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Travellers booking with budget airlines often see their arrival at a regional airport and extended journey to their destination as the price they have to pay for a low-cost fare. Fly with a low-cost carrier to Paris and you’ll probably land at Beauvais-Tillé Airport some 85 kilometres northwest of the capital. Book for Milan and you might arrive at Orio al Serio International Airport, closer to the city of Bergamo than to Italy’s fashion capital. But instead of viewing this as an inconvenience, consider using it as a way to explore some of Europe’s unsung cities. Wander canals and sip prosecco...
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E-gates at airports across the UK have returned to normal following a mass outage which caused disruption and huge queues for thousands of passengers. On Tuesday, the electronic gates Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol airports stopped working, delaying passengers who were trying to cross the UK border. The British Home Office has ruled out a cyberattack as the cause. They say the widespread delays were down to a nationwide technical outage. "As soon as engineers detected a wider system network issue at 19:44 pm last night, a large-scale contingency resp...
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The world’s top 10 cleanest airports have been announced - and only one hub in Europe features on the list. In fact, the ranking is almost exclusively made up of airports in Asia, with the exception of Zurich in Switzerland, which comes in tenth place. The research was undertaken by airline rating organisation Skytrax as part of its World Airport Awards. Here are the cleanest airports worldwide - and what qualified them for that accolade. Japan snags four out of the 10 top spots on Skytrax’s listTokyo’s Haneda Airport came in first place as the world's cleanest airport. Skytrax praised the cle...
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Heathrow Airport is set to face severe disruption as staff announce several walkouts. The London hub has confirmed there will be strikes at the end of April and for much of May. The Unite union has warned that planes will likely be "delayed, disrupted and grounded". The long weekend walkout is part of a slew of strikes to be held by different departments at the UK's biggest airport over the next few weeks. Border Force officers are set to strike from 29 April to 2 MayThe Public and Commercial Services trade union (PCS), which represents Border Force officials, says more than 300 of its members...
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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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Every Christmas Day for the last 76 years, a priest has taken a chalice of water onto the quiet airfield at Dublin Airport and blessed the planes. But that tradition is up in the air due to new security protocols at the busy international hub. “Due to recent changes to security protocols, airside access is now restricted to airport operations only,” a spokesperson for DAA, the airport’s operator, tells Euronews Travel. “For this reason, non-operational activities can no longer be facilitated airside. We are currently working on a new approach to facilitating the traditional Christmas blessing ...
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Whether you’re a frequent first class flyer, or a trip at the front of the plane is still firmly on your bucket list, a luxury flight is the best start to a trip. New research has revealed the best luxury air travel experiences, with many of the top rated hailing from Europe. The research looked at first-class experiences across different airlines, analysing factors like airport experience, legroom, cabin and seat quality, food and drink, onboard service and entertainment, as well as amenities and facilities. They also focused on short and medium haul flights, scoring each factor out of 10, in...
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A headless, four-legged robot will be employed protect wildlife at a US airport. About the size of a Labrador, it will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other animals. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has named the new robot Aurora and said it will be based at the Fairbanks airport - the state's second largest - to “enhance and augment safety and operations", the Anchorage Daily News reported. The transportation department released a video of the robot climbing rocks, going up stairs and doing something akin to dancing while flashing...
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Summer is creeping up on us fast and with it comes the promise of escaping in the sun. It’s a chance to unwind, sink your toes in the sand and forget about everything else. But what exactly does the perfect beach holiday look like? Retreat booking platform BookRetreats has ranked beaches across 16 European countries based on what they say travellers value the most: popularity, weather, safety, accessibility and water quality. Using data from Google reviews, safety rankings from the Global Peace Index and water quality information from the European Environment Agency (EEA), each location was gi...
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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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