Ryanair has confirmed that 1,100 flights were cancelled last month due to air traffic control strikes and staff shortages in the UK, Germany and France. June was the second month of severe strikes affecting European airspace with more than 210,000 passengers hit by the cancellations. The figures for June last year reveal that only 41 flights
An animated map shows more than 202,000 flights around the globe on one of aviation’s busiest days in history. The eye-popping visual was released by the Swedish flight monitoring service FlightRadar24 and shows 202,157 aircraft filling the skies across the world on Friday 29 June. FlightRadar24 confirmed it was the first time it had tracked more than 200,000
Ryanair could face a series of summer strikes unless it improves its treatment of staff: that is the warning from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The federation, which represents cabin crew working for Ryanair across Europe and North Africa, has convened a meeting at the airline’s home city, Dublin. A group called Cabin Crew
Almost 100 pilots working for Ryanair in Ireland will stop work on 12 July, with the threat of more strikes to come. Members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) are engaged in a dispute over arrangements for transferring flight crew between European and north African bases as well as seniority and annual leave
The venue for Saturday’s quarter final is Russia’s sixth-largest city. It is on the same latitude as Liverpool, and almost as far east as Qatar – where the 2022 World Cup is due to be staged. As with the venues for England’s first two matches (Volgograd and Nizhny Novgorod, both wins), Samara is on the Volga
What’s your favourite way of passing the time on a long-haul flight? A booze fuelled nap? A couple of mediocre action films? How about an immersive theatre performance at 30,000 feet? The latter may sound like a sedative induced dream, but Icelandair attempted to pull off the mid-air feat in honour of its 80th anniversary.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington has published a statement warning its citizens about the dangers of travelling to the United States. The statement, which was posted on the Embassy’s official website, warns travellers to the US that “shooting, robbery, and theft are frequent” and that tourists should “be alert to suspicious people around you.” Travellers
Thoughts may have turned from powder days and goggle tans to poolside cocktails and t-shirt tans on the beach, but for the best chance of bagging a real bargain, now is the time for skiers and snowboarders, especially families and groups, to book their next winter holiday. As soon as one winter ends, another begins
From Disney drenched magic to the rugged Californian coast, welcome the to the land where dreams actually do come true… The Four Seasons Resort, Orlando Best for… family luxury The low-down: There is no better way to experience Orlando than from this sprawling resort within the Disney park. With a lazy river, three swimming pools,
This is the real world and that’s utopia”. I’m boarding the 6.03pm Great Western Railway (GWR) service from Paddington to Penzance on a Friday evening and a man is directing his wife away from first class to their seats in standard. It is carnage. I’ve already seen a grown man in a business suit push
Air New Zealand has become the first airline in the world to serve passengers the Impossible Burger, a plant-based product that mimics beef that took the US by storm when it launched two years ago. The faux-burger, so realistic it even appears to “bleed”, is a far cry from your run-of-the-mill veggie burger and has
The EU has lifted its ban on Indonesian airlines flying in the skies above Europe following improvements to aviation safety standards in the southeast Asian country. In 2007 all Indonesian carriers were placed on the EU Air Safety List, a blacklist of airlines that fall short of the EU’s international safety standards. The archipelago has
Holidaymakers heading to Corfu this summer are concerned that their trips could be ruined by the island’s mounting rubbish crisis. There have been rumours that tour operators were offering alternative resort arrangements after travellers to the Mediterranean island complained of mountains of uncollected waste littering the roadsides, unpleasant smells and swarms of flies. Corfu has
Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge I was lured by gorillas and volcanoes. Thanks to torrential downpours—which made trekking all but impossible and the peaks of the mighty Virungas, a chain of 15,000-feet volcanoes stretching through Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, all but invisible—I got neither. My stay was lovely anyway. Even
Angela hiking through the stunning Himalayas © Angela Tinson Angela Tinson, Associate Product Director in Lonely Planet’s Dublin office, recently returned from a trip to Nepal. Tell us more… Two friends and I recently hiked the Manaslu Circuit in the Nepal Himalaya. It’s a teahouse trek, meaning you mostly hike from village to village, staying
Illustrator Ferran Capo hard at work © Anna Izquierdo The latest US edition of Lonely Planet Magazine has hit the shelves, so here’s a behind-the-scenes look at some of its contents! We chatted to magazine illustrator Ferran Capo about how he turned funny anecdotes about solo travel fails from Lonely Planet staff into striking illustrations
Lonely Planet Pathfinder Jessica Palmer of travelwithjess.com recently spent three weeks exploring the Cook Islands with her young family, feeling the sand between their toes and soaking up the wild, windswept surroundings. I set out to explore not only the two most visited islands in the Cooks – Rarotonga and Aitutaki, but also two of
Do you know who New York’s Idlewild Airport was renamed after? Or which country has the peacock as its national bird? Test your knowledge of travel trivia with the July edition of our monthly travel quiz, based around stories featuring in this month’s Lonely Planet magazine. Can you score 100%? Take the quiz Desperate for
Sometimes, the best adventures are to be found right outside your own front door… Travel and exploration don’t always have to mean packing up your backpack and setting off into the sunset for months on end – there are many ways in which you can shake up your daily routine, discover something new, and get
Lonely Planet Pathfinder, Hayley Lewis of A Lovely Planet, recently packed up her healthy appetite and embarked upon a culinary journey through Emilia Romagna, our top European destination to visit in 2018… Italy has always been a favourite destination of mine, and this is largely due to its incredible cuisine. Emilia Romagna is often considered