Author Archives: Pappu
Brexit may ground few European airlines
Steps to allow flights to shuttle between the EU and Britain in the event during a messy time of Brexit are unlikely to be enough to shun disruptions and cancellations, the head of the leading air transport group of the …
Heathrow Airport: The Great British Take off
Today at Heathrow, Great British Bake Off 2016 winner, Candice Brown and food artist Michele Wibowo unveiled a 50kg gingerbread model of the airport, created to surprise travelling passengers this Christmas. The hand-made creation required ten people to install, …
European Waterways: New Wine Cruises in Italy Aboard Hotel Barge at 10% Off
Italy is a major exporter of wine, with a heritage dating back more than 2,000 years to Roman times. It is the perfect setting for European Waterways’ new wine appreciation cruises for 2019 on La Bella Vita, the 20-passenger hotel …
Record number of 10.2 million people visits Louvre Museum last year
Last year, a record number of 10.2 million people visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, making it the world’s most popular museum of fine arts. A Beyoncé and Jay-Z pop video made in the museum is said to have …
Ryanair Launches New Manchester Route To Billund
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (4 Jan) announced a new route from Manchester to Billund, with a four times weekly service commencing in April, as part of Ryanair’s Manchester Summer 2019 schedule. Ryanair’s Manchester Summer schedule includes 63 routes in total …
Greece with other European tourism destinations working on addressing overtourism challenge
Greece, along with other leading European tourism destinations, will be working on addressing the sector’s main challenge i.e. overtourism. The head of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said that the issue of overtourism features at the top of the European tourism industry’s …
Louvre welcomes record 10 million visitors in 2018
In 2018, record 10 million visitors set foot into Louvre, the most visited museum in the world. According to the management, 10 million is an unprecedented figure for an international museum. In 2017, the number of visitors to …
UK Aviation Consumer Survey – Which UK airline passengers are more satisfied
UK airline passengers living in the north of England and Northern Ireland are most satisfied with their overall experience of flying from the UK as per the UK Aviation Consumer Survey by The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). However, airline …
WestJet reports November load factor of 81.0 per cent
Today WestJet announced November 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 81.0 per cent, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 3.1 per cent year over year, while capacity, measured in available …
Heathrow Pays For ‘Settled Status’ As Team Welcomes 80m Passengers
As Heathrow today reaches an historic milestone, the airport has announced that it will pay to achieve ‘settled status’ for EU colleagues responsible for welcoming 80 million passengers over the past 12 months. Recognising the integral service its …