In a bid to stimulate business, and perhaps to with an optimistic nod to the future, budget airline EasyJet has brought its annual winter flight sale forward. You can book early and make savings on flights between 25 October 2020 and 28 February 2021. The airline is also ditching its change fee until further notice,…
Horse milk is better for us than cow’s milk, research reveals
Horse milk is beneficial in treating inflammatory diseases, tuberculosis, blood pressure, and even certain types of cancer, say researchers from Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. For centuries, mare’s milk or ‘saumal’ – the Kazakh word for fresh mare’s milk – has been valued for its healing properties. Today, mare’s milk is used for alleviating tuberculosis, anaemia, diabetes, and…
Travel insurance is no longer being offered by insurance giant
The effect of the coronavirus outbreak has reached travel insurance providers who are cutting back on what they are prepared to offer. Insurance giant LV has confirmed it is temporarily suspending the sales of travel insurance. The company said that it has seen a rush on the purchase of travel insurance in the last couple…
352 airports are named after high flying individuals. Only 16 woman are included. Who are they?
According to research compiled by flight comparison site Neflights, there 352 airports globally identified as having adopted eponyms – i.e. named after people. For example, Pisa’s Galileo Airport, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport. These all have something in common – they’re all named after men. Only 15…
Flybe airline has collapsed. What is happening to Flybe’s flight routes? What are your rights?
It was a sad day for UK regional travel when Flybe entered Administration on 5 March 2020. The already beleaguered airline blamed the Coronavirus outbreak as the final blow. Flybe, which started flying 1 November 1979 (as Jersey European Airways), may have been a small airline, yet it was the third biggest UK airline. It…
The best prevention against the coronavirus is washing your hands. How long should you wash your hands for?
More than 100,000 cases of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection have been reported globally, most of them in mainland China and the fatality toll is heading towards 3,500. As yet there isn’t a vaccine, antibiotics don’t work on viruses and face masks are futile unless you are already ill. The point of the mask is to…
Luxembourg becomes the first country to offer free public transport for everyone
They said they would do it, and now Luxembourg has done it; this city now offers free public transport. Europe’s smallest country with a population of just 614,000, is a pioneer in this “free mobility” drive. Buses, trams and trains are now free to ride on. Buying a ticket to ride is now a thing…
BA plans to remove 250 million plastic items from flights
British Airways plans to remove 700 tonnes of single-use plastic onboard its flights. The move will see 250 million individual items being removed. This follows already rolled out initiatives where 25 million individual items of single-use plastic on board each year, equivalent to 90 tonnes have already disappeared. The target is to increase this figure…
Ryanair passengers not entitled to compensation for strike-led delays
When Ryanair passengers were unable to fly as scheduled in 2018 because of union strikes, they turned to the beleaguered airline for compensation. Their airline refused to pay saying that the flight cancellations were beyond their control. Nevertheless, the Civil Aviation Authority ordered Ryanair to pay up. Ryanair fought their cause in the Court of…
London direct to Amsterdam in 4 hours! New Eurostar service to launch April 30.
The cross channel high-speed rail firm Eurostar is launching its London to Amsterdam journey on April 30 which means travellers no longer have to change in Brussels.The entire journey will take just over four hours. That’s at least a half an hour off from the current journey that takes between four hours 30 minutes and five hours,…