Flights
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Monarch prepares for potential strike action at Gatwick
Monarch Airlines is aware of the current situation involving Swissport staff at Gatwick airport that could potentially lead to industrial action taking place on 25th and 29th August 2008. Swissport provides ground handling services (e.g. Check in, Boarding gate, Baggage loading) to Monarch Airlines at Gatwick.
Spanair presents Redundancy Plan
Spanair's management have presented a Redundancy Plan this month to employee representatives, due to economic, technical and organizational reasons, which affects up to 954 full-time positions, equivalent to a maximum of 1.062 Spanair employees and a maximum of 131 Fuerza de Ventas staff.
Ryanair says no disruption during bank holiday strikes
Ryanair intends to operate a full schedule of flights to/from Stansted and Gatwick airports on Monday 25th and Friday 29th August next, even if a planned strike by check-in and baggage handling workers goes ahead.
10,000 people use Ryanair Flight Tracker Service in first month
Ryanair has announced that over 10,000 customers have used its new SMS Flight Tracker service since it was introduced in June 2008. This mobile phone service delivers Ryanair flight information, directly to UK and Irish mobiles of users who simply call or text the Flight Tracker numbers.
Automatic document checking eases travel for passengers
Star Alliance has launched the first ever airline alliance product aimed at simplifying the often complex task of verifying travel documentation requirements, especially for itineraries which cover several countries. “Auto Doc Check” was developed by a joint Star Alliance initiative involving experts from eleven of its member carriers.
SWISS names Airbus ‘Locarno’ during town’s film festival
A SWISS aircraft now bears the name ‘Locarno’. The plane – Airbus A320 HB-IJQ – was symbolically named at a ceremony held in the town during this year’s International Film Festival. The naming was performed by town mayor Carla Speziali, in the presence of festival president Marco Solari, SWISS CEO Christoph Franz, numerous invitees and media representatives.
Austrian – First Class for Business Class
For the second successive year Austrian long-haul Business Class catering has been voted into first place in the international Skytrax Awards. The annual Skytrax survey among more than 15 million air passengers from 95 countries has again voted Austrians long-haul, Business Class catering service into first place. This represents real achievement as it confirms that the standards recognised in the 2007 survey have yet to be matched by other carriers.
Skyscanner unaffected by Ryanair comparison site cancellations
Following Ryanair’s announcement that they are to start cancelling flight bookings which have been made on so called “screen scraper” sites from August 11th, Skyscanner has issued a statement to clarify that this will not affect any Ryanair flight bookings that have been found through Skyscanner.
Virgin Atlantic’s Heathrow Clubhouse voted Best Business Class Lounge
For the second year running, Virgin Atlantic has won the Best Business Class Lounge Award in the SkyTrax World Airline Awards 2008, for its flagship Clubhouse at Heathrow Airport. The World Airline Awards are based on the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax and are recognised around the world. The awards are renowned for being the only truly global independent passenger survey of airline standards.
Virgin asks – Third time unlucky for consumers?
Virgin Atlantic today warned that BA’s third attempt to tie-up with American Airlines would create a monster monopoly that would push up ticket prices and substantially reduce competition on the busiest air corridor in the world.
Airplay from Iceland Express
Finished your book, ran out of sweets and bored of your mate’s chit-chat? Well, fear not because Iceland Express has broken new ground by becoming the first budget airline to launch an in-flight entertainment system that will keep both adults and children amused for the entire journey.
Essential Travel covers Ryanair travellers
As Ryanair announces its intention to cancel bookings made via third party websites, today Essential Travel reassures its customers that if they bought travel insurance before 6th August and are bumped by Ryanair, they are fully covered.