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According to a pre-budget report by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), U.K.’s air passenger duty for coach travelers flying from the United States will increase from 40 to 45 British pounds (from about $60 to $68) late next year. HMRC proposes even larger increases for the following year — a 60-pound charge for transatlantic […]

Plaintiff, an Egypt born Austrian citizen, was employed at an airline’s catering division. His field of work included the preparation of snacks for the airline’s passengers which he did for more than two years without any complaint when suddenly the Austrian Federal Minsitry for Transport, Innovation and Technology called the airport operating company and requested

On Nov. 14th the European Commission updated the list of airlines banned within the EU for safety reasons. New on the list is Cambodian Siam Reap Airlines International. The ban of TAAG Angola Airlines has been extended to all Angolan airlines.The updated list is available for download here>>.

UNWTO launches its new long-term research programme UNWTO Future Vision: Tourism Towards 2030. The study will forecast international tourism growth through the year 2030 and identify key actual and future trends and their impact on tourism development. It will combine industry data with the views of UNWTO members, tourism practitioners, trends experts and academics around

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency safety mandate to check fuel pumps on more than 560 Boeing Co 737 airliners flown by U.S. airlines. Faulty fuel pumps could result in fire or explosions. As aircrafts are not expected to be grounded for the checks, flights should not be disrupted.Source: Reuters; find

Three months after the new Kenya Civil Aviation Regulations (KCAR) were enacted despite objections from stakeholders, the first problems appear in their implementation. As stakeholders had feared, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) staff are overstrained enforcing overly detailed and disorganized regulations. Formerly routine paperwork has changed to in depth scrutiny as overburdened inspectors and employees

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that unauthorized third parties have established websites seeking to charge Visa Waiver Program travelers for electronic travel authorization. The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables eligible citizens or nationals of certain countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or

Airline passengers looking for protection against being stranded for hours on tarmacs cannot count on much help from a federal task force that’s been trying to resolve the problem for nearly a year.The “tarmac task force” was expected to vote Wednesday on guidelines for airlines and airports on how to craft their own contingency plans

The new “Regulation on common rules for the operation of air services in the community” (EC 1008/2008) which came into force on Nov. 1 and (inter alia) provides for an obligatory “all inclusive” price in airline advertising (see posting of Nov. 2) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Oct. 30

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) the global aviation industry is facing its largest drop in passengers since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. Even the good news that the oil price has fallen to half its July peak was not enough to offset the impact of the drop