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Finnair focuses on Asia

09 Jul 2008 at 14:35 — by Simon Warburton in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Finnair is enduring a torrid time as it attempts to combat soaring fuel costs and global uncertainty, but the airline remains confident its policy of concentrating on Asia will pay dividends.

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Comment: Terminal transforming

06 Jun 2008 at 14:33 — by Simon Warburton in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Powering in from Paddington - the nightmare connection to West London I'll leave for another day - I was looking forward to my first visit to Heathrow's Terminal 1 since the cataclysmic opening of its shiny new neighbour, T5.

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Fair play key: Finnair

04 Jun 2008 at 12:57 — by Simon Warburton in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

  Finnair is maintaining that the current seismic shocks rocking the airline world should not lead to national subsidies distorting the market.

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Comment: Breathtaking T5

25 Jan 2008 at 14:47 — by Simon Warburton in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

”On time and within budget.” It's a mantra that we heard repeatedly during a press visit to BAA's sparkling new edifice of Terminal 5 last week.

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ON TOUR: Manchester

28 Sep 2007 at 15:47 — by Simon Warburton in Air Travel, Accommodation, Ground Transport | NEWS ITEM

It's often said that Birmingham is the UK's second city but try telling that to Mancunians - more creativity and sheer energy has poured out of Manchester during the last 20 years than most manage in a hundred. Manchester is quite simply a one-off. From music to art, from architecture to history, it comes replete with a raft of extraordinary facets that make it one of the UK's vibrant destinations.

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ON TOUR: Paris

24 Aug 2007 at 11:26 — by Simon Warburton | NEWS ITEM

What else can be said about Paris that hasn't already consumed untold numbers of guide books?

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