April 21st - On their way to an airport near you: aircraft with folding wings
A special Easter Monday edition. I've been talking to Sue Partridge, head of the Wing of Tomorrow programme at Airbus, about how folding wings on short-haul aircraft will reduce the damage caused by a...
21 Apr 20256min
April 18th - Passport Waiting Time – a valuable online resource
I'm talking to Andy Anderson, founder of Passport Waiting Time – which does what it says and helps travellers with their expectations of how long it will take to get that all-important document. So ho...
18 Apr 20256min
April 17th - Careful with that tech when you are on your airport journey
Many travellers have welcomed speculation that facial recognition combined with digital passports could allow smoother journeys through the airport. But as I have been hearing from tech writer and bro...
17 Apr 20258min
April 16th - We're going to Barbados
Sandra Greig, senior cabin crew for Aer Lingus, says Barbados is her favourite destination anywhere in the world. Sandra kindly took a call from me while on the island, to which she had flown from Man...
16 Apr 20256min
April 15th - Malta: gem of the southern Mediterranean?
It's travel desk Tuesday, which means I am talking to one of my excellent colleagues. Today it's Natalie Wilson, just returned from the fine island of Malta.This podcast is free, as is Independent Tra...
15 Apr 20256min
April 14th - Driving in the UK at Easter? Prepare for congestion on key holiday routes
Rod Dennis of the RAC is telling me how to avoid getting caught in the worst of the traffic over Easter, which is projected to peak on the M25 anticlockwise from the Gatwick turn-off (M23) to the M40 ...
14 Apr 20258min
April 11th - Birmingham airport – only 32 minutes from Old Oak Common
That's the long-term prospect for the West Midlands airport, which aims to compete with the London airports. In the very short term, Birmingham is expecting its busiest Easter ever. I'm talking to the...
11 Apr 20256min
April 10th - Step on the train in London, step off in Milan, Geneva or Bordeaux
That's the hope of London St Pancras Highspeed, the company that runs the UK's only functioning international rail station – as well as the High Speed 1 rail link to the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone...
10 Apr 20258min
