Flights
Avoid extra charges on airport parking with APH
Airport Parking and Hotels (APH), the long stay airport parking and travel extras specialist, has turned the spotlight on its own industry by highlighting the extra charges imposed by airport parking booking companies.
Ryanair passenger eats €10,000 winning scratch card
Ryanair has reported that the winner of a €10,000 Ryanair scratch card, on Thursday’s flight from Krakow to East Midlands, ate the winning ticket after crew confirmed he had won the €10,000 prize.
Bramley baby is Ryanair’s 25,000,000th passenger
Ryanair today welcomed its twenty-fifth millionth passenger flying to Barcelona Girona Airport from all over its European network - a thirteen-month-old baby boy flying from Leeds Bradford Airport!
Aviation tax hikes will hit family visits
As we approach next month's Budget ABTA is calling on the public to contact their MPs to protest about the Government's intention to increase the flying poll tax, Air Passenger Duty, on 1 November 2010 following significant rises last year.
Ryanair presents charity calendar proceeds to ‘KIDS’
Ryanair has today presented UK children’s charity “KIDS” with €110,000 from the sale of all 11,000 copies of the 2010 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar which sold out in just five weeks.
Ryanair launches first Greek routes
Ryanair has launched its guaranteed lowest fares on six new routes to the Greek holiday destinations of Kos, Rhodes and Volos for the first time.
Ryanair announces Newcastle to Oslo route
Ryanair has announced that it will open a new route from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge (approximately 50 kilometres south of Oslo).
Air Europa provides new passage to Peru
Yesterday, Latin American specialist Air Europa officially launched the new London Gatwick to Lima service, via Madrid.
Elvis returns to Prestwick fifty years on!
On March 3, 1960, at about 7.30pm, twenty-five year old Elvis flew into what was then a US Air Force base at Prestwick on a brief re-fuelling stop. En route from Germany to the USA, Sergeant Presley was on his way home after two years’ military service.
Ryanair launches £5 seat sale
Ryanair has announced that from Midnight, Monday 22 February it will release one million £5 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in late March and April (excluding Easter week).
easyBus gears up for Stansted service with £1 promo
easyBus already offered the cheapest fares between central London and Stansted Airport, but has just halved its previous lowest fare to just £1 for travel in March. The leading low-cost airport transfer bus and coach brand has just slashed prices on over 30,000 seats to coincide with an increase in frequency.
AirAsia launches Kota Kinabalu to Taipei flights
Asia’s low-cost carrier, AirAsia, has launched direct flights between Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia and Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, from as little as £280 return.
Ryanair slashes price of all seats
Ryanair has slashed up to 69% off all seats, on all routes, for travel every day in March, until midnight Thursday (18th February) on ryanair.com.
Flybe opens up Garden of England
Flybe has announced another brand-new route - a daily Edinburgh to Manston service that, apart from opening up the Garden of England to the Scottish market also offers regional travellers the only scheduled flight to be currently operated out of Kent International Airport.
A mystical tour of Burma
Vietnam Airlines has announced its plans to open a direct route between Hanoi and Myanmar’s Yangon on 2 March 2010, operating four flights a week with Fokker 70 aircraft.