Posted on February 27, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Ryanair is going to charge people to go to the toilet.  We’ve heard it all now.  Speaking on the Beeb this morning, Michael O’ Leary dropped the following bombshell: “One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door [...]

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Flights into and out of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport have resumed following yesterday’s plane crash.  Nine people died and scores suffered injuries as the plane crashed down in a muddy field as it was coming in to land to at the airport yesterday morning. Arrivals and Departures to and from Schiphol had been delayed or cancelled, including routes from London Heathrow and [...]

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people on board has crash landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Latest reports from CNN Turk TV station say at least 9 people were killed upon impact and 20 were injured.  The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Istanbul and split into three sections as it landed in a field close to [...]

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  So BMI is to axe services between Heathrow airport and the North of England after 40 years of continuous service.  Yes, the airline announced today that it is ending flights from London to Durham Tees Valley and Leeds Bradford airports from March 28.  What can I say only the recession has laid another domestic [...]

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  Sleeping bags and frying pans at the ready, motor home rentals are set to sky rocket in 2009.  Latest travel trends show that with the credit crunch having well and truly bitten, every second person is looking to get back back to nature. In 2008, 16 million camping and caravanning trips were taken according to Visit [...]

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

I blame Stephen Fry…ever since the British comedian’s witty updates about being trapped in a London lift were broadcast to the world, it’s like the media has gone utterly Twitter mad.  Or maybe that should be ‘Twitturly’ mad?  Between TwiTrips, Twestivals and Twitchhikers, you can’t move for Twits these days. So what is Twitter and [...]