Flights
Ryanair opens new London to Lublin (Poland) route from Dec
Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost airline, has announced it would open a new route between London Stansted and Lublin – its 11th Polish airport – from 17th Dec, bringing its Stansted winter schedule to 95 routes, including new winter routes to Budapest and Warsaw (Modlin), as well as ski routes to Grenoble, Salzburg and Turin.
TAP strengthens Anglo-Portuguese alliance
TAP Portugal is set to further develop the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which dates back to the Middle Ages in 1373 and is said to be the oldest alliance in the world, with the introduction of a more frequent service on two of its Portuguese routes.
UK airlines improve winter schedules to Mallorca
British Airways, easyJet and Monarch have all expanded their winter schedules to Mallorca for 2012/13 and Ibiza now has its first direct winter service to the UK. MD of Balearics Sotheby’s International Realty, Daniel Chavarria Waschke, believes it makes sense for these year-round destinations.
TAP Portugal introduces new late deals
TAP Portugal, one of the leading airlines from the UK to Portugal, is currently offering a number of promotional prices to the UK market with reduced fares from London and Manchester. Destinations include Funchal, Lisbon and Porto.
Virgin Atlantic plans to fly 700,000 between London and Scotland
Virgin Atlantic has announced the second stage in its plans to start short-haul services, by confirming it has bid to fly multiple daily flights between London Heathrow and Scotland.
Eastern Airways expands Newcastle’s services to oil capital
Flights to Europe’s leading oil centre, Aberdeen, are being expanded from Newcastle Airport with Eastern Airways introducing an even greater choice of flights to meet the needs of business travellers and the offshore industry.
Head to Australia or New Zealand and enjoy five-star luxury for free
Malaysia Airlines has launched its end-of-summer sale, with fantastic value return fares from London Heathrow to 25 destinations in Southeast Asia and Australasia available for bookings made between 24th August and 17th September 2012 for selected travel dates up to 30th June 2013.
easyJet to bring in allocated seating on all flights
As part of its aim of making travel easy and affordable, easyJet is to roll out allocated seating across its network from November 2012.
Ethiopian Airlines to fly B787 Dreamliner to Heathrow
Ethiopian Airlines, the first airline in the world outside Japan to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has announced that it will fly its Dreamliner to London Heathrow on 17th of September 2012 as a scheduled flight between Addis Ababa/Heathrow/Addis Ababa.
Fly with confidence this summer
British Airways is launching a brand new instructional video for nervous flyers on its in-flight entertainment system from September 1.
Malaysia Airlines free luxury stopover and sale
Malaysia Airlines has launched its end-of-summer sale, with fantastic value return fares from London Heathrow to 25 destinations in Southeast Asia and Australasia available for bookings made between 24th August and 17th September 2012 for selected travel dates up to 30th June 2013.
Suitcase psychology: what does your luggage say about you?
The next time you head to the airport you might want to think twice before shoving your swimsuit and sunscreen into a hold-all that's seen better days.
New Sri Lanka flights from Gatwick
British Airways is launching a new route to Sri Lanka from Gatwick next year.
Air Astana increases frequencies to Urumqi
Air Astana services between Almaty and Urumqi, Western China, will increase from three times a week to daily service with effect from 1st August 2012, whist services from Astana to Urumqi will increase from twice weekly to four times a week with effect from 17th September 2012.
Las Vegas takes gold as holiday destination for athletes
It seems that British athletes will be going from the podium to the party, as Las Vegas is the number one destination for athletes following the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.