Disruption from Manchester Airport’s major power cut continued to affect thousands of travellers on Monday. Among them were people awaiting alternative departures after Sunday’s wave of cancellations, and those whose flights went ahead but their checked-in luggage was not put on to the plane. Airline Jet2.com said it “may take some time” for all baggage […]
By Joanna Plucinska, Lisa Barrington and Rajesh Kumar Singh LONDON/SEOUL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Airfares in Europe and Asia are starting to plateau or fall in a sign that a prolonged post-COVID travel boom is waning, delivering a setback for airlines struggling with higher costs and limited aircraft availability. A global imbalance between supply of flights and […]
By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cost-conscious Chinese tourists have replaced many of the cash-rich mainland travellers who once flocked to Hong Kong, with some only interested in free walking tours of the city and staying across the border in Shenzhen overnight to save money. During China’s Labour Day holiday last […]
UK holiday park operator Pontins has apologised after it was served a legal notice for engaging in what the British human rights watchdog described as “shocking overt race discrimination” towards Irish Travellers. Breaches of the UK Equality Act included creating a list of common Irish surnames labelled as “undesirable guests”, the Equality and Human Rights […]
A Travellers’ rights advocate has won a discrimination case and must get €6,500 compensation and an apology from the head of JD Wetherspoons after the chain’s Dun Laoghaire pub refused to serve her a drink. “I felt such an equal walking into that pub, and horrible walking out,” Margaret O’Leary told Dublin District Court on […]