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Quotes of the Week - 10 June

10 JUN: A selection of travel-related comment appearing in media over the past week.

"It’s probably the best bit of protein in that meal."

University of Western Australia scientist Ian Dadour commenting on the discovery of beetle larvae in a meal served on a Jetstar flight.


"A brazen show of disregard for the dignity and the constitutional rights of American citizens."

 

The reaction of Texas politician David Simpson to the news that US air safety authorities will ban flights to the state unless it drops legislation banning invasive airport body searches. It has done so.


"I’m getting fed up with people asking me if I hit an iceberg".

 

English boating enthusiast Mark Wilkinson after his cabin cruiser, named Titanic II, sank in Dorset on its first outing.


"Is the earth tilting?"

 

Popular US cruise website cruisecritic.com asks the question in reporting that yet another big liner, Voyager of the Seas, is moving from the northern hemisphere to the South Pacific.

 
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News in Brief for 22 May

GREEK CANCELLATIONS Europe low-fare carrier Ryanair has reportedly confirmed that it will cut 82 flights a week to the Greek holiday islands of Rhodes and Kos after local authorities allegedly failed to honour a joint summer marketing campaign with the airline.

STANSTED STRIKE Baggage handlers at London’s Stansted airport plan a series of strikes from this weekend after negotiations on shift changes broke down. The 150 workers are employed by Swissport, which handles baggage for Ryanair and a number of UK holiday airlines.

AIRLINE DENIES CUTS Air France-KLM denied plans to cut 5,000 jobs by 2015 through a voluntary redundancy plan, as reported by French daily Le Figaro. "For the moment there are absolutely no negotiations about possible job cuts, these are just rumours," a spokeswoman told reporters.

MEXICAN REVIVAL? Mexicana Airlines, which suspended flights for financial reasons in August 2010, may re-launch operations next month after Spanish hotel and air transport group Med Atlantica acquired 95% of the bankrupt carrier’s shares.

THAI SACKING The board of Thai Airways is reported to have sacked the airline’s chairman, with a spokesman saying he was "unable to work in unity with the strategy committee".