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Britain’s largest airlines called yesterday for the dismantling of the airports operator BAA and the Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates the country’s skies.In an unusual show of unity, the heads of bmi, easyJet, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic publicly criticised the CAA and its decision to allow BAA to put up landing charges at Heathrow and […]

Forcing customers to pay for service previously included with ticket purchases, UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. will begin charging $50 round-trip for checking a second piece of luggage on May 5, and Southwest Airlines Co. has already implemented a similar fee for checking a third bag. Other airlines may follow, eager

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced a settlement with Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and its subsidiary Celebrity Cruises Inc., in which the cruise lines will refund $21 million worth of fuel surcharges that the companies levied even after travelers booked their vacations.Royal Caribbean and Celebrity customers who were retroactively charged the fuel fee –

Around 400 delegates and international speakers will get together in Kochi from March 21 to March 24 at the Le Meridien International Convention Centre to learn about the latest developments and practices in Responsible Tourism.Speakers from over 20 countries including the UK, Germany, Gambia, South Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bhutan will discuss wide-ranging topics

As stated today by the EU Press Room, “Today the Commission recommended to the Council to open negotiations on an agreement between the European Community and the United States of America regarding certain conditions for access to the United States’ Visa Waiver Program (VWP).When adopting the Commission’s proposal Vice-President Franco Frattini, Commissioner responsible for Justice,

Today, the The New Nation published an article by Mohammad Shahidul Islam stating that “Bangladesh has very diverse and distinctive flora and fauna, which include a mixture of species at the Sundarban and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Many of them are unique to Bangladesh and largely unknown to the rest of the world. In fact, numerous

Islamic countries from the Asia Pacific region have agreed to form an Asia Pacific Islamic Travel and Tours Federation to “safeguard” the interests of Muslim tourists and travel agents.Representatives from the four founding member countries – Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei together with ASEAN neighbor Singapore – have agreed to its formation at the recent Bumitra Islamic

As reported by Phillip Nabyama, at the East African Business Week, “Following Uganda’s successful hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of State (CHOGM) in which the country made substantial strides in tourism publicity and development, the country’s Parliament has passed the much-anticipated Tourism Bill 2007.The Bill which has been in Parliament since 2005, has been sidelined

In a recently published judgement of 29.11.2007 (1 Ob 127/07v) Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) upheld dismissal of a law suit against a restaurant owner lodged by a guest who had received fistcuffs and boot kicks from a waiter after he had left the place without paying because he wouldn’t acknowledge the bill.OGH confirmed lower instances’

In her opinion regarding case C-173/07 (Emirates Airlines v Schenkel) published 6. March 2008 Advocate General Sharpston came to the following conclusion:Passengers on a return flight from a third country to a Member State are not ‘passengers departing from an airport located in the territory of a Member State’ within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)