Posts Tagged ‘
Stansted ’
Aug 26th, 2019 |
By The Editor
On the whole, I’d rather use a smaller airport like Southend rather than a bigger one like Stansted.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Derry-Londonderry, Southend Airport, Stansted
Jun 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
I would be much more interested in knowing what time planes from Stansted arrived at their destinations and how punctual they were.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: airport delays, Flight Delays, Stansted
Mar 19th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Stansted airport has come up with a sandwich which, it claims tastes better at altitude. It is aimed at people like me who are either unwilling to pay for meals on flights or reject the taste of them.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Airline Meals, Not Always Caviar, Stansted
Feb 25th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Comparethemarket.com has been casting its analytical eyes over 26 British airports and has concluded that Stansted has more delays than any of them.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: airport delays, comparethemarketcom, Durham Tees Valley Airport, Stansted
Nov 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world, right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Boracay, Cape Town, Central America, City of Lights, Costa Rica, Denmark, Durban, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, island, Las Vegas, Lion city, Lion State, Miami, Orlando, Paris, Philippines, Ryanair, Singapore, solo, Stansted, Tampa, Travel, travelling, USA
Jun 7th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The claims handling company, Air Help, has published an airport global performance survey and neither UK airports nor airlines come out of it very well.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: ACI, Air Help, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick, Manchester Airport, Stansted
Feb 24th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
In a week that saw International Tourist Guide Day, Adrian looks at the smaller tourist and travel stories such as a new helicopter link to the Scillies, price increases ar Disney and Universal and the cancellation of a project to have a zip wire in the Lake District
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th February 2018
Tags: Costa Rica, Disney price hikes, Greece, International Tourist Guide Day, RAF Centenary, Scilly Isles, Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum, Stansted, Universal price hikes, Virgin - hyperloop, Willie Walsh, World Rugby Museum
Aug 5th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
in some places tourism is causing problems like the Isle of Skye. In others such as the Cook Islands a new marine reserve may attract many more. They are part of Adrian’s look at some of the tourism stories of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: August 5th 2017
Tags: best value short-haul airlines, British Firework Championships, Cook Islands, International Rose Test Garden, Isle of Skye, Malaysia, Mexico City, Oregon, Orkney, Plymouth, Portland -OR, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Skyscanner, Stansted, switzerland, Zermatt
Jul 27th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Primera, another Scandinavian airline is entering the low-cost transatlantic market next April to join Norwegian.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Birmingham Airport, Boston, low-cost transatlantic flights, Newark, Primera, Stansted
Apr 8th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tall ships in Greenwich, a pygmy tribe in Uganda and a possible reduction in the number of properties in Menorca are some stories capturing Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: April 8th 2017
Tags: Australia, Chile, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Fraser Island, Greenwich, Holiday Inn Express, India, India e-Visa, Malaga, Malaga Picasso Museum, Menorca, Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, Quebec City, Queensland, Rendez-vous 2017, Sandals, Scottish Seabird Centre, spain, Stansted, Thomas Land, Unique Caribbean Holidays Limited
Jan 14th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Stonehenge, Club 55, Star Wars and medical assistance abroad compete with children’s attitudes to holidays in Adrian’s column this week. And there is the almost obligatory Southern rail story.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 14th January 2017
Tags: Aberdeen Airport, Arriva Trains Wales, Belfast International Airport, Cardiff Airport, children and holiday decision-making, Club 55, Edinburgh Airport, Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Airport, GWR, Hull, Inverness Airport, London City Airport, Los Angeles, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Manchester Airport, Push Doctor, Scotland, skiing, STA Travel, Stansted, Stonehenge, The News Quiz, V-Room lounge, Villa Plus, Virgin Holidays
Jan 1st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Asia, British Airways, Brits, Colombia, Gabriel Garcίa Márquez, Greenwich, Hong Kong, Hotels, Macao, Michelin star, Puerto Rico, Stansted, The Golden Chippy, TripAdvisor, York, Yorkshire
Nov 12th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
The opening of the skiing season is early in Alpe d’Huez, light shows are becoming increasingly popular and soon there will be direct flights to the city of the Terracotta Army.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 12th November 2016
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Alpe d’Huez, Antigua and Barbuda, Athens, Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace Christmas Trail, Caravan Club, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Elton John, England Coast Path, Gatwick, Greece, Guyana, Heathrow, Hyperloop, Jamaica, Manchester, Natural England, Stansted, Stellenbosch, Tate Modern, Tianjin Airlines, Turks & Caicos, V&A, Xian
Sep 17th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
In the week that it was suggested the old blue passports might return after Brexit, Adrian also looks at visas, the Heathrow/Gatwick debate, Roald Dahl and Bridge Day which attracts 200,000 people to West Virginia
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 17th September 2016
Tags: Birmingham Airport, Boris Johnstone, Cardiff, Celtic Colours International Festival, City of the Unexpected, Gatwick, Harry Potter Festival, Heathrow, Jet 2, Manchester Airport, National Parks in Scotland, Philadelphia, Roald Dahl, Scottish Campaign for National Parks, Ski Club, Stansted, Thailand, West Virginia, zika
Jun 14th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Customer service hasn’t soared at Ryanair, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Berlin, Biarritz, cabin, Customer Service, easyj, Flying, lugagge, Michael O\'Leary, Ryanair, Stansted, Wizzair
Dec 15th, 2015 |
By The Editor
No sooner had the government kicked into touch for six months the decision on where airport expanson would occur in the south east than the bitter arguments are starting.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Gatwick, Heathrow, IAG, Stansted, Willie Walsh
Nov 7th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
A stay in your own castle, airline disruption in Germany and Indonesia are a few of the things that catch Adrian’s eye this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th November 2015
Tags: Aalborg, Andrew Bridgen MP, Bali, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Brno, Czech Republic, Denmark, disruptive passengers, easyjet, Egypt, First Rate Exchange Services, Holiday Confidence Index, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Manchester Airport, Pentillie Castle, Ras al Khaimah, Royal Brunei Airlines, Stansted
Oct 17th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
The new James Bond film and claims that various parts of the world are linked attract Adrian’s attention this week along with fuel surcharges and disruptive passenger behaviour
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 17th October 2015
Tags: Austria, Disruptive passenger behaviour, James Bond, Jet 2, Manchester Airport, Priority Pass, Spectre, Stansted, Tenerife, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Tirol, Tunisia
Mar 31st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: April 2015
Tags: Canada, Caribbean, Croatia, Easter, Europe, Florence, France, Gatwick, Greece, Hawaii, Heathrow, holiday, Italy, Koh Samui, Luton, Machu Piccu, Northern Lights, Norway, Paris, Peru, Rome, Saint Lucia, St Moritz, Stansted, switzerland, Tenerife, The Maldives, Tourbar, Travel, UK
Aug 31st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye Holland hates the hidden, extra costs that airports like Luton and Stansted insist in springing on passengers
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Beware: the hidden costs of so called ‘London’ airports
Tags: airport parking, Airports, Cayman, Dubai, George Clooney, Heathrow, London, Luton, security, Shanghai, Stansted, Sydney, Up in the Air, Watford
Jun 10th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Thanks to the monsoon like UK weather, chances are many of us will be getting ready to jet off to enjoy a well-deserved sun soaked break. But, as the government announces that the UK is officially in a double-dip recession, looking for ways to save when escaping overseas could and should be of utmost importance to UK travellers. With this in mind, travel search site Kayak, has put together eight top tips to help keep your wallet full when searching for and enjoying that trip away
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Heathrow, holidays, LAX, London, Long Beach, money saving tips, Stansted, UK
Apr 19th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
Roll up, roll up, I‘ve got Easter bargains galore. You want an airport? I’ve got just the one for you. Big ones, little ones. Ones at home or in the sunshine. Let’s do a deal while prices are low.
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Fancy Buying an Airport?
Tags: AENA, Airports for sale, Atlantic City Airport, BAA, Newcastle Airport, Peel Holdings, Stansted
Apr 2nd, 2011 |
By The Editor
On Wednesday evening in Copenhagen, Skytrax announced the winners of their airport awards. Never heard of them? Skytrax polls travellers across the world for their thoughts across 39 different categories. These surveys are always completed after the trip so that people can think for a day or two after the event so that a considered opinion can be given. And 11.38 million people from 105 different nationalities gave just that considered opinion.
The airport of the year was Hong Kong International Airport which, if you have ever used it, would be a popular choice
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: BAA, Dusseldorf Airport, Heathrow, Hong Kong International Airport, Incheon, London City Airport, Skytrax Airport Awards, Sofitel Heathrow, Stansted, Zurich Airport
Mar 30th, 2011 |
By The Editor
This morning the Competition Commission has ruled that BAA must sell off Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airports. This follows from the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the sale despite the attempts of BAA to say that the travel market had changed quite a bit since the original ruling was given. What will BAA do now? Sell and give in gracefully or try and find justification for continuing its fight?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The Competition Commission and BAA
Tags: BAA, Competition Commission, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow Airport, Heathrow, Stansted
Feb 15th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Escaping to sunnier shores with the kids this half term but wondering which airport to fly out from? Make up your mind with our handy guide
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airports, Heathrow, Liverpool, London, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Stansted