Tiger Airways Australia have come to a cropper, and have been grounded by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority as the authority has "lost confidence in Tiger's ability to manage safety appropriately".All Tiger Airways Australia have been grounded at least until 9th July.The CASA said it took the action because it believed permitting the airline to continue to fly … [Read more...]

The European Union sometimes has a purpose - and it's regulating the costs of mobile phone costs is normally one of them.The latest price cuts have gone into effect as of today, meaning the following:Calls will cost no more than €0.35 (around 31p) per minute to make. This excludes VAT, down from €0.39. The maximum cost to receive calls will be €0.11 (around … [Read more...]

Tommorow could be a very long day if you're coming into the United Kingdom as the Public Services Unions are going out of strike. UKBA's Border staff are members of the PCS Union, who are taking their members on strike, as well as Schools, Universities, Courts and probation services, Jobcentres and tax and benefit offices, Driving test centres Some Council Services, and more … [Read more...]

Well it seems the Office of Fair Trading may have some teeth after all, in todays announcement that Travel companies have been ordered to end the use of hidden surcharges for passengers paying by card.For those who are pained with the filling in booking forms, we all know at the page before "buy", some airlines will decide to levy a fee for the use of a credit card or Debit … [Read more...]