“Singapore-based low-cost airline Tiger Airways said today it expected passenger numbers to hit 3 million next year as it takes delivery of new aircraft and launches new routes.” Link: New Zealand Herald

“Thousands of British travellers are likely to have lost cash following the collapse of a Scandinavian low-cost airline. Swe Fly, based near Stockholm in Sweden, has stopped flying. Three months ago, it launched flights from Luton and Leeds-Bradford to the Swedish airport of Skavsta, with connections to Lahore in Pakistan. More than 300 passengers who…

“Stranded Ryanair passengers were forced to hire a bus and drive 600 miles home after their flight was cancelled and they were told that the next aircraft out of a small French airport would be in 10 days time.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk

“BRITISH Airways, which for years thrived on trumpeting itself as ‘the world’s favourite airline’, has been hit by perhaps the ultimate ignominy – being overtaken in size by the upstart Irish budget airline Ryanair.” http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id@3448&in_page_id=2

“UK-based Ryanair, last Friday, ran an ad that referenced the recent London bombings to promote low fares. The ad appeared in UK newspapers last week with the headline, “London Fights Back,” an image of Winston Churchill and a speech bubble that contained an alteration of a famous June 1940 speech and read, “ “We shall…

“Budget airline Ryanair has announced four new routes and an increase in frequency on other services. The low-fare Irish carrier will be starting flights this autumn from Stansted in Essex to Grenoble in France, Kaunas in Lithuania the Polish towns of Lodz and Poznan.” http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_1436582.html http://www.ryanair.com

“A bicycle journey from Exeter UK across Europe Russia Siberia Mongolia to China” http://www.2wheels.org.uk/ride/index.asp

Irish Times Article – Most Irish-based Ryanair pilots claim victimisation “Almost all Ryanair’s Irish-based pilots are claiming to have been victimised by the airline, with some lodging multiple complaints with the Labour Relations Commission” Irish Times Article

“The US government has again pushed back the date by which biometric information must be included in passports of foreigners visiting the country. Countries with US visa waiver agreements are no longer required to issue their citizens with passports using chips that store biological information by 26 October, 2005.” http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/16/_bio_delay/

“Rules requiring Irish citizens to carry high-tech passports when visiting the US are to be dropped because the technology behind the scheme is seen as unreliable. The US Department of Homeland Security had previously set an October 2005 deadline for the inclusion of biometric information chips in the passports of European citizens who avail themselves…

???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?The Embassy of Ukraine in the UK would like to inform that on the 31st March 2005 the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko signed the Decree ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?On temporary implementation of the visa-free entrance regime for the EU and Swiss citizens. ???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? The Decree implements temporary Visa-free regime for citizens of the European Union and Swiss…

After a recent French/Moroccan key experience, i got to wondering what other keyboard layouts are out there. I’ve found these so far. French German sources: www.sussex.ac.uk

Although google maps seem to have recently rediscovered this old continent, unfortunately the satellite stuffGoogle Sightseeing hasn’t caught up yet, you can however do some sightseeing via multimap.com. Buckingham Palace Spaghetti Junction Edinburgh Castle The Lake District Stonehenge Stamford Bridge Windsor Castle Tower of London York Minster Millennium Wheel Hampton Court Palace Lulworth Cove Some…

Guardian Unlimited Travel | Quizzes (travel) Q24. Which of these Ryanair flights could most accurately be described as landing in the destination itself? Frankfurt Murcia Barcelona Milan ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?most accurately???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? So does that mean closest? http://travel.guardian.co.uk/quiz/ Apparently the correct answer is Murcia.