Flights
Even more low fare flights this Christmas
Award-winning low fares airline flyMonarch.com has increased services on 18 of its routes over the Christmas and New Year period. Responding to staggering customer demand, the additional flights will operate between 22 December 2007 and 02 January 2008.
SWISS to further expand Geneva-based network
SWISS continues to invest in developing its key Geneva network node: new non-stop services to Rome and Bucharest are to be added in the 2008 summer schedules. SWISS is also increasing its present frequencies on the Geneva-Moscow route.
Delta offers customers more of Hawaii
Delta Air Lines’ customers worldwide will enjoy new connections to two of Hawaii’s major islands as the airline adds nonstop flights between its Los Angeles gateway and Lihue on the island of Kauai and Kona on the “Big Island” of Hawaii, effective June 5, 2008.
Ryanair announces new routes from Ireland
Ryanair has announced its 31st new route from Shannon to Alicante and three new routes from Dublin to Palma, Santander and Zadar (Croatia), all of which start in March 2008. This will bring the number of Ryanair routes from Dublin to 83, and from Shannon to 31. Ryanair will carry over 13 million passengers on 135 Irish routes next year. No other airline carries as many passengers or offers as many routes to/from Ireland.
Knowledge is power to fly without fear
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading price comparison website, is delighted to present a selection of courses that will cure fearful fliers who want to take to the skies – but up until now have been afraid to do so.
World’s largest airliner enters commercial service
The Singapore Airlines A380 enters commercial service today, with its first flight – SQ380 – from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. The brand new A380 super-jumbo will depart Singapore Changi Airport at 0800hrs and is expected to arrive at Sydney Airport at 1725hrs to a grand welcome ceremony, after a flight of almost seven and a half hours.
British Airways ends UK franchises
British Airways is to end its franchise agreement with GB Airways from March 2008 and intends to start services on some of the routes operated under the franchise.
easyJet PLC to acquire GB Airways Limited
easyJet PLC announced today that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of GB Airways Ltd (“GB Airways”), excluding its slots at Heathrow Airport, from the Bland Group Limited, for a cash consideration of £103.5 million.
Fly Emirates to Sao Paulo and stay for free
To celebrate the launch of its new non-stop service to Brazil, Emirates is offering its passengers a complimentary stay of up to three nights at the five-star Hilton Morumbi Hotel in Sao Paulo.
Emirates flies in for US’ richest race meeting
Unbeaten filly Nashoba’s Key, trained by Carla Gaines, heads the 12 runner field for the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, one of the Grade One races held during America’s richest race meeting, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Ryanair counts down to Belfast launch
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (25th October) started the five day countdown to the launch of its Belfast base by releasing 100,000 seats for just £5, including taxes and charges, for travel in November, December and January across all of its new routes from Belfast City to East Midlands, Glasgow, Liverpool and London.
Scandinavian Airlines opens up the Middle East
SAS Scandinavian Airlines' new route to Dubai offers onward connections to the most important cities in the Middle East in co-operation with Emirates. Flights to Bahrain, Doha (Qatar), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait, Muscat (Oman), and Tehran (Iran) can now be booked with SAS online or via travel agents. Both Mauritius and the Seychelles are also available to book through travel agents.
SWISS expands services in its winter schedules
SWISS will add its first new long-haul destination – Delhi – to its network in the coming winter schedules. SWISS’s European services from Basel and Geneva will also see some seasonal modifications. And capacity on the Zurich-Berlin route will be increased by around 33% through the provision of an additional daily flight.
TAP flies to Belo Horizonte from February
TAP will run five flights a week between Lisbon and Belo Horizonte from February 11 2008 by which time it will be offering 65 flights a week between Portugal and Brazil. The new TAP flights to the state capital of Minas Gerais will run in both directions on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
TAP begins direct flights to city of Praia
On October 28, TAP will inaugurate regular direct flights to the city of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, with four flights a week departing from Lisbon on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 9:50pm. This new destination reinforces connections to the Portuguese-speaking country as daily flights to Sal will be maintained, totaling 11 flights a week between Portugal and Cape Verde.