Flights
Flybe to rescue of Leeds Bradford
Flybe has announced some good news for Yorkshire and the North with the launch of a new three times daily service from Leeds Bradford to London Gatwick.
Flybe extends Exeter City sponsorship
Flybe has announced its continued sponsorship of Exeter City FC through to Summer 2010, again underlying its long term commitment and loyalty to the club and to the region that began back in 2002. Flybe will also have the option to extend the contract further during the course of next season.
Icelandic Glacial takes to the skies
Icelandic Glacial, the world’s leading CarbonNeutral certified bottled water, announced this month that it has signed an exclusive 2 year deal with Iceland’s national airline, Icelandair.
KLM launches channel on YouTube
The official KLM YouTube channel is now online. With a growing collection of videos, KLM now offers travellers and non-travellers both practical and special visual material, such as its ‘Journeys of inspiration’ commercial.
Lufthansa offers traditional German cuisine
Throughout May and June the new Lufthansa Star Chef Alexander Herrmann will balance tradition and modernity with his special creations for Lufthansa passengers in First and Business Class.
Delta commemorates Earth Day 2009
On Earth Day, Delta Air Lines is doing its part to give back to the environment. For every dollar a customer donates online at delta.com and nwa.com between April 22 and May 22 to the airline’s two environmental partners, The Conservation Fund and The Nature Conservancy, Delta will match up to $25,000.
Monarch expands its programme to Turkey
Award winning airline Monarch has announced further expansion to its Turkey flying programme for this summer in response to strong demand from customers looking to escape the Eurozone and take advantage of the stronger sterling exchange rate vs the Turkish Lira.
Ryanair to close Dusseldorf base
Ryanair, Europe’s leading low fares airline, today confirmed that it will close its base at Dusseldorf-Weeze with the potential loss of 2.5m passengers and 2,500 local jobs if the decision by the OVG Court in Munster to restrict the airport’s operating hours is not overturned.
Ryanair passengers vote in favour of ‘fat tax’
Ryanair today announced that it will now consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote over the past two weeks.
Ryanair and Hertz extend partnership
Ryanair confirmed that it has signed a new partnership agreement until 2014 with Hertz, the World’s largest general use car rental brand, which will see Ryanair passengers gain access to the Hertz car rental convenience and best value rates.
SAS to launch mobile boarding passes
As of this month, SAS Scandinavian Airlines customers are be able to travel using only their mobile phone. This is in line with SAS' focus to offer its passengers the most hassle-free travel as possible.
SWISS puts first Airbus A330-300 into service
SWISS’s first new Airbus A330-300 embarked on its first revenue flight this week (April 20), taking off from Zurich punctually at 13:00 on LX 14 to New York. The flight’s 227 passengers enjoyed a totally new inflight product in all three seating classes.
SWISS expands its services from Geneva
Swiss International Air Lines is enlarging its range of non-stop services to and from Geneva.
SWISS voted best airline in Europe
Swiss International Air Lines has won the prestigious Skytrax 2009 World Airline Award as ‘Best Airline: Europe’ for its short- and long-haul flights. The distinction stems from the latest survey of millions of air travellers conducted by Skytrax, the reputed UK-based consultants. The award was presented to SWISS in Hamburg yesterday.
TAP to operate out of Heathrow T1 from the summer
TAP is one of the Star Alliance companies that together with Austrian, Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS will already be transferring to the renovated Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport in London from this summer.