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Saturday 10, April 2010
Iceland Express sees passenger increase due to volcano spectacle
Iceland Express has seen a 20 per cent increase in passengers since the volcanic eruption in South Iceland in March 2010. Due to this rise in sales, the low-fare airline is extending the booking period of its special volcano deals, which sees flights.
Saturday 10, April 2010
1st transatlantic green flight: close to 6 tonnes less CO2
This week, sustainable development week, Air France operated the very first transatlantic green flight, during which all procedures – from taxiing to arrival at the parking stand – were optimized to reduce noise and gas emissions. The 9 hour and 30-minute flight from Paris to Miami on 6 April was operated by a Boeing 747-400ER, with 436 passengers and 18 crew members on board.
Saturday 10, April 2010
TAP promotes National Cinema
TAP is promoting national cinema by showing Portuguese films on its flights in April and May.
Friday 9, April 2010
Flybe announces strategic new French connection between London Gatwick and Nantes
Flybe, the UK’s Number One domestic airline, has today announced a brand new year-round service that, effective 15th July, will fly six times a week between London Gatwick and Nantes, Brittany’s most important commercial hub and the sixth largest city in France.
Friday 9, April 2010
30 per cent passenger growth for Norwegian in March
Norwegian continues its strong passenger growth. In March, 1 021 063 passengers chose to fly with Norwegian, a 30 percent increase from the same period last year. In line with the number of passengers and total production, the load factor improved by 3 percentage points.
Friday 9, April 2010
Book early for friendly low fares to the slopes
Jet2.com put 2 new ski routes on sale for Winter 2010/11.
If you love your snow and can’t wait for the next ski season to start then you’ll be pleased to know Jet2.com has gone on sale with 2 new routes for this Winter!
Friday 9, April 2010
Ryanair regrets 18 month delay in runway extension at Belfast City Airport
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (8th April) criticised the Northern Ireland Govt for its decision to refer the runway extension at Belfast City Airport to a public inquiry, which will delay this promised runway extension by a further 18 months until early 2012, at the earliest.
Friday 9, April 2010
Ryanair welcomes German court decision to reject passenger compensation claim for bad weather cancellation
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (8th Apr) welcomed the decision of the German Courts which correctly found that a Ryanair flight which was cancelled due to an unsafe weather conditions in Jerez in Oct 2007 was exceptional circumstances under EU261 regulations. The Court ruled that no compensation was due to passengers in such exceptional circumstances.
Friday 9, April 2010
Swiss to introduce new Basel-Hamburg service
SWISS will be offering daily non-stop service between EuroAirport Basel and Hamburg from 20 May. The new route not only serves one of Germany’s prime tourist and business destinations; it will also provide a daily air connection between two of Europe’s major logistics and forwarding centres.
Friday 9, April 2010
British Airways and Iberia sign merger agreement
Iberia and British Airways have today taken a further step towards creating a new leading European airline group by signing their merger agreement. The terms of the merger agreement are consistent with the binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the two airlines in November 2009.
Friday 9, April 2010
Vueling introduces new Edinburgh-Barcelona route
Vueling, the new-generation Spanish low-fare airline, will launch flights to Scotland on 24th June, 2010 with a three times weekly direct route between Edinburgh and Barcelona. The new route will complement the airline’s existing UK operations from London Heathrow to Bilbao, La Coruna and Seville.
Friday 9, April 2010
Icejet and JetCom form strategic alliance
Icejet, the private jet charter operator now established at London Oxford Airport, UK, and JetCom Aviaton of Lugano, Switzerland, have formed a new strategic alliance. The relationship will see Icejet managing the operations of JetCom Aviation's 31-seat Dornier 328 Jet by providing maintenance and crew support.
Thursday 8, April 2010
Monarch sees strong demand for scheduled flights in March 2010
Award-winning low fares airline Monarch has seen strong demand for scheduled flights in March 2010, with average load factors across the network reaching 87% - a 4% increase on the same period last year.
Thursday 8, April 2010
Cheap flights carrier Ryanair is intending to charge passengers GBP1 to use toilets onboard its aircraft.
Toilets will become coin-operated and will accept either a pound coin or a one euro coin, while the Irish airline will remove some WCs to make room for additional seats.
Thursday 8, April 2010
Ryanair launches 7th Kerry route
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (7th Apr 10) announced its 7th route from Kerry Airport to/from Dusseldorf (Weeze) from 1st July. Ryanair’s new Kerry route will go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow and has been made possible thanks to low costs at Kerry Airport.
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