Flights
Ryanair announces 100 routes for £/€1
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (29th November) released 150,000 flights for £/€1 including taxes and charges for travel during the last three weeks in January. For one day only passengers can pick up a £/€1 flight on 100 routes across the Ryanair network.
SWISS takes top cuisine from St. Moritz aloft
SWISS will be delighting its inflight guests with delicacies from Switzerland’s Canton Grisons from today onwards.
TAP extends Lisbon to Frankfurt service
TAP and the Japanese company All Nippon Airways (ANA), its Star Alliance partner, are extending their already existing cooperation within the sphere of their Star Alliance partnership with the start of code-share operations on flights between Lisbon and Frankfurt, one of the European gateways of ANA, from December 16 of this year.
How to save cash when booking flights
Online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has launched a range of industry-leading flight booking tools to offer customers the most flexible and cheapest flight options available.
S7 introduces online booking to Russia
S7, the first airline to introduce online booking in Russia, today became the first Russian airline to offer on-line calendar booking for all domestic and international flights in a move to provide passengers greater choice and transparency.
Spice Girls launch jumbo competition
Virgin Atlantic, the airline partner for the Return of the Spice Girls world tour, is launching a jumbo competition for Spice Girls fans all around the globe. To help celebrate the world tour, the girls are asking their fans to help them choose the name of a Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet which will be christened in their honour.
More information for disabled fliers
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading flight price comparison site, has produced a tips page for travellers who require more information on airline facilities for disabled passengers.
airBaltic to separate luggage charge from fare
Beginning on December 5, 2007, the Latvian airline airBaltic will introduce a separate charge for luggage of LVL 3 (EUR 4.5, LTL 15) in an attempt to make airfares more transparent for passengers.
BA TPG consortium withdraws
The British Airways and TPG consortium have confirmed they have formally withdrawn their interest in bidding for Iberia.
Flybe announces summer 2008 schedule
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today launches its complete summer 2008 schedule that offers a mixture of popular sunshine and domestic routes. With 23 new routes across the UK and Europe and over seven million seats on sale, travellers are urged to book now to secure flights for their summer breaks next year.
Spanair opens new lounge at Madrid-Barajas Airport
On the 13th of November, Spanair opened its new Lounge in Terminal 2 of Madrid-Barajas Airport. Complete with innovative design, it provides an elegant and comfortable environment featuring vanguard furniture and a panoramic view of the runways through its 20 metre-long window.
airBaltic to offer flights to Yerevan and Almaty
The Latvian airline airBaltic will open up new routes in the summer of 2008 from Riga to the Armenian capital city of Yerevan and the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty.
airBaltic to launch flights to Paris from Vilnius
Beginning on March 31, 2008, airBaltic will offer non-stop flights from Vilnius to the capital city of France – the first new destination on the 2008 summer timetable.
airBaltic congratulates 10,000th person to use web check-in
Representatives of the Latvian airline airBaltic, led by president and CEO Bertolt Flick, congratulated Rihards Sprukulis today. He was the 10,000th airBaltic passenger to check in for a flight from the Riga airport on the Internet.
Air France hub in Lyon celebrates 10th Anniversary
Christian Boireau, Air France Executive Vice President French market, Bruno Matheu, Air France Executive Vice President Marketing and Network, and Guy Mathiolon, President of the Aéroport de Lyon Supervisory Board, were present at the tenth anniversary celebration of the Air France hub in Lyon, which began operating on 27 October 1997.