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Iceland’s Play Airlines is fairly new on the aviation scene, but it’s already making an impression on the industry. Founded in 2021, it has become well known for allowing its crew to express themselves with tattoos, piercings, and whatever hair colour they feel like having. Each staff member can wear gender neutral uniforms and trainers, as opposed to tight outfits and high heels. Einar Örn Ólafsson was only installed as the CEO of Play in April, but that approach is something he’s sticking to. “We like to think of ourselves as a fun, progressive and playful airline and we encourage our crew t...
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Have you ever dreamed about upgrading your economy flight to a seat in business class? While the switch may be out of reach for most of us, new research has found an upgrade is not always prohibitively expensive. Holidu, a leading provider of holiday rentals across Europe, analysed the price difference between economy and business class fares from over 30 of the world’s biggest airlines to find out whose premium experience is the best value for money. On average, they found that business class is 250 per cent more expensive than flying economy - but some airlines have markups as low as 88 per ...
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Air traffic controllers in France are planning to strike on Thursday 25 April. Workers are protesting the restructuring of their services. French airports and international flights face disruption during the walkout. Staff have until Tuesday to announce whether they will be involved in the walkout, but it is thought that it could affect up to 70 per cent of flights at major airports. A ‘black day’ for French airportsFrance’s largest air traffic controllers union has filed a strike notice for this Thursday. The SNCTA, which represents over 60 per cent of France’s air traffic controllers, told t...
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Following days of chaos at Dubai International Airport, the head of Emirates Airline has published an open letter, offering his “most sincere apologies to every customer who has had their travel plans disrupted”. Severe and unprecedented flooding has caused more than 1,000 flight cancellations, with hundreds of thousands passengers stranded. Many other arrivals and departures to and from the airport have been hit by diversions and long delays. Emirates is the largest airline to fly from the hub and its president, Sir Tim Clark, wrote: “We know our response has been far from perfect. We acknowl...
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A Dutch court has ordered the government to do more to cut noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. It said the government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Schiphol Airport one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs. The court added that the treatment of local residents amounts to a breach of Europe's human rights convention. "The state has always prioritized the 'hub function' and the growth of Schiphol," The Hague District Court said, as it ordered authorities to do more to rein in noise pollution. The fight to curb noise poll...
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Want to slash your travel footprint? Swapping your usual budget flight for an overland adventure is the way to go. Trains are on the up in Europe, with new routes linking countries across the continent. But with many cities hit by strikes and high prices, some travellers are turning to other forms of group transport. “Collective travel is always better for the environment than a plane or car,” Andreas Schorling, managing director of FlixBus UK, tells Euronews Travel. “It’s also cost-effective.” We spoke to Andreas about how FlixBus went from a small German startup to Europe’s fastest-growing c...
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Saudi Arabia's futuristic capital, Riyadh, is a major commercial and financial hub set on a desert plateau in the centre of the country. The city is the birthplace of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSI), blending historical treasures hidden in old palaces with modern skyscrapers, shopping malls, and fine-dining restaurants. Riyadh's golden sand dunes offer plenty of activities too, including sandboarding, dune bashing and quad biking over undulating ridges. . As KSI and Riyadh expand their tourism offerings, the world's wealthiest city is rapidly adding new hotels, attractions, and infrastructur...
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As officials investigate what caused a “strong shake” before a sudden plunge on a plane traveling between Australia and New Zealand, a passenger on Tuesday described a wild ride, with people without seatbelts thrown from their seats and some crashing into the plane's ceiling. At least 50 people were injured on Monday by what LATAM Airlines described as a “strong movement” on the Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner later landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was due to continue on to Santiago, Chile. “The plane, unannounced, just dropp...
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When Ruth Smith goes to work, she is one of just 5 per cent, give or take, of global employees in her role who are women. Smith is a pilot with British Airways (BA) and flies commercial Boeing 777 planes. While women are heavily involved in the aviation industry in jobs like cabin crew and air traffic control, they have historically been sidelined when it comes to flying or fixing planes. This is despite the fact that these jobs are some of the few in the world without a gender pay gap. For International Women’s Day, Euronews Travel talked to three pilots and an engineer about what it’s like t...
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