The view from Westminster - Political roundup
News
Biometric information is under scrutiny once more.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008
BA to raise prices and slash flights to protect profits
Features
British Airways will raise ticket prices and slash flights as it fights to protect its profits in the light of soaring fuel costs, analysts warned today.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 16, 2008
Silverjet close to flying off with $100m rescue package
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Silverjet, the business class carrier, is close to being rescued by a Middle East investor amid dire financial conditions for the airline industry that left more UK passengers stranded today.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 30, 2008
Ryanair hikes bag and check-in charges
Features
Ryanair today raised the cost of putting bags in the hold and checking in at airports as the high cost of oil forced airlines to scrabble for extra revenues.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 28, 2008
Palma de Mallorca
Features
Palma is a charmer. Mallorca's seaside capital offers a lovely jumble of modernista and medieval architecture, mirrored in a food scene that mixes classics with cooking's new wave. Rather than rushing past Palma on your way to the boutique-y chic of Pollensa, to sensual, self-regarding Soller, or even to tacky Magaluf, spend some time in the capital, where you will find some stellar places to eat and drink.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 23, 2008
T5 baggage heading back to Heathrow after trip to Milan
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Suitcases which went missing during the botched opening of Terminal 5 are heading back to Heathrow after a fruitless two-week trip to Italy.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 18, 2008
Mystery over who hired mole to dig dirt on Plane Stupid's environment activists
Features
When former Oxford student "Ken Tobias" volunteered in July to help anti-aviation group Plane Stupid, he was accepted with only a few reservations. He seemed committed to the cause of reducing aviation emissions, but as members of the group which occupied the roof of parliament last month recalled yesterday: "There was something not quite right about him."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 09, 2008
