Flights
Aer Arann has best ever May bank holiday uplift
Aer Arann carried almost 20,000 passengers over the May Bank Holiday, 15% ahead of the May Bank holiday weekend last year. Amsterdam, London and Edinburgh were the most popular citybreak destinations, and Faro and Malaga the most popular sun destinations.
Aer Arann introduces improved schedule for Cork-Dublin route
Aer Arann today launched a new improved schedule on the Cork-Dublin route. This new schedule is in response to passenger demand for an improved choice of timings in the morning. Aer Arann has reintroduced an 8am departure, flight number RE604, arriving in Dublin at 8.55am. Cork passengers can now choose from 7am and 8am departures for flights to Dublin.
Aer Arann commence new jet routes to Malaga and Faro
Aer Arann launched their new jet services to the sun destinations of Malaga and Faro from Galway and Waterford airports last weekend. These new Aer Arann jet routes provide customers with the convenience of direct services between the South East and Western regions of Ireland to the summer sun destinations of Spain and Portugal.
Air Astana - A company with a social conscience!
The National Carrier of Kazakhstan has a social responsibility and considers the implementation of social projects as a very important task. This spring with the support of the Company three large projects were implemented. At the beginning of April Air Astana was an official carrier for the participants of a concert organised for the Families of children infected by the HIV-AIDS virus in the Southern region of Kazakhstan.
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, 14 May 2008. The increase is as a direct result of the record upsurge in the price of oil in recent weeks and the airline's rising fuel bill. No fuel surcharge is applied on any of the 82 short haul routes operated by Aer Lingus.
New and unique travel guide for Latvia
Starting from today a travel guide for independent travellers about the largest and the most exciting cities in the world will be available for purchase. The guide is published by online magazine for independent travellers – Anothertravelguide.com in co-operation with the Latvian national airline airBaltic.
Capital magazine votes Austrian Best Airline in Europa
Austrian, together with Lufthansa and Swiss, has been voted into first place in its traditional European scheduled segment in the readers’ survey of specialist business magazine Capital.
Delta Air Lines awarded Green Cross safety medal
Delta is the newest recipient of the prestigious 2008 Green Cross for Safety Medal presented each year by The National Safety Council. The award, presented during a ceremony April 30 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, recognizes organizations and their leaders for outstanding achievements in safety and health, community service and responsible citizenship.
Flybe's three new services from Inverness take off
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional low cost airline, this week begins operating flights between Inverness and Exeter, Manchester and Southampton in the continued roll-out of its 2008 summer schedule. Flights start from only £24.99 and are available for booking now online.
Zambia Airways launch new service from Jo'burg to Livingstone
On Friday May 2nd, Zambian Airways launched their first scheduled service flight between Johannesburg and Livingstone with a full passenger load; a complementary on-board champagne service and a flypast over the world famous Victoria Falls. The aircraft was greeted on landing by African dancers and the local press.
Mondial Assistance rewards easyJet success
Mondial Assistance announces the promotion of Aimee Charlwood to Senior Account Manager for its Corporate and Travel Sales Department. As Business Development Manager, Aimee was responsible for the successful expansion of the prestigious easyJet Travel Insurance account, which saw easyJet’s record profits in 2007. The steady progress of Aimee’s career is a clear illustration of Mondial Assistance’s focus on staff development as part of its overall business growth strategy.
EL AL invests in four new Boeings
EL AL, Israel’s national airline, has announced that it has signed an agreement for the purchase of four new, state-of-the-art 777-200 extended range aircraft from Boeing for approximately $540 million. Three of the new aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2012 and the fourth in early 2013.
FlyKandi returns with a new look for 2008
2007 saw the inaugural Hed Kandi aircraft take to the skies. The landmark partnership between lifestyle brand Hed Kandi and award winning low fares airline Monarch was a ground breaking and triumphant collaboration that has gone on to receive a prestigious 2008 Hollis Sponsorship Award. Following their phenomenal success in Ibiza last year, Hed Kandi and Monarch are expanding their FlyKandi partnership to include more scintillatingly stylish party destinations such as Barcelona, Puerto Banus (Marbella), Tenerife and Mallorca.
New airline committee to ensure development of Dublin Airport
Ireland’s four leading airlines have formed a new consultation committee in response to the Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA’s) failure in the past to properly consult with users or to meet their reasonable requirements in terms of facilities at Dublin Airport.
SWISS earns another top ranking in airline-sector poll
Swiss International Air Lines has been voted joint number-one for Europe – together with Austrian Airlines und Lufthansa – in the classic scheduled airline segment in the 2008 ‘Airline of the Year’ survey of the readers of Germany’s Capital magazine. SWISS was also placed sixth among intercontinental carriers, level with Lufthansa.