Flights

Gulf Air announces plans to fly to Iraq

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, has announced that following the completion of successful Government discussions earlier this month, it intends to resume services to Iraq as soon as possible.

Gulf Air programme wins at 2009 Travel Awards

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has won the title of 'Middle East's Leading Airline Reward Programme' at the World Travel Awards 2009.

Icelandair increases flights from Glasgow and Manchester

Icelandair has announced increased services from Glasgow and Manchester to Iceland and Icelandair’s connecting North American destinations from 25 September 2009.

Icelandair announces services to Brussels

Icelandair will start services to and from Brussels in June 2010. Two flights a week, on Mondays and Fridays are planned.

Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines launch joint flights to Africa

Lufthansa and Brussels are now offering codeshare flights on selected long-haul routes as part of their agreement to expand their cooperation and open up their networks to each other's passengers.

Apprentices get career start with Lufthansa

More than 330 young people are to begin their apprentice training at Lufthansa in 2009. Most of them are commencing their new courses in the next few weeks.

Delta and Virgin Blue announce joint venture

Delta Air Lines and the Virgin Blue Airlines Group have announced that they plan to seek regulatory approval to form a joint venture that will expand both carriers' reach between the U.S. and Australia and the South Pacific.

Airline shines amongst travel gloom

Award winning low fares airline Monarch has reason to celebrate amongst the current gloom within the travel industry as figures recently released by the CAA shows that its market share has soared on its scheduled destinations served from Manchester in May 2009.

Monarch gets set for busiest summer get-away

Award-winning low fares airline Monarch has geared up for its busiest summer get-away ever as the schools break up for the holidays, with 260,000 passengers booked to travel at the beginning of the school break.

Monarch launches Ibiza flight deals

If you’re looking to escape the drizzle in the UK, it’s not too late to book a summer holiday to the ‘White Isle’ Ibiza, with a wide range of flights, holidays and accommodation options available at monarch.co.uk.

Monarch launches travel insurance offer

Award winning low fares airline Monarch and Insurefor.com, the home of competitive travel insurance, have joined forces this summer to educate and encourage the Great British travelling public to take out adequate insurance when travelling this summer.