{"id":2668,"date":"2008-03-25T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2008\/03\/25\/news-from-the-travel-industry-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:06:48","slug":"news-from-the-travel-industry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/news-from-the-travel-industry-2.html","title":{"rendered":"News from the travel industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"“We’ve all seen the one cent ultra-cheap fares that Ryanair, Easyjet and and other low cost carriers (LCCs) frequently offer from European hubs. It’s a great way to skip around the EU if you’re flexible and haven’t got a lot of cash; it thus has recently become pretty popular with students and vacationers on a limited budget.”. Full article at http:\/\/www.gadling.com\/2008\/02\/26\/cage-match-eurostar-versus-easyjet\/<\/p>\n

\"British Airways has called for a “root and branch” review of UK airport regulation after charges were allowed to be hiked significantly. The Civil Aviation Authority today publishing its decisions for price controls for Heathrow and Gatwick for the five years from April 1. <\/p>\n

The maximum charges at Heathrow are £12.80 per passenger in 2008\/09, an increase of £2.44 on a like-for-like basis, representing a 23.5% rise in real terms from the current (2007\/08) price cap, with allowed charges subsequently increasing in each of the following four years by no more than retail price index (RPI) inflation plus 7.5% each year. Full article at… http:\/\/www.travelmole.com\/stories\/1127108.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=_rnT_s~~Av <\/p>\n

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