Today's other travel news in brief.
Yoga session in the sky
Race to the airport, race to the aircraft, abide several hours of being squeezed into a seat. To counteract the stress, Qatar Airways has introduced inflight yoga, with a Fly Healthy, Fly Fit guide featuring tips from lifestyle guru Deepak Chopra, to “aid passenger relaxation onboard”.
Lanzarote top choice
Irish travel agents declared the Lanzarote the best sun destination for the seventh year in a row at the Irish Travel Trade News Awards on Thursday; Barcelona replaced Prague as best citybreak destination. Sunworld was named best sun-holiday tour operator; Topflight was named best ski-tour operator for the 15th year in a row.
Ryanair stats out in front
Ryanair says 86 per cent of its 29,000 flights arrived on time in December, with fewer than one (0.86) complaint and mislaid bag (0.16) per 1,000 passengers. It also says 99 per cent of complaints were answered within seven days.
12,790
The number of working-holiday visas granted to Irish people aged 18-30 between July and December last year, according to the Australian embassy. This is an increase of 52 per cent on the same period in 2007.