We are pleased to be exhibiting at Office 13 at Olympia, London on the 8th & 9th of October this year. The exhibition also coincides with National PA Day on October 8th.
There will be many interesting speakers, among them, Katie Piper who will host a headline keynote at the show. So why not come and visit us at stand number 5031, we’d love to see you and you may even win a prize!
What’s more, this event is free to attend, so why not register here now?
The no-frills airline Ryanair, plans to continue increasing the fees it charges customers for placing luggage into the hold of its aircraft.
Travellers on the budget airline currently pay anything from £25 to £160 for a hold bag on a one-way flight. However, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary, intends to up the price of checked bags still further, saying he plans to halve the 20 per cent of passengers who currently place their luggage into the hold.
Around 80 per cent of Ryanair passengers checked baggage into the hold before the airline first introduced a fee to do so. O’Leary said: “I would be disappointed if we don’t get our figure down from around 20 per cent to 10 per cent.” However, he added: “We will never get rid of [hold] bags.”
O’Leary also suggested that more airlines will start charging for cabin bags and follow the lead of Wizz Air which began charging for larger cabin bags in 2012.
Germany: Flight delays, cancellations reported at Hamburg Airport after unexpected strike by ground staff workers
The Prudential Ride London cycling event, which takes places this weekend, involves some road closures and restrictions throughtout parts of the capital and across Surrey.
This may make getting to and from Heathrow Airport challenging if you are travelling by car. You can find more information on the route and road closures by clicking here.
British Airways has announced that customers can now book seats on their new Airbus A380 aircraft to Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Los Angeles.
Seats are available now for Hong Kong services commencing 22nd October 2013, and for Johannesburg from 12th February 2014 and, lastly, for the double-daily service to Los Angeles from 10th April 2014. Seats to LAX on one of the five flights each week, starting 24th September 2013, are also on sale now.
BA’s A380’s will all offer a total of 469 seats split over four cabins, namely, World Traveller, World Traveller Plus (WTP), Club World & First. There will be 14 seats in First on the main deck, with a total of 97 seats in Club World, split between both the main and upper decks. Whilst WTP will be situated on the upper deck with 55 seats. World Traveller cabins will be split over both decks.
Train services out of Manchester’s main railway station have suffered major disruption after a lightning strike hit the signalling system.
Please check Virgin Train’s web site for further info.
For those of you who travel to India, be it for business or pleasure, please note that the photographs you have to provide (assuming you require a visa to enter the country) must be 50mm x 50mm in size.
This is different to the passport sized photographs which United Kingdom citizens have to provide when applying for a UK passport (these are 45mm x 35mm).
Runways at London’s Heathrow airport have closed after an incident involving an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet.
Heathrow Airport Ltd have confirmed that all arrivals and departures are currently suspended.
Please check, via your airline’s web site, for the latest news relating to your flight.
An Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday, according to the FAA. Injuries are unknown. The aircraft is a Boeing 777, media reports. Smoke could be seen for miles.
An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed on landing at San Francisco’s airport Saturday, forcing passengers to escape the aircraft using inflatable emergency exit slides.
Passengers who got off the plane told reporters they did not believe there were any fatalities. Images from the scene showed smoke billowing from the plane and emergency exits open from the plane’s fuselage, with the tail separated from the aircraft. Gaping holes could be seen in the roof of the plane’s body, blackened by fire.
The plane was a Boeing 777, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. It crashed on runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport, he said.
There were 291 people aboard, KCBS radio reported.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2013/07/06/airline-crash-san-francisco/2495099/
Travellers are advised to monitor the airport for delays / cancellations moving forward.
Seats are now available to book on the latest addition to British Airways’ fleet of aircraft, namely the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Dreamliner will offer three cabins (World Traveller, World Traveller Plus & CLub World) and 214 seats on board.
You can book now for travel from 1st September 2013, when the Dreamliner will commence services from London Heathrow to Toronto and from 1st October 2013, the 787 will also start operating to Newark Liberty International Airport, NJ.
Want to know more about the 787 – click here.
