Flights
Tourism Malaysia welcomes Air Asia X
Beginning March 11th, 2009, Malaysia will become more accessible than ever before following the announcement that Air Asia X will be commencing service from London Stansted to Kuala Lumpur. With one-way fares including taxes starting from just £99 each way, Tourism Malaysia is confident that Kuala Lumpur will become the new crossroads of Asia.
Ski the Italian Alps with Ryanair for £1*
Ryanair today (2 December) launched a £1* one way ski fare for travel during the months of December, January and February to celebrate the early start of the ski season.
Ryanair rejects Heathrow and Manchester as ‘Best UK Airports’
Ryanair yesterday voiced its objection to the awards given to London Heathrow and Manchester Airports at the recent British Travel Awards.
Ryanair Calendar Girls take YouTube by storm
Ryanair has confirmed that its campaign to defend the rights of girls to take their clothes off for charity is taking YouTube by storm with over 150,000 people logging on to view behind the scenes footage of the making of Ryanair’s Cabin Crew Charity Calendar 2009, which UK politician Mary Honeyball criticised as ‘soft porn’.
Flybe launches innovative new currency conversion service
Flybe, Europe’s largest and most successful regional airline carrier, has launched a convenient Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) service that will be of particular benefit to those customers wishing to pay for flights with a payment card not issued in the same currency as that used in the country of planned departure.
Seattle opens third runway
The Port of Seattle unveiled the new third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport this week. The opening of the third runway is expected to cut flight delays from an average of 10 minutes to 2.5 minutes.
Alternative Airlines launches advanced search facility
Expanding on-line flight booking specialist, AlternativeAirlines.com has upgraded its online booking technology to allow easy booking of complex flight itineraries, including open-jaw, stop-overs and multi-sector flight routings. Passengers can now use Alternative Airlines Advanced Search to compare and book four stage itineraries involving combinations of different airlines - both large and small.
Lufthansa launches new Lufthansa Italia brand
Lufthansa is launching its new “Lufthansa Italia“ brand in Italy this week. The new airline blends traditional Lufthansa values, notably reliability and high quality, with Italian flair. With an initial fleet of six aircraft, Lufthansa will be offering the best of connections from major European destinations to northern Italy from February 2009, including a new non-stop, four times daily service from London Heathrow to Milan Malpensa, operating from the end of March 2009.
Ryanair launches sixth low fare route from Gatwick
Ryanair has today (26 November) announced its sixth route from London Gatwick with the launch of a new daily service to/from Dusseldorf (Weeze) from 7 January 2009. This follows Ryanair’s recent announcement of routes from Gatwick to Barcelona (Girona) and Alicante.
Ryanair slams Blackpool Airport development fee
Ryanair has slammed proposals by Blackpool Airport to introduce an Airport Development Fee with effect from 5 January 2009. This fee will be levied on all passengers without exception after that date and will increase the cost of travel through this small regional airport.
Ryanair says increased flight duty will devastate UK tourism
In Liverpool yesterday, Ryanair (Tuesday 25 November 2008) condemned the UK Government's increase in air passenger duty (APD) for short haul traffic from £10 to £11 in 2009 and £12 in 2010 as regressive, damaging to the UK tourism industry (when visitor numbers are already falling) and devastating for regional airports where passengers and visitors demand low fares and are most price sensitive.
Spanair to reduce fuel surcharges on domestic routes
Spanair has reduced fuel surcharges on its flights within the Spanish mainland due to the lower oil price. Spanair will reduce surcharges by 16 EUR, representing a 45% reduction.
Spanair migrates successfully to Amadeus Altéa IT platform
Spanair, the second largest airline in Spain, is now managing all its reservations, sales and inventory activity using the Amadeus Altéa Customer Management Solution (CMS). Adoption of the new generation technology platform allows Spanair to flexibly manage all its inventory, pricing, flight schedules and seat planning activity, as well as gain greater control over its sales channels.
SAS Group to reduce surcharges
SAS Group has decided to reduce surcharges with 3 EUR on Domestic, intra-Scandinavian and European flights. On Intercontinental flights the surcharges will be reduced by 5 EUR.
Spanair to offer over 3,500 flights from and to Ibiza in 2009
Spanair will offer more than 3.500 scheduled flights from and to Ibiza during 2009 confirming the company’s bet to provide an adequate supply for both the island’s residents and business and leisure travellers.