Flights
Flybe’s groundbreaking franchise becomes reality
Flybe today begins operating its 2008/9 Winter programme which this year also marks an important landmark in the company’s history with franchise partner Loganair taking to the Scottish skies in Flybe colours.
Jet Airways and Jetlite forge codeshare agreement
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has entered into a codeshare arrangement with JetLite, its wholly-owned, all economy subsidiary as part of its ongoing efforts to offer passengers synergetic benefits when they choose to fly with the Jet group.
A faster airport link for Tokyo
From 2010 the transfer time from central Tokyo to Tokyo's international airport, Narita, will be much speedier. In 2010, the Keisei Skyliner, which together with the Narita Express is one of the main transportation between the airport and the city, will shorten its travel time to just over 30 minutes making the journey closer and more convenient.
Qantas makes history with inaugural A380 service
Qantas this week became the first airline to operate commercial A380 flights between Australia and the US West Coast, when its inaugural A380 service departed Melbourne for Los Angeles. The flight left Melbourne at 11.15am, and is scheduled to land in Los Angeles at 7.30am, where it will be met by Qantas Ambassador-at-Large John Travolta, Australian entertainment legend Olivia Newton-John and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Skyscanner partners with Netvibes
Skyscanner.net, Europe’s most popular flight search engine, has partnered with Netvibes, the leading widget and personalized startpage platform, to launch their new Cheap Flights Widget.
Austrian adds Amman to Middle East network
Austrian introduces Amman from May 2009 building its position as a major carrier to the Middle East with a total of fourteen destinations. The new service will feature the recently launched Premium Service Business Class.
Gulf Air extends Bahrain Grand Prix sponsorship
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has today signed a new five-year deal with the Formula OneTM Association extending the existing sponsorship of the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.
Qantas makes Australia's Fraser Coast more accessible
Qantas Airlines has announced Hervey Bay, the gateway to Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Fraser Island, has been added as a regional stopover on the Dreamtime Plus airfares to Australia – allowing travellers the chance to visit one of the world’s most stunning holiday locations with greater ease.
Oman Air increases London Gatwick services
Oman Air is to launch an additional flight between Muscat and London Gatwick which will operate every Sunday from 26 October 2008. The additional frequency will bring the number of flights per week to seven, fulfilling the airline’s ambition to operate a daily service.
Spanair announces 2008-09 winter schedule
Spanair’s 2008-09 Winter Schedule will operate 18 routes every week to the Canary Islands from mainland Spain, with 223 flights, together with 6 routes to the Balearics, involving a total of 254 flights.
Ryanair to open two new bases in Italy
Ryanair has announced that it will open two new Italian bases in Alghero and Cagliari, in March 2009. These two new bases will create 8 new domestic and 11 new international routes to/from the island of Sardinia.
SWISS flights now bookable online by mobile phone
SWISS customers can now book their flights online from their mobile phone. The new portal created for the service also features further useful information on departure and arrival times along with SWISS’s full flight schedules.
SWISS lowers fuel surcharges
SWISS is substantially reducing its current fuel surcharges. The action is being taken in view of the decline in the prices of crude oil and jet fuel over the last few weeks, and despite the fact that average fuel prices for 2008 are still substantially above their levels of a year ago.
Thomsonfly to stop flying from Coventry Airport
Thomsonfly has this month confirmed that operations from Coventry Airport will terminate this winter. An increased focus on charter flight operations since the merger of Thomson and First Choice last year has meant less of a focus on scheduled services, such as those operated by Thomsonfly from Coventry Airport.
Fuels drag TAP into the “Red”
TAP’s 18 percent increase in revenue between January and August was insufficient to compensate for the brutal rise on fuel costs with the result that the airline registered losses of 133 million euros at the close of the first eight months of 2008.