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Easyjet and Ryanair for Cameron

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Easyjet and Ryanair for Cameron

David and Samantha Cameron have used the budget airline easyJet to return from their mini-break to Spain.
 

 
The Prime Minister and his wife arrived back in the UK at Luton Airport at lunchtime on Saturday 9 April 2011. …

Monarch is increasing flights to Spain, Portugal and Cyprus

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Monarch is increasing flights to Spain, Portugal and Cyprus

Airline Monarch is increasing its programme of flights to Spain, Portugal and Cyprus in April due to phenomenal demand from its customers. In addition, the airline is bringing forward to April the launch of its new scheduled flights to Paphos.…

Emirates offers daily flights between Spain and Seychelles

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Emirates offers daily flights between Spain and Seychelles

Emirates announced a frequencies increase in its daily flights between Dubai and Seychelles up to 10 weekly flights from March 28, 2011 on. This means that on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, the airline will operate with a double frequency.

Along…

BA strike vote announced today

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BA strike vote announced today

British Airways cabin crew will announce the result of their strike ballot today as the airline completes its merger with Spains´ Iberia to create a new company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange on Monday morning.
The crew´s…

Spain Air Traffic Control Takeover Ends

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Spain Air Traffic Control Takeover Ends

Spain´s government is getting out of the air traffic control business.

This on Saturday, after Spain´s government ended an emergency measure that had placed the country´s air traffic control under military authority to prevent strike action over the busy Christmas…

Ryanair charges for printing boarding passes ruled illegal in Spain

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Ryanair charges for printing boarding passes ruled illegal in Spain

The no-frills airline had promoted anger among passengers for the charge, when they were introduced.

However the 40 euro (£34) charge was challenged in Barcelona. In Britain the charge is £40.
Judge Barbara Maria Cordoba Ardao, sitting at Commercial Court…

Spanish airport authority says controllers return to work

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Spanish airport authority says controllers return to work

Spanish air traffic controllers are beginning to return to work following a wildcat strike, an airports authority spokesman said.
“The controllers are returning to work and nearly half of the airspace sectors are open,” the AENA spokesman told Reuters.
Earlier…

Spain under state of alert over air strike chaos

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Spain under state of alert over air strike chaos

The Spanish government has declared a state of alert after a strike by air traffic controllers grounded flights, stranding thousands of travellers.
The measure will allow widldcat strikers to be charged with a crime under the military penal code.
About…

Monarch Airlines confirms additional flights for Christmas holidays

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Monarch Airlines confirms additional flights for Christmas holidays

Monarch Airlines has scheduled additional flights to meet demand from British travellers looking for some winter sun this Christmas holiday.

The carrier will operate a total of eight extra services to popular holiday destinations, with new connections from London Gatwick…

Class 599 Train to Cartagena

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Class 599 Train to Cartagena

National operator RENFE introduced the Class 599 DMU to the Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia route. Two services are operated each way daily with the new rolling stock, which with a maximum speed of 160 km/h has cut journey times…

Home Office reveals new UK passport

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Home Office reveals new UK passport

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…

Holiday firm Sun4U collapses stranding 1,200 people

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Holiday firm Sun4U collapses stranding 1,200 people

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…

Spanish air controllers say no strike in August

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Spanish air controllers say no strike in August

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…

Bankrupt Mexicana suspends more flights to Spain and the UK

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Bankrupt Mexicana suspends more flights to Spain and the UK

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…

Monarch puts on extra summer flights to meet demand to Spain

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Monarch puts on extra summer flights to meet demand to Spain

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…

Emirates begins its non-stop service to Madrid

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Emirates begins its non-stop service to Madrid

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,…

Air Travellers To Spain Warned Disruption After Air Traffic Controllers Staged A Covert Strike

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Air Travellers To Spain Warned Disruption After Air Traffic Controllers Staged A Covert Strike

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…

Ryanair Closes Bournemouth Routes For Winter

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Ryanair Closes Bournemouth Routes For Winter

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…

Melon Jam

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Melon Jam

Motorists caught in sweltering heat on a Swiss motorway after a Spanish melon lorry lost its load were tucked into free watery melons to help them cool down.

The accident happened when the lorry lost its load of sweet melons…

New strike threat at UK airports

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New strike threat at UK airports

Workers at six UK airports are being balloted for strike action by the Unite union.
Unite is to ballot more than 6,000 members based at BAA airports, including Heathrow, in a dispute over pay.
It has accused BAA of offering…