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 first Airbus A380 used for passenger service has landed at London Heathrow today.
The flight is managed by British Airways, although it is a Singapore Airlines flight. British Airways are currently preparing [...]

Virgin Atlantic has come up with a new plan to encourage passengers to check-in online.
If you are travelling between August 1st and September 30th from London Heathrow, London Gatwick or Manchester and you check-in online, then you will be given the chance to print off a discount voucher.
The voucher makes an offer of £6 off [...]

Checking-in using a mobile phone is said to give passengers a greater choice of checking-in options.
Virgin Atlantic are currently unsure exactly how popular the service will be, although they believe it to be very beneficial as passengers can have their boarding cards sent to their phone which can then be read straight from the device.
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The strikes that were planned to occur in January across seven UK airports have been called off after talks between airport owner’s BAA and the Unite Union.
The announcement came after BAA agreed to amend plans to alter the pension rights to new employees.
Unite Union accepted the new terms and called off the strikes. The negotiations [...]

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, [...]