Flights
Monarch named first for punctuality in Manchester
Award winning low fares airline Monarch is top of the punctuality leader board in Manchester after operating more on-time departures from the airport in November 2008 than any other scheduled carrier*.
SAS finalizes trade union agreements
The SAS Group has reached an agreement with its trade unions that is expected to lead to approximately SEK 1.5 billion in cost savings. As discussed in the SAS Group Interim Report from the third quarter of 2008, SAS believes it has a total cost gap of approximately SEK 4 billion compared to relevant benchmarks. The cost gap is now being reduced to SEK 2.5 billion.
SWISS named “Best Airline for Europe” for third year
Once again – for the third year in succession – Swiss International Air Lines has been voted “Best Airline for Europe” by the readers of Germany’s reputed Business Traveller magazine.
SWISS makes further ticket price reductions
SWISS is making a further substantial reduction in its present fuel surcharges. While the fuel markets remain highly volatile and general global uncertainty makes further developments here unclear, the prices of crude oil and jet fuel have seen further declines over the past few weeks, prompting these latest reductions.
TAP offer New York return for 588 Euros
New York is now 588 Euros (inclusive of all charges) away in the TAP special offer campaign valid on return flights from Lisbon and Porto taken between January 15 and March 31. TAP operates seven direct flights a week to New York from Lisbon and two a week from Porto.
United Airlines to offer Gogo Inflight Internet service
United Airlines will begin offering inflight internet service to customers onboard its p.s. transcontinental service between New York and California starting in the second half of this year.
Virgin Atlantic launches Upper Class sale
Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's leading long-haul airlines, has announced that it has launched an amazing Upper Class seat sale to many of its destinations. The fares, which include price reductions of up to 40%, are available to cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Miami, San Francisco & Los Angeles, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Dubai, Lagos & Nairobi as well as many Caribbean destinations.
Virgin Atlantic and bmi to expand codeshare
Virgin Atlantic and bmi are to expand their existing codeshare agreement so that customers travelling on bmi’s UK domestic and Middle East networks can benefit from seamless connections with Virgin Atlantic’s North American services.
VLM Airlines launches Eindhoven - London City route
VLM Airlines will from this week operate flights between London City Airport and Eindhoven, with two services every weekday and a daily flight on Sundays. The route was previously flown by CityJet, VLM Airlines’s partner airline.
Ryanair reports 1.5 million seats sold this week
Ryanair today (Friday, 16th January 2009) announced that it had recorded it best ever week of sales with over 1.5 million seats sold between Friday, 9th and Thursday, 15th January. The airline also recorded its best ever one day sales with over 350,000 seats snapped up by bargain hungry passengers on Monday.
Baboo appoints APG for commercial representation
The Genevese airline ‘Baboo’ has chosen APG Global Associates to ensure its commercial representation in 15 countries including France, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Spain, the United States, Jordan, Lebanon, Czech Republic, Romania, Gulf area, United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey.
Air France, Delta and KLM introduce Joint Sales Contracts
Delta Air Lines, its joint venture partner Air France and KLM have introduced joint sales contracts for trade and corporate partners across Europe effective this month. These contracts will ensure commercial efficiency across the region between the three airlines and corporate clients, and are a key milestone in the progress of the joint venture agreement, which sees Air France and Delta share costs and revenues across the transatlantic.
Air France reinforces co-operation with Alitalia
Air France-KLM and Alitalia have reached an agreement to strengthen their partnership cemented by Air France-KLM taking a minority stake in Alitalia. This agreement will give Air France-KLM greater access to the Italian market thanks to Alitalia which, following its acquisition of Air One, has reinforced its position on the domestic market.
airBaltic passenger numbers up on previous year
The Latvian airline airBaltic during the twelve months of 2008 transported a total of 2,590,357 passengers, or 29% more than during the same period in 2007, when the total number of passengers was 2,007,150.
Top marks for Austrian Airlines
It’s another top placing for Austrian Airlines: readers of business travel magazine Business Traveller have once again voted the airline into first place in the “Food & Drink” category. The Austrian airline also achieved an outstanding second place in the overall evaluation of the region’s best airlines in the “Best Airline in Europe” category, as well as second places for the level of service offered on board and on the ground, and for its cabin comfort. Finally, Austrian was awarded a third place for its safety provisions.