Flights
SWISS announces employee profit participation plan
Having established itself at a stable cruising altitude, SWISS is providing its personnel with a generous share of its bottom-line success. A new and forward-looking profit participation plan should ensure that employees benefit from the company’s profits with retroactive effect from July 2007. The new plan is supported by all the staff associations represented at the company.
Bookings frenzy for Ryanair
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, announced that its completely free seat sale has sparked a tourism boom across Europe. Since the seat sale was launched last Thursday almost one million seats have been snapped up by happy consumers who will pay no taxes, no fees and no charges.
One million one-way seats to Europe with Lufthansa
Lufthansa is offering one million seats for as little as £39 one-way for travel within Europe. Available all year round, the special fares will enable UK travellers to fly with Lufthansa at an affordable price to up 93 destinations across Europe. These include a wide selection of popular European holiday and city break destinations in Germany, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Poland.
Time flies when you’re lying dowm
bmi has undergone a significant enhancement to its longhaul product offering, with the introduction of flat beds in the business. The new beds boast a generous 26” seat width, 6” more than BA, United and Saudi, and a magnificent seat pitch of 78” – 80”.
bmi upgrades its premium economy cabin
bmi has embarked upon an extensive upgrade programme to transform its premium economy cabin with a market leading seat. The new premium economy seats boast an impressive 49” seat pitch, a 50 degree recline and 21” seat width, with electronic leg rest and lumbar support.
KD Avia offer more Russian cities from Gatwick
KD Avia have introduced several new Russian destinations for their winter schedule, including Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don and Magnitogorsk. These are in addition to Moscow, St Petersburg, Ufa, Kazan, Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod and Astana (Kazakhstan).
Regional carrier celebrates 1st birthday
Aer Arann, Europe’s premier regional airline is celebrating its 1st anniversary of the Galway service from Leeds Bradford. In addition, due to the success of the Cork service, the airline will increase the frequency of flights to this lively city-break destination to daily flights for the winter, up from five days per week.
Iceland Express awarded ‘Best Website’
Iceland Express has been awarded the inaugural Best Website Award at the recent World Low Cost Airline Awards ceremony hosted by Terrapin during the Worlds Low Cost Airline Congress 2007. Iceland Express is Iceland's only low fare carrier.
Experience Cork Jazz Festival with Aer Arann
Enjoy a lively mid-term break and fly to the Cork Jazz Festival with Aer Arann, Europe’s premier regional airline. Renowned as Europe’s friendliest jazz festival, the Cork jazz festival this year celebrates its 30th year. This world-famous festival takes place from 26th – 29th October with some 1,000 musicians from over 30 countries entertaining fans in over 80 venues across the lively city of Cork including Cork Opera House, Everyman theatre and local pubs and clubs.
Make an Air Pass your ticket to the world
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading flight price comparison website, has a tips page dedicated to one of the best ways to see more for your money – the air pass. Purchasing an air pass can save you between 25% - 70% when compared to purchasing individual tickets between destinations.
Four new routes take off with easyJet this week
easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, has a lot to shout about this week with the introduction of four new routes to its network including Gatwick – Gdansk, daily service commences 1 October, Gatwick – Lisbon, daily service commences 1 October, Bristol – Warsaw, three times weekly service commences 2 October and Gatwick – Krakow, daily service commences 5 October.
easyJet celebrates new route from Bristol to Warsaw
easyJet, The South West’s largest low-fares airline, brought a slice of Polish passion to Bristol airport today for the launch of its new service to Warsaw. Passengers checking in for the inaugural flight were greeted by a lively Polish dance troupe and traditional Polish baked gifts.
Flybe passes customer service test with flying colours
Flybe has been named alongside Virgin and Thomas Cook as one of the top three airline operators flying from the UK in a customer service test conducted by the Saturday Telegraph’s Travel section (September 29, 2007). The report concluded that “Flybe performed best out of the budget carriers”.
KLM non-stop to Panama City in summer 2008
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start direct flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Panama City Tocumen Airport in summer 2008. Panama City will be KLM’s 62nd intercontinental destination. Effective March 30, 2008 KLM will operate three weekly non-stop flights between Amsterdam and this destination in Central America.
Ryanair to launch 70 new routes across Europe
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline has announced that it will launch 70 new routes across Europe during October. This October revolution, which will send high fares all over Europe tumbling to the ground, includes new routes from Barcelona, Dublin, Dusseldorf, East Midlands, Liverpool, Madrid, Pisa and Stockholm and the opening of two new bases in Belfast and Valencia.