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- Why the Qantas nonstop flight from London to Sydney is neither new nor record-breaking (11/15/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: The Qantas nonstop simply repeated a flight from three decades ago - Qantas' London to Sydney flight: Almost empty plane flies direct as part of 'Project Sunrise' (11/14/2019)
The 10,537 mile flight left Heathrow this morning - What to do when you're sat next to an irritating passenger on a plane (11/14/2019)
You can make that nightmare flight slightly more tolerable with a little know-how - Holidaymakers over 12.5 stone banned from donkey rides in Spanish village (11/14/2019)
Extras laws ensuring regular vet checks will also be introduced - 'Greasy tray tables and soiled headrests': Ryanair named UK's dirtiest airline (11/9/2019)
A Which? investigator who boarded a Ryanair flight reported 'greasy tray tables, soiled headrests and dusty window sills' - Ban business class on short flights, says airline boss (11/14/2019)
A Twitter poll showed a majority of 2:1 in favour of allowing passengers to choose - One of Europe's most popular beaches to start charging for entry because it is so overcrowded (11/14/2019)
Visitor numbers could be capped at 1,500 a day - Eurostar at 25 years: Is it the future of travel or past its best? (11/14/2019)
Is Eurostar the future of short-haul travel, or an expensive and slow way to get anywhere? On its 25th birthday, The Independent's Simon Calder and Helen Coffey fight it out - Eurostar pledges to plant a tree for every train from next year (11/14/2019)
Train operator marks its 25th anniversary with new environmental commitments - Hyatt becomes latest hotel brand to ditch plastic toiletries to reduce waste (11/13/2019)
Hotel group to also increase water stations in its properties - Many Thomas Cook customers still awaiting holiday refunds despite fast-approaching deadline (11/12/2019)
Exclusive: With more than half-a-million holidays to pay out on, Civil Aviation Authority remains adamant that holidaymakers can expect money back within 60 days - Finnair tells Apprentice contestants with life-threatening nut allergies: 'If you have an issue, get off the plane' (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: 'I'm astounded at the airline's policy,' says Ryan-Mark Parsons - Venice flooding: What does the extreme weather mean for tourists? (11/13/2019)
La Serenissima is floundering under 6ft of water - Where to go on holiday in January, from Sri Lanka to Berlin (11/13/2019)
The ultimate pick of where to holiday in the gloomiest month of the year - Airline to fly nearly empty plane from London to Sydney for 'Project Sunrise' (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: Sunset over Kazakhstan, sunrise over Darwin – the flightpath for a 10,573-mile journey - New Falklands link will halve the price of travel to the islands (11/13/2019)
Exclusive: New flight makes dinner in London, breakfast in Sao Paulo and lunch in Stanley feasible - Christmas train strikes and engineering works to make rail travel a nightmare (11/6/2019)
Millions of passengers face rail disruption across Britain over the festive period - Man loses air miles for trying to smuggle fat cat onto flight using skinny body double (11/13/2019)
Passenger loses frequent flier status - British Airways leaves pensioner in London but flies her baggage to Cape Town (11/12/2019)
Exclusive: Under a new security regime, an airline can decide to dispatch a flight with a bag but not its owner on board - American Airlines flight slides off icy runway during snowstorm in Chicago (11/12/2019)
Video shows the plane lose control and careen onto the grass - Passengers warned to remove all valuables when checking in hand luggage at the gate (11/11/2019)
Theft from baggage at airports has always been a problem - Black Friday flight and holiday 'deals' potentially non-existent, warns Which? (11/12/2019)
Travel deals aren't always what they appear to be - Qantas to launch London-Sydney test flight despite new sustainability pledge (11/11/2019)
Australian airline says it 'recognises that airlines have a responsibility to cut emissions and combat climate change' - Virgin Trains triples Anglo-Scottish passengers in a decade (11/11/2019)
Train operator's franchise to end next month - Britain's biggest islands, from Skye to Anglesey (11/11/2019)
Exclusive: Scotland has the vast majority of territory and coastline, but Hampshire wins for addresses - Travel blogger condemned for posting photo of rubber duck outside Auschwitz (11/11/2019)
'Totally disrespectful and wholly inappropriate,' says one commenter - British Airways emits 18,000 extra tonnes of carbon dioxide every year to save money (11/10/2019)
Panorama exposes airlines' greenwashing in new expose - From Melbourne, Orlando to Birmingham, Alabama: Make sure you know where your flight is heading (11/8/2019)
Plane Talk: Tui's move to Melbourne (Florida) unlocks the potential for many more navigational errors - Crossrail delayed until 2021 with costs set to hit £20bn (11/8/2019)
Final cost could be one-third more than original £14.8bn estimate - Commuters have the right to be kept informed about the delays to Crossrail (11/8/2019)
Crossrail delays: Taxpayers and travellers are rightly cross about the delays to the prematurely named Elizabeth Line. They have the right to be kept in the loop, says Simon Calder - Wedding party kicked off Jetstar flight claim 'we were being attacked for looking ethnic and being Muslim' (11/8/2019)
'Our crew dispute these claims' says airline - Tourists charged £100 for three hotdogs, a sandwich and soft drinks in Rome (11/8/2019)
'We've had other complaints,' says restaurant owner - Qatar Airways flies 24-mile cargo route that takes just nine minutes (11/8/2019)
Another flight is scheduled for this Sunday - The ultra-long-haul flights that don't exist – but should (11/8/2019)
One of the routes is London-Brisbane, and three others are to and from Sydney - UK flooding: At least 10 rail routes blocked due to torrential rain (11/8/2019)
Some train operators are urging passengers not to travel today - My 1989 trip to East Berlin (11/7/2019)
A winter's journey through the Cold War front line - Woman accuses Jetstar of slut shaming: 'I doubt you'll be able to board your flight dressed like that' (11/7/2019)
'Team Leader was in the mood to publicly shame me,' says Serah Nathan - Cruise passengers including two-year-old child refused entry to China on visa-free permit (11/7/2019)
Exclusive: 'Even going through immigration when I arrived back England I started shaking,' said one rejected passenger. 'This is a holiday of nightmares' - Lufthansa strike: Thousands of passengers have their flights cancelled (11/6/2019)
The German airline has grounded 1,300 flights in total on Thursday and Friday, affecting 180,000 passengers - 'Safety is our utmost concern': Airline tapes over window crack (11/7/2019)
'Isn't it a major safety concern? Anyone listening?' asked passenger - Lufthansa strike: 700 flights cancelled stranding more that 4,000 passengers (11/7/2019)
Effects of 48 hour stoppage to continue into weekend - Ryanair rejects 737 safety claims as 'rubbish' (11/6/2019)
Three affected aircraft had been operating on UK routes until last month - Harry Potter's family home in Godric's Hollow now available to book for the night (11/6/2019)
Magical house costs £120 a night - Christmas travel disruption: Millions of rail passengers face chaos during holidays (10/21/2019)
Exclusive: Travellers to and from London, Cardiff and Edinburgh will bear the brunt of the closures - 'Typical Brit' cruise passengers calmly carry on drinking as water floods across deck during storm (11/6/2019)
Viral video shows those onboard sitting and chatting while water flows across the deck - Boeing faces accusations over 787 oxygen system dangers (11/6/2019)
Whistleblower claims 787 oxygen system was faulty - South Western Railway strike: 27-day walkout could wreck Christmas travel plans for thousands this year (11/6/2019)
Dispute over role of guards will hit commuters as well as passengers on the GWR line and retailers in London - Pilot banned from flying for life after photo of female passenger in cockpit goes viral (11/5/2019)
Airline says pilot violated air safety regulations - New post-Brexit passport rule is already damaging UK tourism industry (11/5/2019)
Exclusive: European Tourism Association warns that ban on ID cards is already affecting school groups - The best cold weather trips to take this winter, from ice sculpting in Japan to surfing in Iceland (11/4/2019)
Get revved up for winter by signing up for one of these adrenaline-fuelled getaways - Water on some airlines is so unclean it's not fit for hand-washing, study reveals (11/5/2019)
Experts recommend bringing hand sanitiser on flights instead - Tui to fly holidaymakers to 'Orlando' airport that's 70 miles away from the city (11/5/2019)
'Orlando Melbourne International Airport' is 80 miles from Walt Disney World - Boeing 747 pilot 'draws' picture of plane in the sky on final journey (11/4/2019)
Aircraft served in El Al fleet for almost 50 years - Ryanair says its Boeing 737 Max jets will not fly before summer 2020 after two fatal accidents (11/4/2019)
'It's a very safe aircraft,' said Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Europe's biggest budget airline - Lufthansa strike: Cabin crew walkout set to demolish flight schedules (11/4/2019)
German airline's operations on Thursday and Friday likely to be grounded - Krakow voted best city break destination for third year in a row (11/1/2019)
Paris and Rome fail to make top 10 - British Airways' parent company buys Air Europa for €1bn (11/4/2019)
Aim is to make Madrid a leading European hub - Eight of the weirdest fireworks celebrations all over the world (11/4/2019)
As the 5th of November fast approaches, we take a look at other odd traditions that involve burning stuff - Idyllic Italian town gives away homes for free after buildings left abandoned (11/4/2019)
'I can't stand to see this gorgeous, old historical centre empty,' says mayor - Cruise passengers set to miss four Caribbean islands (11/1/2019)
Explorer of the Seas will not call at Antigua, Barbados, Dominica or St Lucia - How can passengers board planes quickly and efficiently? (11/1/2019)
Plane Talk: will Gatwick's plans for 'self-loading freight' succeed? - The 25 world attractions added to a new endangered 'watch list' (11/1/2019)
Sites face 'daunting threats', according to World Monuments Fund - Summer strikes cost British Airways £134m (10/31/2019)
Pilots' industrial action in September grounded more than 2,000 BA flights - Best places to escape the winter gloom (11/1/2019)
Kiss November goodbye - How to explore Australia's islands (10/31/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: Captain Cook's journey north from Botany Bay was evidently not a laugh a minute, via Mount Warning, Cape Tribulation and Point Sorrow - Tui to start selling holidays to Sharm el Sheikh from February after flight ban lifted (11/1/2019)
Tui will fly from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham, with later services from Bristol and Doncaster-Sheffield - 43 ages of travel: The ultimate guide (10/31/2019)
Your age (and sometimes your height) governs the travelling you can do, from minus 12 weeks to 99 years - Hook of Holland train station officially reopens, restoring link between UK and Netherlands (11/1/2019)
'There's no such thing as a grand exit via Hoek van Holland,' say leading rail writers - 50 Boeing 737 NGs grounded after cracks detected (10/31/2019)
Qantas stressed that the cracks did not 'immediately compromise the safety of the aircraft' - Rocketman: Delta passenger outraged after airline cuts gay scenes from Elton John biopic (10/31/2019)
Film 'stripped of almost every gay reference' says traveller - Russian actor dragged off flight after calling other passengers 'plebs' (10/31/2019)
'I'm an actress and you are a pleb. Because you probably bought the ticket with miles,' says Lidiya Velezheva - American Airlines passenger finds jacket stolen from luggage for sale online (10/31/2019)
Woman claims her coat was advertised on Facebook marketplace - The shortest and longest budget flights in Europe (10/30/2019)
Exclusive: We reveal the shortest and longest flights by Europe's biggest budget airlines - Boeing Boss asked 'what does accountability mean' as he is grilled about 737 Max crashes (10/30/2019)
'You're not taking a cut in pay at all?' Congressman Steve Cohen tells Dennis Muilenburg - China shuts glass bridges and walkways over safety fears (10/30/2019)
At 488 metres long, world's longest glass bridge is in Hebei province - Fight breaks out between 'drunk couple' on airport shuttle bus (10/30/2019)
A fellow passenger called the incident 'shocking and mortifying' - Professor Mary Beard criticises Heathrow after being ordered to strip to underwear at airport (10/30/2019)
Broadcaster left wearing a 'little black vest and no bra' - Gatwick airport to tell passengers exactly what order they should board planes (10/30/2019)
Two-month experiment aims to increase efficiency of aircraft 'turns' - United launches Star Wars-themed plane ahead of Rise of Skywalker (10/30/2019)
Passengers will board the plane to Star Wars-themed music - Is it safe to fly while pregnant? (10/30/2019)
What you need to know about flying while pregnant - Tui orders ill customers off flight from Cape Verde (10/29/2019)
Exclusive: After the 'Boa Vista 47' were offloaded at the island's airport by Tui, it took days for them all to get home - Can an airline offload ill passengers? (10/29/2019)
If you are in any doubt about your fitness to fly, you should consult your doctor - 'I would walk before I would get on a 737 Max': US senator blasts Boeing boss at Senate Commerce Committee (10/29/2019)
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Kenya Civil Aviation Authority launches safety probe on airline - Kyoto tourists to be fined for hassling geishas (10/29/2019)
Geishas accuse visitors of chasing them for a photo - Tourists waste more than £100,000 getting the London Underground between capital's two closest Tube stops (10/25/2019)
The two stations are less than a five-minute walk apart - Boeing 737 Max: When will the doomed jet fly again after deadly crashes? (10/28/2019)
Exclusive: Experts analyse the likely return to service of a plane involved in two tragedies on the eve of the first anniversary of the Lion Air crash - Tokyo flights: How to get to Japan for England v South Africa Rugby World Cup final (10/28/2019)
Search for UK-Tokyo travel increases by 3,534 per cent - Airline passenger stuffs laptop down her jumpsuit and pretends to be pregnant to avoid excess baggage charge (10/28/2019)
Woman gets caught at last minute despite ingenious travel hack - Britannia rated UK's worst hotel chain for seventh year in a row (10/28/2019)
Premier Inn and Wetherspoon Hotels came top - Rail disruption: Thousands of train passengers affected by sudden cancellations (10/26/2019)
Flooding is causing havoc on the West Coast main line and other routes, while LNER did not have enough train drivers on the East Coast main line - Ukraine's national airline wants to 'shrink to succeed' (10/25/2019)
Plane Talk: Kiev-based flag carrier cutting routes 'due to negative profitability' - Best last-minute holiday deals for November, from Malta to Mexico (10/25/2019)
Leave gloomy skies behind - Boeing condemned in Lion Air 737 Max accident report (10/25/2019)
189 died when the pilots of a Lion Air plane could not defeat an automated anti-stall system - Why spontaneous travel on European railways should be celebrated (10/25/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: Distant memories of journeys past become rose-tinted - Plane delayed when woman shouts 'bomb' before take-off (10/25/2019)
'There's a bomb on the plane…it's not safe', said one passenger - Jetbridge weighing several tonnes slams into vehicles at Memphis Airport during storm (10/25/2019)
Video shows the bridge crashing across the tarmac - Hundreds queue up to climb Uluru before practice is banned this weekend (10/24/2019)
Ban comes into force on 26 October - Italy strike: Hundreds of flights grounded by wave of worker walkouts (10/25/2019)
Tens of thousands of passengers are trying to find alternative departures - Plane passengers face higher fares and less choice this winter following collapse of Thomas Cook and Flybmi (10/25/2019)
Exclusive: Flybe and Ryanair are cutting UK flights, while British Airways, Jet2 and Loganair are growing - EasyJet cancels flights to and from Italy for 5,000 passengers (10/24/2019)
Exclusive: Britain's biggest budget airline fails to spell out travellers' rights - Norwegian flight delayed by 'distressed' emotional support French bulldogs dressed in tutus (10/24/2019)
Dogs and their owners were removed - The ultimate Interrail trip chosen by editors of Europe by Rail (10/24/2019)
Exclusive: The editors of Europe by Rail prescribe the ideal Interrail itinerary for 12 countries in a month - Child kicked off flight for not wearing shoes (10/24/2019)
'Shame on you, Jetstar,' passenger says - China expands its transit visa scheme to more cities (10/24/2019)
The new cities include Chongqing, Xi'an and Ningbo - Italy strike: How will it affect flights and train services? (10/23/2019)
Alitalia cancels more than 200 flights, including links with the UK; all your questions answered - Boeing predicts 737 Max will fly again by the end of 2019 (10/23/2019)
Planemaker blamed for Indonesian crash that killed 189 - Thomas Cook collapse: former bosses berated by MPs (10/23/2019)
The travel firm's agencies were sold for barely £10,000 each - Boeing replaces senior executive in charge of 737 Max after two fatal crashes (10/23/2019)
Kevin McAllister was in charge of the Max programme - Disabled activist 'humiliated' at airport after security demand she take off her trousers (10/23/2019)
'It was absolutely shocking' - Thomas Cook refunds delayed for hundreds of thousands of travellers (10/23/2019)
Exclusive: Some disappointed holidaymakers may not get their cash back until 2020 - Air New Zealand to abandon London route in favour of New York (10/23/2019)
Only one in 14 passengers between Heathrow and Auckland choose to travel via Los Angeles - Thomas Cook auditors condemned by MPs after travel firm's collapse (10/23/2019)
EY was owed £900,000 when Thomas Cook collapsed - Sharm el Sheikh: Egyptian ambassador says flight ban has been 'damaging' (10/22/2019)
Exclusive: Envoy says allowing British airlines to fly 'has taken a very long time' - Why were UK flights to Sharm el Sheikh banned and when will flights resume? (10/22/2019)
The key questions and answers - England named second best destination to visit in 2020 by Lonely Planet (10/22/2019)
Bhutan takes number one spot - UK flights to Sharm el Sheikh to resume four years after ban (10/22/2019)
Both Monarch and Thomas Cook said they were badly hit financially by the flights ban - Flights to Chile disrupted after state of emergency declared (10/22/2019)
Violent protests break out across the country - Lonely Planet best places to travel 2020: The full list from Bhutan to Salzburg (10/22/2019)
Bhutan scooped best country to visit next year - Falklands Islands 'getting full' with tourism surge (10/22/2019)
Exclusive: Archipelago has a record year for tourism – but the islands still get fewer visitors in a year than Spain gets from Britain in an hour - Former Nazi bunker to open as hotel (10/22/2019)
Air raid shelter in Hamburg was built to shield 18,000 civilians from Allied assault - JetBlue employee caught swapping cheap domestic flights for expensive international services for free (10/22/2019)
Woman pleads guilty to fraud - Bag explodes while being loaded onto flight at Chicago airport (10/22/2019)
Luggage was accidentally run over - Heathrow Express: Britain's most expensive railway slashes fares (10/22/2019)
Concern about effect of Crossrail has triggered fare cuts on Heathrow Express - Climate-change campaigners deplore Qantas nonstop New York-Sydney flight (10/21/2019)
Exclusive: 10,000-mile test flight was 'unnecessary and irresponsible' according to Flight Free UK - Transatlantic flight forced to make emergency landing after chemical spillage (10/21/2019)
Crew members left unconscious - Rome's horse-drawn carriages labelled 'animal abuse' after video shows horse falling in the street (10/21/2019)
Activists call on mayor to ban the practice - Flight forced to divert due to 'suspicious' mobile phone (10/21/2019)
Phone's owner could not be located - Why Virgin Atlantic is wrong to go after 'flag carrier' status (10/18/2019)
Plane Talk: Virgin Atlantic is a formidable challenger. Let's keep it that way - Compensate Northern passengers using old Pacer trains, say politicians (10/21/2019)
Trains were originally due to be withdrawn from service this year - Ultra-long haul: Qantas completes test of longest non-stop flight from New York to Sydney (10/20/2019)
Qantas flight tested effects of 10,000-mile journey on travellers - Captain Sully outraged at fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes being blamed on pilots (10/18/2019)
Captain of the Miracle on the Hudson plane deplores 'a pernicious and deadly design' - Brexit march route: How to get to and from the Final Say rally today in London (10/19/2019)
Everything you need to know about taking part in the demonstration this weekend - Senior Boeing pilot warned of system failing blamed for 737 MAX crashes three years ago (10/18/2019)
FAA furious that messages were not passed on by planemaker - 'No third runway at Heathrow before 2035,' predicts Emirates boss (10/18/2019)
Sir Tim Clark says other UK airports will benefit from any delay of the expansions at Britain's busiest airport - Prince William and Kate's flight aborts landing twice after severe turbulence (10/18/2019)
'I've never experienced turbulence like it' - The most beautiful cities in the world revealed (10/17/2019)
Paris topped the ranking - Where to go on holiday in November, from Antarctica to Ethiopia (8/29/2019)
As the nights draw in, it's time to escape to exotic shores, from adventure travel in the South Pole and East Africa to dreamy beaches in the Indian Ocean - Qantas to run 20-hour test flights to see how human body holds up on London-Sydney journey (8/22/2019)
Airline will do extensive medical checks on first 'passengers' - 'Absolute idiot': Woman banned from Royal Caribbean cruises for life after hanging off ship's balcony for photoshoot (10/18/2019)
'You cannot fall off a ship unless you are acting like a moron!' - Qantas launches first 20-hour test flight to see how human body holds up on New York-Sydney journey (10/18/2019)
Airline will do extensive medical checks on first 'passengers' - How to fly business class to the Seychelles for £1,138 return (10/18/2019)
How to grab a luxury flight for less - Boeing 737 Max: Tui Airways mulling changing name of jet before it returns to service (10/18/2019)
'We haven't taken a decision on that,' said Dawn Wilson, managing director of Tui Airways - Passenger wears all her clothes to avoid excess baggage charge (10/17/2019)
Weight of outfit came to 2.5kg - No clarity on Brexit or Heathrow as transport secretary fails to turn up at aviation conference (10/17/2019)
The Man Who Pays His Way: The answers the transport secretary couldn't give - Couple 'totally shocked' after discovering stowaway cat in luggage for New York trip (10/17/2019)
Pair had no idea Candy had come along for the ride - London Euston delays: Rush-hour chaos as signal failure closes most lines amid Extinction Rebellion protests (10/17/2019)
On a normal weekday, 140,000 passengers use the station - World's busiest airport for international passengers set to grow by a third (10/16/2019)
Exclusive: Dubai International could grow to 120 million passengers a year – with no new runways - British Airways passenger shocked by 'truly pathetic' inflight vegetarian meal (10/15/2019)
'I'm sick and tired of being treated like a rabbit with no appetite' - Plane engine spits flames immediately after take-off (10/16/2019)
'I spun around to see the flames shooting out of the left engine'