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More Iberia flights cancelled as cabin crew strike continues
Madrid- Spain's biggest airline, Iberia, cancelled 185 flights on Wednesday as cabin crew staged their fourth one-day work stoppage over pay, sources of the carrier said. The cancelled flights included 120 national and 65 international ones, affectin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Whistleblower prompts inspection of Vietnam's Jetstar airline
Hanoi - Vietnamese authorities are inspecting budget carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) after two foreign engineers fired by the company accused it of violating safety protocols, government officials said Wednesday. Jetstar Pacific's former chief...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Indonesia's Garuda airline to return to Europe next year
Jakarta - Garuda Indonesia is to return to Europe after an absence of five years with a daily flight to Amsterdam starting June 1, the national airline said Wednesday. The planned Jakarta-Amsterdam route via Dubai is to be followed by service to a nu...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Alleged drunken pilot arrested in London
London - An apparently drunken airline pilot was arrested shortly before takeoff of a trans-Atlantic flight from London's Heathrow Airport, Scotland Yard said. The pilot, 51, was taken into custody Monday on suspicion of intoxication before the plann...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

In the land of the Snow King: France's ski resorts
Paris - France was once home to the Sun King Louis XIV but if you go to the French Alps you may feel as if you are in the land of the Snow King as between Les Menuires and Tignes there is a wintersport paradise with hundreds of pistes that lead down ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Ancient mummies and grave robbers: Northern Peru's historic sites
Trujillo, Peru - Life will punish those who react too late is a quote by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could easily apply to archaeologists in Peru. Grave robbers, or Huaqueros as they are known here, often plunder ancient tombs before archa...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Travel tips
Mountain bike museum opens in North CarolinaRaleigh, North Carolina - A new museum of the mountain bike has opened in North Carolina in the city of Statesville with a collection of more than 400 bicycles. Along with modern mountain bikes there are al...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Sea lions attract thousands to San Francisco wharf
San Francisco - Their loud barking can be heard from a good distance away. Follow the sound and the smell of old fish remains and you will find them: A huge group of sea lions at the boat docks near Pier 39, a favourite attraction and gathering place...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Rock unites Argentinians, Brits on Falkland Islands - Feature
Buenos Aires - The 1982 war with Britain for the Falkland Islands - which Argentina still calls Islas Malvinas - left deep wounds that persist decades later. However, the shared dream of a London-based rock band and an Argentine veteran of the war is...

[Posted on : 2009-11-08 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Cyprus inaugurates new airport in Larnaca
Athens/Nicosia - Cyprus opened a new airport Saturday with the vision of it becoming a regional transport hub in the coming decades. Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias inaugurated the new Larnaca terminal, built by a consortium of French and Cypri...

[Posted on : 2009-11-08 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

 

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