FRONTLINE 1974
O A major rescue operation swung into action for tour operator Westernjet following the Civil Aviation Authority’s refusal to renew its Atol. Following the appointment of a receiver, calls were made for the CAA to tighten up loopholes for licensing
travel organisers. O Meanwhile, staff of Alta Holidays were reassured they would not be absorbed into Sovereign Holidays following speculation
about the brand’s future. O Dan-Air and Laker Airways declared their intention to take over the sought-after flight market into Berlin following news that US-owned Modern
Air Transport was to pull out. O DFDS Seaways’ new £10 million flagship Dana Regina entered service on
the Harwich-Esbjerg route. O Abta reiterated “strong advice” that clients travelling to Portugal should be vaccinated against cholera following an outbreak in the Algarve in April, with 368 cases so far.
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ravel Weekly archives in our 50th year to find out what was making the headlines 10, 25 and 45 years ago . . .
1994
O The AA pulled all its 70 retail branches out of Abta. The self-drive specialist said it no longer needed the Abta logo and that the association no
longer catered for its type of business. O Thomson Holidays reacted to purchasing director Peter Rothwell’s shock defection to arch-rival Airtours by reshuffling its management team and insisting Rothwell
serve his full 12-month notice period. O Meanwhile, on the Letters page, Peter Hardman, of PR World Travel in Manchester, moaned Airtours had added £20 a week to its phone bill by introducing a call queueing system to its
customer services department. O Air France, Lufthansa and Iberia announced they were setting up an independent viewdata booking system to rival British Airways’ BA-Link, while Sandals Resorts chairman Gordon Stewart joined
the consortium buying Air Jamaica. O Rainbow Holidays national sales manager Jane Atkins was promoted to retail sales director.
O British Airways boss Willie Walsh featured on the cover under the headline “Willie Fix It?” as the airline faced a turbulent summer of talks with unions over
job and pay cuts. O The number of retailers facing “critical” financial problems was reported as having almost doubled in the past year. Restructuring specialist Begbies Traynor warned the sector to expect a significant rise in failures in the autumn
2009
as banks withheld cash and unemployment rose. O Thomas Cook refused to comment on speculation it was bidding to buy
Holiday Autos. O Meanwhile, the quote of the week came from City Cruises managing director Rita Beckwith at an AWTE lunch. She said: “I was a woman in a man’s world, and I found wearing a white bikini in a hot summer worked best – I had never seen so many boats visiting for fuel.”
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