downgraded to an extra tropical low, it is still expected to have a significant impact and severe weather warnings have been issued in parts of the country. The MetService has put out a heavy rain warning for Northla...
Read MoreHello Bali - Double Daily Service Starting this Summer Two years after Emirates’ inaugural flight to Bali, the airline will be offering a double daily service to the Indonesian island commencing 2nd July 2017. As well as improved connections from Manchester and London, the new service will offer an excellent connection from Newcastle. The flights will be operated using the Boeing 777-300ER, a two class configured a...
Read MoreAs organisations seek to extend their global footprint, increasingly into developing and emerging markets, a mobile workforce is essential to its success. Ensuring the safety of employees travelling into uncertain environments is vital. With this in mind, Travel Bureau, and risk management consultants, Athena Risk, have joined forces to deliver Travel Safe, an integrated approach to all your corpo...
Read MoreUPDATE: The improvement works to the security area at New York JFK Terminal 7 have been postponed. Work will now begin later in 2017, and this means that customers travelling over the summer will no longer need to allow an extra hour at the airport. New dates will be advised as soon as they are available. British Airways have announced a number of planned updates and innovations over the coming months...
Read MoreIn a new report, compiled following the triggering of Article 50, ABTA - the Travel Association, has set out priorities for the Brexit negotiations. Outlined in the report, entitled “Making a Success of Brexit for Travel and Tourism”, are the priorities and opportunities for the travel industry and UK travellers that ABTA is asking the Government to focus on as formal negotiations begin. In 2015, UK residents made 37 ...
Read More‘HOP!’ is an alliance between three regional French airline companies (Airlinair, Brit Air and Régional) within the Air France group. On Wednesday it was reported by Le Telegramme that HOP! staff unions have confirmed a 48-hour walkout in a dispute concerning job stability. Flight attendants and ground staff at HOP! are expected to take part in the planned industrial action, which will take place on Friday 7th and Sat...
Read MoreAccording to ASLEF, the strikes planned by drivers on London's Night Tube for this Saturday and three weeks later have been cancelled. Union members were set to walk out on the nights of April 8th and 29th but the strikes have now been called off. The industrial action was initially called over concerns that existing staff would be "blocked" from applying for full-time roles on the Tube in favour of new recruits. A...
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