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Airlines hike luggage fees
British Airways has become the latest airline to ratchet up its fees for baggage. The carrier will charge up to £40 (€46) for a second bag in stricter luggage rules to be introduced in October.
Several US airlines are also introducing charges for extra baggage in a bid to raise extra revenue. Delta, Continental, US Airways and American Airlines plan to start charging $50 (€35) for a second bag for passengers travelling on economy transatlantic fares.
OSi opens its doors
President Mary McAleese will open Ordnance Survey Ireland’s new visitor centre, at its Phoenix Park headquarters in Dublin, on Tuesday. It’s part of a series of events to mark the
185th anniversary of the organisation, whose survey of Ireland in 1846 was the world’s first large-scale mapping of an entire country. The agency is holding open days next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, when hourly guided tours between 10.30am and 3.30pm will take visitors through the centre, to learn about survey methods through its history. Visitors will also receive a commemorative map. See osi.ie.