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International Herald Tribune, France
March 24 2005
Holiday to see Britons travel in record numbers
Reuters
Thursday, March 24, 2005
LONDON Record numbers of Britons were expected to travel during the
Easter weekend, the airport operator BAA said Wednesday.
The United States and Spain were among the most popular destinations
for about 1.9 million people expected to fly between Thursday and
Monday, BAA said. Destinations in Eastern Europe, including Prague,
Budapest and Bratislava in Slovakia, were increasingly popular.
BAA said it expected Thursday to be the heaviest day of air travel,
with about 440,000 passengers passing through its airports, including
London Heathrow.
To help motorists, the Highways Agency said it would suspend roadwork
at more that 70 spots in England and delay new projects until after
the holiday weekend. (Reuters)
HONG KONG
Airport is rated No. 1
Hong Kong International Airport was named the world's best in survey
results announced Wednesday.
Singapore Changi Airport and Incheon International Airport in Seoul
were second and third, respectively, in the survey conducted by
Airports Council International and the International Air Transport
Association, based on interviews with 65,000 people at 40 airports in
2004.
Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia was rated the best in
the Americas, Copenhagen Airport was rated best in Europe and Dubai
International Airport came first in the Middle East and Africa. (AP)
CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Two U.S.-based airlines are increasing flights
to St. Lucia after Air Jamaica temporarily suspended flights to the
Caribbean island, a tourism official said. US Airways has already
increased its flights from two to three times a week, while Delta Air
Lines will move from two to five flights a week, beginning April 1,
said the St. Lucia tourism director, Hilary Modeste. (AP)
YEREVAN, Armenia: Birds that had abandoned trees around Armenia's
main airport because of heavy snow caused problems for at least three
planes Tuesday after they were sucked into the planes' engines,
Armavia Airlines said Wednesday. Several flights were delayed out of
the capital. "Because of heavy snowfall the birds were not sitting in
the trees and preferred to stroll on the runway," said a spokesman
for the national carrier. (AFP)
TOKYO: A suicidal man who hijacked a Japanese domestic flight in 1999
and stabbed the pilot to death in the cockpit was sentenced to life
in prison Wednesday after a court ruled that he suffered mental
problems. Yuji Nishizawa, 34, killed Naoyuki Nagashima before he was
seized by airline staff; the plane with 517 passengers and crew
returned safely to Tokyo.(AFP)
MANILA: Terrorists are in the final stages of planning an attack in
the Philippines, the British Embassy warned Wednesday as it
discouraged British citizens from traveling to most parts of Mindanao
and the Sulu Archipelago. The United States also updated its travel
advisory, saying that reprisals by the militant group Abu Sayyaf are
possible. (AFP)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: A 110-passenger cruise ship carrying gay and
nudist passengers was temporarily stopped by local authorities and
prevented from entering Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday, a
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises official said. (AP)
March 24 2005
Holiday to see Britons travel in record numbers
Reuters
Thursday, March 24, 2005
LONDON Record numbers of Britons were expected to travel during the
Easter weekend, the airport operator BAA said Wednesday.
The United States and Spain were among the most popular destinations
for about 1.9 million people expected to fly between Thursday and
Monday, BAA said. Destinations in Eastern Europe, including Prague,
Budapest and Bratislava in Slovakia, were increasingly popular.
BAA said it expected Thursday to be the heaviest day of air travel,
with about 440,000 passengers passing through its airports, including
London Heathrow.
To help motorists, the Highways Agency said it would suspend roadwork
at more that 70 spots in England and delay new projects until after
the holiday weekend. (Reuters)
HONG KONG
Airport is rated No. 1
Hong Kong International Airport was named the world's best in survey
results announced Wednesday.
Singapore Changi Airport and Incheon International Airport in Seoul
were second and third, respectively, in the survey conducted by
Airports Council International and the International Air Transport
Association, based on interviews with 65,000 people at 40 airports in
2004.
Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia was rated the best in
the Americas, Copenhagen Airport was rated best in Europe and Dubai
International Airport came first in the Middle East and Africa. (AP)
CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Two U.S.-based airlines are increasing flights
to St. Lucia after Air Jamaica temporarily suspended flights to the
Caribbean island, a tourism official said. US Airways has already
increased its flights from two to three times a week, while Delta Air
Lines will move from two to five flights a week, beginning April 1,
said the St. Lucia tourism director, Hilary Modeste. (AP)
YEREVAN, Armenia: Birds that had abandoned trees around Armenia's
main airport because of heavy snow caused problems for at least three
planes Tuesday after they were sucked into the planes' engines,
Armavia Airlines said Wednesday. Several flights were delayed out of
the capital. "Because of heavy snowfall the birds were not sitting in
the trees and preferred to stroll on the runway," said a spokesman
for the national carrier. (AFP)
TOKYO: A suicidal man who hijacked a Japanese domestic flight in 1999
and stabbed the pilot to death in the cockpit was sentenced to life
in prison Wednesday after a court ruled that he suffered mental
problems. Yuji Nishizawa, 34, killed Naoyuki Nagashima before he was
seized by airline staff; the plane with 517 passengers and crew
returned safely to Tokyo.(AFP)
MANILA: Terrorists are in the final stages of planning an attack in
the Philippines, the British Embassy warned Wednesday as it
discouraged British citizens from traveling to most parts of Mindanao
and the Sulu Archipelago. The United States also updated its travel
advisory, saying that reprisals by the militant group Abu Sayyaf are
possible. (AFP)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: A 110-passenger cruise ship carrying gay and
nudist passengers was temporarily stopped by local authorities and
prevented from entering Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday, a
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises official said. (AP)