Flights
VLM Airlines to fly Belgian hockey hopefuls to Olympic qualifier
VLM Airlines will fly the Belgian men’s hockey team, with their new coach Adam Commens, to the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Manchester, with the intension of qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Ryanair announces 6 new routes from Dublin
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline has announced its intention to base two new aircraft at Dublin from November 2007 (making a total of 22 Dublin based aircraft), to launch 6 new European routes, to increase frequencies on a further 12 routes to the UK and Europe, all of which will deliver an extra 1 million passengers annually for tourism and the Irish economy.
Charter airlines adapt to changes in holiday habits
Summer may be a wash out in the UK, but across Europe temperatures are soaring. And as the holiday getaway gets into full swing, analysis by industry experts reveals just how much our holiday travel habits have changed in recent years.
Airport lounges: Getting your money’s worth?
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading flight price comparison site, opens the doors for consumers on airport lounges around the globe in a tips page which lays out the facts on the best ways to get in one of those exclusive areas.
Emirates Airline joins international balloon festival
Emirates Airline has passed through the skies alongside an enormous elephant, a huge house, a gliding shopping trolley and a piece of chocolate. No, the airline has not gone mad - it's been taking its high flying message to an international balloon festival, spread across five countries in three continents.
Emirates begins flurry of new routes with Newcastle launch
Emirates Airline is powering up for a transcontinental road show blitz to support a flurry of route launches across the world, beginning with the Newcastle service on September 1st.
Flight ban on personal meat and dairy export products
To help prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease to other countries it is, from 07 August 2007, illegal to take abroad meat and dairy products from animals that are susceptible to foot and mouth disease including cattle, pigs, goat, sheep and deer.
Ryanair adds Rugby World Cup flights
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, has announced it will operate extra services from both England and Ireland for the Rugby World Cup. Ryanair will launch special flights from London to Paris for England’s Rugby World Cup match against South Africa, as well as extra flights to Paris from both Dublin and Shannon for Ireland’s matches against France and Argentina.
Ryanair offers to take Aer Lingus’ place at Shannon
Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, held a press conference in Shannon Airport this morning (Tuesday 14 August) to announce that if Aer Lingus proceeds with its plan to close the Shannon-Heathrow route and abandon 330,000 passengers who currently use it, then Ryanair will provide 3 additional daily flights to London to ensure Shannon Airport’s capacity and traffic does not fall as a result of this Aer Lingus closure.
TAP sets new record
TAP has just set a new record by transporting more than 30,000 passengers in a single day of operations over 3 consecutive days. The 30,000 barrier was broken on July 27 with the transportation of 30,417 passengers.
TAP to have new in-flight magazine
With the aim of making its passengers’ journeys more agreeable, from November TAP is offering a new in-flight magazine entitled “Up”. With this new editorial proposal headed by journalist Paula Ribeiro, TAP seeks to meet the demands of communication taking into account the increasingly more cosmopolitan character of its Customers.
Star Alliance voted best third time running
For the third consecutive time Star Alliance has been voted the best airline company alliance by World Airline Survey (2007, 2005 & 2003*). The inquiry was conducted by the air transport studies organization Skytrax. More than 14 million passengers were interviewed throughout an eleventh month period (August 2006 to June 2007).
Ryanair call for break up of “BAA Monopoly”
Ryanair, Britain's largest passenger airline, yesterday (Thursday, 9th August 2007) welcomed the UK Competition Commission's Issues Statement on their investigation of the BAA airports monopoly.
BA welcomes Competition Commission announcement
British Airways welcomes the Competition Commission's issues statement on BAA airports published yesterday (August 9, 2007) as competition between airports will improve customer service levels and lead to more investment in new infrastructure.
Emirates donates FIFA Under-17 World Cup tickets
Emirates, an official FIFA partner, continues its support of football around the world by donating 1,000 tickets for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup to the Korean Youth Football Association (KYFA). The tickets will enable future star football players to witness first-hand the matches between players from 24 different countries.