Posted on February 27, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

They say good things come in small packages and that’s definitely the case for MINI.  They’ve just unveiled their John Cooper Works model, the most powerful car in its range and it’s due to go on sale in July. Named after the famous racing driver and MINI tuner, the JWC models’ turbocharged 1.6 litre engine [...]

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Ryanair has hit out at claims that it is breaching Office of Fair Trading standards, arguing that it has fully complied with the Office of Fair Trading’s pricing rules.  The budget carrier says it is now displaying prices inclusive of taxes, fees and charges on its website after making changes to the site at the [...]

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Thousands of passengers clicking on to Ryanair’s new website face an upset when they discover their bargain 1p flight tots up to a rather heftier €120.  The airline’s new website continues to flout Office of Fair Trading’s pricing rules by failing to display inclusive prices, despite pledging to make the changes.  The old website was switched [...]

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Good news if you’re due to fly in or out or even over Ireland in the next week.  The Irish airport strike by air traffic controllers scheduled for Thursday has been called off. The strike would have affected all flights in and out of Ireland, as well as flights using Irish air space. IMPACT, the [...]

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

The first tentative steps towards greener air travel were taken last night when Virgin Atlantic launched a Boeing 747 partly powered by biofuels extracted from coconut oil on a test flight from London .  The flight was the first of its kind and took off on Sunday from London on a short trip to Amsterdam.  [...]

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

One of the largest labour groups in Britain is calling on travellers to boycott the Lonely Planet series of books and is demanding the travel publisher to withdraw its guide to Burma. The Trades Union Congress, which represents 6 million people said that the Lonely Planet guide promotes the southeast Asian country’s autocratic regime by [...]