Watchdog Which? Holiday has announced Air New Zealand (86%) as the top airline with travellers in terms of cleanliness, food and drinks and in-flight entertainment. Singapore Airlines (85%) followed closely behind. The popularity poll also declared that the UK’s main charter airlines performed poorly. Thomas Cook Airlines (37%) was bottom of the chart with Monarch and Thomson Airways being in the bottom four too. Flybe waved the flag for the UK as the top UK airline with an overall satisfaction of 62% making it 8th in the ranking.
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Archive for June, 2010
Which? Crowns Air New Zealand No.1
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Need A Holiday To Get Over England’s Predicted World Cup Defeat?…Yes Please!
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010The St. George’s flags are out, the beers chilling in the fridge and the cupboards are stock full of salty snacks. With football fever sweeping the nation, it’s hard to avoid the games even if you tried. Although England’s draw against USA on Saturday may have disheartened some of us die-hard fans, holiday companies are secretly praying for a quick exit
Remember England’s disappointing defeat against Portugal during the knock out stages in the 2006 World Cup? This defeat generated a 76% surge in traffic to the HolidaysPlease website. It seemed we all needed a quick get-away to drown our sorrows. Top destinations included Egypt, Greece and Spain. However after England’s performance on Saturday, it looks like history may be repeating itself as holiday companies are already predicting that football won’t be coming home this World Cup. Well we might as well just avoid the heartbreak and start booking now…the tough question is which destination shall we choose this time? Why not take a look at the latest deals from HolidaysPlease
Is Bangkok, thailand safe again?
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010As at the time of writing the violent protests in Bangkok ended on 21st May 2010. While the threat of further protests still remains, it appears that for the time being Bangkok has started to return to normal. It is worth remembering that in Southern Thailand in the provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla there is still a threat of insurgency. Luckily this is away from most tourist areas but it is advisable to speak to your travel agent just to be careful.
Hotels in Thailand are keen to get bookings back on track and so you might be able to find some good Thailand deals
Oil hits Florida shores
Monday, June 7th, 2010No sooner had we reported that oil was up to 2 weeks away from Florida shores, it has hit.
Small quantities of oil are said to have arrived on the beaches of Pensacola. Little clumps which resemble shiny shells have been found on the shores of Santa Rosa Island on Friday, and locals are being told to avoid the substance.
BP have said that they are now capturing the majority of the oil from the broken pipeline but have admitted that it might take until August to completely stop the flow.
Florida’s governor is looking for $100 million from BP in a bid to protect the state from any damage the oil might cause. The money is meant to help physically protect Florida by mobilising a potential army of clear up workers and also to protect the reputation of Florida with a substantial marketing campaign.
It is unknown what the effect of hurricane season, which began on June 1 may have on the spill. One crumb of comfort is that tourist numbers are traditionally lower during this period.
Governments tell Airlines no cash for ash
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010The new UK transport minister has ruled out any compensation for airlines following the recent Icelandic volcano disruption. Airline bosses were left “frustrated” at a meeting this week as they were told by transport secretary, Philip Hammond that the UK government would not be supporting them financially.
Airlines including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and Thomson Airways who were at the meeting will now have to wait until a European meeting on June 24th to see whether the European Community will be more sympathetic.
The airlines also raised the issues of airspace closures, the European regulations requiring airlines to pay for all accommodation and Air Passenger Duty. The minister was said to listen but not make any promises.
Commentators believe that it is unlikely that the airlines will get any compensation from governments with so many having to save, and being seeing to save, money in the current Europe wide debt crisis.
A more likely solution may be found in the private sector with a number of airlines talking to leading insurance companies about new “volcano” insurance.