Posts Tagged ‘Air’


Misleading: dall’Antitrust six convictions for airlines

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Misleading: dall\'Antitrust six convictions for airlines, Air,Transport, News, Low Cost

The 2008 has not started well for airlines that do not adhere to a transparent pricing policy and in line with that provided by Italian law and community.

Since January first, in fact, the Antitrust comminato has six convictions accompanied by penalties for 47,500 euros. According to Il Sole 24 hours, the fines are linked to advertising of air fares considered misleading. The proceedings have focused campaigns published in newspapers and magazines that promised travel at very low prices if not free, by failing to declare taxes and fees additional.

Among the companies affected are the low cost, as Aer Lingus, Easyjet and Jet2.com, but also the Czech Airlines and British Airways, which will have to pay 12 thousand euros in compensation. The defect to advertise low prices and then hide the surprises not only carriers flying over our country and indeed the last month the European Union has launched a measure that the rules of transparency, updating what is already contained in the third package .

It should be remembered, since the holiday period, which in Italy are prohibited rates net of expenses, taxes and other charges, or refer to a single case of return, to a limited number of tickets or certain periods of validity reservation and travel if not clearly indicated.

Sex for the business class of Ryanair?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Sex for the business class of Ryanair?,News ,For, Air

We are increasingly convinced; Ryan is our favorite airline. We fly around the world prices and hours, while other companies make us pay for a regular Coke, even offers us the healthy sex on its flights.

The announcement was made by the director himself, O’Leary, during a press conference in Duesseldorf in Germany, when explaining the launch of new routes in the U.S., said that these are “Bed and Blowjob inclusive, and we since men and women of the world, we do not need that we are translated Blowjob.

Instead, it seems, we should update our vocabulary, or at least check our level of English on our blog Englishblog as “Bed and Blowjob” stands for treatment of the first class. Certainly as a phrase is strange, but we scandalizziamo there, just that Mr. O’Leary continues to do the Robin Hood of heaven, because in these new routes, the economy will find places to 10 euros while for a Business, with treatment Bed and Blowjob, will also pay 5,000 euros.