Flights
Aer Lingus moves to force sale of Ryanair stake
Aer Lingus has confirmed it is to take legal proceedings to force Ryanair to dispose of its shareholding in Aer Lingus. This follows confirmation by Philip Lowe, the E.U.'s Director General for Competition, that the European Commission is to adopt a decision that the Merger Regulation does not give it the legal authority to force the sale of Ryanair's stake following its prohibition of Ryanair's bid for Aer Lingus.
easyJet – Europe’s biggest ski airline
easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, is mountains above the rest when it comes to ski destinations. The airline now offers more ski flights than any other, with a huge choice of 72 routes to 21 European airports with ski slopes close by, making it even easier for winter sports enthusiasts to jet off and grab a piste of the action this season.
Emirates celebrates launch in Brazilian style
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates’ Chairman and Chief Executive, celebrated the airline’s historic launch of services to South America on Wednesday by hosting a gala dinner for over 600 guests in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Flybe boosts offering for travellers in the south west
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today officially opened its new executive lounge at Exeter Airport, bringing superior business class facilities to the airport and demonstrating its ongoing commitment to business travellers in the South West.
bmi regional adds extra Manchester-Edinburgh flight
bmi regional, officially the UK's most punctual airline, is to add an extra return flight between Manchester and Edinburgh from 28 October, taking the number of flights each weekday up to eight in either direction- a total of 88 flights every week on the route.
bmi warns against inflation-busting prices
bmi, Heathrow's second largest airline, has reacted angrily to the Competition Commission's (CC) report that recommends that airport charges levied by BAA at London Heathrow can increase by an inflation-busting RPI plus 7.5 per cent every year over a five year period starting from April 2008.
Ryanair launches biggest ever seat sale
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (12th October) launched its summer schedule on Ryanair.com. All of the 40,000,000 seats released in today’s summer schedule will be covered by Ryanair’s lowest fare guarantee.
Ryanair launches three new routes from Bristol
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (12th October) announced three new routes from Bristol to Bergerac (Dordogne), Beziers (Languedoc) and Pau (Pyrenees Atlantique). Ryanair will launch its 20th European base in Bristol in just three weeks, and will deliver 1 million passengers on 20 low fare routes from the airport in the coming year.
Scandinavian Airlines adds new long-haul routes
SAS International adds two new routes to its intercontinental network this month. On October 29, SAS will commence a thrice-weekly service between Stockholm and Bangkok, and on October 31, SAS will launch a new route between Copenhagen and Dubai.
SWISS names Airbus A340s “Basel” and “Liestal”
SWISS long-haul Airbus A340s HB-JMC and HB-JMD will carry the names “Basel” and “Liestal” all over the world from now onwards. The names of the city and the town in Northern Switzerland were formally bestowed at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg this afternoon in a ceremony attended by SWISS CEO Christoph Franz, Regula Gysin-Grieder, the Mayor of Liestal, Hanspeter Gass, Head of Safety & Security for Canton Basel-Stadt, SWISS Vice President Paul Kurrus and various representatives from the business and tourist sectors of the Basel region.
SWISS named Europe’s Leading Airline
SWISS has been voted “Europe’s Leading Airline” in the 14th World Travel Awards. The distinctions, which are among the most prestigious within the travel industry, were presented in Newcastle, UK on October 9.
Brussels Airport moves into the fast lane
Brussels Airport has now launched its ‘Fast Lane’ for business travellers. VLM Airlines welcomes this initiative as it further strengthens its position as fastest mode of transport from Brussels to the centre of London.
Ryanair heads to European Court of Human Rights
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, yesterday challenged a recent ruling by the French supreme court (Conseil d’Etat), which sought to deny Ryanair’s employees located in Marseille the right to rely on Irish labour law in their relationship with Ryanair.
Ryanair guarantees lowest fares in Europe
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, yesterday (10 October 2007) called on its competitors to stop claims to be able to compete with Ryanair on price and convenience. Ryanair claims its average fares are 50% lower than easyJet's average, whilst also alluding to more convenient airport operations across the UK.
Lufthansa voted leading business class airline
Travel professionals from around the world have voted Lufthansa “Europe's Leading Business Class Airline” in the 2007 World Travel Awards. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars", the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and most prestigious awards programme in the global travel industry today.