Extract . . . Travellers in the South East will have another airport from which to escape Britain next week, when easyJet starts services from London Southend. From Monday, it will begin flights from the airport – situated between Southend and Rochford – to Barcelona, Amsterdam and Belfast, and from Wednesday it will begin services [...]
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Extract . . . The Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into whether airlines are hitting customers with hidden card surcharges when they book flights online. The OFT has not named the airlines that it is looking into, however it said that it has “concerns about the transparency and presentation” of payment card [...]
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Extract . . . Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd plans to launch a premium economy class in 2012, promising a “real upgrade over economy” to attract increasingly price-sensitive travellers in the face of economic headwinds. The new class would be introduced on routes to Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and other destinations from the [...]
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Extract . . . How can cash-strapped SMEs get more bang for their buck when it comes to business travel? This week’s expert tells us . . . This month brings more gloomy news of small businesses being forced over the edge into administration due to harsh economic conditions. Public belt tightening, price inflation and [...]
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Extract . . . Travel companies have been ordered by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to stop the use of hidden charges for customers who pay by debit or credit card. Airlines, ferry and rail companies are among the worst offenders and typically force customers to complete between four to five steps of the [...]
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Extract . . . Arriving in New York immediately after the stratospheric success of the public listing of LinkedIn Corp, when the stock doubled in price on the first day’s trading, the temptation was to ask whether investors’ memories really are so short that the dot.com bust of 2001 has already become pre-history Read more [...]
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Extract . . . The Government’s consultation on the future of Air Passenger Duty concludes tomorrow. Keith Williams, the new chief executive of British Airways, puts forward the case for major reform. Read more here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/air-passenger-duty/8579927/Air-Passenger-Duty-Take-action-to-tackle-this-suffocating-tax.html
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Extract . . . The budget airline will open a new base at regenerated Southend airport – just in time for the Olympics. Read more here: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1075558/easyjet-help-southend-airport-off/
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