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Ryanair announces rise in passenger numbers
Dublin-based carrier says numbers are up, despite its dwindling profits.
06 Aug 2008
One million travel records accessed each month
Government using data from itineraries to credit card details.
06 Aug 2008
Ryanair takes action against website 'screen scraping'
Passengers could lose their flight bookings as Ryanair seeks to tackle the problem of 'screen scraping'.
06 Aug 2008
Crete makes pre-emptive strike on drunk Britons
Police launch a campaign of pre-emptive arrests of young drunken Britons in an attempt to prevent violence and sex attacks.
06 Aug 2008
BA record for lost bags and late planes
Airline loses the luggage of an average of nine passengers on every jumbo jet flight.
06 Aug 2008
Millions of passengers' details 'should be given to the Government'
Confidential personal details of millions of passengers flying into and out of Britain should he handed over to the Government to help them fight crime, ministers will say today.
06 Aug 2008
BA passenger numbers fall
British Airways passengers fell last month, confirming the decline in demand for air travel as fares increase.
06 Aug 2008
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Emirates presses ahead with in-flight mobiles
Dubai-based airline Emirates has begun installing mobile phone technology on its entire fleet.
06 Aug 2008
Airline passengers lack protection
A new report has expressed concern at passengers' financial security.
05 Aug 2008
British pupils robbed at gunpoint on Guatemala school trip
A dozen teenage boys from a Kent grammar school are waiting to be flown home after the hold-up.
05 Aug 2008
Holidaymakers 'flown into forest fire"
British holidaymakers have accused a travel company of flying them into a Greek tourist resort affected by forest fires.
05 Aug 2008
British holidaymakers flock to the USA
The good value of the pound against the dollar is encouraging Britons to head to the States in record numbers.
05 Aug 2008
Plans announced for British seaside development
Blackpool, Dover and Torbay are the first beneficiaries of a £45m initiative to restore Britain's coastal resorts.
04 Aug 2008
£2 a night breaks in holiday price war
A holiday price war is resulting in Britain's biggest tour operator offering vacations for just £2 a night.
03 Aug 2008
Butlins hit with holidaymakers
Butlins holiday camps have seen a large jump in bookings as cash-strapped families decide to holiday at home.
04 Aug 2008
Antigua shooting: 'This murder is a one-off'
Tour operators and tourism officials in Antigua claim the island is safe, reports Charles Starmer-Smith.
04 Aug 2008
Fine airlines for slow check-ins, say Liberal Democrats
Airlines should be fined if they fail to check in 95 per cent of passengers within 15 minutes, according to the Liberal Democrats.
01 Aug 2008
Gill Charlton: On the case
Our resident experts solves your travel conundrums. This week: online booking glitches, cab complications and a rail rip-off in Venice.
01 Aug 2008
Heathrow is laptop crime capital
Nearly 1,000 laptops go missing at Heathrow Airport every week, according to new research. Charles Starmer-Smith reports.
04 Aug 2008
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