The man who pays his way

The man who pays his way

Transportation safety is built upon the debris of past tragedies: while families grieve, all we can do is try to learn

The man who pays his way

As bathers in Margate enjoy higher temperatures than tourists in Tenerife and the Algarve, Britain’s heatwave is hitting foreign-holiday bookings as badly as the volcanic ash crisis did in 2010.

The man who pays his way

Twelve days after the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, I boarded a Pan Am jet at Frankfurt airport. But two Middle Eastern men did not. They were very publicly taken off the flight to Berlin, apparently because of their appearance and ethnicity. But if someone on that flight were to be denied boarding, it should have been me.

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Thousands of holidaymakers who had paid for allocated seats on easyJet flights were told they would instead have to join a free-for all.

Q  We are flying with Royal Brunei from Heathrow to Manila, because the fares were about £500 cheaper than BA and Emirates. Are they a good airline and do they use the B777 or Airbus?

Laurence Wiles, Hornchurch

Q  We are travelling to Croatia in August following EU accession on 1 July. Would you suggest that we take the local currency (kuna), euros or both? We will be flying into Split and then taking the ferry to Hvar. Also, can you recommend any secret places on Hvar?

Chris Henry

Q To stretch my holiday money, should I steer clear of the euro zone this summer?

Geoff Brown, Horsham

The man who pays his way

Q Any top tips for staying in London near Hilton Park Lane? Cricket dinner to attend.

Richard Bishop

Q You recently wrote that British travellers could face long waits at US immigration this summer, because of American government cutbacks. I believe Dallas was one of the worst airports for waits. In November we're flying non-stop with BA to Phoenix, but coming back on a combination of American Airlines and BA via Dallas-Fort Worth. We have only 85 minutes between arriving from Phoenix and leaving for London. What happens if we miss the connection?

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