Flights
SAS' EuroBonus joins Star Alliance upgrade program
SAS Scandinavian Airlines' award-winning frequent flyer program EuroBonus has joined the Star Alliance Upgrade Award. It is the world's first confirmed upgrade award product offer by an airline alliance.
Ryanair announces 5 new routes
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 11th December 2007) announced 5 new routes from Brussels Charleroi to Bergerac, Limoges, Perpignan, Porto and Zaragoza and a 5th Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be based in the Belgian capital from 5th March.
Austrian appoints dynamic duo
Austrian Airlines AG has appointed Dr. Peter Malanik (46) and Dr. Andreas Bierwirth (36) to complete the four-member Board of Management. Dr. Malanik is appointed as Chief Operations Officer (COO) from 1 January 2008, and Dr. Bierwirth as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) from 1 April 2008.
Major expansion of Skybus routes from Newquay
Skybus, Cornwall’s longest serving airline, has today announced the launch of two new routes from Newquay Cornwall Airport. Skybus will be flying to Cardiff from March 10, 2008 and to St Brieuc in Brittany from March 17, 2008.
An orchestra fit for a king
On the eve of the first direct Oman Air flight between Muscat, Oman and London Gatwick, his Majesty, Sultan Qaboos bin Said allowed a rare appearance of his royal orchestra at a gala dinner attended by senior London diplomats.
Aerlingus.com celebrates 10 millionth booking
Aer Lingus is this week celebrating a milestone 10 million bookings through Aerlingus.com since the website started in 2001. In its first year of operation, web bookings represented a single figure percentage of all bookings whereas today that number is 72%, reflecting the significant changes in passenger preferences over the past six years.
bmi launches Heathrow to Tel Aviv
bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has announced that it will launch a daily non-stop service from Heathrow to Tel Aviv on 13 March 2008. The route is on sale now with economy fares starting from £243.60 and business fares starting from £881.60 including taxes and charges.
Delta seeks approval for new Columbian routes
Delta Air Lines continues to move forward with plans to expand service to Colombia with new service to Cali and Medellin from the world’s largest passenger hub in Atlanta, and also between Bogota and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
easyJet announces six new routes
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, today announced the introduction of a further six new routes next spring, increasing the total number of new easyJet routes from the UK over the next six months to 18, with more new route announcements expected in the coming weeks.
Emirates takes rugby sevens fever south
Following the excitement of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens, the action now moves to the Southern Hemisphere for the second leg of the IRB Sevens World Series, the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens.
New Zealand claims Emirates rugby title
Just as in Dubai the previous weekend, New Zealand was unbeatable; in what was a re-run of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens final, the All Blacks beat Fiji to claim the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens title in George on Sunday evening.
Gulf Air announces first three lucky "Million-Airs"
Gulf Air's recently launched 'Become a Million-Air' promotion for its Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) members, saw three lucky winners flying away with a million miles each.
30% of Icelandair passengers use self service in Iceland
This year the use of the Icelandair self service kiosks in Keflavik has increased rapidly. Right now a third of passengers use one of the 18 self service kiosks to check-in.
Lufthansa Private Jet on course for success
Two years after the introduction of the Lufthansa Private Jet (LPJ), demand for individual, flexible air travel is so strong that Lufthansa is expanding its premium service. The company is investing in its own private jets to augment the existing Lufthansa Private Jet service.
flyMonarch.com powered by Google
Award winning low fares airline, flyMonarch.com is once again leading the way in technology as it introduces Google’s new Custom Search Business Edition into its FAQs site search, meaning improvements to the speed, accuracy and context that customers can return search results on their questions.