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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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Germanwings 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

Vueling 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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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).

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.