Qantas Airways is currently offering cheap flights from London to Australia and New Zealand as a part of its “Dreamtime” sale. Return economy class tickets are on sale for a number of destinations and can be booked until June 15th, 2008. The following return flights fly from London through Asia and are available for departure  Continue Reading »

Scandinavia’s budget airline, Monarch, is now introducing a recycling program for all aluminum, plastic and paper used on flights into Gatwick Airport. Cabin crew members during the flight will be able to put recyclable material such as drink canes, newspapers and wine bottles, into designated recycling bins which will be passed onto staff at Gatwick  Continue Reading »

United Airlines has just announced a “wonderful winter sale” putting flights to the United States on sale. In order to take advantage of the savings, travelers should make their bookings with the airline before November 13th. Return tickets from the UK to America start from as low as £256 including taxes and surcharges. The winter  Continue Reading »

Silverjet, an airline that offer business-class only flights from London, was recently recognized by two organizations and awarded top awards in the travel industry. The Sunday Times Travel magazine Experts Awards awarded Silverjet the Best Airline in 2007. Silverjet competed for the award against the likes of Virgin Atlantic and First Choice. Judges highlighted Silverjet’s  Continue Reading »

Eastern Airways was recently nominated for a Hearing Dog Friendly Award by one of it’s passengers and was given the award. The passenger was Ian Joyce, a resident of Wolverhampton who traveled with Eastern Airways from Birmingham International Airport to Inverness, Scotland. Following the flight, Joyce got in touch with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People  Continue Reading »

Budget airline bmibaby recently announced the debut of two new routes. The airline will soon travel from Birmingham to Krakow and from Glasgow to Knock. The first flight to Krakow will take off on February 12th 2008. Tickets are now on sale with a one-way fare beginning at £21.99. There will be two weekly flights  Continue Reading »

Virgin Atlantic has declared that it’s former plans for business class only flights between Europe and America are ‘too risky’ in the face of a future where the Open Skies agreement might one day be reversed. The airline has withdrawn it’s plans to offer exclusively executive service. Previously, Virgin was planning to offer all-business class  Continue Reading »

More Britons are playing poker this year, according to a new survey. The survey polled internet users and found that 23 per cent of those who responded had played poker within the last 12 months. Of those who played poker, half had watched the game being played on television. Twenty-one per cent of poker players  Continue Reading »

London’s preparations to host the 2012 Olympics seem to be progressing smoothly with the city recently unveiling the design of its centerpiece: the Olympic Stadium which will seat 800,000 people. The city’s mayor, Ken Livingstone, has already praised the design as a ‘beacon’ for London and with a price tag of £496 million, the population’s  Continue Reading »

Business travel to London just got easier with the recent opening of London’s St Pancras Station. The Queen formally reopened the station in a ceremony held on Tuesday. With the reopening of the station, business travel between England and the Continent, particularly to locations such as France and Belgium, just got easier. Eurostar has switched  Continue Reading »

The British Airports Authority (BAA) is looking forward to working with American Airlines in their expansion from Stansted Airport. According to the airport operator, the introduction of American Airlines to Stansted is a “significant moment” in the history of the airport. Currently, the airline offers daily service to New York’s JFK Airport. Beginning in April  Continue Reading »

The second franchise of Serenity in the City in Newcastle finds itself smack in the middle of the Scottish city of culture, Edinburgh. Setting up shop on Castle Street, the spa is the second in a plan to bring the spas to urban centres all over the UK. The 2,000 square-foot Edinburgh Serenity In The  Continue Reading »