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Travellers whose travel event has been affected by measures to counteract the Covid-19 pandemic may be entitled to a reduction in the price of their trip. The Package Travel Directive provides for liability independent of the organiser's fault, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled today.more

Heathrow said it recorded the largest increase in passengers of any European airport last year. The west London airport was used by 61.6 million passengers in 2022, up 42.2 million compared with 2021.more

A system failure has caused all flights in the US to be grounded. more

Frequent flyer data of KLM and Air France, members of the Flying Blue programme, was stolen by hackers, the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper reported yesterday. Both carriers confirmed to the newspaper the leak of personal data and travel information of programme members.more

Jet2 has taken the crown as Britain’s favourite provider of package and resort holidays. more

Holiday companies expect bookings to reach or even exceed pre-coronavirus levels on Saturday.more

Rail passengers are facing a fourth consecutive day of travel disruption on Friday as RMT union members launch a fresh 48-hour walkout.more

Every year, the well-known American station CNN prepares a ranking of attractive places worth visiting. This year Poland topped the list. However, the authors of the list do not recommend specific regions or monuments. As the main reason for visiting Poland, the editors indicated the fact that it is worth showing us respect for the fact that we supported the attacked Ukraine so much.more

It is extremely disappointing that we have automatically reintroduced measures that proved ineffective over the last three years, said Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), yesterday, commenting on the restrictions imposed by some countries on travelers from China due to the sudden increase in Covid cases. -19 in this country.more

A night train from Brussels to Berlin, via Antwerp and Amsterdam, will be launched in May 2023. Three weekly journeys in both directions are planned, Belgian television VRT reports.more

Travelers coming from China to France will have to have a negative test result for coronavirus, carried out within 48 hours before departure. The United Kingdom will also introduce such a requirement - the governments of France and the United Kingdom informed.more

NHS officials and Government scientists are putting pressure on Downing Street to put in place preventative measures to mitigate against a new wave of Covid-19 coming in from China. more

Passengers have praised the Army personnel standing in at UK airports for striking Border Force officers, with some saying it’s the quickest they have gone through the gates in years.more

From March 26 next year, Ryanair will launch a new connection from Lublin Airport to Bergamo airport in the vicinity of Milan. The route will be operated three times a week, Lublin Airport announced.more

Charleroi airport, located near Brussels, expects more than 100 Ryanair flights to be canceled this weekend. The Belgian Ryanair cabin crew strike will affect around 19,000 passengers and 107 flights from Charleroi, VRT television reported.more

Border Force staff are beginning the second in a series of strikes at UK airports until New Year's Eve. Around 1,000 members of the PCS union, many of whom work in passport control, will walk out from 28 to 31 December. Rail disruption will also continue on Wednesday and Thursday, with TSSA union members at Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains on strike.more

Turkish Airlines will launch a regular connection from Katowice to Istanbul on March 3, 2023, informed Piotr Adamczyk from the Katowice airport. The courses will run five times a week. It will be the sixth regular carrier at this airport.more

Regulated rail fares in England will rise by up to 5.9% from March, the Department for Transport has announced. more

A senior Border Force official has warned airline and port passengers to expect disruption over Christmas due to planned strikes by staff. Steve Dann, chief operating officer, said he hoped to keep all airports and ports open as about 1,000 Border Force workers walk out over pay.more

Train drivers across 15 rail companies will stage a fresh strike on 5 January in a long-running row over pay, the Aslef union has said. more

More than 500 road accidents took place in the Netherlands tonight due to black ice, according to the road management agency Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). According to its spokesman, there are usually 10-15 accidents on a Sunday. A 26-year-old woman died at the scene of an accident in Nijverdal in the north of the country.more

Indian airline IndiGo, under the leadership of former KLM boss Pieter Elbers, has announced an expansion in Europe, reports the daily "De Telegraaf". "Air France-KLM are furious about this," he adds.more

Passengers at most airports to be allowed two-litre containers of liquid, in major relaxation of 2006 rules.more

Every year, Google looks back at the moments, people, and trends that sparked its creative curiosity, through its Year in Search feature.more

During New Year's Eve, not everyone will be able to take advantage of Airbnb offers. The booking platform already introduced a policy two years ago that was intended to serve to significantly reduce the organisation of lavish and disruptive New Year's Eve parties. This year, the platform has again decided to introduce this restriction.more