Flights
Ryanair announces lowest fares ticket sale
Ryanair has today announced the launch of the guaranteed lowest fares in Europe, i.e. free. Ryanair now operates 771 routes across Europe offering the best route network and the guaranteed lowest fares with no fuel surcharges.
El Al cuts fuel surcharge
El Al, the national carrier of Israel, has announced a reduction in its fuel charge back to a level last seen in May. From Monday 22nd September, any tickets booked for travel on/or after 19th October will be subject to the new unified level of £69.00 per leg across all classes.
Plymouth City Airport bucks aviation trend
Plymouth City Airport has been ranked as the second fastest growing airport in the country after official figures revealed a 31% increase in passenger numbers.
Air Southwest signs three year deal with Avis
Low fare airline Air Southwest has signed a new exclusive three year deal with hire car company Avis Rent A Car for customers across its whole route network.
Lufthansa named Best Airline in Europe
Lufthansa has been voted the best airline in Europe in the 2008 World Airline Awards. More than 15 million passengers took part in the survey, conducted by the UK-based aviation research agency Skytrax over an eleven-month period from August 2007 to June 2008. With no outside sponsorship or external influence applied to any aspect of the survey the World Airline Awards is the most respected passenger survey of its type in the world.
Air France awarded for innovative in-flight entertainment
The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) has just awarded Air France the prize for the best single achievement in 2008 in Los Angeles. This prestigious prize recompenses the performance achieved by Air France in terms of inflight entertainment over the last 12 months.
Austrian announces inauguration of Vienna Aviation Campus
The newly constructed training centre, where all training facilities currently spread out over several sites will be combined at one location, is the third and final complex of the “Vienna Aviation Campus”, which was formally opened today. The training building provides a connection between the simulator centre of Lufthansa Flight Training and the already existent Flight Safety and Security Center (mock-up hall) of Austrian Airlines.
bmi offers special fares to XL passengers
bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline is offering special repatriation fares to passengers stranded abroad with XL flight bookings. Special repatriation fares are available to XL passengers returning to the UK from Florida, the Caribbean, Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt and are valid for travel between 13 and 30 September.
bmibaby launches summer 2009 programme
bmibaby has launched stage one of its summer 2009 flight programme with exciting new routes from East Midlands Airport to Almeria, from Manchester to Toulouse and Amsterdam, and from Cardiff to Lisbon. Nine other European routes will also go on sale today to Malaga, Alicante, Bordeaux, Faro, Murcia, Palma, Nice, Perpignan and Rome Fiumicino.
Delta to resume Houston operations following Hurricane Ike
Delta Air Lines this weekend will operate its full schedule of departures from Houston’s Hobby and Bush-Intercontinental airports, adding back early morning flights to the schedule that Delta and its Connection partners have not been operating since Hurricane Ike moved through Houston last weekend.
Delta takes flight for the fight against breast cancer
Throughout October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Delta Air Lines employees and customers will again partner in the fight to find a cure for breast cancer.
easyJet launches announces extra flights to Paris
As a result of ongoing travel disruption of Eurotunnel services easyJet has added further flights to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) from London Luton this week.
Emirates flights - Just a click away
Skywards, the frequent flyer programme of Emirates, has recently introduced a new update to its programme that offers members the ease of using their Skywards Miles to upgrade eligible Emirates flights online with just a few clicks. When accessed at Emirates.com, members can now benefit from the convenience of 24 hour access and a choice of nine different languages to complete their upgrade.
Emirates rolls out special services during Ramadan
Emirates Airline is providing a special Iftar service to its Muslim customers during the month of Ramadan, to help travellers break their fast during their journey. Onboard Emirates flights, customers travelling to destinations in the Middle East, Gulf and Indian subcontinent region are served a special Iftar box as sunset approaches.
Lufthansa goes mobile
Lufthansa passengers can now use mobile boarding passes on all flights from Germany to any destination in Europe. Following the successful pilot scheme conducted in the spring and the across-the-board introduction of mobile boarding passes on all domestic German routes in the summer, this innovative service has gained widespread acceptance among travellers.