Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

No Credible Threat This Holiday Season, US Officials Say

James Clapper

Reports said Wednesday that US security officials reassured that there is no specific and credible threat this holiday season. The announcement came after the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appeared baffled on a simple question whether a significant terror plot uncovered in London earlier this week can have security implications in the United States. [...]

British Aviation Flights Halt by Snow

British Aviation Flights

British aviation was halted by snow that led to hundreds of flights grounded. Many flights across Europe were cancelled and delayed due to worst weather condition that made thousands of passengers stranded here and abroad. Services at Dundee, Gatwick, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, and Doncaster were freeze because of the disruptions. There were number of [...]

2011 Panama City Beach Tourism to Increase Spring Break Record up to 15%

Panama City Beach tourism industry

The Panama City Beach tourism industry for 2011 will increase up to 15 to 20 percent over last spring break record. Based on Collegiate Marketing, a leading Youth Marketing and Promotion that specializes in marketing Panama’s spring break events, there were heavy advanced bookings and reservations in the area for 2011 spring break, which will [...]

Qantas Global A380 fleet to replace 40 engines

Qantas A380

Australia’s Qantas stated that their global A380 fleet would need to replace approximately 40 Rolls Royce engines on Thursday. This decision involves their plan of assuring safety following one of their aircraft engine broke down in a flight this November, Qantas Australia stated. This would mean that almost 50 percent of all the engines presently [...]

Australia Tightens Airline Security for Explosive

Australia Airline Security

Australia enhanced security system in screening cargo shipments coming from the Middle East for potential explosive cargo detections. The country stepped up in their security screening after authorities in Dubai and UK seized two US-bound packages that carry explosives in cargo shipments from Yemen. The incident of interception of the packages raised alarms in the [...]

Domestic flights delays cost $32.9 dent in the economy

domestic flights delays

According to a study conducted by Institute of Transportation Studies, domestic flights delays cost a $32.9 billion effect in the economy. The study was released by University of California, Berkeley. Moreover, almost half that cost, $16.7 billion, was accepted by customers who used added money and time paying for many airline delays. The authors of [...]