Travel Desk Tuesday with Global Travel Editor Annabel Grossman
We talk about the effects of the Iran conflict on travel in the immediate and more distant future. Plus: how will it affect travellers' views on visiting America?This podcast is free, as is Independen...
24 Mar 7min
Views from the top: three aviation leaders assess the state of travel after three weeks of the unfolding tragedy in Iran
Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair and Kenton Jarvis, CEO of easyJet tell me how the crisis has affected their airlines, while Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transpor...
23 Mar 6min
Natural History Museum become the most popular UK tourist attraction in history
I'm talking to Bernard Donoghue OBE, director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Today he has revealed the stars of the visitor attraction world, led by the Natural History Museum in L...
20 Mar 6min
Lost bags and inefficient airports: can things really only get better?
On a typical holiday plane with 160 passengers, one piece of checked baggage will go missing. That’s the shocking statistic from Sita, the IT provider for the aviation industry.But Georg Oschmann, VP ...
19 Mar 9min
Changing planes in the danger zone
I am reporting from Abu Dhabi airport, where I have been transferring between Etihad flights. Even though the Foreign Office is warning against travel to anywhere in the UAE, including Dubai and Abu D...
18 Mar 5min
Heathrow airport Terminal 4: the ghost hub
Today I'm reporting from London Heathrow Terminal 4. This is the main Middle Eastern hub at the UK's busiest airport. But with so many of its regular airlines axing most or all of their flights right ...
17 Mar 5min
In Indonesia, let the train take the strain
Today I'm reporting from on board an express train on the Indonesian island of Java. It's a relaxing and fun way to get around this fascinating nation, as well as being very good value. Buying tickets...
16 Mar 7min
Video masterclass from award-winning cameraman Douglas Bolton
In the second half of our focus on the lens, this top cinematographer reveals the mistakes that people most often make when shooting video. Hoping your footage will be shared widely? Make sure you are...
13 Mar 6min
