If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Travel News RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Suggestions, comments and feedback welcome.Today, talks are to begin about the strikes that look set to cause major disruption to UK airports in January.
BAA employees have voted to stike against the closure of the salary linked [...]

Virgin Atlantic opened its new terminal yesterday which is located in Heathrow’s Terminal 3.
The new terminal is said to make the whole check-in process a lot faster and easier.
There is an Upper Class Wing which is a business passenger facility which is said to give the fastest check-in process in the world.
Premium Economy and Economy passengers [...]

Passengers flying in economy class on long-haul flights with Thomas Cook next year will benefit from extra legroom.
The seat pitches are now 30 inches but will be increased to 33 inches by May 2008.
The increase in legroom will happen on all Thomas Cook and MyTravel aircrafts as this becomes part of Thomas Cook in March.
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Ryanair is to offer new services from 2008 to Milan, Marseille, Girona and Bremen from Manchester.
Ryanair wants to have 12 flights a week from Manchester airport.  By June, a further four routes will be added and yet another four by the summer of 2009.
Low-cost airlines are the greatest cause of passenger growth at Manchester.
23% of [...]

The new main car park at Heathrow in Terminal 5 opens next March and will have a new infrared system that helps you find your car.
The new system features infrared cameras and sensors that read the number plate of a car as it enters the car park. The cameras then take further pictures and store [...]