A new entrant is joining the battle for Intercity coach travel in the UK... and it's FlixBus, who will commence domestic service in the UK. FlixBus is an established operator in Europe who carried over 62 million passengers last year. Their entry into the market will allow them to compete with National Express and MegaBus. FlixBus will partner with local, authorised … [Read more...]

Yesterday, The Council of Europe took steps to allow the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the European Union. Residents of the following countries should be able to travel to the EU from the 1st of July 2020. Algeria Australia Canada Georgia Japan Montenegro Morocco New Zealand Rwanda … [Read more...]

The Boeing 737 MAX has taken to the sky, this time kicking off the planned re-certification flights to pave the way to re-entry into service. Boeing 737 MAX 7 conducting its first flight - Image, The Boeing Company For those who have forgotten as the world has been full of COVID related news, Boeing was still working through numerous issues with the Boeing 737 MAX since the … [Read more...]

Editors notes: Comments with Curve referral codes will not be published. Two hits, two fails so far. For those of you who use Curve, and were caught by Wirecard losing its ability to transact services for Curve - there's good news, as the fintech company is back online, ready for you to start spending again. It seems in less than 60 hours, Curve has brought all card … [Read more...]

I know a lot of people use Curve - to tie their credit card to a payment card that allows you to earn cash back, or pay 0% fees when travelling. However, there's a major problem, which has forced Curve to stop accepting transactions as they were using Wirecard on the processing end. Here's the email I got earlier:   Dear Curve Customers, Your Curve card … [Read more...]

Emirates has released extra cargo capacity, by converting ten of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft into freighters. An Emirates passenger Boeing 777-300ER, with cargo on the passenger deck - Image, Emirates In this change, Emirates modified the cabin of its aircraft, by removing all economy seats - leaving the business and first-class seats aboard. The removal … [Read more...]

Today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would be easing a lot of lockdown restrictions. Birmingham is even open. So what's changing? Social Distancing In England, the "guidance" on social distancing will change. Where it is possible, stay 2 meters apart. However, where it is not, people should keep a distance of "one metre plus" ie more than a metre … [Read more...]

For those of you who haven't been face-covering shopping yet, now is a good time, as the UK brings in a requirement to wear a face-covering when using public transport. The requirement and legislation will go into effect today - on the 15th of June. The move is timed as non-essential shops reopen in England on Monday. The law applies to England, … [Read more...]

It seems the UK branch of Ola is following Uber and is implementing a requirement to wear face coverings or masks when travelling with them. Like everyone else, this is coming in on the 15th of June. Ola currently covers: London South Wales (Cardiff, Newport and Vale of Glamorgan) South West of England (Bath, Bristol, Exeter, North Somerset and South … [Read more...]