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Irish Airport Strike Called Off

Posted on: Monday, February 25th, 2008 in: Travel Advice

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 union involved [...]

Maiden Flight for Bio Fuel Jet

Posted on: Monday, February 25th, 2008 in: Airline News

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 .Â
The flight was the first of its kind and took off on Sunday from London on a short trip to Amsterdam.  The [...]

Call for Lonely Planet Guide Ban

Posted on: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in: Uncategorized

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 marketing [...]