Flights
Monarch's new route to Murcia takes to the skies
Award-winning low fares airline Monarch’s new service from Manchester to Murcia launched this week, bringing the total number of destinations served by the airline from its north-west base to 12. Five flights a week will operate from Manchester to the Costa Calida, before increasing to daily flights for the summer season.
High flying Valentine’s proposal!
Love was most definitely in the air onboard a Monarch flight from London Luton to Alicante on Valentine’s Day as an unsuspecting passenger received a special Valentine’s proposal at 35,000 feet.
Monarch partners A Place in the Sun Live
Award winning low fare airline Monarch is delighted to announce a 12 month partnership with A Place in the Sun Live, through which the airline will be named as the official airline partner of the 2008 shows and undertake a series of activity around the events to highlight the destinations to which it flies and position itself as the airline of choice for overseas property owners.
SAS takes over GO
SAS has purchased the Reitan Group's shares in the travel company GO, and will thereby become the principal shareholder in the company. The distribution agreement between GO and the Reitan Group will remain as is.
SAS to launch Warsaw route
SAS Norge is to commence flights to Warsaw. This is the third Polish destination to which SAS will start flying in the summer and the 15th new direct route launched by the carrier this year.
Spanair obtains good punctuality results in January
Spanair's average punctuality rate was 90% in January 2008 while several days the company reached rates of above 95%. The average punctuality rate was above both Spanish Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat's airport average during this period.
Spanair to auction flights on eBay
Spanair is about to start auctioning flights on eBay.es, the biggest marketplace for buying and selling via the Internet in Spain. The initiative consists of an auction of up to 15 thousand flights to European and domestic destinations, including the Balearic and Canary Islands. As well as return flights, tickets may be bought only for one way.
Spanair increases presence in German market
With the launch of this new route, the company is increasing its direct flights from Spain to Germany offering excellent connection possibilities with its domestic network and intercontinental destinations via the Star Alliance network.
Spanair extends mobile boarding card service to Madrid and Barcelona
Following the great success of this system launched by Spanair in November 2007 at Bilbao airport on the Bilbao-Madrid route, the company is set to roll-out its pioneering mobile boarding card service for users at Madrid-Barajas - at Terminals 2 and 3 and at the airport's metro exit- as well as at El Prat Barcelona airport.
SWISS Airbus A321 named “Zermatt”
SWISS has named one of its Airbus A321 aircraft “Zermatt” after the world-famous tourist resort in Southwest Switzerland. The aircraft – registration HB-IOD – was symbolically named in a ceremony held on the town’s Kirchplatz yesterday. The aircraft itself was high above the clouds at the time, en route from Zurich to Barcelona.
SWISS appoints new Head of Cabin Crew
Alexander Arafa, who is currently in charge of Sales & Marketing Europe, has been appointed SWISS’s new Head of Cabin Crew. He succeeds Andrea Koch, who is stepping down at her own request after four years in the post to take a personal break. Arafa will assume his new duties on April 14.
Fly up a class on lower fares
Following the recent announcement of additional flights from Aberdeen, Newcastle and Southampton, Eastern Airways is introducing brand new great value one way fares on its “blissness class” services.
Austrian achieves short and medium haul growth
January traffic figures confirmed positive results from Austrian’s ‘Focus East’ strategy with passenger growth of 8.1% achieved. Austrians ‘Focus East’ strategy is based on network development in Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Far East.
Aer Arann to serve Craggy Island
Followers of Father Ted will be making a pilgrimage to the hallowed Craggy Island later this month to pay homage to their hero at the official Ted Fest. They will be winging their way with Aer Arann, one of Europe’s fastest growing regional airlines. Aer Arann is pleased to announce it is an official Ted Fest Travel Partner.
The consumer right to take flight
The leaked UN study calculates that the shipping industry is responsible for 1.12bn tonnes of CO2 emissions, which accounts for 4.5 per cent of all global emissions. By comparison, emissions caused by aviation amount to just over 650m tonnes, which is a significantly lower figure.