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August 11th, 2008 at 11:01pm
Under Air travel tickets+ travel news
Despite falling oil prices, at $113 a barrel, fuel is still contributing to a rise in air fares which doesn’t look likely to fall any time soon. British Airways and American Airlines have been in talks and expect to file an application for exemption from US competition laws within 2-3 weeks.
BA already have a similar deal with Iberia, so this would inevitably mean higher prices for passengers, argues Richard Branson, founder and president of rival, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Mr Branson views this potential deal as being so serious that he has made a public appeal to both presidential candidates not to support the deal. “Just because life is tough out there, you shouldn’t rid yourself of competition,” Branson told BBC radio, adding that it was “very dangerous” to believe that consolidation was the best response to the current difficult economic conditions.
Market analysts appear to believe that the deal is likely to go through, despite protests from many quarters. If it does, expect fares to remain the same, or even rise, shortly thereafter.
Technorati Tags: air ticket prices, American Airlines, british airways, BS-AA deal, Virgin Atlantic Airways
By frann
July 21st, 2008 at 01:43pm
Under Attractions+ travel news
The US National Park Service has just launched a new website for visitors with disabilities, under the name “National Parks: Accessible to Everyone” to help disabled visitors make the most of the facilities and activities at national parks. This is designed to supplement the accessibility information already provided on websites run by individual parks.
The new site gives information about sign language interpreters and which visitor centers have services for visually impaired park-goers, as well as detailed descriptions of trails and their surfaces, for visitors with mobility issues or who use wheelchairs.
Technorati Tags: disabled vacation information, national parks accessibility, national parks and disability
By frann
May 1st, 2008 at 11:16pm
Under Overland travel+ travel news
It’s not that long ago that I was reporting on the bus which crashed in Ecuador, killing 5 British passengers on their way to start the volunteering portion of their holiday of a lifetime. Now another fatal accident has claimed the lives of “at least nine” out of a group composed mainly of North American and European tourists, this time in Egypt.
There seems to be little to connect these two events, less than 3 weeks apart, except for the one thing: both involved bus travel on roads in far-flung places. Places where, for argument’s sake, perhaps road safety is not such a priority as we have come to expect back home.
I do want to extend my sympathy to the families of those killed, and hopes for the speedy recovery of those injured.
But what can one say after that? Well, basically, I think it would be best to try and travel by train, by air, anything but by bus if you’re going outside the safe confines of home. This is a shame, because bus travel is always cheaper - but saving a little cash at the risk of your life is not the best thing to do.
So, if you were planning a trip by bus so as to get to somewhere you otherwise might not be able to afford to go, maybe you should take these two terrible tragedies into account and either save a bit longer or go somewhere easier to reach.
Technorati Tags: bus crash egypt, bus travel, travel news
By frann
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