If you have ever booked using one of the numerous low cost airlines available, chances are you have been charged pricey charges that do not always make sense.
For example why should you pay transaction fees on a per way basis per passenger basis when you pay with one single card. They only do one transaction right? So where are those charges coming from? Rynair are probably the most famous for that, charging over the top fees for arguable reasons.
That’s the latest bad new about air traveling. Due to the Volcano crisis and the current petrol market, prices are likely to go up by up to 11%. Grounded planes during the volcano ash cloud crisis meant flight companies could not make any money.
And of course when things go wrong it has an effect on the price structures, with low cost airlines probably getting the biggest increase. This might be compensated a bit for UK residents because of the pound value going back up at the moment which means cheaper holidays than last year.
Let’s hope this will not drop again.
All airplanes are grounded until 7pm tomorrow due the ash cloud crossing North Europe airspace. As we predicted earlier this week, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano spread a massive ash could the got pushed by artic winds toward England.
The cloud is spreading and affecting the majority of our air space as we speak and all traffic has been stopped to avoid an material loss.
This is likely to continue until at least tomorrow but authorities are already talking about expanding the delay to a few more days if necessary as to not take any risks with the passengers.
A recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull, a medium size volcano in Iceland might affect air traffic some airlines are saying.
A similar eruption back in the 80′s blocked air traffic for a few days after a plane nearly crash due the ash cloud of the volcano. Ash clouds are deadly for airplane engines and prevent the aircraft carry on with its journey.
If the ash from the Icelandic volcano drift down our way we might face a few days or trouble as airlines will probably stop all traffic to prevent losing planes.
Wait and see, we’ll try to keep you updated.
The jet lag is what happens to your body when you travel long distances and end up on a very different time zone. If you left at 8am and arrived at 8am local time after a 12 hours filght then you are likely to suffer from the jet lag and be tired in mid day local time.
To avoid a painfull jet lag here are some tips to help you: