Wednesday, May 31, 2006

 

Blackpool <> Prague for Jet2 in 2007

Jet2.com is expanding its route line up at Blackpool. From 24 March 2007 an old school stag / hen night destination is linked with a current hot favourite. Prague though is much more than its bars and night clubs, it is one of Europe's best preserved cities.
Flights with Jet2 will start at £12.99 one way plus taxes and charges.

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Totally free flight to Copenhagen or Billund

Sterling, the Scandinavian low flight airline is giving away free flights to Copehagen or Billund. They are even picking up the tab for the airport fees and taxes. Of the return flight is charged as normal. The offer is for flights taken between 15 August 2006 and 25 September 2006. Anyone interested needs to book before 7 June 2006.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 10:24 PM 0 comments  

Thursday, May 25, 2006

 

Aer Arann route update

Aer Arann has had a frantic time of late announcing new routes then closing them as in the service to Liege in Belgium. It has also swapped is proposed routes to Angers in the Loire Valley to Nantes which is closer to the mouth of the Loire. Nantes is France's sixth largest city and has good connections to the Loire Valley, Brittany and the Vendee. It is also worthy of a visit in its own right. The two new routes to Nantes are:
Also it is to cease operations on its Liverpool <> Isle of Man route due to poor performance (read not enough passengers using the service). The airline will reduce its service starting 28 May 2006 and drop it from its schedules on 18 June 2006. It is still servicing the Isle of Man from London Luton and Dublin though and has dropped fares to start at £29.99 one way including all taxes and charges.

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Myair Milan <> Istanbul and 0.01 euro offers

Myair the Italian low cost airline is to operate a new Milan <> Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen route. Fares are currently on offer starting at a mere 1 euro cent plus taxes and charges of course. Have a look at their site for other offers from 1 euro cent on routes out of Italy to destinations around the Mediterranean Sea but also to Madrid, Paris and Bucharest.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:36 PM 0 comments  
 

Ryanair plans more Moroccan routes

Ryanair the market leading Irish low cost airline has just agreed to a five year expansion programme with the Moroccan government. Ryanair has agreed to bring the number of routes flown to the North African country to 20 by the end of the five year plan. This will equate to 1 million passengers being flown to the country per year by 2011.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

 

New Budapest <> Gothenburg route for Wizz Air

Cheap flights between Budapest and Gothenburg are available from the new service to be started by Wizz Air on 19 September 2006. The East and Central European budget airline will connect the two cities 3 times per week. It brings the number of routes to Sweden served by the airline to 8.

# posted by John Williams @ 10:17 PM 0 comments  
 

Flyglobespan adds more new Winter 06/07 routes

Flyglobespan has released another tranche from its Winter 2006 / 2007 flight timetable. It has some new routes including another new one for Liverpool, this time to Prague. The complete list of flights released today is:
Prague Operates Monday and Friday, Nov 06 - Mar 07
From £29.99 each way inc tax
Glasgow <> Fuertenventura
Operates Tuesday only, Nov 06 - Mar 07
From £59.99 each way inc tax
Edinburgh <> Murcia
Operates Wednesday & Saturday, Nov 06 - Mar 07
From £45.99 each way inc tax
Liverpool <> Prague
Operates Daily, Nov 06 - Dec 06
From £29.99 each way inc tax

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1000s of Jet2 aircraft seats are vandalised?

Reading the first part of the news headline for Jet2.com worried me. It read "1000s of seats slashed". Then reading a little further it added to £9.99. It seems they are having another sale this time offering seats from £9.99 one way including all taxes and charges in what's left of May as well as June and July 2006. These seats are available until 30 May 2006. I hope yours isn't damaged.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

 

New Serbian low cost airline

Centavia a company based in Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia is to start flying in the Autumn. It announced that it has leased two 98 seat, BAE 146 aircraft from BAE Systems. The airline hopes to start flights from Serbia to Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovakia.

# posted by John Williams @ 8:17 PM 0 comments  
 

Children fly for free, with SkyEurope

SkyEurope, one of the larger East European budget airlines is giving away free seats for children on its flights between today and Sunday 28 May 2006. Naturally there are some conditions, the main one being that the child (2 - 15 years old), must be accompanied by at least one full fare paying adult and the total number of children must not be exceeded by the number of accompanying adults. Free flights for children can be booked for flights between 1 June 2006 and 28 October 2006.

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£1* flights from Jet2

Jet2.com have a sale on with thousands of flights to destinations including Prague, Ibiza, Alicante, Malaga, Barcelona, Venice and Rome from £1 GBP(*excluding taxes and charges). The offer covers all of Jet2.com's destinations for flights in May, June and July. The best way to find them is to look up their site's low fare finder. One last thing, the offer ends at midnight (UK) on 30 May 2006, so you will need to be quick.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

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Sunday, May 21, 2006

 

Wizz Air celebrates 2nd birthday

Wizz Air the East European budget airline celebrated its second birthday on Friday. In the first two years of operations the airline has carried 3.3 million passengers. It became the leading low cost airline in Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria but is now facing increasing competition from easyJet and Ryanair who are also targeting these countries. Wizz Air intends adding Romania to its route line up which currently stands at 38 destinations. Its fleet of 9 Airbus A320s is due to be supplemented by another 24 new aircraft in 2007.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:26 PM 0 comments  

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

 

New Blackpool <> Malaga route from Jet2.com


Jet2.com are to launch a service to Malaga in March 2007. The low cost airline will fly there 5 times per week. Prices will start at £27.99 one way including taxes and charges.

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Friday, May 12, 2006

 

Thomsonfly Top 10 destinations offer

Thomsonfly the budget airline owned by TUI, have some good deals on some of their most popular routes. Flights can be found from £16.99 one way, including all taxes and charges.
Thomsonfly's Top 10 countries are:
  1. France with flights to Paris from £16.99*
  2. Netherlands with flights to Amsterdam from £16.99*
  3. Channel Islands with flights to Jersey from £16.99*
  4. Italy with flights to Pisa from £19.99* and flights to Naples from £29.99
  5. Majorca with flights to Palma from £29.99
  6. Croatia with flights to Pula from £34.99
  7. Cyprus with flights to Paphos from £39.99
  8. Greece with flights to Samos from £39.99 and flights to Rhodes from £49.99
  9. Turkey with flights to Dalaman from £49.99
  10. Egypt with flights to Luxor from £49.99 and flights to Sharm el Sheikh from £69.99

All flights have to be booked as part of a return trip except those highlighted with an asterix*, travel must be completed by 16 July 2006. One way tickets can be booked on the routes highlighted.

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

 

More Sterling offers

Sterling are offering more cheap flights. Today, they have flights from Copenhagen to London for 260 DKK (£24) one way . The applicable dates for this deal are 16, 17 and 18 of May 2006. They also have Copehagen > Budapest flights on 15 and 29 May for 449 DKK (£41) one way. Prices include taxes and charges.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 10:41 PM 0 comments  
 

bmibaby free flights (just pay taxes and charges)

bmibaby has a sale on until midnight (UK time). They are offering 100,000 seats on flights across its network for sale with only the taxes and charges to pay.
The available routes are:
Birmingham International <> Belfast International, Edinburgh, Knock
Cardiff <> Amsterdam (NEW), Belfast International, Edinburgh, Glasgow
Durham Tees Valley <> Cork, London Gatwick, Newquay, Knock, Paris (CDG)(NEW)
Manchester <> Belfast International, Newquay (NEW)
Nottingham East Midlands <> Belfast International, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris (CDG)(NEW)

The flights are available throughout the Summer.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

 

Ryanair adds Dublin <> Berlin route

Ryanair have added another route to their Dublin line up. From 1 June 2006 they will service Berlin (Schoenefeld)with daily flights.

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Wizz Air adds new Doncaster Sheffield <> Katowice route

Wizz Air has added another route from Poland to the United Kingdom. This time they will add Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield to their route map. From 19 September 2006 they will connect the airport with Katowice in Poland. This allows an easy connection to the historic city of Krakow through a dedicated Wizz Air bus service. The route brings the total number of flights from Poland to the United Kingdom, to ten. The Polish market is at present showing tremendous growth following Poland's entry in to the European Union.

# posted by John Williams @ 10:16 PM 0 comments  
 

New Germanwings Winter timetable

Germanwings release another tranche of their Winter 2006 /07 routes tomorrow. From 18h00 CET the following routes will be available for booking:

Cologne/Bonn <>:
Stockholm, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Budapest, Paris, Edinburgh, Rome, Helsinki, Istanbul, Krakow, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Nice, Oslo,
Palma (NEW), Prague, Pristina (NEW), St. Petersburg (NEW), Split, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich.

Stuttgart <>:
Barcelona, Budapest, Paris, Faro (NEW), Krakow, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Malaga (NEW), Moscow, Pristina (NEW), Rome, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb.

Berlin <>:
Istanbul, Moscow, Stockholm, Zagreb

Hamburg <>:
Istanbul, London, Pristina, Toulouse, Warsaw

# posted by John Williams @ 10:14 PM 0 comments  
 

Flyglobespan releases Winter 06/07 routes

Flyglobespan has just released its Winter 2006 /07 timetables. The new timetable covers the period November 2006 to March 2007. It is pleasing to see some new routes including a presence at Liverpool albeit with one route to Tenerife.
The line so far is:
Glasgow <> Barcelona, Daily - From £29.99 each way inc tax
Glasgow <> Tenerife, Daily - From £49.99 each way inc tax
Glasgow <> Malaga, Daily - From £45.99 each way inc tax
Glasgow <> Alicante, Daily, - From £39.99 each way inc tax
Edinburgh <> Tenerife, Daily - From £59.99 each way inc tax
Liverpool <> Tenerife, Daily - From £49.99 each way inc tax
London Stansted <> Tenerife, Daily - From £49.99 each way inc tax

Finally for the skiers who want to travel a little further than the Scottish Highlands there is:
Edinburgh <> Geneva which will operate daily between December 2006 and April 2007

The airline will also be operating cheap flights from Manchester to Cape Town later this year as announced on here in March.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:36 PM 0 comments  
 

Sterling last minute offers

Sterling the Danish low cost airline has a sale on at present and have some pretty cheap flights up for grabs. Examples being:


You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:10 PM 0 comments  
 

Ryanair makes Marseille its 16th base

Ryanair continues to expand its operations by adding Marseille as its 16th European base. Ryanair operate 2 new aircraft and service 13 routes from the airport starting November 2006. Marseille is located to the West of the Provence region of France and is an interesting city to visit. It is well located for trips to Arles, Nimes, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.
The new routes will served from Marseille will be:
Brussels, Dublin, Eindhoven, Fez, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Karlsruhe Baden, London, Marrakech, Oujda, Oslo, Porto and Rome.
It is good to see more routes to North Africa on the route line up.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

 

Wizz Air Glasgow <> Gdansk 2 pence seats

Wizz Air the Eastern European budget carrier is having a promotion on its Glasgow Prestwick to Gdansk route between today and Monday 15 May 2006. Between those dates seats on flights taken between 16 May 2006 and 30 June 2006 start at £0.02 plus taxes and charges.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:53 PM 0 comments  
 

Aer Arann seat sale

Aer Arann the smaller of the Irish budget airlines is showing that it has some excellent value flights on offer. In its present seat sale fares start at £19.99 one way including taxes. This means that they are offering Cardiff <> Dublin, Cardiff < > Cork and Newquay <> Cork for £19.99 / 29.99 euros one way including taxes. Other routes are a little more expensive but represent very good value.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:43 PM 0 comments  
 

New Venice <> Cagliari route plus sale for myAir

MyAir is to operate a new Venice <> Cagliari route starting 21 July 2006. Fares start at 9.99 euros one way plus taxes and charges. The full cost on a Cagliari > Venice flight on 21 July 2006 comes to 40 euros inclusive of all taxes and charges.
A visit to their web site will also reveal a number of flight offers on at present:
Flights must be booked before 12 May 2006. May and June offer tickets available from 9 May until 30 June 2006.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:15 PM 0 comments  
 

HLX seats from 1p plus taxes one way

HLX (Hapag Lloyd Express) is in the middle of one of its HLX Hours promotions. Up until 23h00 UK (Midnight CET) on Wednesday 10 May 2006 they have a selection of flights with seat as low as 1 pence plus taxes and charges. For example a flight from Birmingham to Cologne can be had for £0.01 plus taxes and charges on 31 May 06. The total comes to £14.
HLX fly from a number of airports throughout Europe including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Newcastle in the UK and Dublin in Ireland.

Their main hubs are Cologne and Stuttgart but fly from most a number of German cities to destinations such as Rome, Venice, Majorca, Rijeka, Stockholm, Salzburg, Ibiza and Malaga.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 8:59 PM 0 comments  

Monday, May 08, 2006

 

Passengers win in World Cup competition

When the World Cup Matches were announced, the first thing the airlines did was to raise their fares to nearby airports around those dates. This included Ryanair, easyJet and the other low cost airlines. Then in March, Lufthansa the German flag carrier which has been celebrating the World Cup by painting a football on the nose of its aircraft announced its "BetterFly" fares for 99 Euros return.
Nothing happened for a while, then Ryanair decided that they would offer 350, 000 seats for 33 euros. In a press release Ryanair claims that the Lufthansa 99 euro fares were an "own goal" and recording a score of Ryanair 1 Lufthansa 0.
I wonder if Ryanair would have offered these fares if Lufthansa hadn't brought in its "BetterFly" fares. Of course Lufthansa would probably not have brought in its low fares if it had not been for BA Connect being launched, but BA Connect would not be here if not for the low cost carriers such as Ryanair. If this is a game, then the clear winner at present is the passenger.

# posted by John Williams @ 10:38 PM 0 comments  
 

Flyglobespan release Winter flights

Flyglobespan the budget airline has today announced its Winter 2006 / 2007 schedule (Nov 06 - Mar 07). There are some very attractive offers to be had, including Glasgow <> Barcelona from £29.99 GBP one way including taxes and charges. Glasgow, Liverpool and London Stansted <>Tenerife is on sale from £49.99 one way inclusive.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 9:21 PM 0 comments  

Sunday, May 07, 2006

 

XL Airways trim 30% off fares


XL.com operator of Excel Airways are discounting their fares by a massive 30% for half a million seats. The deal runs until 18h00 (UK time) on Monday 8 May 2006. Deals such as Newcastle <> Chania and London Stansted <> Corfu for £59 return including all taxes and charges are selling out quickly. The £59 seats on the Bristol <> Kefolonia offers flights have sold out already.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 8:58 PM 0 comments  
 

bmibaby cheap flights to the sun offer


bmibaby the low cost airline owned by BMI are selling seat on flights to the sun for some very tempting prices. They start at £14.99 GBP one way including all taxes and charges e.g. Durham Tees Valley and Nottinham East Midlands to Paris CDG. The baby on the airlines logo is not just there because it is BMI's baby, they offer free flights to children under the age of 2 years old. Other low cost airlines charge for babies.



Other routes in the offer include:
Birmingham International <> Bordeaux from £19.99 one way inclusive
Manchester <> Bordeaux from £19.99 one way inclusive
Manchester <> Pergignan from £19.99 one way inclusive
London Heathrow <> Amsterdam from £24.99 one way inclusive
Birmingham International <> Nice from £29.99 one way inclusive

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 5:16 PM 0 comments  

Friday, May 05, 2006

 

Germanwings increases frequency to Croatia

DubrovnikGermanwings one of Germany's low cost airlines is increasing the frequency of its flights into the Croatian cities of Zagreb and Dubrovnik for the Summer. The routes are proving popular so between 20 July and 17 August 2006 Zagreb will get an extra flight per week bringing the total to 5 / week. Between 20 July and 18 August 2006 Dubrovnik will get a 3 flights / week service, up from once per week at present. The flights are available for booking now and start at 19 euros one way including taxes and charges.

Photo ©Stefan Baum- FOTOLIA

# posted by John Williams @ 9:50 PM 0 comments  
 

Vueling adds Barcelona <> Granada

GranadaVueling the low cost Spanish Airline is to connect Barcelona and Granada from 29 June 2006. This will enable a quick, cheap connection between two of Spain's most beautiful cities. Granada owes much to the period when the Moors occupied Spain. La Alhambra was built by the Moors and comprises a red fortress ringed with cypresses. Inside is the amazing Nasrid Palace with its exquisite gardens. The site was declareda UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.
Another UNESCO World Heritage site can be found at El Albaicín, the old administrativee quarter of the city. Prior to the Moors it was occupied by the Iberians and the Romans. The streets and squares have some inspiring Moorish architecture.
There is plenty more to see in Granada from the Gothic cathedral or experiencing a Hammam (Arabic Bath) to shopping.

© Xavier Parisot- FOTOLIA


# posted by John Williams @ 8:35 PM 0 comments  

Thursday, May 04, 2006

 

3 million flybe seats at sale prices

flybe the low cost airline operating out of the United Kingdom is selling 3 million seats on their flights. They start from £19.99 GBP one way, including all taxes and charges but must be booked before Thursday 11 May 2006.

flybe also opened the first hangar to be built at Exeter Airport since the 1940's. The flybe Walker Hangar was officially opened by Sir Digby Jones, Chairman of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). It marks flybe's commitment to providing low cost services from the South West of England.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your fli

# posted by John Williams @ 10:16 PM 0 comments  
 

Short, but very sweet Centralwings sale

On Friday, 5 May 2006 between 21h00 and 24h00 CET (20h00 to 23h00 UK), Centralwings is selling seats on all flights to all destinations for £20 GBP / 25 euros one way. Prices include all taxes and charges. The offer applies to flights taken between 16 May 2006 and 8 June 2006.

Centralwings is the low cost subsidiary of the Polish, Lot Airlines. They fly out of 30 airposrts in Europe including:

London Stansted, Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh, Dublin, Shannon, Gdansk, Warsaw, Katowice, Lodz, Wrocklaw, Cologne, Lisbon, Faro, Malaga, Girona / Barcelona, Malta, Rome, Palermo, Bologna, Milan, Palma and Rhodes.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 12:39 PM 0 comments  

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

 

Ryanair extends 14 pence seat sale

Ryanair has extended its latest seat sale until midnight tomorrow (Thursday 4 May 2006). In their latest offering, seats can be bought for the very low price of 14 pence plus taxes and charges. The taxes and charges depend on the departure airport with current prices from:
Glasgow Prestwick: £12.01 GBP
Liverpool: £12.48 GBP
London Stansted: £5.00 GBP
London Luton: £15.08 GBP
Manchester: £15.48 GBP

Looking up offers I found London Stansted (17/5/06)<> Cork (20/5/06) for £9.92 including all taxes and charges. Also Liverpool (24/6/06) <> Kerry (1/7/06) for £20.30 including taxes and charges. There are lots more great deals just waiting to be found.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 7:00 PM 0 comments  
 

Virgin Express evening sale

For tomorrow evening (Thursday 4 May 2006) only, between 18h00 and 24h00 CET (17h00 and 23h00 UK), Virgin Express are offering 10, 000 seats to Barcelona, Nice or Athens from its Brussels base for 39.99 euros one way including all taxes and charges. Seats are available on flights this Autumn / Winter between 1 October 2006 and 15 December 2006.

A little bit of Winter Sun could be just the ticket this Winter.

You are probably aware that air travel damages the environment. Please consider this when booking flights. Have a look at www.climatecare.org for ways of mitigating the adverse effects of your flight.

# posted by John Williams @ 6:42 PM 0 comments  

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

 

EasyJet's new London Gatwick <> Split flights start today

EasyJet today started flying its new service to Split in Croatia from London Gatwick. The route announced earlier this year heralds a further expansion outside the EU and longer distance flights.

Split is the second largest city in Croatia and is a popular tourist destination.

Flights start at £30.99 GBP single (£56.98 GBP return including all taxes and charges).

# posted by John Williams @ 11:05 PM 0 comments  
 

Katowice <> Lübeck for Wizz Air

Wizz Air will add a new Katowice to Hamburg / Lübeck from 18 September this year. Earlier this year Wizz Air launced a Gdansk <> Hamburg / Lübeck. The service between Katowice and Hamburg-Lübeck will operate three times / week. Tickets are already on sale from 29.99 euros (one-way, including taxes and charges).

The low budget Eastern European Airline will be servicing ten Poland <> Germany routes when this route is launched.

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