EU says Aviation Emission Tax is Successful
Posted on: May 18th, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
Reports from the European Union show that some 99 percent of major airlines have complied with the first step of Europe’s carbon emission tax for airlines. When this tax was introduced to the aviation world, the scheme was not met with open arms. In fact, most airlines and countries started off fighting the tax. However, [...]
Staff at Kingfisher to be Paid this Week
Posted on: May 10th, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
Finally, there seems to be some good news for people who work for Kingfisher Airlines. This is because the owner of the airline, Vijay Malya, said that they are in the process of clearing out all of their backdated salaries. The hope is to have all the backdated salaries for January paid off by the [...]
Aer Lingus Sees Etihad Airways Buy a 3 Percent Stake
Posted on: May 2nd, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
According to new reports, Etihad Airways has recently purchased a 3 percent stake in Aer Lingus. These two airlines have also entered into talks concerning a possible code-sharing agreement. Of course, these talks are still in their early stages. Either way, it could mean big things for both airlines.
In a recent statement, Etihad Airways said [...]
Hotel Guests Threatened by Trojan Horse
Posted on: April 24th, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
According to new reports, there has been a Trojan horse discovered on a black market website. Apparently, this new threat allows hackers to steal hotel consumers’ credit card information right from the front-desk of a hotel.
Reports show that this threat was discovered by security firm Trusteer in an advertisement on underground forums. The company said [...]
Hertz Announces the Appointment of ITL for Vietnam Car Rentals
Posted on: April 16th, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
Apparently, Hertz has just recently made it known that they have appointed ITL as their General Sales Agent representative for business and global travelers from Vietnam. For those that do not know, ITL is a premier logistics, aviation, and transportation service provider.
Ever since coming onto the scene in 1999, ITL is one of the fastest [...]
Chaos at Airports Likely this Easter
Posted on: April 6th, 2012 Posted by Helen Young
The good news for most is that Easter is almost here. However, there is some bad news that goes with that as well. This is because UK airports are likely to be filled with a ton of chaos. This chaos will be caused by a lack of border control members during this holiday season.
Theresa May, [...]