Flights

Bayern Munich to continue flying with Lufthansa

Lufthansa will remain the "Official Carrier" for Germany’s record league champions Bayern Munich for the next three years. The two sides announced that they were extending their partnership today.

Lufthansa adapts fuel surcharge on long-haul flights

With the crude oil price peaking to new heights in recent weeks, Lufthansa is reacting to the concomitant increase in the price for kerosene by raising the fuel surcharge on long-haul flights by ten euros.

Monarch to launch full onboard recycling

Award winning airline Monarch is the first UK airline to roll out a full recycling programme onboard its flights, meaning that all aluminium, plastic, glass and paper used during a flight will now be recycled on landing after only 16% of its passengers surveyed in a recent poll said they believed that airlines are doing enough to recycle onboard waste*.

SAS to launch direct routes to New Delhi and San Francisco

Next year, SAS will expand its fleet of aircraft with an additional Airbus A340, thereby making it possible to launch two new intercontinental routes. In autumn 2008, New Delhi in India and San Francisco in the US will be introduced to the traffic program.

Ryanair releases 500,000 free seats

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, yesterday released 500,000 free seats, with no taxes, no fees and no charges for travel in December and January. Ryanair guarantees its fares are the lowest price available, and for two days only, passengers can snap up a free seat on many routes across Europe.

Successful rebranding for Iceland Express

The airline Iceland Express has changed its corporate identity and will from now on use orange as its main colour and has introduced the slogan “We fly to please”. The airline, which has been in operation for nearly five years, now flies between Iceland and 15 different destinations in Europe, including daily to London Stansted.

Love is in the air

Forget travelling with your suitcase, loved-up Brits’ most essential travel item is their partner! Cheapflights.co.uk poll results are out for their latest probe of the British public psyche – asking travellers ‘What’s your most essential travel item?’.

Aer Lingus announces new routes

Aer Lingus today announced plans to add 3 new aircraft to its short-haul fleet for 2008 and operate a total of 86 routes, 59 from Dublin, 18 from Cork and 9 from its new Belfast base.

airBaltic expands to Daugavpils

Representatives of the Latvian airline airBaltic, including the airline’s President and CEO, Bertold Flick, visited the city of Daugavpils today to meet with representatives of the Daugavpils airport and the City Council to talk about the airport’s infrastructure and how it might be developed in future.

bmi and United Airlines broaden codeshare agreement

bmi, Heathrow’s second largest airline, has today added five new USA destinations to its growing codeshare route network from London Heathrow under its existing codesharing agreement with Star Alliance partner United Airlines.

bmi enters codeshare agreement with EgyptAir

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has launched a reciprocal codeshare agreement with EgyptAir on flights between Heathrow and Cairo, increasing choice for travellers.

bmi to launch services from Heathrow to Dammam

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, is to launch flights to Dammam in Saudi Arabia it was announced yesterday (Tuesday 6 November). Nigel Turner, bmi chief executive, unveiled plans at a press event in Egypt to mark the start of daily direct services from Heathrow to Cairo.