Archive for April, 2008
April 15th, 2008 at 01:21pm
Under travel news
Gareth Kirkwood, director of operations, and David Noyes, director of customer services have left BA as the fiasco at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 continues.
Transferring 96% of BA flights to a new terminal with new systems which had only been tested in a dry run which was at nowhere near the same levels of throughput was an elementary mistake, and it is right that someone should be held responsible. However, whether the gentlemen in question are personally responsible for this, is open to question.
It seems incredible that this decision was taken by anyone other than the CEO himself. And even if he didn’t make the decision himself, he must have been aware of it, and also how unlikely a successful outcome would be.
In my opinion, the CEO himself must take the blame and step down. To allow such an obviously high risk strategy to go ahead was almost criminally irresponsible. Willie Walsh has repeatedly said that “the buck stops with me,” and also stated that he would not be scapegoating any of his staff. It’s time he stood by his word.
Technorati Tags: british airways, heathrow airport, heathrow baggage problems, terminal 5, travel news
By frann
April 13th, 2008 at 06:26pm
Under travel news
Four teenagers, Rebecca Logie, 19, Lizzie Pincock, 19, Indira Swann, 18, Emily Sadler, 19 and their team leader, Sarah Howard, 26 were killed when their bus was in a road accident at Jipijapa on the road from Quito in Ecuador to Puerto Lopez. They were just beginning a four month stay. They intended to carry out several weeks of volunteer work before continuing their journey along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu.
Although roads in Ecuador are labeled “hazardous” on the UK Foreign Office site, the accident occurred on part of the road which was regarded as being the “safe part”. It seems that there was a collision with a vehicle carrying sand. Most of the other occupants of the bus, one French national, 15 other Brits and the driver, an Ecuadorean, suffered some injuries.
I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to the friends and family of those killed, and also to the people who were injured.
Technorati Tags: fatal ecuador bus crash
By frann
April 10th, 2008 at 03:04pm
Under Adventure+ Overland travel+ Train tickets+ travel news
More than 50 years ago, it was possible to travel from India to Bangladesh by rail. This route was closed after increasingly fierce clashes between the mainly Muslim Bangladeshi population and Indian Hindus.
But now the line is set to reopen, after an agreement was signed today by Bangladeshi Communication Secretary, Mahbub ur Rahman and India’s High Commissioner in Bangladesh, Pinaki Ranjan Chakravarty. Tickets for the “Friendship Train,” as it has been called, are on sale for journeys starting from 14th April, the Bengali New Year.
Source: Earth Times
Technorati Tags: india to bangladesh, indian railways, rail tickets, Train tickets, train travel
By frann
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