If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Travel News RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Suggestions, comments and feedback welcome.The Africa Book celebrates the magic of this fascinating and vibrant continent.
Following on from The Travel Book and The Cities Book in Lonely Planet’s best-selling series, this inspirational book explores Africa in [...]

Russian airline S7 is to launch a route from Moscow to Dublin from April next year in response to growing demand from tourists and businessmen in both countries according to The Irish Independent.
The airline, formerly Siberian Airlines, will fly three times a week from Moscow’s Domodevo Airport to Dublin Airport.
Dimitry Chukseyev, S7 corporate communications manager [...]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) applauded the comprehensive strategy for aviation and climate change agreed at the Triennial Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), subject to confirmation by today’s Plenary. At the same time, IATA expressed deep disappointment in Europe’s failure to accept a global approach to emissions trading, based on mutual [...]

Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 will open to passengers on Thursday 27 March 2008 – exactly six months from today.
To mark this important milestone, BAA has recruited 15,000 passengers to test every aspect of the new building, including car parking, check-in, baggage systems, way-finding and security.
The company has also showcased the next generation of security screening [...]

After the recent success of the launch of Lonely Planet Encounter guides (Barcelona, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Las Vegas, London, New York, Paris, and San Francisco all published in May 2007) get ready for a second wave in September. Lonely Planet Encounter allows you to see twice the city in half the time!
With more focus on [...]