Flights
How far would Brits go low-cost?
A study conducted by Skyscanner reveals 74% of travellers would be willing to sacrifice the extras received with traditional airlines in order to travel long haul (more than four hours) with a budget carrier.
More Ryanair flights for Palma de Mallorca
This month Ryanair commenced six new routes out of Palma de Mallorca Airport. Beginning the first week of May, the airline now flies daily to Cologne, thrice-weekly to Rome Ciampino, Porto in Portugal and Malmo Sweden, twice-weekly to Groningen in the Netherlands and once a week to Smaland in Sweden.
Monarch's new Midlands' flights on sale from 18 May 2012
Leading scheduled leisure airline, Monarch, last week announced it is to introduce additional frequencies and a new route from Birmingham airport this summer, plus launch a new base and flights from East Midlands airport. These flights will be on sale from Friday 18 May 2012.
Virgin Atlantic launches Upper Class ice cube
Virgin Atlantic is giving Upper Class passengers the chance to cool their in-flight drinks in the most innovative way possible this Spring - with the launch of its 'Little Richard' ice cubes.
Monarch Airlines launch new routes to Croatia and Crete
Leisure airline, Monarch, will launch new routes to 'The Pearl of the Adriatic' (Dubrovnik) in Croatia and Heraklion in Crete. The flights will operate from Birmingham and London Gatwick airports from 1st May 2012 with fares, including taxes, starting from £29 one way (£72 return).
Cheapflights.co.uk checks travellers out of the rain and into the sunshine
The UK forecast holds the equivalent of a month’s rain in just one day, winds of up to 50mph and the coldest May for 100 years.
Singapore Airlines celebrates A380 service at LHR with promotional fares
To celebrate Singapore Airlines switching on 1st June to an all A380 Airbus fleet for their three daily flights from London Heathrow to Singapore, the airline has announced an array of special fares.
easyJet to launch flights between London and Luxembourg
easyJet, UK airline, has announced that it plans to start services to Luxembourg from London Gatwick from 29 October 2012. This is the first time a low cost carrier has launched services on this important business route.
flydubai launches four-times weekly flights to Sana'a
flydubai, Dubai's innovative low-cost airline, has inaugurated services to its latest destination Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Skyscanner reveals the perfect airline seat - 6A
With Easyjet now trialling bookable seats, a new poll by flight comparison site Skyscanner reveals which seat most passengers are actually vying for.
It’s plane to see - Virgin’s got class
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled its redesigned Upper Class Cabin and will showcase its new features using a unique piece of software – PlaneView - allowing passengers to take a fully immersive virtual tour of the cabin and view its features in the most social showroom on the web.
Discover South America with Air France's light fares
Economy class return fares, including taxes, from London-Heathrow to Caracas start from £502, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo from £537.
easyJet launches three new routes from London Gatwick Airport
easyJet has announced that it will begin operating three new routes from London Gatwick Airport this Autumn, bringing its total number of destinations to 97 from the south east base.
easyJet launches new route between Belfast and Birmingham
easyJet has announced a new route from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport. The new route will increase easyJet destinations from Belfast International to 23 – equalling the highest number of routes the airline has operated from the airport.
Belgium services resume from Southampton Airport
Eastern Airways has this week (Monday 16 April 2012) launched services from Southampton Airport to the EU capital, Brussels.