Snow in UK Causes Travel Chaos
Posted on: February 7th, 2012 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
Recently, London woke up to a winter wonderland. Although some people enjoy seeing snow, others were not as happy. There was one sector that probably wished the snow had never come, and that is the UK travel industry. Due to this “big freeze,” the UK travel industry was hit hard with delays and cancellations.
According to [...]
British Travelers Not Satisfied With Rail Services
Posted on: January 30th, 2012 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
Anyone who rides the rail network knows that prices are going up. For the places that have not seen fare increases yet, just hold on…it’s coming. So this has got a lot of officials thinking: Are consumers satisfied with the service they are getting compared to the money they are spending? Well, according to a [...]
Southwest Airlines Able to Add More Seats with Redesign
Posted on: January 20th, 2012 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
According to reports, the largest domestic airline in the United States, Southwest Airlines, has announced plans to redesign the interior of its planes. This will have a few different benefits for the airline. First of all, it will allow them to add six extra seats on each of their planes. Secondly, the new interior will [...]
Car Sales in the UK Drop 4.4 Percent
Posted on: January 12th, 2012 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
Car sales in the UK are on the decline. Maybe people want to do more for the environment and take public transportation. Maybe gas prices have made owning a car too expensive. Whatever the reason, car sales in the UK have dropped. In fact, the number of car registrations in the UK fell by 4.4 [...]
Orthodox Jew Charged for Insulting Female Solider
Posted on: January 4th, 2012 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
Just recently, an Orthodox Jew was detained in Jerusalem. Apparently, this happened after he called a 19-year-old female solider a whore. He called her this after she refused to move to the rear of the public bus. According to reports, this is the first such arrest since the gender separation issue demanded by the ultra-religious [...]
Federal Aviation Administration Announces New Fatigue Rule
Posted on: December 23rd, 2011 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
According to reports, the Federal Aviation Administration told airlines that they will have to do more to make sure that their pilots are not too fatigued to fly. This is being done for passenger safety. In fact, this news comes just three years after a regional airline operated by two tired pilots had a fatal [...]