SHORTS:IF YOU'RE planning a long haul trip this winter via a UK airport look out for an increase in Air Passenger Duty (APD) which is due to kick in on November 1st.
The tax will see £60 (€69) (economy) to £120 (€138) (premium) added to flights to the US from the UK, £75 (€86) to £150 (€172) added to medium haul flights – up to 6,000 miles away – and £85 (€98) to £170 (€196) added to long haul flights.
Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam may pick up business from travellers trying to avoid the tax.
Cyprus
An article on Cyprus in September 18th's Goshould have included that packages can be booked through Thomas Cook and its Irish brands Sunworld, Panorama, and Direct Holidays. Panorama Holidays will operate flights from Dublin to Larnaca, with onward bus transfers, every Sunday from May 29th to October 9th, 2011. See panoramaholidays.ie.
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The percentage of people who would like to see children contained in family onlysections of airplanes according to a survey by price comparison site Skyscanner. This follows a recent furore over a woman who complained that a child "made her ears bleed" on a Qantas flight