The UK Home Office has revealed a redesigned British passport in an attempt to cut international fraud.

To be issued from October this year, the pages of the new passport will depict well-known UK scenes, including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula, and Ben Nevis.
Security has also been significantly upgraded, according to the chief [...]

Travel firm Sun4u has collapsed, leaving approximately 1,200 customers stuck abroad.
The firm´s website said it had ceased trading and advised people to contact claim handlers for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta).
Most of the company´s stranded customers are said to be in Spain.
Abta said those with Air Travel Operators´ Licensing (Atol) packages should be [...]

The union representing Spain´s air traffic controllers said today it would act responsibly and not strike in August, which would have disrupted flights at the peak of the tourist season.
“The executive committee has decided not to exercise the right to strike during the month of August in order to demonstrate responsibility,” said Cesar Cap, the [...]

The deterioration of Mexicana Airlines´ financial condition accelerated yesterday with new flight cancellations for routes between Mexico and Spain, England, Brazil, Argentina, and Costa Rica.
Flights will be reduced to “a minimum” over the coming days, the company said, while its regional units MexicanaClick and MexicanaLinks are now also beginning to feel the repercussions of its [...]

Monarch Airlines has announced the addition of 22 scheduled flights during the last week of the school holidays this year in response to ´huge demand´ for travel to Spain.
The services will operate from Gatwick, Luton and Manchester airports to Malaga, Alicante and Mallorca between 27 August and 5 September.
An extra 4,000 seats will be made [...]

Emirates has rounded off a series of European route launches by starting flights to Madrid, the airline said yesterday.
EK141 took off yesterday morning to the airline´s 104th destination, starting the only non-stop, scheduled passenger link between Dubai and Spain, home of the Fifa World Cup winners.
Salem Obaidullah, Emirates Senior Vice-President of Commercial Operations for Europe [...]

Many controllers scheduled to report for work on Monday at Barcelona´s El Prat airport called in sick, a move that caused widespread delays to airports on the east coast of Spain and the Balearics
Travellers to Spain are being warned to expect a summer of disruption after air traffic controllers staged a “covert strike” in protest [...]

Ryanair after meeting with it´s staff in Bournemouth, has given their assurance for a continued support to Bournemouth Airport while, at the same, laying down effective cost cutting measures for the coming winter.
Ryanair had announced two weeks ago of its intention in minimizing its air services to the UK. And today they have confirmed the [...]