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Spanish Air Traffic controllers – Lazy and Greedy

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Spanish air traffic controllersSpanish holiday advice: It would seem that potentially Hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers face travel chaos over Easter if threatened Spanish airport strikes in Spain go ahead.

Flights to popular destinations such as the Canary Islands, Majorca and Alicante could be grounded or delayed for days.

Spanish air traffic controllers are threatening to strike due to plans to reduce their salaries by up to 40%. They are grossly overpaid anyway..

Holiday advice tips & news Published on February 8th, 2010 copyright Cheaperholidays.com

Holiday abroad travel search playing up

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holiday search apologies
UPDATE: The search form is now fixed…

Please accept our apologies if you are using our holiday abroad travel search, as its been playing up lately..

A line of code has gone of the reservation, which is making the search form do its own thing..

It seems that if you search for the Caribbean you are getting results for the Canaries and Red sea deals are bringing back results for Spain all rather odd..

Holiday advice tips & news Published on February 2nd, 2010 copyright Cheaperholidays.com

Manchester body scanners – holiday advice

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Manchester and heathrow body scannersTravel advice: Passengers travelling through Manchester airport face compulsory body scans as part of the tightening of security after Manchester Airport installed Body scanners.

Under-18s were previously excluded in the body scanner trial at Manchester, but new government rules mean this exemption no longer applies.

The scanners, which see through clothes to produce an image of the body, have caused unease among human rights campaigners who fear an invasion of passengers’ privacy as well as the disproportionate scrutiny of Muslim travelers by authorities.

Holiday advice tips & news Published on February 2nd, 2010 copyright Cheaperholidays.com

Nextescape ceases trading – holiday advice

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Ashford-based travel agency Nextescape.co.uk has ceased trading today. It seems that Nextescape has closed down its operation and is not in liquidation although it may be in the future

Holiday advice : BOOK DIRECT TO SAVE AND BE BETTER PROTECTED

The agency specialised in all-inclusive holidays to Spain, Greece and the Caribbean. ABTA confirmed that Nextescape.co.uk had closed for business

The agency was a member of the Hays Travel Independence Group. A spokeswoman for the consortium said there were only a small number of forward bookings and Hays Travel would honour these.

Holiday advice tips & news Published on January 31st, 2010 copyright Cheaperholidays.com

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