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 largest carrier at London City Airport is VLM, however this has now been sold to Air France-KLM.
The price of the sale has not been revealed, although the announcement was made on [...]

It has been estimated that there will be 1.25 million fewer summer sun holidays available in 2008. This is due to the consolidation of so many of the major tour operators.
The big mergers have been between Thomas Cook and MyTravel and then Thomson and First Choice. Now, there will be less flights and less accommodation [...]

Despite talks to avert the strikes that look set to ruin holiday plans for many travellers in the New Year, they are still going to go ahead.
The Unite union and BAA met to discuss other plans of action and possible outcomes last week. However, officials have said that 24-hour strikes on January 7th and 14th [...]

MAXjet, the business class only airline has filed for bankruptcy after failing to keep up with high fuel prices and high competition levels.
MAXjet offered business class seats on longhaul flights for a lot less than other companies such as British Airways. They flew from London Stansted to New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
MAXjet had [...]

Virgin Atlantic are to cancel three flights on the 9th and 10th of January but run all other services as normal. This is because the Unite Union that represents cabin crew is planning industrial action over pay.
The flights that are to be disrupted on both the 9th and the 10th are return flights to Chicago, [...]