Simon Calder
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No end in sight to rail strikes says train drivers’ union boss
Exclusive: ‘This is going to go on until the government give us a solution. We haven’t had a pay rise for five years,’ says Aslef’s Mick Whelan → Read More
How to avoid hidden airline and airline fees, from bag drop deadlines to printing boarding passes
Ryanair and Wizz Air insist passengers check in online or pay extra at the airport → Read More
British holidaymakers race for the sun amid washout August, say travel firms
Average holiday prices up more than a quarter compared with summer 2019, according to travel giant Tui → Read More
Eurostar boss: cheaper tickets for London-Paris trains are coming back
Train Talk: ‘London-Paris, the lead-in fare is still £39’ – Gwendoline Cazenave, Eurostar CEO → Read More
Stansted airport passenger numbers soar despite signs of weakness elsewhere
Exclusive: Essex hub has just had the busiest July in its history → Read More
Wizz Air ordered to revisit rejected expenses claims over flight disruption
Civil Aviation Authority takes enforcement action over passenger rights → Read More
Holiday chaos for 180,000 as easyJet cancels 1,700 flights
Budget airline axes 1,700 flights across July, August and September → Read More
Holiday chaos for 180,000 as easyJet cancels 1,700 flights
Budget airline axes 1,700 flights across July, August and September → Read More
What do train station ticket office closures mean for rail passengers?
Everything you need to know about the train operators’ plans to shut almost all booking offices in England → Read More
Britons warned to ‘avoid’ violence hotspots as riots and looting shake France
Hundreds of thousands of UK holidaymakers due to travel to country amid fears clashes spiralling out of control → Read More
Travel essentials for your summer holidays, from passports to health care
The great getaway 2023 will involve widespread disruption in the air and on the railways → Read More
Everything you need to know about the Ghic, the post-Brexit health insurance card
Holding this card – which does not cost anything – means British travellers to the European Union get free or discounted medical treatment → Read More
UK Electronic Travel Authorisation: What is the new visa-free entry system and what effect will it have?
New red tape could cost Northern Ireland 25 per cent of its international visitors, while Heathrow has appealed against ‘any competitive disadvantage for the UK’ → Read More
Heathrow airport summer security strikes called off
Union says it has secured a pay rise of 15.5 per cent → Read More
What did Brexit do for travel? You may not enjoy finding out
Expensive travel and passport check delays – just some of the things travellers can blame on Brexit, writes Simon Calder → Read More
Why a new UK tax could mean fewer flights and higher airfares
‘Transit tax’ will make passengers choose European rivals instead, as Simon Calder explains → Read More
Mick Lynch says more rail strikes ‘fairly certain’ with talks deadlocked after a year
Exclusive: ‘It will be another campaign of action to try and keep the dispute alive’, said the RMT union leader → Read More
Scammers target victims of easyJet cancellations
Exclusive: An imposter social media account, @_easyJets, claims to be “the onlly official twitter account”. → Read More
How to get hold of one of Eurostar’s cheap £35 tickets this summer
Train Talk: grab a £70 return special on the cross-Channel intercity train while you can → Read More
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