Travel News

The skies are finally open...

The skies are open and British Airways has 18 long haul flights landing within the next few hours. Several have already arrived. They plan to run a full longhaul programme from Gatwick and Heathrow tomorrow and hope to start their shorthaul programme from 1300. Night jet bans at both airports will be suspended until further notice.

20/04/2010

Volcanic activity changes as ban is extended

The bad news: No flights can take off or land over most of England and Wales until at least 0100 on Wednesday as the "no-fly" zone goes on because of the volcanic ash cloud. Some planes are able to land at Scottish airports before then. The good news: The ash from the volcano is turning to lava and the wind will apparently be changing direction later in the week

20/04/2010

Government spin...

Gordon Brown has claimed there are 100 coaches waiting in Madrid to ferry diverted passengers from the airport. However several customers have reported that this is rubbish. Apparently there are no coaches.

20/04/2010

Unluckiest story of the day....

After being stuck in Las Vegas for several days two of our customers with seats on the BA flight, which took off this morning, decided to stop for a quick one in the airport bar. ... and missed their flight home!

20/04/2010

Wet 'n Wild offers free entry to DialAFlight customers

Wet 'n Wild is offering free entry to DialAFlight customers on production of a valid flight ticket showing they are stranded in Florida. Seaworld and Busch Gardens are also offering free entry.

20/04/2010

DialAFlight customers go FREE to Seaworld

Seaworld in Orlando is offering DialAFlight customers stranded in Florida FREE admission to Seaworld, Aquatica waterpark and Busch Gardens in Tampa. Simply present a valid return airline ticket at the front gate Guest Services.

20/04/2010

BA flights en route back to the UK

There's some good news at last. We have customers on BA flights which have taken off from Los Angeles, Bangkok and seven other destinations. They are all due to arrive back after 7pm today. We're not sure where.

20/04/2010

First flights leave Glasgow....

The first flights have left Glasgow but there's more ash on the way so the picture remains pretty unclear as to what is going to happen later in the day. We'll keep you informed..

20/04/2010

It's finally happening...

It has now been confirmed that airports in the UK will open tomorrow: Scottish Airports will open from 0700, Midlands Airports will open from 1300 and Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted will open from 1900 for a minimum of 24 hours. There will be no night-time flying restrictions and London Transport and all ground transport will be operating round the clock.

19/04/2010

Heathrow and Gatwick to open tomorrow?

Unconfirmed rumours from two of our airline partners that they have been told Heathrow and Gatwick WILL open at 7pm tomorrow and the night jet ban, which prevents planes landing and taking off between the hours of midnight and 6am, will be suspended....

19/04/2010

Insurance warning

If you booked single trip travel insurance (as opposed to holding an annual policy) don't forget to extend it as most policies expire on the day you originally planned to return..

19/04/2010

Shortage of seats is getting worse

Customers have been asking why there is such a shortage of airline seats. There is a massive snowball effect. As each flight is cancelled those clients due to fly go to the back of the queue. We started rebooking clients last Thursday on flights leaving over the weekend and early this week. When these flights were cancelled we started rebooking the customers again but every day’s cancellation fills up the seats for several days ahead and on some routes there is now no availability for several weeks. So each day’s cancellations have several days knock-on effect.

19/04/2010

 

04 February 2012