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2nd British travel company collapses

A second British vacation company has gone bust, the country's aviation regulator said Sunday, the same week the U.K.'s No. 3 tour operator collapsed.

XL Leisure Group PLC went into liquidation Friday, leaving around 50,000 of its customers stranded abroad, and the Civil Aviation Authority said it had so far managed to arrange flights home for a little less than half of them.

A second tour operator, K & S Travel, ceased trading Saturday, the authority said, affecting around 150 people in the Turkish coastal town of Bodrum.

nytimes.com

Labels: UK, xl leisure

posted by iTravelnet news  # 3:32 PM

Fire breaks out in Channel Tunnel

Rescuers have evacuated dozens of people from the Channel Tunnel which links England and France after a fire on a freight shuttle injured 14 people and forced the closure of the key transport link, officials say.

theage.com.au

Labels: channel-tunnel, fire, France, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 9:16 AM

Rail passengers face anti-terror searches

Rail passengers at Britain's largest stations face being searched and having their bags screened as part of a package of national security measures unveiled by Gordon Brown yesterday.

guardian.co.uk

Labels: rail, security, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 8:14 PM

Ireland, UK to end passport-free travel

Britain and Ireland are to end a passport-free travel arrangement between the two countries that has existed since the foundation of the Irish Free State in the early 1920s...

theage.com.au

Labels: ireland, passport, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 4:35 PM

Britons named world's biggest emitters of CO2 from air travel

Britons produce more carbon emissions from air travel a head than any other country, a study reveals today, citing the country's predilection for low-cost airlines as a major factor.

guardian.co.uk

Labels: air travel, carbon emissions, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 8:05 PM

Travel guide praises British grub

Home-grown restaurateurs have risen to the challenge of redeeming the "dismal" reputation of British food, according to the latest edition of a major travel guide.

ukpress.google.com (page not found)

Labels: food, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 4:13 PM

Why Terminal 5's opening could spell a long summer of confusion

Starting next week, thousands of volunteers will be spend a day at Heathrow's new Terminal 5. In return for a free lunch and a "goody-bag", they will help test the systems at the £4.3bn project. But far from solving the airport's problems overnight, the controversial new terminal will precipitate a summer of confusion at Heathrow - and seriously diminish public transport links for millions of the users of Europe's busiest airport.

independent.co.uk

Labels: airport, Heathrow, Terminal 5, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 8:50 AM

UK rail travel enjoys passenger boom

Rail travel is now at its highest level for more than 60 years, it has been announced.

ukpress.google.com (page not found)

Labels: rail, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 8:46 AM

Row over visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway

A property developer has said he is being used as a political football in a row over proposals to build a visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway.

news.bbc.co.uk

Labels: giants causeway, northern ireland, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 1:05 PM

Tory group backs new flight tax

Tax rises for UK short-haul flights and for "gas-guzzling" cars are needed to combat climate change, a Conservative policy review group has said.

news.bbc.co.uk

Labels: climate, environment, tax, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 9:09 AM

Carnival crowds take to streets

More than half a million people took to the streets of west London for day two of the Notting Hill Carnival.

news.bbc.co.uk

Labels: carnival, London, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 4:26 PM

Britons soak up Bank Holiday sun

Millions of Britons have been making the most of a welcome spell of warm and dry Bank Holiday weather. Almost all of the UK has been basking in summer sunshine after enduring weeks of wet and miserable conditions.

guardian.co.uk (page not found)

Labels: holiday, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 4:22 PM

Electrical fault derails train travel plans

Thousands of UK rail passengers had their travel disrupted today when rush hour trains were cancelled because of an electrical fault.

news.scotsman.com

Labels: train, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 9:29 AM

UK warns against Khartoum travel over attack fears

Britain warned on Saturday against travelling to Sudan's capital Khartoum due to heightened fears Western interests may be attacked.

af.reuters.com

Labels: khartoum, sudan, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 7:58 AM

Chaos as heavy rain brings floods

Torrential rain has been sweeping the UK, causing travel chaos and forcing the evacuation of homes and schools.

news.bbc.co.uk

Labels: floods, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 9:29 AM

Airline Luggage Restrictions Stay In Place

The Government has told the heads of the UK's leading airlines that it has no plans to ease strict new security rules on hand luggage.

news.sky.com

Labels: hand luggage, security, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 12:35 PM

Reid tightens up UK visa rules

The UK government is set to introduce new measures to tighten Britain's immigration controls, including the use of biometric visas to visit the UK by the end of next year.

guardian.co.uk

Labels: biometric visa, immigration, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 2:10 PM

UK launches hi-tech passport

A new biometric passport, containing a secure chip with an image of the holder's face, has been launched today for all British citizens renewing their passport.

travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)

Labels: passport, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 9:39 PM

Train fares double in secret deal by ministers

Train fares on some routes will double after a deal struck between the Government and Britain's biggest train company in a bid to reduce overcrowding.

travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)

Labels: train, UK

posted by iTravelnet news  # 8:34 PM