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CENTRAL ENGLANDS New Airport: Doncaster Sheffield "Robin Hood" INTERNATIONAL Airport,
Provides a new hub for Thomson & is perfectly located between all major cities.
Scotland & LONDON can be reached quiet easily by Train or car
This airport is less than 3.5 hours from London & gives access to many large cities
businesses & countryside, as well as other Airport Links throughout the UK,
including the nearby Helicopter base of
LONDON CITY AIRPORT
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension. The £130m project is on time and
scheduled to open 15 December 2005. When complete services will operate every 10 minutes with a
journey time of
7/8 minutes to Canary Wharf and 20 minutes to The Bank. The current bus service to Canary Wharf will be
discontinued but as things stand the Liverpool route will operate, subject to demand. The airport says
that the construction work has been well managed to date and there has been virtually no complaints by
either travellers or local residents. In spite of extra security precautions the airlines at LCY are still
operating a 15 minute check-in policy. For the future it should be easily possible to leave The City one hour
before departure time and guarantee a flight connection. New mobile check-in procedures will also help.
http://www.londoncityairport.com
ZOOM Airlines has launched a new non-stop scheduled flight from Stansted
Airport to Vancouver,
the only transatlantic service on offer from the airport just north of London. The weekly, Saturday flight was
launched on May 29 and according to the company, advanced bookings are so strong that a number of the
services this summer are already fully-booked. Zoom, established by travel entrepreneurs Hugh and John Boyle,
has been very successful since it introduced its low-fare full-service flights earlier this year.
Alongside the new Stansted service, the airline is also offering direct flights from Glasgow and London’s
Gatwick airport to Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton.
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Free high speed Internet access (HSIA) for all guests is the target at
the Best Western International chain as
they upgrade facilities in their 2,300 member hotels in Canada, the USA and the Caribbean.
If you would like to book any hotel room worldwide - at our discount rate please call 0845 225 049 2
hotel@travellinkco-ordinators.co.uk .
or Details: www.bestwestern.com
Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways ordered new Airbus jets
worth USD$5.5 billion on Thursday to
double its fleet as it takes on arch-rival British Airways. Virgin said it would create 6,000 new jobs and
fly new routes to Australia and the Caribbean after placing orders and options for 26 long-range
A340-600 aircraft.
The deal was a coup for Airbus which beat Boeing for the order.
"This is by some way the biggest aircraft order in Virgin Atlantic's history and
will enable us to double
the size of the airline over the next five years," Branson told reporters.
Virgin placed orders for 13 new A340-600 aircraft with options for a further
13. Based on list prices,
Virgin said the total deal
is valued at USD$5.5 billion, with deliveries taking place between 2006-08,
The airline currently has 29 aircraft, a mixture of Boeing 747s and A340s.
It also has ordered six Airbus
A380 super-jumbo planes.
Branson said the airline hoped to take on its biggest rival, British Airways,
as it expands its long-haul
network out of London with new planned routes to Australia and the Caribbean.
It wants to double the number of passengers flying on its planes each
year from 4 million to 8 million.
The new planes will be used to add capacity to its existing network to the US, Hong Kong, Japan, India,
the Caribbean and Africa.
The company is also considering a range of new routes in Australia, the
Middle East,
Asia and North America. Branson said Virgin picked the four-engined Airbus aircraft over Boeing's 777
because passengers preferred the extra engines, but also said he took into account the fact Airbus was
European and would create jobs in Britain. The A340-600 wide-body passenger jets are powered by
Rolls-Royce Trent
500 engines.
Sir Richard Branson told the news conference the airline had people in Nigeria talking
about the possibility of
a new start-up African carrier. He also confirmed media reports that US investment firm
Green Briar Equity Group may be one of the lead investors in its new US
budget airline Virgin America.
JAMAICA: The Fun island
An island of contrasts with happy helpful people. Holiday, Travel, Get Married, Honeymoon,
Explore or Beach & Party
Jamaica is making a comeback to the tourist after the Huricain which according to our Jamaican contacts
" Oh it just brushed by Kingston, as little bit ". Latest figures from the Jamaica Tourist Board show visitors
up by
over 10% June 2004 against June 2003 and over 13% in the year to date. Against 2001 the increase is 30%.
What these figures do not reflect is the increase at the top of the market. Jamaica is gaining more and more
popularity with the very rich as it did in the days of British rule with Noel Coward and the James Bond author
Ian Fleming as residents.
A different audience is attracted by the birthplace of Bob Marely and reggae music.
There are also many small businesses, Hotel Motel Villa & accommodation worth considering.
Jamaica is a supprising island it is a safe friendly place - tourist are highly praised, welcomed &
looked after by all.
DEAF YOUNGSTERS need to be specially considered when flying according to the National Deaf Children's
Society (NDCS) who are calling for airlines to take action to clear up the current confusion and
uncertainty that exists with airlines regarding treatment of passengers with hearing problems.
This follows a recent incident at Heathrow where a group of young adults were denied a flight.
A similar incident also occurred at Liverpool last year. There is already a government Voluntary
Code of Practice which offers advice to airlines on how to treat deaf passengers.
To be fair most good airlines do look after passengers with physical and medical problems very well.
What NDCS is doing is just reminding those carriers who lack in this area of their responsibilities.
The cost is minimal and includes the provision of personal hearing neck loops for passengers who need them;
subtitled safety videos and ensuring that staff have undertaken deaf awareness training and have a
basic level of sign language knowledge. And also on the disability front Thomas Cook Airlines is to repaint the
toilet compartments of its fleet of 24 aircraft so that partially sighted passengers can more easily locate
essential fittings. Use of contrasting colours will enable passengers to identify such items as the
toilet flush button and the door handle.
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Taipei city launches eco-friendly tours
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The Taipei City Government has launched 'Splendid Taipei' – a cycling tour programme set to run
until the end of the year. It's part of the drive to encourage healthy and environmentally friendly travel options
for visitors to Taipei. Major contributor to the 'Splendid Taipei' cycling tour programme is the YouBike
public bicycle rental system launched in Taipei earlier this year.
Five hundred YouBikes are currently available for Taipei visitors to hire.
How
to build a solar house ?
Find out how practical, economic and comfortable it is to live in an energy
efficient home,
heated by solar power. Mike Grigg, a member of Camel Area Friends of the Earth, lives in his own
self-designed solar-heated house in North Cornwall. enews@foe.co.uk
