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30 new routes for easyJet in 2007

John Williams — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:28:00 +0000

The orange low fares airline, easyJet added 5 more routes to its timetable today. This will bring the score of new routes for 2007 to 30. The five new routes are:

London Gatwick <> La Rochelle daily from 14 July to 9 September
Madrid <> Palma Mallorca daily from 26 February
Berlin (Schoenefeld) <> Lisbon Daily from 11 May
Berlin (Schoenefeld) <> Venice daily from 11 May
Geneva <> Cagliari daily from 29 June to 7 September

In addition the following routes make up the remaining 25. Some of which have been published on here some of which haven’t as this web site is my hobby and my family and day job have priority.

Belfast <> Krakow 3 X Weekly from 24 April
Belfast <> Ibiza 1 x weekly from 7 July
Bristol <> Bordeaux Daily fro 31 March
Bristol <> Ibiza 1 x weekly from 14 July
Edinburgh <> Munich Daily from 4 April
Edinburgh <> Palma 1 x weekly from 5 May
Geneva <> Bordeaux Daily from 29 June
Geneva <> Oporto Daily from 29 June
Glasgow <> Ibiza1 x weekly from 16 June
London Gatwick <> Pisa Daily from 3 April
London Gatwick <> Palermo Daily from 18 June
London Luton<> Ibiza Daily from 5 May
Lyon <> Rome (Ciampino) Daily from 16 February
Madrid <> Asturias 2 x Daily from 15 February
Madrid <> Casablanca Daily from 22 February
Madrid <> Edinburgh Daily from 25 February
Madrid <> La Coruna 2 x Daily from 15 February
Madrid <> Lyon Daily from 16 February
Madrid<> Marrakech Daily from 22 February
Madrid <> Rome (Ciampino) Daily from 23 February
Madrid <> Toulouse Daily from 25 February
Milan (Malpensa) <> Edinburgh Daily from 21 May
Newcastle <> Krakow 4x weekly from 30 March
Newcastle <> Mahon 2x weekly from 14 July
Paris (Orly) <> Athens Daily from 4 May

easyJet is adding 12 new aircraft to its fleet this Summer enabling them to service 258 routes.

Cardiff <> Barcelona for Thomsonfly

John Williams — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:21:00 +0000

Thomsonfly will add Barcelona to its Summer 2007 destinations available to passengers from Cardiff. The airline will operate the route four times per week offering one way fares starting at £22.99 one way including taxes and charges.

Six more new easyJet Summer 2007 routes

John Williams — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:43:00 +0000

Another six new routes are on offer from easyJet starting in the Summer of 2007. The breakdown is:
Geneva <> Bordeaux starts 29 June 2007
Geneva <> Porto starts 29 June 2007
London Luton <> Ibiza service starts 5 May 2007
London Gatwick <> Palermo starts 18 June 2007
London Gatwick <> Pisa Starts 3 April 2007
Paris Orly <> Athens starts 4 May 2007

Virgin Express 49.99 Euro Christmas sale

John Williams — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:14:00 +0000

Virgin Express the soon to be Brussels Airlines has a week long Christmas offer on at present. They are selling 100,000 seats to all destinations served by the Brussels based budget airline at 49.99 euros per person one way including taxes. Seats are on sale from now until Monday 18 December 2006 for travel from 8 January 2007 to 24 March 2007.

XL Airways flight offers

John Williams — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:24:00 +0000

XL.com the web side of Excel Airways has a page on its site with the latest flight offers. XL.com operates differently to low cost airlines in that it discounts flights that have not been sold close to the departure date. This is because Excel Airways are a Charter Airline that also run scheduled flights.
The cheapest flight on offer this week is £51 GBP return, including all taxes and charges to Tenerife from East Midlands Airport. The £59 (inclusive) flight departs Tuesday 2 May 2006 and returns seven days later. If that is too short notice, how about Faro, Portugal from London Gatwick departing Thusday 4 May 2006? Have a look at their offer flights for lots more good deals.

Germanwings 9 euro fares

John Williams — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:17:00 +0000

Germanwings latest offer also comes to an end on Monday 1 May 2006. The German low cost airline is offering seats for 9 euros one way plus taxes and charges. Look up www.germanwings.com for details and terms and conditions.
Photo © Germanwings

Vueling May to July 10 euro seat offer

John Williams — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:53:00 +0000

Vueling the Spanish low cost airline is selling 100,000 seats across its European network for 10 euros each way, plus taxes and charges. The offer runs until midnight CET on Tuesday, 2 May 2006. Seats can be booked on flights in May, June and July 2006. Vueling flies to all over Spain from its main bases in Barcelona and Madrid. It also flies to Paris, Brussels, Venice, Milan Lisbon and Amsterdam.

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Ryanair 14 pence seat sale

John Williams — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:13:00 +0000

Ryanair's latest sale will come to an end on Monday 1 May 2006. They are selling seats on flights for 14 pence plus taxes and charges. The flights must be booked 14 days in advance for the period from 12 May 2006 to Wednesday 25 October 2006, the earliest flight in the sale is likely to depart mid May. This is a good chunk of the 2006 calendar, but as is to be expected there are some extensive blackout periods. These include July, August and Public Holidays, school holidays and sporting events. No cheap tickets to the World Cup then! That said there are some excellent deals. I have purchased a flight to Pisa.

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Icebreaker fares from Iceland Express

John Williams — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:12:00 +0000

Iceland Express the budget airline flying from the fascinating Island that is Iceland has some of its Icebreaker Fares on offer for next week. For £9 GBP one way plus taxes and charges seats on flights from London Stansted to Reykavik can be booked departing on the following days:

Thursday 4 May 2006
Saturday 6 May 2006
Wednesday 10 May 2006

In addition Stockholm to Reykavik can be booked for £5 one way plus taxes and charges on Wednesday 17 May 2006.

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Smart Wings to offer some free refreshments

John Williams — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:15:00 +0000

Smart Wings the Czech Republic based low cost airline is to include a light refreshment and a non alcloholic drink in its seat prices. Other drinks and snacks will still have to be paid for. The reason behind this move is unclear, unless it is to stimulate sales of additional alcoholic or hot drinks. The new service will start on 1 May 2006.

Cardiff <> Galway for Aer Arann

John Williams — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:03:00 +0000

Aer Arann has flights from Cardiff to Galway on sale. The airline will fly the route three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 25 May 2006. This brings the total number of routes flown from Cardiff International Airport to four. Seats staret at £29.99 one way including taxes and charges.

Meanwhile, the proposed base at Liege has been removed from Aer Arann's web site as they concentrate on the new Cardiff routes.

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Vueling success in consumer poll

John Williams — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:37:00 +0000

In a recent survey by European consumer organisations in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Portugal Vueling was rated as the best Spanish Airline. From a total of 8,600 surveys, Vueling topped the airlines in its home country with a 7.16 rating. Out of the 110 airlines analysed, Vueling came in at 23.

Wizz Air enters Romanian market

John Williams — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:25:00 +0000

Wizz Air, one of the leading low cost airlines in Central and Eastern Europe, today revealed that it would be flying to Targu Mures in Romania from Budapest. This brings to seven the Central and Eastern European countries served by the airline. It also flies to Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia.

The new service will commence on 14 July 2006 with three flights per week offered at first.

József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air said: "Our entry into Romania is a highly important step forward to reinforce our market leadership in Central and Eastern Europe. We aim at establishing the Wizz brand by offering unprecedented low fares and comfortable air travel to the citizens of Romania well before the country's EU accession. Targu Mures Airport is the perfect location for Wizz to serve the millions of inhabitants of Transylvania and those who wish to experience the unique nature and cultural life of the region. This is the first step and many more are to come."

New Dublin <> Cardiff and Knock routes for Aer Arann

John Williams — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:04:00 +0000

Following on from the last post, with Ryanair vacating their slot at Cardiff International, Aer Arann is to step in from 1 May 2006 and operate the route. I wonder if they will offer a rescue deal for stranded Ryanair customers or juts carry on in a less publicity grabbing style offering a service for passengers who want to fly the route?
Still on the subject of Aer Arann, the small Irish low cost airline. From 28 May 2006 they will connect Dublin and Knock with a daily service. The flights depart Knock at 7.15am Monday to Saturday and 9.00am on Sunday and departing Dublin at 6.15pm. The journey time will be a mere thirty five minutes.

Ryanair drops Cardiff <> Dublin

John Williams — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:10:00 +0000

Ryanair is to cease flying the Cardiff <> Dublin route from 1 May 2006. The airline cites Cardiff International Airports rise in charges which Ryanair claim to be 350%. Ryanair will transfer passengers who have already booked to / from Bristol by coach until 10 May 2006.
The increase in airport charges hasn't deterred another Irish low cost carrier, Aer Arann who will take over the route on 1 May 2006.

New Cardiff <> Jersey route for Thomsonfly

John Williams — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:46:00 +0000

Thomsonfly the TUI owned low cost airline has added another route to its network. This time passengers can fly from Cardiff to Jersey and vice versa. Flights start on 25 May 20906 and are on sale now. They start from a cheap £16.99 one way, including taxes and charges. The airline will operate the route on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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Monarch 60% off sale

John Williams — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:33:00 +0000

Monarch Airlines is offering up to 60% web discount for flights booked up to midnight on Tuesday 25 April 2006 (UK time). The discount is worth £16 off every return flight booked up until then.

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EasyJet blocked on Italian domestic route

John Williams — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:25:00 +0000

EasyJet who had to pull its proposed service to Corsica when the French Authorities intervened has run into similar difficulties in Italy. The UK based low fares airline was to fly Milan to / from Olbia, Sardinia but has been refused permission by ENAC (Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile - the Italian National Civil Aviation Authority.
ENAC ruled that Meridiana another low cost airline had sole rights to service the route under a Public Service Obligation (PSO). This ia a similar case to their Paris / Ajaccio route that easyJet had to pull.
EasyJet have referred the case to the courts.
It is good to see that the airline continues to strive for an open skies agreement across Europe.

New Cork <> Katowice for Wizz Air

John Williams — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:16:00 +0000

Wizz Air today announced that from 14 July 2006 it would be flying to Cork, Ireland from Katowice in Poland. Wizz Air is one of the leading low cost airline in operating from Central / Eastern Europe. It has a strong base in Poland. The airline is the leading budget carrier serving Poland a country which has shown tremendous growth in air travel over the last year.

bmibaby flights from £14.99

John Williams — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:13:00 +0000

In their latest offer bmibaby is offering flights from the United Kingdom to destinations throughout Europe starting at a very low £14.99 one way including taxes and charges. The low cost airline owned by BMI, flies from Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Durham Tees Valley, Edinbugh, Glasgow, London Gatwick, Manchester and Nottingham East Midlands. They also offer low cost flights on BMI flights from London Heathrow. Routes for £14.99 include most of their UK airports to Belfast International, as well as flights to Cork, Jersey, Newquay. Flights to Paris and Amsterdam start at £19.99 one way.

I have just booked flight to Cork and seats were selling out fast so you'd better be quick.

Excel Airways half term offers

John Williams — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:50:00 +0000

XL.com the low cost airline voted Best Charter Airline ny the Daily Telegraph has some excellent offers on for Half Term. Here are a few of the cheap flight deals on offer:

Gatwick to Malaga departing 30 May 2006 from £128 return
Gatwick to Alicante departing 25 May 2006 from £183
Birmingham to Tenerife departing 26 May 2006 from £264
Exeter to Arrecife departing 25 May 2006 from £246
Gatwick to Corfu departing 29 May 2006 from £273
Gatwick to Las Palmas departing 29 May 2006 from £237

Prices are return including taxes and charges.
Look up their website for more information including inclusive holiday deals.

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Thomsonfly Winter 06/07 routes

John Williams — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:28:00 +0000

Thomsonfly have released more Winter 2006 /07 routes at some very low prices. Here are some of the latest tranche of cheap flights released by the airline:

Jersey from Doncaster & Coventry starting at £16.99 one way inclusive
Prague from Bournemouth, Luton (New routes) & Doncaster starting at £19.99
Barcelona from Coventry starting at £19.99
Valencia from Coventry starting at £19.99

All quoted prices are one way including taxes and charges.

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New SkyEurope Prague<>Croatia routes

John Williams — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:40:00 +0000

SkyEurope the Central European budget airline will add Dubrovnik and Split to its destinations served from Prague. The two Croatian cities are popular tourist destinations. The airline will operate two flights per week to each city from 3 June 2003.

Wizzair Easter 100,000 free seat offer

John Williams — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:23:00 +0000

Wizz Air is giving away 100,000 free seats (well almost £0.02) between now and 17 April 2006. All you will need to pay is the taxes and charges. Flights between 25 April 2006 and 15 June 2006 are included in this offer.

Ryanair adds 9 new Frankfurt Hahn routes

John Williams — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:53:00 +0000

Ryanair is to add nine new destinations to those served from its base at Frankfurt Hahn in Germany. From 25 October 2006 it will fly to:

Fez (3x / week) from 26 October
Granada (3x / week) from 26 October
Kaunus (4x / week) from 25 October
Krakow (Daily) from 25 October
Marrakech (4x / week) from 25 October
Murcia (Daily) from 25 October
Trieste (3x / week) from 26 October
Verona (Daily) from 25 October
Wroclaw( Daily) from 25 October

Its good to see that Ryanair are also flying to North Africa, following easyJet's lead at the begining of March. Who will be the first low cost carrier to Kiev, I wonder.