Travel
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Smarter airport capacity use urged
Airport capacity at some southeast England airports is underused, according to a London Assembly report on Wednesday. Even at Heathrow airport, where 99 per cent of capacity is being used, 20 million extra passengers a year could fly if larger...
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Lufthansa A380 on new Frankfurt-Shanghai route
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Russian tourists help Hungary spa town flourish
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Impossible... yet so beautiful
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Resort airports in stormy SE Asia leave safety to chance
It’s the invisible enemy: something all pilots dread as they land at Asia’s tropical island resorts. Wind shear – or the sudden change in wind speed and direction – is particularly hazardous at landing, but some of the region’s best known holiday...
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IATA: air travel demand accelerated in March
Global air travel grew by six per cent in March from a year earlier, led by emerging markets, the International Air Transport Association said last Wednesday. During the same month, capacity grew by just 3.5 per cent, meaning that there were...
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Backpack South America
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Spanish eatery hopes world best restaurant award boosts tourism
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Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire
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Nice and easy in Santorini
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Cape Town titbits
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Alone in India
Since the rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in December, the number of female visitors to India has dropped 35 per cent. Hannah Wayte asks: just how unsafe is it to travel India as a solo female? I made my choice to travel alone around...
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Top 5 enchanted forests
1. Crooked Forest, Poland Looking like it fell out of a surreal Salvador Dalí painting, the Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las) outside Nowe Czarnowo, Poland, has intrigued the public for more than 80 years. The grove of about 400 pines was planted around...
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Italy fines Ryanair
Italy’s competition watchdog last week slapped a €400,000 fine on Irish budget airline Ryanair for not honouring it commitment to simplify online ticket sales. The regulator said the airline failed to provide an overall clear price at the very...
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Libya hopes for tourism spring
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Gozo attraction makes upgrade
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Malta hosts German travel agents
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Gothenburg: where’s that again?
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The fair isle
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Bright-light city