Flights
Aer Arann Announces flying for a lot less lolly
Forget the price of oil, Aer Arann is still offering great deals on summer flights as Aer Arann already has the most fuel efficient and greenest fleet in Ireland. A typical Aer Arann flight uses 70% less fuel than a jet on similar routes and the fleet of ATRs uses as much fuel on a typical sector as a Boeing 747 uses in ten minutes of taxiing.
Bags are free to fly with Aer Arann
Packing your bags and jetting to the sun has never been more tempting as Aer Arann announces their summer sale with fares as low as €25 including taxes and charges. The sale is available on all Aer Arann routes, domestic, UK and European until 10th June. Over 500,000 seats are available between now and the end of the year.
Aer Arann carries record number of passengers
For the first months to end May 2008, Aer Arann reports that it has carried 430,000 passengers, a 3.1% increase on the same period last year. The month of May delivered strong results, with 105,677 passengers carried in one month, a 10% improvement on the same month last year, due to the success of Munster Rugby and an excellent performance on its Cork-Dublin route.
Air Astana achieves 100% Electronic Tickets (E-Tickets)
In 2004, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), of which Air Astana is a member, set an ambitious goal to completely replace paper tickets with Electronic Tickets (E-Tickets) worldwide, by 1 June 2008.
Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharge on long haul routes
Aer Lingus is to increase its long haul fuel surcharge on routes to the US, effective from Wednesday, 11 June 2008. This follows continuing increases in the price of oil in recent weeks. No fuel surcharge is applied on any of the 82 short haul routes operated by Aer Lingus.
Air France begins serving Pointe-Noire, Congo
Since 1 April 2008, Air France has been serving Pointe-Noire with three weekly frequencies, with one flight seating 219 operated by Airbus 330 and the two other flights with a seating capacity for 79 operated by Airbus 319. As from 23 June, the Paris-Pointe Noire route will be exclusively operated by Airbus 330-200, representing a 65% increase in capacity compared with last year.
Air France offers their first baggage collection
Air France and Le Tanneur have brought out 6 new ranges of baggage signed "Air France by Le Tanneur" using names from the aeronautical alphabet: Delta, Echo and Tango for the hardside range, and Fox, Zulu and X-ray for the soft range.
Air France provides support for humanitarian flight to Chengdu
On 30 May 2008, in conjunction with Airbus, Air France provided the logistics and technical support for a special humanitarian flight to Chengdu, the capital of the province of Sichuan, which was affected by the earthquake on 12 May 2008.
Salt Lake City becomes Air France’s newest US destination
Starting on 2 June 2008, Air France is launching the new non-stop Paris-Charles de Gaulle – Salt Lake City (Utah) service. The flight is operated by a Delta Air Lines’ Boeing 767-300ER, equipped with 36 seats in BusinessElite and 178 seats in Economy. The flight is operated on a code-share basis by Air France and Delta.
Air France and China Southern enter cargo joint venture
Air France-KLM and China Southern today announced the signing of a Framework Agreement for the development of a Sino-European Cargo Joint Venture between both companies.
Austrian implements etix electronic ticketing across network
In a concerted effort to meet the requirements of the IATA (International Air Transport Association), Austrian Airlines will only offer etix electronic tickets for all its 130 destinations from now onwards. The company changed over to the new system on 1 June 2008, within the agreed deadline.
bmi trials paperless boarding
bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has launched an innovative new paperless boarding system, allowing customers checking in online for bmi flights to have their boarding pass delivered electronically to their mobile phone or PDA (personal digital assistant).
BA announces more longhaul flights to move into Terminal 5
British Airways and BAA have decided that, following the already announced move of some long haul flights from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 on Thursday 5 June, 2008, the remaining long haul flights will move into Terminal 5 in two further phases. The first will take place on Wednesday September 17, 2008 and the second, at the end of October, 2008.
BA implements further fuel surcharge increase
British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets issued from Tuesday June 3, 2008. BA states that the decision reflects continuing high oil prices.
To Euro or not to Euro
After the British invasion of Moscow a couple of weeks ago for the Champions League Final, we all thought that would be the last foreign footy jaunt of the season for hardened fans. However, according to new research released today by flight search company Skyscanner, Brits are still heading to the summer’s big football tournament, Euro 2008, in their droves with over one million flight searches to Austria and Switzerland since November last year – despite England failing to qualify.