Flights
Survey reveals Portugal as best value family destination
The Post Office Family Holiday Report has revealed Portugal to be the best value family destination for Brits this summer, closely followed by Bulgaria, Spain and Croatia.
Ryanair launches £10 seat sale
Ryanair has released 500,000 £10 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September. These “all in” low fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday 12th August.
Luxury expedition cruises to Australasia
Qantas Holidays has introduced a new programme of luxury expedition cruises to explore remote areas of Australasia with Orion Expedition Cruises.
Do you know where your passport is?
Latest Government figures show that more than 60,000 British travellers reported their passport lost or stolen abroad between April 2009 and March 2010.
Ryanair launches £6 weekend seat sale
Ryanair has today released 500,000 £6 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September. These “all in” low fares will be available this weekend only on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Monday, 9th August.
Experience Fiji with Qantas Holidays
For the first time, Qantas Holidays is offering stand alone holidays to Fiji from August 2010, giving UK travellers the option to visit the destination that was previously only available as a stopover.
easyJet launches non-stop service to Luxor
Cleopatra and Tutankhamen will be riding into the Capital on camels next week to celebrate the launch of a new easyJet direct route from London Gatwick to Luxor.
Ryanair announces 5 new routes from Madrid
Ryanair announced today that it will open five new routes (44 in total) from Madrid to Ancona, Ibiza, Krakow, Oujda (Morocco) and Stockholm Skavsta from November 2010 which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Madrid to 4.5 million passengers p.a. and sustain up to 4,500 local jobs.
Ryanair reports record traffic growth
Ryanair has confirmed that its traffic grew by 13% in July 2010 to 7.61 million passengers, a new monthly record - smashing the previous record of 6.8 million passengers set in August 2009. Ryanair carried over 70 million passengers in the 12 months ending July 2010, a new 12 month record.
bmi Regional - UK's most punctual airline
The latest official statistics by the Civil Aviation Authority show that bmi Regional is again the most punctual, scheduled airline operating from UK airports.
Monarch announces additional summer flights
Award winning low fares airline Monarch has added 22 additional scheduled flights into its flying programme during the last week of the school holidays this year, in response to the huge demand that is being seen for flights to and from Spain and the Spanish Islands.
Brits turn to books on holiday
A new survey from leading tour operator, Thomson, has revealed we’re a nation of bookworms especially when we’re on our holidays.
United Airlines launches Low Fare Guarantee in Singapore
United Airlines, the global carrier with an extensive trans-Pacific network, has announced the launch of its Low Fare Guarantee program in Singapore. United is the first US carrier in Singapore to pledge that travel booked through its website (unitedairlines.com.sg) is the lowest United fare available online.
United Airlines launches Chinese-language website
United Airlines, the global carrier with an extensive trans-Pacific network, is pleased to announce the latest improvement to its local corporate website, cn.united.com, in China: enhanced local language capabilities aimed at providing user-friendly navigation and an improved interface for local customers.
Emirates releases Ramadan fares
Celebrating the month of Ramadan Emirates is offering passengers some excellent fares to 20 select destinations across the Middle East, Far East and Africa.