Flights
Skybus route to Brittany returns
Skybus, Cornwall’s longest serving airline, is re launching its popular route to St Brieuc in Brittany from Newquay Cornwall Airport on Friday 8 May.
Austrian expands route network
The Austrian Airlines Group is continuing to expand its route network into the Middle East. On 05 May 2009, Austrian launched a scheduled service to Amman which will operate three times a week from Vienna.
Aer Lingus voted most popular graduate recruiter
Aer Lingus was voted "The most popular graduate recruiter 2009" in the Transport & Logistics sector at the third annual gradireland Graduate Recruitment awards, which took place at the Burlington hotel, Dublin last week.
Aer Lingus celebrates 60 years of flying to Birmingham
Aer Lingus is celebrating 60 years of flying between Dublin and Birmingham. On May 2nd 1949, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft with 26 seats and bearing the name "St Declan" left Dublin airport bound for Elmdon Airport, Birmingham.
airBaltic to launch direct flights from Riga to Linkoping
The Latvian airline airBaltic is now operating direct flights between Riga and the Swedish city of Linkoping, offering convenient connections via the Latvian capital to/from Western Europe, CIS countries and the Mediterranean region.
bmi looks to re-establish Baghdad air links
bmi, Heathrow’s second biggest airline, has said that it wants to re-establish air links with the Iraqi capital Baghdad from London. bmi has met with senior Iraqi Government officials and told them that bmi is ready and willing and ideally placed to provide flights between the two countries.
Board change for easyJet plc
easyJet plc has announced that Jeff Carr, Group Finance Director, has informed the Board of his intention to leave the Company.
Emirates voted Cargo Airline of the Year
Emirates SkyCargo has added four highly coveted accolades to its impressive trophy collection in the last week. Emirates’ cargo division won the premier prize at the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Awards, one of the leading events in the cargo industry calendar, hosted by Air Cargo News (ACN) in London.
Emirates supports Arabian Travel Market
Emirates, the Official Carrier of the 2009 Arabian Travel Market (ATM), will mark 16 years as a loyal participant and supporter of ATM, as it opens its stand to trade representatives from across the globe today.
Lufthansa's profits feel the pinch
Lufthansa has made an operating loss of 44 million euros in the traditionally tough first three months of 2009. In the current business year the biggest German airline was not able to live up to its record success of the previous year, due to a world-wide depression as well as the on-going poor economic climate.
Delta offers 500 miles on roundtrip tickets
Delta Air Lines is offering SkyMiles members 500 bonus miles when they purchase a roundtrip flight at delta.com between April 28 and May 31, 2009.
Monarch continues cancellation of Cancun flights
Following on from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office advice against non essential travel to Mexico, Monarch has cancelled all flights and Monarch Holidays departing the UK for Cancun up to and including Tuesday 12 May.
TAP & SATA join forces to promote the Azores
TAP Portugal and SATA have broadened their commercial cooperation and joined forces in increasing a joint offer of flights to new markets, namely the Azores region. Intensification of this cooperation is reflected in the widening of the scope of the code-share agreement that the two companies have maintained since the year 2000.
Southwest Airlines gives onboard coffee a lift
Beginning today, US carrier Southwest Airlines will serve a new coffee onboard its aircraft called LIFT. LIFT is a rich, dark-roasted, 100-percent Arabica blend of South and Central American coffees. In an effort to enhance its Customer Experience, the airline will serve the upgraded coffee blend in new, 8 oz. eco-friendly paper cups.
Pegasus Airlines launches direct Bodrum flights
Turkey’s leading low-cost carrier, Pegasus Airlines is launching a weekly direct London (Stansted) – Bodrum service from today, 4th May 2009, with prices from £65.99 including taxes and charges.