Flights
British Airways partners with Comic Relief
British Airways has signed up Comic Relief as its new global charity partner in a move that will strengthen the airline's long tradition of support for disadvantaged people and communities around the world.
Businesses wasting money on air travel, says easyJet
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline has revealed the results of an independent survey, which it says proves that easyJet provides companies with significant savings on short-haul travel, and demonstrates that on the majority of journeys easyJet was found to save over £100 per return trip.
New easyJet holiday packages to Israel, Cyprus and Croatia
easyJet has announced the expansion of its package holiday destinations, allowing travellers to simultaneously match up flights to more than 15,000 hotels across Europe, with savings of up to 50%, by combining flights and hotels.
Amateurs rub shoulders with green giants
Lucky golf fans in Dubai got a taste of life as a professional as they teed off in the same tournament as some of the world’s finest players this week - including the likes of Tom Watson, Lee Westwood and defending champion Rory McIlroy.
Australian resort offers carbon neutral luxury
Australia’s first conservation-based luxury resort, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, has now become the first hotel in the world to achieve carbon neutral certification from an internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification scheme.
Emirates says ‘when in Rome’ twice a day
One of the world's most visited countries, Italy, has been brought closer to international travellers after Emirates' flights to Rome went double daily.
Emirates heads to Malaysia three times daily
Emirates, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday added an extra daily connection between its home base of Dubai and the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, bringing the total number to 21 weekly, non-stop flights.
Get into the spirit of the 2010 Winter Olympics
As the excitement builds up for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, what better time to consider North America as your next ski holiday destination? Emirates Holidays has selected the finest resorts in the region that offer some of the most fabulous skiing and spectacular sceneries in the world.
Flybe to help expectant island mums
When a globally successful business can trace its roots back to having started out by simply fulfilling the need for lifeline travel to and from an island community, it’s no surprise that it continues to listen and respond to the ongoing travel challenges of those same islanders.
Flybe marks World Cancer Day
Flybe has this week handed over a cheque for £153,373 to its charity partner, Cancer Research UK, representing the amount raised by its passengers and staff over the past year.
Flybe ends Southampton FC sponsorship
Flybe has announced that, after four years, Flybe will relinquish the main club sponsorship of Southampton Football Cub at the end of this season, 2009-2010.
Gulf Air honours Bahraini graduates
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has this month honoured several Bahrainis comprising of pilots, engineers and various Gulf Air employees who have graduated from the Tamkeen-sponsored Career Progression Programme (CPP) which looks to develop local talent.
Passengers put Lufthansa Navigator app to the test
How do I get to the check-in counter, to baggage reclaim, to the lounge and then to the right gate? With the Lufthansa Navigator – a new application that runs on the iPhone – finding one’s way around the airport is child’s play.
Lufthansa adds new summer flights from Munich
This summer Lufthansa is launching three new routes from Munich – to Tallinn and Rostock on the Baltic Sea and to Zadar on the Adriatic coast. The airline is also increasing its flights to popular Mediterranean destinations.
Lufthansa launches new long-haul routes from Munich
This summer Lufthansa will be offering flights from Munich to three new long-haul destinations. From the end of March, Tashkent, Teheran and Miami will be included in the timetable. In addition, services to Cairo, which were launched this winter from Munich, will be extended until 30 May 2010.