The names of airlines banned from British airspace were revealed in a Commons written answer earlier this month. They include Albanian Airlines, Air Bosna, Cameroon Airlines, Kyrgyzstan Airlines and all planes operated by airlines from Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia and Tajikistan. Some were refused permits on safety grounds, others for failing to document passengers or to enforce immigration procedures. The full list can be found at publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040108/text/40108w02.htm#40108w02.html.

· Eurostar has introduced a ninth daily service to Brussels. The fastest trains to the Belgian capital now take two hours and 15 minutes. Visit eurostar.com.

· Buses will replace the Piccadilly line service between Northfields and Heathrow on weekends until April. Visit tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/nexus/.

· A price war has broken out on the London-Budapest route. Hungarian carrier Malev has switched its 12 weekly Gatwick services to Stansted to see off SkyEurope (skyeurope.com). Initial research suggests Malev is undercutting SkyEurope substantially, and that you should book via one of the major online agents rather than on Malev's website.

· V Bird, a new German no-frills airline, is hoping to tempt Manchester-to-Düsseldorf passengers with a service from the new airport at Neiderrhein. Flights begin on January 29 and returns start at £54. Visit v-bird.com.

· It was bound to happen - a weblog for business travellers. Rick Bruner's BizNet Travel is based in New York (biznettravel.blogs.com), but it merits bookmarking if you travel to North America frequently.

· Emirates is offering wireless in-flight email on some of the longer routes on its new Airbus A340-500s. It won't be free,but it will be available in all classes. Passengers on the non-stop Dubai-Sydney route will be the first to benefit. Visit emirates.com.