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UK NewsRyanair condems Ferrovial/BAA’s latest attempt to delay the sale of Stansted and a better deal
Ryanair today (Oct 7th) condemned the latest attempts by the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly to further delay the sale of Stansted Airport, as recommended by the Competition Commission over three years ago in its August 2008 report. Ryanair has been invited to a case management conference this afternoon before the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) at which the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly is seeking to “stay” (ie. further delay) the sale of Stansted to allow for yet another (judicial review) appeal by the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly. Flybe statement regarding chancellor's Air Passenger Duty announcement
Andrew Strong, Managing Director, Flybe UK said, “Flybe welcomes the Chancellor’s acknowledgement that air services from the UK’s regions are impacted by the high price of Air Passenger Duty (APD). easyJet’s double Scottish celebration
easyJet is all set to celebrate a ten-year Scottish double. CEB now top airline in Davao, gains 44% market share in Q2
The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) carried the most number of passengers to and from Davao in the 2nd quarter of 2011 (Q2), gaining 44.4% of the local market share in the Philippines’ main southern hub. Ryanair to launch complaint against BAA Stansted for overcharging and monopoly abuses
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (Wed 27th July) confirmed that it had instructed its lawyers to file a complaint with the CAA and Competition Commission, demanding that they revise the current price cap at Stansted to eliminate what Ryanair believes are monopoly abuses and overcharging of Stansted’s airlines over the past five years (2007-2011) during which: easyJet response to Competition Commission announcement on the sale of BAA Airports
Commenting on today's announcement, easyJet's UK Director Paul Simmons, said: easyJet supports the efforts of the Competition Commission to improve outcomes for passengers in the London and Scotland airport markets. Flybe Training Academy signs first Q400 Simulator customer
Flybe, Europe’s leading regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has today announced that the first customer to sign a contract for use of the Dash-8 Q400 Full Flight Simulator at its new multi-million pound Training Academy in Exeter is Nigerian-based Arik Air. Ryanair announces new base (No 45) in Manchester
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (12th July) announced it would open its 45th base at Manchester in October 2011 initially with two based aircraft and 17 routes, growing to four aircraft and 26 routes by summer 2012. Flybe and British Airways open up BA Gatwick routes to Newcastle Airport customers
This week Flybe and British Airways (BA) commenced a codeshare agreement on Flybe’s London Gatwick route from Newcastle International Airport. easyJet increases capacity on Bristol routes
easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport, has today announced that it is to increase the frequency on 15 of its Bristol routes providing an extra 10,000 seats for South West passengers this summer. Flybe marks passenger milestone at JLA
Flybe, Europe’s leading regional airline and the UK’s Number One domestic carrier marked an important milestone at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) yesterday with its 700,000th passenger travelling through the airport. Wizz Air adds London Luton to its routes from Lodz
Tickets are already available from as low as 96 PLN (one way, including taxes and booking fee) on wizzair.com or by calling the Call Center. Boeing, Norwegian Air Shuttle Announce Order for 15 Next-Generation 737-800s
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded 'Norwegian,' today announced an order for 15 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes at the international 2011 Paris Air Show. The order, valued at $1.2 billion at list prices, brings the total number of 737-800s Norwegian has ordered direct from Boeing to 78. Ryanair and Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China) Sign C 919 MOU in Paris
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (21st June) in Paris signed a Memorandum of Understanding with COMAC to participate in discussions on the development of the COMAC C919 aircraft for Ryanair, which would be designed to carry up to 200 passengers and should be available from 2018 onwards. Ryanair launches two new Leeds Bradford winter routes to/from Kaunas and Riga
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (14th June) announced two new Leeds Bradford routes to/from Kaunas and Riga from November which grows Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford winter schedule to 13 low fares routes, which will see Ryanair deliver over 1m passengers p.a., sustaining up to 1,000 jobs in the Yorkshire region. New routes for scheduled leisure airline Monarch
Monarch, the scheduled leisure airline, has this week launched its programme of flights for Summer 2012 and will be introducing new scheduled services to Turkey and its first ever summer scheduled flights to Egypt. bmibaby flies high with new developments in social media
Hot on the heels of the launch of the bmibaby blog, the low cost airline is the first European airline to embrace an ongoing social media loyalty scheme through location based network application, Gowalla. Jet2.com takes off to Toulouse
Newcastle holidaymakers can now jet off to Toulouse for the first time thanks to the North’s leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, Jet2.com. easyJet calls on Government to halt destructive changes to aviation tax
easyJet today publishes an independent report on the Government’s proposed changes to Air Passenger Duty (APD) which predicts that the proposals would: CAPA Membership Ryanair goes live with airRM Revenue Management System
Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (“RMS, Inc.”) is pleased to announce the successful implementation of its state-of-the-art revenue management, inventory control, and reporting system airRM at Ryanair. Inverness Airport announces new Flybe Inverness to Amsterdam route
Inverness Airport and Flybe today (Monday, May 16, 2011) announce the launch of a new Flybe service to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Ryanair: Resignation of DAA Chairman welcomed
Ryanair today (13th May) welcomed the resignation of the Chairman of the DAA Airport Monopoly David Dilger. Mr Dilger, has presided over the waste of €1.2bn on Dublin Airport’s unnecessary T2 white elephant and record traffic collapses at Cork, Dublin, and Shannon Airports from 30m passengers in 2008 to just over 20m in 2010. Ryanair launches Leeds Bradford Winter schedule with 11 routes
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (10th May) launched its Leeds Bradford winter schedule which will operate on two aircraft across 11 routes, including the extension of its Lanzarote service to its winter schedule. Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford will grow to over 1m passengers p.a. and sustain over 1,000 jobs in the Yorkshire region. Belfast International Airport: easyJet London Luton service - Monday 09-May
easyJet moves Luton service back to Belfast International Airport easyJet launches new route between Glasgow and Amsterdam
easyJet, Scotland’s favourite airline, has today announced the launch of a new route between Glasgow and Amsterdam. Ryanair selects airRM as its revenue management system
Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (RMS Inc.) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide Ryanair with state-of-the-art revenue management, inventory control, and reporting tools. Ryanair’s new Doncaster route is Portugal bound
Summer has arrived for passengers looking for Portuguese paradise as Ryanair’s latest route from Doncaster Sheffield Airport has now taken to the sky. easyJet and VisitBritain invest £18 million to boost UK tourism
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has formed a partnership with VisitBritain, the UK’s national tourism agency, to jointly market Britain as a tourist destination over the next four years. easyJet to launch Manchester flights
easyJet is to launch its first flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester. Ryanair announces first Crete (Greece) routes
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (24th Mar) announced its first routes from Chania (second largest city on the Greek island of Crete) to Frankfurt Hahn and Milan Bergamo from May 2011 which will deliver 60,000 passengers p.a. and create up to 60 local jobs in Crete. easyJet launches low-cost route to GLASGOW
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has announced the launch of a new route from Jersey to Glasgow. easyJet joins Nectar loyalty programme
Nectar points will be able to be exchanged for easyJet flights, following the creation of a new partnership between the UK's largest loyalty programme and the UK's largest airline. The initiative is backed by Nectar founding partner, Sainsbury's. Jet2.com launches new summer Sunshine service from Belfast to Alicante
The Leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, Jet2.com, has just announced an exciting new route to Alicante, direct from Belfast International Airport. Alicante airport is in close proximity to the great holiday hot-spots of Benidorm, Torrevieja, Calpe and Denia. flydubai sets sights on Sohag
flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, today announced a new service between Dubai and Sohag, one of the most popular gateway cities into southern Egypt. Airstream arranges spare engine facility for Flybe
Airstream has arranged a secured loan facility for Flybe to finance spare Pratt and Whitney PW150A engines. These engines are used by Flybe to support their fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft. The financing was provided by a European financial institution. Ryanair re-opens route to Kaunas
From 14 April you can fly to Kaunas in Lithuania with Ryanair. Wizz Air moves its base from Borispol to Zhuliani in Kiev
Wizz Air Ukraine - first Ukrainian low cost airline announced today, that it will move its Kiev Borispol (KBP) operations to Kiev Zhuliani (IEV) airport in Ukraine. Vueling adds Bordeaux to its French route network
Vueling, the new generation airline, today puts on sale more than 28,000 seats on its new route between Barcelona and Bordeaux, which will start operating on April, 15th. SmartWings increases the frequency of flight to Dubai
SmartWings, a low cost trademark of Travel Service airline, brings you an increased frequency of flights to Dubai. Blue1 signs long term agreement with OAA for turnkey simulator support solution
Oxford Aviation Academy (“OAA”) and Blue1 have signed a long term agreement whereby OAA will provide a turnkey simulator hosting and operational support solution (“OAA Total Simulator Support”) on Blue1’s Boeing 717 full flight simulator at OAA’s Stockholm training facility. Flybe announces key new route between Edinburgh and Knock
Flybe has today announced a brand new route between Edinburgh and Knock that will operate three times a week starting April 19th,, 2011 with fares on sale now from £29.99 one way including taxes and charges at www.flybe.com. Ryanair to maintain Summer 2011 capacity at JLA
Ryanair today unveiled their Summer 2011 flying programme from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) and at a time when the low fares airline is cutting back on business at most other UK airports, the volume of Ryanair traffic through Liverpool is due to remain similar to last year’s. easyJet gives new flexibility to get disrupted passengers home
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, this evening announced that to enable more people to get to their destination in time for the festive period, it is to allow its passengers who have been disrupted to transfer their return flights free of charge to any airport served by the airline. Jet2.com releases more flights from its newest base, Glasgow
Jet2.com, the leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, and Jet2holidays, package holidays you can trust, have increased capacity for flights and holidays through the summer months to Alicante and Majorca by switching the flights that were planned to operate on a Boeing 737 aircraft to a wide bodied 757 aircraft with 81 more seats. Ryanair rejects rumours about Virgin
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17th Dec) dismissed rumours that it might bid for Virgin Atlantic. While Ryanair is interested in a low fares transatlantic service it has no intention of bidding for a high fares airline. Ryanair condemns tourist tax half measure
Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (7th Dec) condemned the fact that the Irish Government still has no tourism policy and Irish tourism will continue to be strangled by a €3 tourist tax and the high and increasing charges levied by the Government owned DAA airport monopoly. Ryanair to open 3 new bases on the Canary Islands
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (1st Dec) announced three new bases on the Canary Islands in summer 2011. easyJet launches new route from Manchester
easyJet, the UK’s largest and best value airline, has today (Thursday 25 November) launched a brand new route from Manchester Airport. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air offer holiday travel tips
In anticipation of the busy holiday travel season, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air offer the following tips: Frontier Airlines kicks off Austin-Kansas City service
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Frontier Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET), today celebrated the start of service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI) with flight #1735 departing Kansas City at 7:28 p.m. CST. Flybe ups French connection with three brand new summer 2011 routes
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has today announced it will operate three brand new services to France from Southampton International airport namely Beziers, Clermont-Ferrand and Pau currently available for travel between May and September with seats now on sale from £39.99 one way including taxes and charges. Ryanair replies to John O’Donoghue’s ‘Internet Petition’
Ryanair, Kerry Airport’s favourite airline, today (11th Nov) responded to John “Expenses” O’Donoghue’s internet petition against the reduction in Ryanair’s Kerry Dublin flights by reminding him that Ryanair has written repeatedly to his party colleague Minister Noel “Expenses” Dempsey asking him to preserve the future of Ryanair’s Kerry- Dublin PSO service. Air Berlin PLC amends conditions of its invitation for offers regarding the 2009 9% convertible bond
EANS-Adhoc: Air Berlin PLC amends conditions of its invitation for offers regarding the 2009 9% convertible bond easyjet and lowcosttravelgroup announce a strategic agreement to penetrate the European travel market
easyJet and Lowcosttravelgroup announce a 3 year agreement to combine easyJet’s low fares and convenient flights with Lowcost’s great value and high quality accommodation to offer the consumer competitively priced, flexible and convenient holidays across easyJet’s network. Jetlite to introduce thirty new domestic flights, effective 01-Nov-2010 onwards*
JetLite, Jet Airways’ all-economy subsidiary, will introduce thirty new domestic flights, including the launch of its services on eight additional sectors across India, effective November 1, 2010.* Ryanair cuts 30% of flights, 1M pax and 1,000 jobs at Frankfurt Hahn
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (27th Oct) announced 30% flight cuts and the loss of 1m passengers at its Frankfurt Hahn base from summer 2011 following the introduction of the German Govt’s €8 tourist tax. Cardiff: Flybe’s 2011 summer schedule on sale
Leading regional airline announces popular summer routes Ryanair announces closure of Marseille base
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (13th Oct) announced that it will close its only French base at Marseille Airport from Tuesday 11th Jan 2011, following the commencement of legal proceedings against Ryanair’s Marseille base, where all of its 200 pilots and cabin crew work on Irish aircraft (i.e. Irish territory) and pay their taxes and social insurance contributions in Ireland where they receive their Irish pay. Monarch Aircraft Engineering: easyJet maintenance agreement
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) is extremely pleased to announce that it has signed a base maintenance agreement with easyJet to carry out the embodiment of a number of wing rear spar inspection service bulletins on their Airbus A320 family fleet. Jet2.com: Lowest price car hire guaranteed
New partnership with TravelJigsaw with exclusive discounts for Jet2.com fliers Nashville International Airport: Southwest Airlines announces seasonal service changes
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Southwest Airlines has informed the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority that it will adjust its flight schedule for the spring of 2011, including seasonally adding service to several new markets: Providence and Seattle. Ryanair: DAA’s high costs causes 1.8m (12%) traffic collapse at Dublin Airport
Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline, today (7th Oct) responded to August traffic figures for Dublin Airport which showed 1,800,000 fewer passengers in the eight months to August 2010, a 12% year-to-date decline (12.5m vs. 14.3m). easyJet commits to more routes from JLA
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet has today announced that it is to operate a further three new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) as a further sign of its continued commitment to the Airport, bringing its total number of destinations from JLA to 32. Ryanair announces first Estonian routes
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (30th Sept) announced its first Estonian flights from Tallinn, the capital city, with seven routes to Dublin, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Edinburgh, London (Luton), Milan (Bergamo), Oslo (Rygge) and Stockholm (Skavsta) from December 2010, which will see Ryanair carry 300,000 passengers p.a. through Tallinn, creating and sustaining 300 local jobs. Ryanair calls for EU action as Belgian ATC strikes
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (28th Sept) called on the EU Commission to take urgent action to end the ongoing chaos over European skies as Belgian Air Traffic Controllers announce a 24 hour wildcat strike (from 1400hrs today 28th Sept) which will close Belgian airspace. Ryanair calls for EU action ahead of latest ATC strike
Ryanair today (27th Sept) confirmed that it will operate ‘hand baggage only’ flights to/from Spain on Wednesday 29th September as it called on the EU Commission to take urgent action to prevent more ATC strikes and delays as European airlines and passengers suffer further disruption from Spanish ATC strikes this Wednesday (29th Sept), just one week after Ryanair was forced to cancel over 250 flights due to strike action by French ATC. Ryanair responds to John O’Donoghue TD
Ryanair, today (24th Sept) criticised John O’Donoghue’s remarks in relation to the Kerry Dublin route which are a failed an attempt to divert attention away from his Govt’s disastrous aviation and tourism policy, particularly as it damages Kerry Airport. Flybe steps in with increased capacity on key Aberdeen to Birmingham route
Flybe has moved quickly to ensure that passengers still have plenty of options following bmi Regional’s news that it will suspend services on the key Aberdeen to Birmingham route effective October 30th. First bmibaby flight to Munich
Low cost airline bmibaby is celebrating its inaugural flight to Germany from East Midlands Airport. The new service to Munich launches today (17 September 2010) and is already over 80 per cent full. Monarch launches new flights to Calabria
Leading leisure airline, Monarch has announced new flights to the Italian region of Calabria, which will operate for Summer 2011. Fares start from £219 return and are now available to book via www.monarch.co.uk. Jet2.com lands at Glasgow Airport with 9 destinations and 150 new jobs
Jet2.com has today unveiled Glasgow Airport as its eighth and newest base, bringing substantial investment to the region including 150 new jobs and nine low fare destinations. Ryanair launches duty free sales on four Dublin routes to the Canaries
IRELAND : Ryanair today (9th Sept) announced that it has introduced duty free sales of top brand cigarettes and alcohol on four Dublin routes to/from the Canaries (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife). Ryanair cuts Shannon flights by 21%
IRELAND : Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline today (8th Sept) announced a further 21% cut in its Shannon flights and traffic this winter in response to last week’s surprise decision by Shannon Airport to impose a further 33% increase in passenger fees from 1st November despite the fact that Shannon’s traffic has collapsed by more than 1m passengers from over 2.7m passenger in 2009 to under 1.6m passengers in 2010. The “triple whammy” of Shannon’s high costs, their refusal to extend Ryanair’s 5 year base deal, and the imposition of the Govt’s €10 tourist tax has devastated traffic, tourism and jobs at Shannon Airport and the Mid West region. Kent International Airport: Manchester from Manston in just seventy minutes
UNITED KINGDOM : Miles better - new air link to Manchester beats road and rail! bmibaby announce additional flights to East Midlands
bmibaby is delighted to offer Northern Ireland passengers additional flights from Belfast to East Midlands Airport from 31st October 2010. Flybe announces early selection of routes for Summer 2011!
Europe’s leading regional airline launches early sale of 21 routes to top summer destinations Jet2.com announces new summer 2011 route from Edinburgh to Budapest
Jet2.com launches new route and announces extra capacity to Majorca easyJet launches three new business routes from Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, the UK's largest and best value airline, has launched three new business routes from Manchester Airport. Ryanair launches €5 weekend seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (20th Aug) released 500,000 €5 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September and October. Ryanair announces four new London Gatwick routes - to Bologna, Faro, Milan Bergamo and Porto
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17 August) announced that it will open four new routes from London Gatwick - to Bologna, Faro, Milan Bergamo and Porto - and will increase the frequency of its London Gatwick to Oslo Rygge route to ten flights per week. Flybe welcomes BAA union agreement
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe, Europe’s biggest European regional airline today welcomed the news that BAA and Unite had come to an agreement that removes the threat of strike action during the busy summer period. Ryanair condemns Unite’s latest strike
IRELAND : Ryanair today (12th Aug) condemned Unite’s latest airport staff strike in late August which is timed during the peak summer travel period to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of passengers and their families. Ryanair launches €6 weekend seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair today released 500,000 €6 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September. Flybe announces major agreement with Finnair PLC to co-operate on the delivery of regional services
Flybe, the UK’s largest domestic airline and Europe’s largest regional airline today announced that it has reached agreement with Finnair PLC to provide regional services in Scandinavian and Baltic Sea Areas. Ryanair announces new London Stansted route to Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (4 August) announced that it will open a new twice-weekly service from London Stansted to Plovdiv in Bulgaria which will commence on 2 November with fares from £32.99 one way inclusive of taxes. Ryanair’s 3 new winter sun routes from Cork
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (28th July) announced that it will operate three new winter sun routes from Cork this winter, to Faro, Fuerteventura and Malaga, at much lower winter sun fares than Aer Lingus. Flybe honours its 10-millionth passenger out of Southampton Airport
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe this morning honoured the 10-millionth passenger to use its extensive route network to and from Southampton International Airport with a presentation to Bournemouth resident, Janet Cauchi, who returned from Edinburgh. Flybe to launch its new jet aircraft on popular Guernsey route in spring 2011
UNITED KINGDOM : Islanders will be first to benefit next year as Europe’s largest regional airline flies new E-175 jet on upgraded London Gatwick lifeline service Embraer and Flybe sign an order for up to US$ 5.0 billion
UNITED KINGDOM : Embraer and Flybe, one of Europe’s leading low-cost and regional airlines, signed a contract for the sale of 35 EMBRAER 175 jets, today, at the 47th Farnborough International Airshow, in England. Ryanair: Bournmouth winter schedule announced
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (15th July) confirmed that its Bournemouth base will operate on a nine month seasonal schedule as the UK Govt’s £11 tourist tax prevents its operations from the airport being economically viable during the winter months of November, December and January. Jet2.com announces a new route from Prague to Newcastle
Leading Low Fare Airline Jet2.com has increased the number of routes from Prague airport to four with the addition of a new route to Newcastle in the North East of England starting in November 2010 Jet2.com fly high at Newcastle with five new route launches
Massive growth for airline: FIVE new routes, additional 5th aircraft and 500,000 seats out of Newcastle International Airport..Jet2holidays to compliment new routes with great value package deals. Ryanair calls for Dublin Airport to transfer its €1.2bn White Elephant T2 to NAMA
IRELAND : Ryanair cuts Dublin Winter capacity by 15%, as Dublin Airport traffic falls to 17m in 2010 Ryanair launches Leeds Bradford winter schedule with 13 routes
IRELAND : Ryanair Launches Leeds Bradford Winter Schedule With 13 Routes, Including New Services To Dussledorf, Gdansk and Fuerteventura. easyJet launches new Swiss route from Edinburgh airport
easyJet, the UK's largest airline, is set to launch a new route between Edinburgh and Basel, Switzerland, with tickets going on sale today (Thursday 1 July). easyJet launch new route from Liverpool airport
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, is today (Thursday, 1st July) launching a new route from Liverpool airport to Lyon, France. EasyJet fleet expansion supported by pilots from Oxford and Parc Aviation
UNITED KINGDOM : Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is delighted to announce the further expansion of its training and resourcing partnership with major European airline easyJet through an agreement to supply further high quality graduate pilots through our new APP First Officer Plus course. Ryanair launches €10 seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that from midnight (24:00hrs) Tue 29th June it will release 500,000 €10 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September and October. Jet2.com: Wherever will you Rome next summer?
There is great news in store for all Yorkshire sun-seekers who can't wait to book next summer’s get-away, as Jet2.com has released even more of its most popular European routes for summer 2011! Jet2.com releases more summer 2011 flights from Edinburgh
There's more good news in store for Scotlands sun-seekers as Jet2.com, has put even more of its most popular routes from Edinburgh on sale for summer 2011 - for all those itching to get next years annual break in the bag! Ryanair: EasyJet makes false claims about its fleet
Ryanair, Britain’s favourite airline, today (24th June) called on easyjet to stop making false claims about operating ‘Europe’s youngest fleet’ and resume publishing its on-time flight performance so that passengers can decide for themselves who operates Europe’s youngest fleet, and who is the No 1 on-time airline. bmibaby launch phase one of summer 2011 programme
More routes and additional flights to be released soon. Ryanair introduces optional larger (20kg) checked-in bag allowance
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17th June) announced that passengers can now choose a larger (20kg) checked-in bag allowance for €/£25 as an alternative to Ryanair’s standard (15kg) checked-in bag allowance which costs €/£15. Passengers who require a second checked-in bag can purchase an additional 15kg allowance for €/£35 (via Manage my Booking). Ryanair: Dublin Airport traffic plunges 32% in Apr-2010
Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline, today (16th June) called on the Irish Govt to end the crisis in Irish traffic/tourism by scrapping its €10 tourist tax and reversing the DAA’s up to 40% price increases during 2010, as it revealed that traffic at Dublin Airport fell by over 550,000 passengers in April, due to the volcanic ash disruption, but fell by more than 650,000 in the first three months of the year due to the Govt’s €10 tourist tax and high charges at the DAA monopoly airport. Flights to Madeira are a piece of cake with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
Airline celebrates 41 st destination from Leeds-Bradford with island's most famous sweet treat Ryanair: Seven new Porto routes
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced today (14th Jun) that it will open seven new routes (31 in total) in Porto from November 2010. Jet2.com opts for navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems
Jet2.com will use Lido/RouteManual, the navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems. easyJet to open service from Copenhagen to Paris
British low-cost carrier easyJet is launching the first low-cost service from Copenhagen to Paris Charles de Gaulle (Paris CDG). This will be the seventh easyJet destination out of Copenhagen and underlines the carrier's focus on Denmark. Flybe’s new Scottish route gives Kent opportunity to capitalise!
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe, the UK’s Number One Domestic airline, today operated its first flight from Manston to Edinburgh that, with a suitably Scottish send-off, also marked the return of daily scheduled passenger services from Kent International Airport. Flybe announces another brand new route from Manston
Flybe, the UK’s Number One Domestic airline, has today not only waved off its first-ever flight to Edinburgh from Manston but also announced a second brand new year-round service, this time a six-day a week service to Manchester from September 6th with one way fares on sale now from £24.99 one way including taxes and charges. Manchester to get a taste of exotic Egypt as Jet2.com launches landmark 50th route
Jet2.com, today reaches a momentous milestone in its history with the launch of its 50th destination to Egyptian holiday hot-spot Hurghada! Ryanair launches free online travel guides to well, and not so well, known destinations
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (27th May) launched over 100 FREE online destination guides on www.ryanair.com to provide passengers with information on well known and not so well known Ryanair destinations. Ryanair: Court rejects passenger compensation claim
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (26th May) welcomed the decision of the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm which declared that passengers are not entitled to compensation in cases where extraordinary circumstances apply, as the court overturned the decision of the District Court of Nykoping which awarded two passengers compensation (even though it accepted extraordinary circumstances were present) in breach of the provisions of EU261. Barcelona El Prat announced as Ryanair's 42nd base
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (26th May) announced it would open its 42nd base at Barcelona El Prat in September 2010 with 5 based aircraft and 20 low fare routes, which will help reverse declining traffic numbers at El Prat airport which fell by 3m passengers in 2009. Ryanair’s Malta base opens today
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (18th May) opened its 42nd base at Malta with one based aircraft and 19 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Malta to 800,000 passengers p.a. and sustain 800 jobs at Malta Airport. Special milestones for Wizz Air at London Luton Airport
POLAND : Six years ago Wizz Air launched its very first service from Katowice in Poland to London Luton, today Wizz Air is one of the largest low fare - low cost airlines in Central and Eastern Europe carrying over 8 million passengers per year across its network. Jet2.com is flying high at East Midlands Airport
Friendly low fares airline celebrates inaugural flight, five new routes, second aircraft, 300,000 seats and 150 jobs! Jet2.com launches summer 2011 schedule from Belfast International Airport
Jet2.com has today launched its summer schedule for 2011, with flights direct from Belfast International Airport to eight of Europe’s holiday hotspots. Ryanair re-launches MBNA credit card to offer more bonus flights
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (12th May) re-launched the Ryanair MBNA Credit Card with an extended bonus flights programme which offers card holders more bonus flights (just pay taxes, fees and related charges) on more routes, more often. Flybe confirms additional capacity in response to second round of BA industrial action
UNITED KINGDOM : UK's Number One Domestic Airline increases seats at London Gatwick, Newcastle, Southampton, Jersey, Aberdeen, Frankfurt, Birmingham, Manchester, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Dusseldorf to keep Britain on the Move Ola Barcelona as Ryanair commences new three times weekly service from Ireland West Airport Knock
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today, Thursday May 6th 2010, commences a new 3 times a week service from Ireland West Knock to the hugely popular sun and city break destination of Reus-Barcelona in Spain. Durham Tees Valley Airport wins landmark ruling against bmibaby
Durham Tees Valley Airport Limited which is part of the Peel Airports Group, has today won a landmark judgement in the Court of Appeal against bmibaby relating to bmibaby’s withdrawal of all air services from the Airport in 2006. Flybe launches latest 'Book with Confidence' with Leeds Bradford Airport
Flybe, the UK’s Number One Domestic airline, has become the first airline in the world to offer its passengers the opportunity to buy separate Volcanic Ash Insurance underwritten by their travel insurance partner, Chartis. Ryanair welcomes EU confirmation
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, welcomed today’s (27 April) confirmation by EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas that National Governments would have to compensate airlines for the losses suffered following the unnecessary and inappropriate closure of European airspace by those EU Governments over the past week. Flybe gives cautious welcome to EU statement
Flybe gives cautious welcome to EU statement and calls upon UK Government to act immediately to compensate airlines following the green light from Europe. Ryanair will comply with unfair EU261 regulations
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline today (Thur 22nd April) confirmed that it was operating a full schedule of flights between Ireland and Continental Europe and the UK and Continental Europe, together with a programme of extra flights from the UK and Ireland to Spain, Italy and the Canary Islands to re-accommodate passengers disrupted by the closure of EU airspace for much of the past seven days. Ryanair introduces extra Canary Island flights
Ryanair, today 20th Apr, announced that it will operate additional flights on Wed (21st) and Thur (22nd) from Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife to Madrid to allow all passengers who were disrupted on the Islands by the recent volcanic ash emissions to get to mainland Europe to allow them to make their return journeys via road, rail or ferry (onward travel from Madrid will be at each passenger’s own expense). JetBlue to enter the 'Gateway to New England' with new service at Bradley International Airport
JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today is pleased to expand its award-winning, low-fare service and preferred product to the Gateway to New England with new service at Hartford, Connecticut's Bradley International Airport (BDL). easyJet welcomes Conservative pledge to reform “daft” air tax
Commenting on the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to reform Air Passenger Duty (APD), Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said: “We welcome the Conservatives’ promise to reform the UK’s daft air tax. Ryanair announces 13th aircraft and 4.3m passengers p.a. for Brussels (Charleroi)
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced today (13th Apr) that it will add one new Boeing 737-800 aircraft (13 in total) to its base at Brussels (Charleroi) and increase frequencies on 13 routes as Ryanair’s traffic at Brussels (Charleroi) grows to over 4.3m passengers p.a. which will sustain over 4,000 local jobs. JLA says ‘Buon Giorno’ to Ryanair’s newest Italian flight
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) celebrated Italian style with passengers departing on Ryanair’s latest new route, to Trapani on the Italian island of Sicily, with top Italian Liverpool City centre restaurant Il Forno kindly laying on typical Sicilian cuisine for the 150 passengers. FAA proposes $380,000 civil penalty against Frontier Airlines
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed to assess a $380,000 civil penalty against Frontier Airlines of Denver for operating several aircraft on approximately 900 flights when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. 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. AirTran Airways adds nonstop flights between Milwaukee and Dallas/Fort Worth
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today began nonstop service between General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Flybe celebrates first flight to Hannover from Newcastle
Leading regional airline marks inaugural flight from Hannover to Newcastle with a colourful German-themed event at airport Flybe confirms additional capacity at Leeds Bradford Airport in response to national rail strike
Flybe, the UK’s Number One domestic Airline, has been quick to step up to the plate at Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) following confirmation that both the RMT and TSSA Unions have called a four day national rail strike effective of Tuesday 6th April. More Ryanair flights launch from Glasgow Prestwick this week
IRELAND : GLASGOW Prestwick emphasised its status as Scotland’s low-cost gateway to top European destinations this week with the launch of SIX great Ryanair routes. Flydubai reaches Kuwait-GCC destination number four
Just two days after launching its twelfth destination, Muscat in Oman, Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, took off on its inaugural flight to Kuwait, its fourth GCC destination and thirteenth overall. Ryanair dismisses Air France's false claims
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline today (30th Mar) dismissed the recent false Air France claims that Ryanair receives subsidies or State Aid at its regional French airports. Ryanair to move to new in-flight communications partner
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (29th March 10) confirmed that OnAir, Ryanair’s in-flight phone service provider, has notified Ryanair of their intention to terminate the contract after 13 months proving period of service operations. Hannigan asks Ryanair to drop passport requirement for UK travel
Senator Dominic Hannigan Statement by Senator Dominic Hannigan Ryanair rescues BA strike hit passengers again with £69 rescue fare
Ryanair, Britain’s favourite airline, today (26th Mar) called on passengers to avoid BA’s strike this weekend by snapping up one of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares on over 400 routes to/from the UK. Flybe turns up the heat with the start of 2010 Summer Schedule
Leading regional airline operating 24 brand new routes with up to 3,850 flights a week and 8-million seats on sale for summer getaways. Lionhart buys four used A320 aircraft from Air Berlin
The Canada-based company Lionhart Aviation Limited (Lionhart) has announced the purchase of four Airbus A320s from Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline. The plan is for two aircraft to be leased to Virgin America Inc. and two to Azerbaijan Airlines immediately after the transfer. The deal is likely to be concluded in April 2010. bmibaby announces Cologne for winter 2010/11
bmibaby has launched phase one of its winter flying programme from Birmingham for 2010-2011 with six key domestic and city routes going on sale, including a brand new route to Cologne, one of Germany's largest cities. Ryanair's Leeds Bradford base opens
Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (Thursday 25th March, 2010) opened its 34th base at Leeds Bradford with two aircraft and 17 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport. Wizz Air will fly from Lodz to Dortmund
In the framework of their joint Air Service Development project, the City of Lodz and Lufthansa Consulting can report a significant success. easyJet plc announces the appointment of a new Chief Executive
easyJet plc announces that Carolyn McCall OBE will join the Board of easyJet plc as Chief Executive. New look livery marks landmark year for Jet2.com
Jet2.com is set to take to the skies from its seven UK bases this summer with a brand new look for its fleet. Profile on Continental Airlines Flybe operates more routes to and from regional France than any other carrier
Flybe operates more routes to Regional France than any other carrier by some margin and is already reporting a groundswell of booking interest in the 102 flights it is operating to and from 14 UK and French airports (7 UK; & 7 France) over the travel period spanning the days of threatened industrial action by Air France employees. Bahrain Air hopes to break even next year
Bahrain Air hopes to break even next year as it shakes off the recession and expands its operations. Tiger Airways mandates standard chartered bank for additional aircraft financing deals
SINGAPORE : Standard Chartered to provide Pre-Delivery Payment facility for six aircraft Flybe Steps in with extra capacity to assist passengers hit by strike action
Leading regional airline turns up the heat at London Gatwick and Southampton with extra flights and more capacity on key routes as British Airways strike throws passengers into disarray Ryanair calls on Aer Lingus to scrap its fuel surcharge rip-off
(AER LINGUS SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY LONG-HAUL PASSENGERS SUFFER A FUEL SURCHARGE, WHEN SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS BURN THE SAME COST FUEL) AirAsia X celebrated the first anniversary of its launch of operations from London Stansted Airport
AirAsia X celebrated the first anniversary of its launch of operations from London Stansted Airport to Kuala Lumpur Flybe steps into the breach from Birmingham to Scotland... again
Leading regional airline fills the gap after further apparent bmibaby cutbacks on Scottish Services Ryanair announces 41st base in Malta
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (4th Mar) announced it would open its 41st base at Malta in May 2010 with one based aircraft and 19 routes (6 of which will be new). Ryanair’s new Maltese base will deliver up to 800,000 passengers p.a. (and sustain 800 jobs in Malta) on over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $70 million at Malta Airport. Ryanair to continue operating flights srom Shannon to Liverpool and Edinburgh
IRELAND : Minister of State and Clare Fianna Fail T.D. Tony Killeen says he has received notification from the Shannon Airport Authority that Ryanair has reversed an earlier decision to withdraw its services from Shannon to Liverpool and Edinburgh. Ryanair’s new flight to Poland sees JLA become joint top UK airport for Polish destinations
IRELAND : Ryanair today announced a new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) to Szczecin in North East Poland, with a twice weekly service starting on 21st May 2010. Ryanair’s 6 new routes to Greece
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (25th Feb) gave the Greek Economy a much need boost as it launched its guaranteed lowest fares on six new routes to the Greek holiday destinations of Kos, Rhodes and Volos for the first time. Ryanair announces new Newcastle to Oslo route
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (24th Feb) announced that it will open a new route from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge (approx 50kms south of Oslo) which will commence on the 19th of May 2010 and operate three times per week with fares from £23.99 one way inclusive of taxes. Resorts World Sentosa & Tiger Airways ink deal to operate RWS Aircraft
SINGAPORE : Resorts World Sentosa and Tiger Airways Singapore today announced plans for a chartered aircraft dedicated to flying overseas guests to Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore’s first integrated resort. easyJet Annual General Meeting 2010 chairman's statement
UNITED KINGDOM : Speaking at the Company's Annual General Meeting in Luton today, Sir Michael Rake, Chairman of easyJet plc, said: This is my first AGM as Chairman of easyJet and I am delighted to be taking over the Chairmanship of a company which has achieved so much since it started fourteen years ago. Wizz Air launches two new routes to Spain from Poland
POLAND : Wizz Air, the largest low fare low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would further expand its operations from Poland and launch two new routes; from Warsaw to Madrid and from Gdansk to Barcelona. Flybe announces first ever Bournemouth route
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline to fly brand new regional route from Manchester Ryanair announces 3 new Edinburgh routes to Faro, Marrakesh & Paris
IRELAND : 2.5M RYANAIR PAX P.A. AT Edinburgh Ryanair announces second £8M Prestwick Hangar
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that it will build a second maintenance hangar at Glasgow Prestwick Airport at a cost of £8m which will create 200 new engineering jobs, increasing the total jobs sustained by Ryanair in Ayrshire to over 2,400. The facility, which is due to open in October 2010, was announced in Prestwick by Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond and Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary. Ryanair loses visibility to EasyJet online
IRELAND : Ryanair has lost almost 60% of its visibility online since September 2009, reveals independent research by Greenlight, the UK's leading award winning search marketing agency. Ryanair announces 40th base at Kaunas (Lithuania)
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (9th Feb) announced it would open its 40th (and first Central European) base at Kaunas (Lithuania’s second largest city) in May with 2 based aircraft and 18 routes (9 new). Ryanair’s new base will deliver up to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Kaunas with over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $140 million at Kaunas Airport. easyJet launches Starbucks coffee on all flights
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, today announced that following its recent trial at selected bases, passengers will be able to purchase Starbucks VIA Ready Brew on all flights across its European network. easyJet selects WorkBridge
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet today announces that it has selected WorkBridge as the supplier for their Resource Planning software for all their ground handling operations. Wizz Air launches flights from Serbia
POLAND : Wizz Air announced at a press conference today that it would enter the Serbian market by opening two new routes from Belgrade, as early as Summer 2010. The initial network will include services to Dortmund and London Luton from 12 June and 24 July respectively. AirAsia resumes flights to Tianjin
MALAYSIA : AirAsia has resumed its Kuala Lumpur Tianjin flight following the temporary suspension of its services in November 2009 due to adverse weather conditions in North China. Update on outlook for the year ending 30-Jun-2010
AUSTRALIA : Virgin Blue said today that the Group now estimates its reported Net Profit before Tax and Exceptional Items for the 2010 financial year will be in the range of $80-110 million, compared to a loss of $93 million for the prior year. This is consistent with the most recent guidance (given at last year's AGM) that the Group would return to profitability in the year. Ryanair announces 25 new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (3rd Feb) announced further expansion throughout Europe with the introduction of 25 new routes to/from Alicante (1), Barcelona Reus (5), Barcelona Girona (1), Bratislava (3), Bristol (2), Cork (7), East Midlands (2), London Stansted (3), Milan Bergamo (2) and Pescara (1) from April/May next. easyJet plc announces the appointment of a new Group Finance Director
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet plc announces that Chris Kennedy will join the Board of easyJet plc as Group Finance Director. Flybe still keeping Britain on the move with weekend seat sale
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline takes up to 25% off flights, hotels and car hire Flybe opens convenient new link between Guernsey and Newcastle
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline offers Islanders new summer route to vibrant North East destination Flybe adds hot new Summer route to Perpignan from Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline offers affordable travel to South of France Ryanair calls on “missing” Minister for Transport to support IAA stand
IRELAND : Ryanair today (20 Jan) called on the missing Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey to unequivocally come out in support of the Irish Aviation Authority’s stand against blackmail by the Air Traffic Controllers who are seeking a 6% pay increase, at a time when their workload has fallen by 25%. Ryanair: Govt must keep Irish airports open despite strike
IRELAND : Ryanair today called on the Dept of Transport to ensure that Ireland’s airports are kept open tomorrow, even if the overpaid, underworked semi-state employees of the IAA monopoly decide to go on strike at a time when traffic to/from Ireland is collapsing. Flybe shows commitment to Birmingham by upping Scottish flights
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe announces that - following the apparent withdrawal from January 29th of winter services between Birmingham and Glasgow by low cost carrier bmibaby - it has significantly increased frequency on this key route to cover the resulting shortfall with seats available now for booking at www.flybe.com. Flybe closes leasing transaction with Nordic Aviation Capital for 4 aircraft
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe has closed a sale and lease back transaction with Nordic Aviation Capital of Denmark for four environmentally efficient Bombardier Q400 aircraft recently delivered new. The value of the transaction is approximately $100-million at list prices and senior debt was provided by Export Development Canada. easyJet announces new holiday packages to Israel, Cyprus and Croatia
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, the largest UK airline, today announced the expansion of its package holiday destinations which allows travellers to simultaneously match up flights to more than 15,000 hotels across Europe, with savings of up to 50%, by combining flights and hotels. Ryanair: BMI is latest casulty of €10 tourist tax
IRELAND : Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline, today (Jan 12 10) said that the closure of British Midland’s Dublin base, the loss of 33 jobs, and up to 300,000 passengers annually was yet another inevitable result of the Irish Government’s €10 tourist tax and the recent direction by the Dept of Transport to increase Dublin Airport charges by 40% from January 2010 onwards. These Govt price increases have made Dublin an expensive and uncompetitive tourist gateway. Flybe passengers benefit with new Virgin Atlantic through-check service
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline enhances customer service to streamline connecting flight experience Flybe announces new summer 2010 route from Humberside
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline launches first ever scheduled service to Malaga from Humberside Airport easyJet serve up post Xmas Turkey bringing great start to JLA’s New Year
UNITED KINGDOM : It's only the first few days of the New Year and already easyJet have brought Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) and the region’s holidaymakers some great news to help with the ‘post Christmas blues’. The airline has today announced that they will be adding two further routes to their network from JLA for next Summer, with twice weekly services to the popular Turkish holiday resort of Bodrum and the Greek island of Rhodes. Ryanair to accept Laser card payments
IRELAND : Ryanair today (22nd Dec 09) announced that will begin accepting Laser card payments on www.ryanair.com from January 31st 2010. MasterCard Prepaid will remain Ryanair’s free form of payment while other payment methods, including Laser, are subject to €5 administration charges. Flybe increases capacity on more flights to help move Eurostar passengers
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe, the UK's biggest domestic airline and one of Europe's largest regional airlines, has today due to strengthening demand - further increased capacity on its services to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle to assist stranded Eurostar passengers between now and Christmas. Ryanair's reaction to BAA appeal on Monopoly break-up
IRELAND : Ryanair today (21 Dec 2009) said it was deeply disappointed by the decision of the Competition Appeals Tribunal to allow part of the appeal by the BAA monopoly that there might have been the appearance of possible bias in relation to an advisor to the Greater Manchester Pension Fund which is a shareholder in the Manchester Airport Group which formed part of the consortium which bought Gatwick Airport. Ryanair confirms Boeing negotiations have terminated unsuccessfully
IRELAND : Ryanair, today (Fri 18th Dec 09) confirmed that its quarterly Board meeting yesterday determined that its negotiations with Boeing for an order of up to 200 new B737-800 series aircraft for delivery during the period 2013-2016 cannot be successfully concluded prior to the end of the calendar year and accordingly the Board of Ryanair have confirmed that its negotiations with Boeing have terminated unsuccessfully. easyJet signs national de-icing agreement with airline services
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet has renewed and expanded its agreement with Airline Services Ltd (ASL) for provision of de-icing services at airports throughout the UK. Ryanair: 39th Base - Faro, 6AC, 28 routes & 1.3m pax
IRELAND : Ryanair announces 39th base at Faro. Ryanair's 38th Base - Malaga, 4 aircraft, 39 routes & 2m pax
IRELAND : Ryanair today announced it would open its 38th base at Malaga in June 2010 with 4 based aircraft and 19 new routes (39 in total) being launched. Ryanair will create over 200 direct jobs and offer 360 weekly flights to/from Malaga in an investment of over $250 million in the airport. Flybe adds capacity to assist Christmas/New Year travel plans
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline announces additional flights between London Gatwick and Jersey for the festive season easyJet demands answers over Belfast runway extension
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, Northern Irelands’ largest airline, operating from both Belfast International and Belfast City has today sent an open letter to Northern Irelands’ Environment & Planning Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, demanding answers on the proposed runway extension at City Airport. easyJet launches two new routes with brand new Airbus 320 from Bristol Airport
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet, the South West’s favourite airline, today announced it would introduce a brand new Airbus A320 to its base in Bristol which will operate on its two new routes this Spring. Flybe announces 16 additional brand new routes in 2010 sizzling summer schedule
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline operating 3,738 summer flights a week serving key airports. easyJet fly in to announce new flights taking off from Doncaster Sheffield Airport
UNITED KINGDOM : Christmas came early for Doncaster Sheffield Airport today (10th December) when easyJet, the largest UK airline, announced that it would be making the UK’s newest airport, their latest departure point, by taking off to five destinations from April 2010 onwards. easyJet PLC - board changes
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet plc confirmed today that Sir Michael Rake will take over from Sir David Michels as the Group's Chairman with effect from 1 January 2010, at which point Sir David will resume the role of Senior Independent Director. Sir Michael joined the Board of easyJet plc in June 2009 as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director. Given the experience of both Sir Michael and Sir David, these appointments will ensure the continued strong leadership of the easyJet plc Board. Malév welcomes WizzAir Paris passengers onboard
POLAND : Malév is ready to carry WizzAir passengers between Budapest and Paris for just €69 after the low-cost carrier announced that it is closing its Paris flight in January Building begins on Flybe’s GBP24-million Training Academy
UNITED KINGDOM : Aviation Minister visits leading regional airline to cut first turf. East Midlands Airport: easyJet flights 2010
We regret to inform that from 6th January 2010, easyJet will no longer fly from East Midlands Airport. easyJet will continue to operate as normal up until 5 January 2010. Flybe launches its first ever German route from Exeter
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe has added another brand new route to and from Exeter, this time for its first ever service to Germany from the SW base, namely a three times weekly summer service to Hannover that gives travellers even more options for affordable European getaways. Glasgow Prestwick Airport announces new jersey route with C.I. Travel And flybe
UNITED KINGDOM : Glasgow Prestwick Airport is delighted today (3 December) to announce a new direct route to Jersey next summer. Profile on Delta Air Lines Wizz Air opens the Riga market and launches new flights from Budapest and Prague
POLAND : Wizz Air, the largest low fare low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would enter the Latvian market by opening three new routes from Riga, starting from 28 March 2010. The initial network will include thrice weekly services to London Luton, Oslo Torp and two flights a week to Turku. Ryanair: Alicante growth - 3 new AC, 7 new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced today (1st Dec) that, from March 2010, it will base three new aircraft (9 in total), open 7 new routes (56 in total), and deliver 3m passengers p.a. at its Alicante base which will sustain 3,000 local jobs. Ryanair will deliver over 500 weekly flights to/from Alicante in an investment of over $600 million at the airport easyJet demands legislation for cleaner aircraft
UNITED KINGDOM : easyJet became the first airline to call for tough, mandatory emission standards for aircraft that would lead to a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions from the next generation of aircraft. Flybe extends "just pay taxes & charges" winter bargain seat sale
UNITED KINGDOM : Leading regional airline extends seasonal seat sale to 15 top destinations. bmi restructures mainline and bmi regional operations
UNITED KINGDOM : focus on core network serving key destinations. Frequencies and capacities that match market expectations. Ryanair announces 37th base at Oslo Rygge
IRELAND : Norways's first base. 3 aircraft, 16 new routes and 1.7M passengers p.a. from 2010 easyJet adds Malta to its list of destinations from JLA
easyJet have today announced that they will be adding a further route to their network from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) with a twice weekly service to the Mediterranean island of Malta, commencing on 13th June, as part of their Summer 2010 schedule. Flybe launches "just pay taxes & charges" winter bargain seat sale
Leading regional airline announces seasonal seat sale to 15 top destinations. bmibaby signs up for Travelport's direct connect solution
Travelport, one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, and bmibaby have today announced details of a new direct connect content agreement that will enable bmibaby’s full content to be made available in the GDS channel , from the end of November, via the innovative direct connect solution currently available on Galileo . Today’s announcement means that five new low cost carriers have now signed up this year. easyJet and SR Technics sign USD 1.6bn landmark maintenance agreement for Airbus fleet
SR Technics, a leading global provider of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and easyJet signed an agreement for an 11-year renewal and extension of their maintenance cooperation. This landmark contract, offering a revenue potential of USD 1.6bn, secures easyJet as a cornerstone customer for SR Technics. easyJet is to become the first base load customer at SR Technics’ new maintenance facility located in Malta. Ryanair to close six Basel routes
IRELAND : Loss of 18 weekly flights and 250,000 passengers from 02-Dec-2009. easyJet launches 2 new routes with new A320 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
easyJet, the North West's favourite airline, have introduced a brand new £20m Airbus A320 aircraft to its base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) which will operate its new routes to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Ryanair slashes lowest fares by 80% 1 million €3 seat sale
Travel in late Nov & early Dec. Soak up the Canaries sun with Ryanair
RYANAIR, the world's favourite airline, today (Wednesday 28 October) welcomed passengers on board its inaugural flight from Birmingham to Gran Canaria which will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays. Monarch’s newest flights take to the skies
Low fares airline Monarch, is strengthening its network from Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester airports with new routes to the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria taking to the skies this week. Ryanair adds extra Paris flights
IRELAND : Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (19th Oct) announced that in addition to our regular daily flights to Paris (Beauvais) from Dublin and Shannon we will operate extra flights for the World Cup playoff match in Paris on Wednesday 18th November. Ryanair reports further multiple breaches of consumer legislation
IRELAND : Ryanair reports further multiple breaches of consumer legislation by screenscraper ticket-tout websites. Wizz Air opens new route from Gdansk to Paris Beauvais
POLAND : Wizz Air, the largest low fare - low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would expand its operations from Poland by starting a new route from Gdansk to Paris Beauvais. The new flight will be launched on 18 December and operated twice a week initially. New look Monarch.co.uk launches
Award winning travel group Monarch has launched a new version of its website, with a whole new look and feel as well as added functionality, making it even easier to find the lowest fares and book Monarch Flights, Monarch Holidays and Monarch Hotels. Doncaster passangers set to Wizz to Wroclaw and go
POLAND : Passengers travelling from Doncaster Sheffield Airport will be able to fly to Wroclaw in Poland once again thanks to the reintroduction of the route with Wizz Air. Jet2.com Now Manchester Airports biggest scheduled leisure airline
UNITED KINGDOM : Nine new routes and 140,000 extra seats for 2010 1000,000 seats available from Manchester per year. Ryanair calls on Easyjet to publish its punctuality figures
UNITED KINGDOM : Ryanair held a press conference in London to update the media on Ryanair’s continuing strong growth in routes, traffic and profitability. Ryanair also released ongoing correspondence with BBC Panorama (attached), who are ‘investigating’ Ryanair, but refuse to provide any factual evidence to support its claims, or allow Ryanair the right to reply in either a live or an unedited interview. Jet2.com: flights from Erdinburgh from Venice and Olibia and Leeds Bradford from Pisa on sale
UNITED KINGDOM : Jet2.com is happy to announce that flights from Venice to Edinburgh, Olibia to Edinburgh and Pisa- Leeds Bradford are on sale for 2010. Ryanair urges Jet2 boss to avoid check-in queues
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, called on Jet 2 boss, Philip Meeson, to avoid the stress of flying on Jet 2 with its long check-in lines, and skip queues altogether by flying on one of Ryanair’s lower fare, web check-in, no queue flights. Ryanair reminds passengers of ID Policy
Ryanair reminded passengers to bring their passport when travelling on all Ryanair flights as from Thursday next (1st Oct 09) Ryanair will no longer accept a driver’s licence as a valid form of identification. Flybe announces more 2010 early Summer routes for Leeds Bradford
UNITED KINGDOM : Flybe has now put on sale its complete new early 2010 summer schedule that features a total 130 flights a week from Leeds Bradford including services to Aberdeen, Belfast City, Exeter and Southampton. These include the 36 flights to and from the airport each week to London Gatwick announced last month, key amongst which is its convenient new early morning departure. Lufthansa Technik Brussels provides line maintenance for Ryanair
IRELAND : Eight aircraft to be maintained at Brussels South Charleroi. bmibaby still number one for on time performance
Low cost airline, bmibaby remains in the number one position for on time performance for 2009. SAS surprised yet again of Ryanair's behaviour
IRELAND : Although Ryanair a few weeks ago refused its original offer of free flights to SAS' board members to experience the low-service airline, SAS Group's Director of Communication and Executive Vice President, Claus Sonberg, today made his first flight with Ryanair, which could be followed via both Facebook and Twitter. Ryanair announces 2 new bases at Bari and Brindisi
2AC & 9 new routes at Bari, 1AC & 4 new routes at Brindisi. New route from Newquay Cornwall Airport to East Midlands Airport with bmibaby
Newquay Cornwall Airport is delighted by the announcement of bmibaby’s new three times weekly flights to East Midlands Airport. Services will operate for the summer season between 28 May and 12 September 2010 on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Jet2.com launches new route to Madeira for Summer 2010
UNITED KINGDOM : Jet2.com, has today (10th September) launched the North West region’s first low cost service to the beautiful island of Madeira from Manchester Airport. Flybe receives LSC funding for new Training Academy
UNITED KINGDOM : It’s a ‘go’ for new Flybe Training Academy. |