Friday, June 30, 2006
easyJet and Ryanair welcome airport probe
The United Kingdom's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate the BAA the operator of London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. They will look at what the effect on prices is of BAA having 90% of the London Airport capacity using as a comparison other adjacent but competing airports such as Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds Bradford. They will also look at how capital expenditure at BAA airports is effectively rewarded with a 7.5% return on capital, thus incentivising the operator to push up the capital costs as much as possible.
Naturally both Ryanair and easyJet are delighted that the OFT is to take up the case. Ferrovial the new owners of BAA are not likely to be so pleased.
Naturally both Ryanair and easyJet are delighted that the OFT is to take up the case. Ferrovial the new owners of BAA are not likely to be so pleased.
Jet2 adds Salzburg for skiers
Jet2 along with the other low fares airlines are currently releasing their Winter 2006 / 2007 routes. In addition to last years Leeds Bradford and Manchester to Geneva, Chambery and Leeds Bradford <> Milan they are adding a new Leeds Bradford <> Salzburg. Flights start at £9 plus VAT one way plus taxes and charges. Resorts that are easliy accessible from Salzburg include Söll, Kitzbühel and Ellmau.Thursday, June 29, 2006
Virgin Express sale
Between today and 12 July 2006, Virgin Express the Brussels based budget airline is selling off 20,400 seats on flights between 15 July and 27 August 2006 starting at 59.99 euros one way including taxes and charges. Destinations available from Brussels include; Bilbao, Bologna, Bristol, Budapest, Gothenborg, Marseille, Vienna , Venice, Hamburg and Warsaw. The difference from other Virgin Express sale is that these routes are operated by SN Brussels the parent company for the budget airline.
A second sale of 1500 seats applies only to Virgin Express routes. Seats can be purchased from 18h00 CET today until 24h00 today on routes from Brussels to Bari, Lisbon, Murcia and Palermo between 15 September and 31 October 2006. Seats start at 49 euros one way including taxes and charges.
A second sale of 1500 seats applies only to Virgin Express routes. Seats can be purchased from 18h00 CET today until 24h00 today on routes from Brussels to Bari, Lisbon, Murcia and Palermo between 15 September and 31 October 2006. Seats start at 49 euros one way including taxes and charges.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Wizz Air adds 9 Romanian routes
Wizz Air, the Central and Eastern Europe's low cost airline has toady announced 9 new routes from 3 Romanian cities starting January 2007.
Wizz Air's new route line up:
The routes will be served by new Airbus A320 aircraft. Tickets are already on sale.
Wizz Air's new route line up:
- Bucharest Baneasa <> Barcelona from 15 Jan 2007
- Bucharest Baneasa <> Budapest from 15 Jan 2007
- Bucharest Baneasa <> Dortmund from 15 Jan 2007
- Bucharest Baneasa <> London Luton from 15 Jan 2007
- Bucharest Baneasa <> Rome Ciampino from 15 Jan 2007
- Arad <> Milan Bergamo from 15 Jan 2007
- Targu Mures <> Budapest from 14 Jul 2007
- Targu Mures <>Barcelona from 15 Jan 2007
- Targu Mures <>Rome Ciampino from 15 Jan 2007
The routes will be served by new Airbus A320 aircraft. Tickets are already on sale.
Aer Arann adds new Leeds Bradford , Cork and Galway routes
Aer Arann is expending some more. This time the smaller cousin of Ryanair is adding new routes from Cork and Galway to Leeds Bradford Airport. The new routes start up on 2 October 2006 and will be serviced witrh the airline's 66 seater ATR72 aircraft.The route line up is:
- Galway <> Cork - 5 flights per week
- Galway <> Leeds Bradford - 4 flight per week
- Cork <> Leeds Bradford - 4 flight per week
Monday, June 26, 2006
Liverpool easyJet Winter routes on sale
Now is the time to get the best deals on flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport between November 2006 and March 2007. The Winter timetabled flights went on sale today with destinations from Amsterdam, Paris CDG, Malaga, Krakow, Koln, Barcelona, Madrid, Geneva to name a few, have look before the cheapest seats sell out.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
bmibaby 25% England World Cup offer
While England remain in the World Cup, bmibaby are offering up to 25% off its seats on flights. There is limited availability during the school holidays though. There are flights on sale from as little as £11.95 one way including taxes and charges so it is well worth the effort searching their site and cheering England on!Air Berlin wins award for best low cost airline
For the third successive year Air Berlin has been voted the Best Budget Airline in the World by Skytrax the Airline review website. Air Berlin serves an extensive route network throughout Europe. It is the only low cost airline to incorporate baggage transfers when flying through its hub airports. These include London Stansted for journeys from Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow and Palma for Spanish and Portugese destinations. Flights start from £19 one way including all taxes and charges (they do charge a fuel supplement though) but includes an in flight snack.Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Wizz Air offer 100 000 seats for £1
From tonight until Monday 26 June 2006, Wizz Air the budget airline from Eastern Europe is selling 100 000 seats from £1 one way plus taxes and charges. Travel can be booked up until 15 September 2006.
New London Stansted <> Chambery route for Flyglobespan
Another new Winter route will be added to London Stansted by flyglobespan. Seats are on sale now and start at £29.99 each way including taxes. Chambery has good connections to resorts such as Alpe d'Huez, Courchevel and Val d'Isere. The new route will operate from December 2006 to April 2007.
Monday, June 19, 2006
New flybe Southampton <> Amsterdam
Southampton <> Amsterdam is the latest route on offer from flybe, the ow cost airline operating out of Southern England. The route will operate twice a day from 11 September 2006. It will use the latest Embraer 195 aircraft purchased by the airline. Fares will start at £24.99 one way including taxes and charges. The route follows on from flybe's recent expansion plans, that added Hanover and Düsseldorf to its route map. The airline promises more expansion to come as the new Embraer aircaft are delivered. The aircraft will also be used on the Southampton <> Edinburgh route.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Ryanair 99 pence seats
Ryanair has a £0.99 GBP seat sale on until midnight on Monday 19 June 2006. Seats can be purchased on flights between Monday 3 July and Wednesday 25 October 2006. There are a number of conditions attached so check before booking. Firstly the 99 pence fare is one way and does not include taxes and charges. Flights can only be booked at this rate on Mondays to Thursdays and Saturdays.Theree is also a huge blackout period between 15 July and 31 August 2006 on all of the routes. Flights must be booked 14 days in advance.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Jet2 Pisa from £31
Pisa is one of Jet2.com's most popular destinations. Right now they still have seats to this Italian destination starting at £31 one way including taxes and charges. Why not visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa or take the bus or train to open air museum that is Florence?
Jet2'srecommendationn is to take the 20 minute journey to the coast at Forte dei Marmi. It has miles of sandy beaches, clear blue sea and the Apuan Alps as a backdrop.
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.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
New Winter ski flights from flyglobespan
Edinburgh <> Chambery, France is the latest route to be announced by flyglobespan for this Winter. It will fly the route from December 2006 to March 2007. Chambery is located close to Val d'Isere and Tignes which are among France's most popular ski, and snowboarding resorts.
An Edinburgh <> Geneva service will also operate this Winter. Prices will start at £29.99 each way including tax.
Iceland Express late booking offers
Iceland Express the only budget airline operating to the volcanic island of the same name is having an offer on late bookings on June flights. They start at £75, one-way, including taxes. Travel between 15 and 30 June 2006.
350,000 Thomsonfly seats for under £35
Thomsonfly's latest offer is 350, 000 seats being sold for less than £35 one way. This offer is open until midnight on Sunday 18 June 2006. The seats are not available on all flights and routes and exclude Bank Holidays. Some flights also have to be booked as part of a return trip. To simplify finding a cheap fare Thomsonfly have a good cheap fares locator which can be found by clicking the 350,000 flights for £35 banner on their homepage.Wednesday, June 14, 2006
SkyEurope 50% off sale
SkyEurope is halving its fares for travel this Autumn is booked before midnight on Sunday 18 June 2006. The offer is valid for flights taken between 4 September 2006 and 30 November 2006. The discount does not apply to the taxes and charges.
Ryanair complains about Air France to European Commission
Ryanair continues its battle to open up Europe to low cost airlines. Its latest battle is to open up routes from and within France. It recently opened a base at Marseille, but Ryanair claim Air France have complained about the low cost airline's use of the new low cost terminal. Ryanair have responded by refering the case to the European Commission. The European Union has been instrumental in bringing about free competition in air travel in Europe and thus the prevalance of the budget airlines we see today.
Wizz Air relocate from Schipol to Eindhoven
From 19 September 2006, Wizz Air the East European low cost airline will move its operations in the Netherlands to Eindhoven. The benefit to the airline will be lower operating costs. Seats on Budapest <> Eindhoven flights will start at 29.99 euros one way including taxes and charges. Eindhoven is closer to Northern Belgium and the German Rhur region than Amsterdam but the country has cheap efficient rail and bus services.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
dba adds Stuttgart <> Moscow and ALDI sale
dba the mainly domestic German budget airline is to fly to Moscow Domodedowo Airport three times weekly starting this month. It will also allow passengers from Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Hannocer an easy connection to Moscow via Stuttgart.Another offer the airline has on at present is 49.99 euro seats sold at the budget German Supermarket chain, ALDI. These are available to ALDI customers in Southern Germany and are availble for flights at short notice to the World Cup fixtures, subject to availablity.
bmibaby releases Winter 06/07 seats on Thursday
bmibaby the budget arm of BMI will offer seats on Winter 2006 /07 routes for sale starting Thursday 15 June 2006 when flights from Birmingham and Nottingham East Midlands will be offered for sale. Then on Friday seats on Winter flights from Manchester, Cardiff and Durham Tees Valley will be put on sale. Tickets start at a low £13.99 one way. If you are looking to get away to the Alps (Geneva) or the sun (Alicante, Palma or Malaga) or any of their other city destinations, then get in quick because that is when the really cheap flights can be found.Flyglobespan to add Manchester <> Toronto
Flyglobespan the low budget airline is expanding in the North West. In March they announced a Manchester <> South Africa service and recently added a Liverpool <> Tenerife route. Today they have stated that they will fly to Toronto from Manchester starting on 3 November 2006. The flights will be weekly on Fridays using a Boeing 767-300. Flights start at £148 one way including all taxes. They will also offer a premimm economy and business service.
Monday, June 12, 2006
New Southampton<> Düsseldorf and Hannover for flybe
flybe, today announced that from 29 October 2006 it would add a twice daily service between Southampton and Düsseldorf. It will also service Hannover daily throughout the Winter.Sunday, June 11, 2006
Gran Canaria Winter flights from Glasgow and Manchester on sale
Air Scotland has released its Winter flights from Glasgow and Manchester to Gran Canaria for sale. The Canary Islands is a very popular destination for budget airlines at present.
bmibaby sale ends Tuesday
bmibaby, the budget arm of BMI has a Summer flight sale on at present. Seats start at £13.99 one way including taxes and charges. Destinations include Cork, Knock, Newquay, Jersey, Paris and of course Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Durham Tees, Nottingham East Midlands. If you are interested, then you'd better look them up now as the offer ends Midnight Tuesday 13 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.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Monarch 50% off web bookings sale
Monarch Airlines is having one of there 50% off web bookings sale. Quite simply, this means that bookings up to Midnight on Tuesday 13 June 2006 will attract an extra 50% web booking discount worth up to £15 off a return flight. Monarch flies to a number of Western Mediterraneann destinations including Barcelona, Mallorca, Malaga and Gibraltar. It also flies to Lisbon, Faro, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.It also runs "Bargain of the Day!" offers, today's being London Gatwick to Lisbon on 28 August 2006 for £14.99 including 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.
Opodo competition
Opodo the company owned by British Airways, Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Finnair, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa & Amadeus has a couple of competiotion on at present. One is for free flights to Europe with Lufthansa. The second is a £15,000 holiday in Thailand and Abu Dhabi with Etihad.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Air Southwest Summer Offers
Air Southwest have some good Summer 2006 offers. Air Southwest is a budget airline operating flights out of the South West of the United Kingdom.Routes on offer include:
Bristol <> Manchester from £22 one way
Bristol <> Norwich from £22 one way
Bristol <> Leeds Bradford from £22 one way
Bristol <> Newquay from £22 one way
Bristol <> Plymouth from £22 one way
Bristol <> Jersey from £32 one way
Cardiff <> Manchester from £19 one way
Cardiff <> Newquay from £19 one way
Plymouth <> Manchester from £33 one way
Plymouth <> London Gatwick from £33 one way
Plymouth <> Leeds Bradford from £33 one way
Plymouth <> Jersey from £33 one way
Plymouth <> Bristol from £22 one way
Newquay <> London Gatwick from £33 one way
Newquay <> Manchester from £33 one way
Newquay <> Leeds Bradford from £33 one way
Newquay <> Dublin from £25 one way
Newquay <> Bristol from £19 one way
All prices are one-way and include taxes.
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.
5 new Aer Lingus routes
Aer Lingus is to add new services from Dublin and Cork from October 2006. The new routes are:- Dublin <> Turin
- Dublin <> Newcastle
- Cork <> Madrid
- Cork <> Lanzarote
- Cork <> Prague
In addition the new routes introduced this Summer:
- Dublin <> Poznan
- Dublin <> Seville
- Cork <> Berlin
- Cork <> Birmingham
- Cork <> Faro
- Cork <> Tenerife
Free Thomsonfly flights to Paris and Amsterdam
Thomsonfly has 10,000 seats on offer for free to Paris and Amsterdam the only payment required is the taxes & charges. The travel period is from 15 June 2006 to 28 October 2006. The offer ends midnight (UK) on Monday 12 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.
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.
New London Gatwick <> Glasgow as easyJet takes on BA
easyJet is to introduce a new three-times daily service to Glasgow International Airport from 2 October 2006. It will also increase flight frequencies to Madrid, Milan, Cologne, Athens, Berlin and Amsterdam. They have announced that they are to take on BA who's share of flights from London Gatwick has declined from 47% to 38% since 2002. BA has been reducing capacity on routes operated by easyJet and withdrawn altogether from others. easyJet recently added three new routes from Gatwick to Milan Malpensa, Marrakech and Split.
EasyJet's service is less of a culture shock for defecting BA passengers than some low cost airlines who have stripped away all of the “frills” from their service and fly at off peak hours to reduce costs.
easyJet now offers a number of services aimed at winning over business customers:
“easyJet has grown dramatically at Gatwick over the last few years by offering its familiar combination of low-fares with care and convenience and has grown Gatwick to be our biggest single airport base.
“Given the range of services we now offer – from speedy boarding to the best hand baggage allowance in the business – it’s not surprising that BA’s passengers are flocking to easyJet in record numbers and today’s announcement will strengthen further our position at Gatwick.”
EasyJet's service is less of a culture shock for defecting BA passengers than some low cost airlines who have stripped away all of the “frills” from their service and fly at off peak hours to reduce costs.
easyJet now offers a number of services aimed at winning over business customers:
- A hand baggage allowance of equivalent volume to BA Club Class but with no weight restriction
- Access to airport lounges for fee
- Free transfer to an earlier flight if meetings finish early
- Overnight check-in at Gatwick for early flights
- Internet check-in (and 15 minute arrival time at the departure gate)
- Speedy Boarding (£5 per sector) for those that want to board the aircraft first
“easyJet has grown dramatically at Gatwick over the last few years by offering its familiar combination of low-fares with care and convenience and has grown Gatwick to be our biggest single airport base.
“Given the range of services we now offer – from speedy boarding to the best hand baggage allowance in the business – it’s not surprising that BA’s passengers are flocking to easyJet in record numbers and today’s announcement will strengthen further our position at Gatwick.”
£9.99 Jet2 Summer sale seats
Jet2.com have a Summer sale on right now. They have fares to 19 destinations starting at £9.99 one way including all taxes and charges. The £9.99 destinations are likely to be Amsterdam, Belfast, Blackpool, Cork and Leeds.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.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Manchester Airport wins value for money award
Manchester International Airport has won a prestigious IATA Eagle Award for providing a value for money service to airlines. The airport provides good customer service while charging well below the levels set by the CAA.
Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said: "It is a special pleasure to congratulate Manchester Airport on winning an Eagle Award in 2006-a good partner and a model for other airports to emulate. They have proved that well-managed airports can be both efficient and cost-effective."
Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said: "It is a special pleasure to congratulate Manchester Airport on winning an Eagle Award in 2006-a good partner and a model for other airports to emulate. They have proved that well-managed airports can be both efficient and cost-effective."
Vueling 10 euro sale now on
Vueling the Spanish low cost airline is selling 150,000 seats on its flights around mainland Spain as well as destinations in mainland Europe such as Paris, Brussels, Venice for a mere 10 euros plus taxes and charges. The flights can be booked throughout June, July and August. To qualify they must be booked before 13 June 2006.
New Manchester <> Tenerife route for Jet2
Jet2.com will start flying the Manchester - Tenerife route three times weekly from 31 October 2006. The Jet2 flights start at £55 one way including all taxes and charges.
Tenerife is becoming an increasingly popular destination with BA Connect, the low budget operation owned by BA also announcing that it will fly there from Notttingham East Midlands and Bristol. The BA Connect flights start with an introductory offer of £49 each way including all taxes and charges.
Tenerife is becoming an increasingly popular destination with BA Connect, the low budget operation owned by BA also announcing that it will fly there from Notttingham East Midlands and Bristol. The BA Connect flights start with an introductory offer of £49 each way including all taxes and charges.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Aer Arann adds London Luton <> Newquay route
Aer Arann the smaller of the Irish low cost airlines has added a new London Luton <> Newquay route. The new service will begin operations on 3 July 2006. The airline will offer four flights per week (Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) between the two airports. This is the airline's second Newquay route. Fares will start at £29.99 one way including taxes and charges.Aer Arran is also to increase the number of flights from Cardiff to Dublin by adding an additional mid week flight on Mondays to Fridays. It is reporting strong demand on this route that was abandoned by Ryanair in April.
Wizz Air adds new Katowice <> Oslo Torp route
Wizz Air continues to strengthen its position in Poland. From 19 September 2006 it will connect Katowice in Poland to Oslo-Torp Airport at Sandefjord, Norway. This is some way out of Oslo but has good connections to the Capital City.This latest addition will bring the total number of European countries served by Wizz Air to eighteen.
