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    Going on holiday and not sure what you are allowed to take onboard or concenered about airport security? We have the latest news on airport activity, information on air passenger duty and visa news.

  • Greater protection for travellers
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    Greater protection for travellers
    3rd May 2012

    It has recently been announced that ATOL (the financial protection scheme) will now be extended to those who book flights...

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  • Planned APD rises
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    Planned APD rises
    29th March 2012

    Air Passenger Duty is a tax paid by every air passenger departing Britain; it...

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  • Full body scanners
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    Full body scanners
    29th March 2012

    A 27 year old engineer Jonathan Corbett has discovered a concerning “flaw” to the full-body scanners. This has obviously caused some anxiety among air travellers.

    Corbett posted a video of his discovery online on March 5th that had more than a million views in just a few days. He had sewn a pocket to the side of this shirt and placed a metal flask in it, he then walked through two types of body scanners in use and no alarm was raised.

    The images produced by the scanner show a person’s body in white on a black background. So his theory was that because the object was...

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