Flights
Heathrow growth to bring UK £10 billion a year
Businesses and unions have called for rapid progress on development of Heathrow following official rulings that plans for expanding runway capacity had passed environmental tests.
BA announces new shorthaul routes for summer
British Airways is launching new shorthaul routes from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports from March 30, 2008. The airline will start flights from Heathrow to Malaga and from Gatwick to Alicante, Faro, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Malaga, Palma and Tunis.
Flybe announces new summer routes to Jersey
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today announced the early release of two brand new routes for Jersey as part of its Summer 2008 timetable. The summer schedule brings good news for passengers to and from the Island base to Aberdeen and Doncaster/Sheffield, so travellers are urged to book now to secure flights for their summer breaks next year.
Flybe.com comes top in Germany
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has reacted today with delight to the news that its website, flybe.com, has been voted the ‘Best Airline Website’ by FVW magazine, Germany’s largest and most influential travel trade publication.
KLM continues fleet renewal program
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines continues to pursue its policy of ongoing fleet renewal. Forming part of the current fleet renewal program two Boeing 777-300ERs, two Airbus A330-200s, and three Boeing 737-700s have been ordered for introduction in 2010 and 2011.
Lufthansa launches Miles & More credit card
Lufthansa is offering an enhanced mode of transacting cashless purchases to holders of a German Lufthansa Miles & More credit card. In cooperation with the BayernLB bank and its wholly-owned Deutsche Kreditbank AG subsidiary, Miles & More and MasterCard are issuing a new generation Lufthansa Miles & More Credit Card to all existing German card holders from January 2008.
Spanair launches its renewed Punctuality Guarantee
Since November 5th Spanair is introducing considerable improvements to its Punctuality Guarantee in order to offer a better service and the highest quality standards to its customers. The company has extended its commitment until June 30th, 2008.
Scandinavian Airlines increases flights to Beijing
SAS Scandinavian Airlines is increasing its service between Scandinavia and Beijing due to high demand. A daily service between Copenhagen and Beijing was introduced last month and early next year, SAS will also further increase frequency on its Stockholm-Beijing route to six weekly.
SWISS’s first flight to Delhi en route
The first flight on SWISS’s new Delhi route took off from Zurich last week with 211 passengers on board. The flight – numbered LX 146 and operated by Airbus A330-200 “HB-IQK” – marks the first time the young company has added a further long-haul destination to its route network.
Three Addax fly by TAP to Johannesburg
Three female Addax – a mammal of the Bovidae family – on loan from the Lisbon Zoological Garden to Pretoria Zoo in South Africa, arrived on November 15 on flight TP283, destination Johannesburg. The Addax is a species threatened with extinction as its natural habitat has practically wiped out.
A cafe with an entrance in Vienna and an exit in Tokyo
Commencing 17 December new slots at London City Airport will enable passengers to connect with Austrian long haul services to Bangkok and Tokyo. Monday to Friday passengers taking OS470 from LCY will benefit from a comfortable 30-minute connection at Vienna on to OS025 to Bangkok.
Emirates and the Red Arrows thunder over Dubai
The massive Emirates' Boeing 777 300 aircraft flanked by nine British Red Arrows zoomed through Dubai's skies in a dramatic aerial finale on Day Four of the Dubai Air Show 2007.
Emirates maps more services to Australia
Emirates has announced that its services to Australia will grow to 70 a week, providing much-needed capacity to cater to the increasing demand from around the airline's network.
Emirates $69m luxury resort now underway
Emirates Airline today commenced the development of the US$69 million luxury Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa in Australia's Blue Mountains, a project that will see the transformation of 4,000 acres of distressed farming land into a high-value conservation site.
Flying food – Delicacies in the air
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading flight price comparison site, has produced a tips page for travellers who need to know which airlines cater for their special dietary requirements.