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2011 Travel Insurance News



December

Read travel news for December 2011

29/12/2011 – Bombardier awarded £188 million contract

26/12/2011 – Qantas reports domestic passenger dip

22/12/2011 – Virgin America posts Q3 loss

19/12/2011 – Snow and ice warnings for Scottish roadways

15/12/2011 – Travel fears amid confirmed Underground strikes

12/12/2011 – EasyCar scheme to allow people to rent private cars

08/12/2011 – Qantas flight backlog cleared after WA storm

05/12/2011 – TUI warns of lower winter booking figures

01/12/2011 – Ministers worry over air links between London and Belfast

November

Read travel news for November 2011

28/11/2011 – Some single trip travel insurance excludes winter sports

24/11/2011 – Thomas Cook turns to advisors amid turmoil

21/11/2011 – Qantas talks with pilots end

17/11/2011 – UK updates Thailand travel advisory

14/11/2011 – Emirates submits record Boeing order

10/11/2011 – Flybe passengers had seen wheel come off

07/11/2011 – FSA looks to tighten packaged bank account rules

03/11/2011 – US carriers face fines over stranded passengers

October

Read travel news for October 2011

31/10/2011 – Qantas flying again after court ruling

27/10/2011 – Thailand fears tourism slump following airport closure

26/10/2011 – Experts say tour firm failures are inevitable

20/10/2011 – Qantas strikes both halted and ongoing

17/10/2011 – Flights disrupted at Buenos Airways airport due to volcano

13/10/2011 – Rules tightened for European air ticket websites

10/10/2011 – German airbus workers on strike

06/10/2011 – Travellers without insurance believe government will cover e

03/10/2011 – Kenyan tourism industry threatened by second kidnapping

September

Read travel news for September 2011

29/09/2011 – Calls for compulsory travel cover over Bali case

26/09/2011 – Corrupt doctors accused of travel insurance fraud

22/09/2011 – Five-day search finds US tourist feared dead in Ireland

19/09/2011 – Man appears in court over death of British tourist

15/09/2011 – Aussie passports to offer third gender option

12/09/2011 – Russian hockey air disaster claims life of last team member

08/09/2011 – Air disaster hits top Russian ice hockey team

05/09/2011 – Holiday health risks greatest in Spain, Turkey

01/09/2011 – Pilots, dependent on computers, are forgetting how to fly

August

Read travel news for August 2011

29/08/2011 – Tropical storm Irene leaves Brits stranded in the USA

25/08/2011 – Hurricane Irene slams the Bahamas

22/08/2011 – Grown-up gap years drive medical insurance claims spike

18/08/2011 – Engineers at Qantas expected to strike

15/08/2011 – Qantas pilots ordered not to minimise flight delays

11/08/2011 – Badly-beaten British student in Australia gets huge bill

08/08/2011 – British honeymooners die in Maldives accident

04/08/2011 – Men (and women) behaving slightly less badly abroad

01/08/2011 – British man in coma flown home from Bali

July

Read travel news for July 2011

28/07/2011 – Travel insurance is imperative

25/07/2011 – Top officials fired following deadly China rail crash

21/07/2011 – Woman pack twice as much as they need

18/07/2011 – Essex Police warning about the dangers of laser pointers

14/07/2011 – Passengers in France upset with Air Algerie strike

11/07/2011 – Dozens killed in Indian train crash

07/07/2011 – Revamp of ATOL holiday scheme announced

04/07/2011 – Tiger Airways and regulators talk about grounding

June

Read travel news for June 2011

30/06/2011 – Ash latest problem for Australian tourism

27/06/2011 – British woman in coma dies in Spain

23/06/2011 – Qantas and Rolls-Royce settle A380 case

20/06/2011 – Chile’s volcanic ash travels the world, upsetting flights

16/06/2011 – Qantas lowers targets, cuts plane orders

13/06/2011 – Tour bus company shuttered for carrying people with luggage

09/06/2011 – Scottish hotels doing well

06/06/2011 – Insurance premiums based on age could be illegal

02/06/2011 – FCO’s latest warning about travel insurance

May

Read travel news for May 2011

30/05/2011 – Warning to be honest on insurance applications

26/05/2011 – Ash chaos could be avoided this weekend

23/05/2011 – New Iceland volcano threat for flights

19/05/2011 – Summer pilot strike threat at Virgin

16/05/2011 – Government to confront unions over rail operating costs

12/05/2011 – Earthquake kills nine in Spain

09/05/2011 – Malaria symptoms have travellers confused

05/05/2011 – Strong winds strand hundreds in Isles of Scilly

02/05/2011 – Flight data recorder found at Air France crash site

April

Read travel news for April 2011

28/04/2011 – Air India strike enters second day

25/04/2011 – Tornado-hit St Louis airport to re-open

21/04/2011 – Facebook updates can give house thieves the break they need

18/04/2011 – New shift rules for napping air-traffic controllers

14/04/2011 – Holiday jet in emergency landing at Gatwick

11/04/2011 – Jail for head of railway cable theft gang

07/04/2011 – Foreign Office updates Japan travel advice

04/04/2011 – Wreckage of 2009 Air France crash found

March

Read travel news for March 2011

31/03/2011 – Tourists in desperate rush for flights off Samui

28/03/2011 – Travel warnings multiply

24/03/2011 – Cockpit fires cause Qantas emergency

21/03/2011 – Plans back on for high-speed London-Frankfurt rail link

17/03/2011 – Brits advised to leave Tokyo over radiation fears

14/03/2011 – FCO warns on travel to Bahrain

14/03/2011 – Body of Lancashire man flown back from Thailand

07/03/2011 – US govt upgrades travel warning for Yemen

03/03/2011 – Rolls-Royce speaks following further reported Qantas issues

February

Read travel news for February 2011

28/02/2011 – Special forces in second rescue mission to Libya

24/02/2011 – Flights from Singapore to Christchurch resume

21/02/2011 – Gay hotels probed over equality laws

17/02/2011 – Airbus says new Boeing needs a passenger evacuation test

14/02/2011 – Government and BAA ‘colluded’ over drop-off charge

10/02/2011 – Nine hour New Delhi-London flight takes 21 hours

07/02/2011 – Belgian students taken off Ryanair flight from Spain

03/02/2011 – Ministers to have ATOL insurance scheme expanded

02/02/2011 – The latest from the FCO on Travel to Egypt

January

Read travel news for January 2011

31/01/2011 – Britons struggle to return home from Cairo

27/01/2011 – Moscow airport bomb triggers shakeup in transport police

24/01/2011 – New threat of action against British Airways

20/01/2011 – People in Australian town warned to flee approaching floods.

18/01/2011 – Stranded Brit travellers await flights with BA from Tunisia

13/01/2011 – PM agrees to review of anti-strike legislation

10/01/2011 – Many fatalities feared in Iranian plane crash

06/01/2011 – More rain for Australia’s flooded Queensland

03/01/2011 – Record year pushes mountain rescue teams to the limit

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