British Airways has claimed an temporary but important legal victory as an emergency court injunction allow the carrier to put an end to plans for a 12-day industrial action which was scheduled for the Christmas season by the airline’s cabin staff and their union.
The move had already generated a huge amount of panic amongst holiday [...]

An expected 2.7 million Michigan residents will travel a distance of 50 miles or more from their home during the Christmas season, claims a recent AAA travel survey. This figure represents a substantial increase over last year’s projected numbers of 2 million people.
AAA predicts that number to be around 87.7 million for the whole of [...]

Rival low cost commercial airlines come to the rescue of stranded Flyglobespan passengers, after the Scottish carrier collapsed, abandoning 4,000 passengers in far away destinations and no way to return home.
The strenuous and complex task of repatriating Flyglobespan passengers began today while unions critisiced the company for its treatment of employees and clientele.
It’s been reported [...]

Apparently it will not shape up to be a happy Christmas for possibly a million travelers. This news comes out as many British Airways cabin crew members finally voted in favor of a Christmas strike. The plan is for the group to walk out on December 22nd, which is just three days before Christmas, and [...]

Travellers expressed their anger yesterday as the British Airways strike has caused a price hike from rival passenger carriers.
Air travel industry specialists said ticket prices on American bound flights had nearly tripled in only one day following the 13,000 strong walk out from BA cabin crew.
The industrial action scheduled for the period beginning on December [...]

The British government is set to launch its plans for the initial phase of network of high speed trains across the country.
The British transport secretary Lord Adonis said this week that he hoped to release a detailed ‘blue print’ as soon as next March for the new network of high-speed rail lines. The report should [...]