Heathrows 3rd runway-now approved by Government

yesterday, January 15th the UK government has given the go- ahead for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. This runway is expected to be ready in 2019 or 2020 but as we all know green campaigners will make as much trouble as possible to postpone this to ages. As reported in an earlier Blog here they have bought some land which is earmarked for the new runway. I´ll keep you updated.

Chesley Sullenberger - Thank you !

what a men. Yesterday Chesley Sullenberger landed his Airbus 320 in the New York Hudson River and all 155 Passenger survived. The plane was on its way from N.Y La Guardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina when short after Take Off a flock of birds knocked out both engines. As he couldn´t return to any Airport Mr Sullenberger guided his jetliner into the frigig Hudson River bringing all Passengers back to safety as the US Airways plane slowly sank. What a good job.

Ski Offers on Traveljungle available again

We have choosen some fantastic offers from our Partner SkiHorizon for Destinations in Austria and France.
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Beer or Shoes, Men or Women ?

nothing travel related but very nice to watch:

we hope you belong to the other 93%

as  7 % of holidaymakers in the UK will give up their summer holiday this year due to the economical situation. This is the outcome of a survey done by The Co-operative Travel and issued in Travelweekly today.

Heathrows 3rd runway-will Greenpeace plant veg there ?

as we heard this moning, Greenpeace has bought up a large piece of land earmarked for Heathrow´s third runway :-)

This might not be the only reason why the decision over the 3rd runway will be delayed but it seems to be a funny one, worth to keep an eye on. 

Travel to the United States. Online Application needed from today, January 12th

Passengers that intend to travel to the U.S. using the Visa Waiver Program

(VWP) from Monday, January 12th, have to get an electronic travel authorisation before they go. This Authorisation is obtained through an online registration system that is known as ESTA 

(Electronic System for Travel Authorisation). You´ll find more information and a Submit form on the US Embassy Website http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/niv/esta.html

Easyjet to launch nine new routes from UK airports

The new routes with start dates and days of operation are as follows:

Newcastle to Malta from 2nd of April, each Monday and Friday

Bristol to Corfu from 22nd of May, each Monday and Friday

Bristol to Bastia from 24th of May, each Sunday

Liverpool to Dubrovnik from 2nd of June, each Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

Liverpool to Naples from 1st of June, each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

Liverpool to Bordeaux from 2nd of June, each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Manchester to Corfu from 4th of May, each Monday and from 7th of August on additional Flight on Friday

Manchester to Athens from 1st of August, each Wednesday and Saturday

Manchester to Bastia from 9th of August, each Sunday

One additional Aircraft will be moved to Liverpool and Manchester Airport.  

On Traveljungle we compare all these Flights with others.

Zoom ceases operations with 60,000 forward bookings

Zoom Airlines failed with 60,000 forward bookings, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announces this morning.

In addition, there are more than 4,500 UK passengers abroad left stranded by the collapse of the low-cost transatlantic carrier.

The CAA warned those customers who booked direct with the carrier that they have to make alternative arrangements with other airlines. The same applies to UK travellers who were due to fly back to the UK with Zoom.

Zoom operated scheduled services from London Gatwick to New York, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego and Bermuda, as well as flights to destinations in Canada from Gatwick, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester and Glasgow.

BAA ordered to break up airport monopoly

BAA has been told to sell off two of its London hubs and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport by the Competition Commission.