Monarch have this week announced the introduction of new low cost air fares for economy flights from London to Larnaca for 2007, pushing Cyprus further up the property hotspot list for 2007.
Cyprus is already tipped as being one of the top 3 investment opportunities in Europe for the overseas investor in 2007, and this news will add more fuel to the buying frenzy.
source: UKPRwire
The German low-cost LTU International Airline will take over most of the collapsed carrier Air Madrid’s Latin American routes and about half of its staff, the Spanish Infrastructures Ministry said Tuesday.
Air Madrid suspended operations and its licence was cancelled mid- December over delays, security concerns and other problems, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded.
The ministry said LTU would take over Air Madrid’s routes from Spain to Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Peru. The agreement, which will not cover routes to Brazil and Colombia, was expected to go into force by the end of the month.
source: Playfuls.com
American Airlines might have lost out on its bid to fly to Beijing, but the airline on Tuesday announced two deals to swap passengers with airlines in Hungary and the Ukraine.
American said it applied to the Transportation Department for permission to begin a code share service with Malev Hungarian Airlines, under which the carriers would sell each other’s seats. The code sharing would begin March 25.
American would place its AA designator code on Malev daily flights between Budapest and New York JFK, as well as on flights to Budapest to and from London Gatwick, Frankfurt, Paris de Gaulle, Brussels, Rome and Zurich. Also included are flights beyond Budapest to destinations in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Malev would place its MA designator code on American’s trans-Atlantic flights between Malev’s European gateways and the United States, as well as on AA flights between New York and Toronto and other points in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and South America.
American and Malev also said they plan a reciprocal agreement allowing their frequent flyers to redeem their miles or points on each airline.
United Airlines won tentative approval Tuesday to operate the first nonstop daily flight between Washington and Beijing, a 14-hour trip that links the countries’ capitals as their economies become more intertwined.The Department of Transportation’s final OK would give UAL Corp.’s United a route coveted by executives and government officials and potentially worth $200 million a year.
Washington-based fliers who make regular trips to Beijing applauded the news.
source: Daily Southtown
Norwegian airlines have registered a marked increase in passenger traffic in 2006, from 14.5 million passengers in 2005 to nearly 17 million last year.
More than five million passengers travelled with low fare airline Norwegian in 2006, up by more than 55 per cent from the previous year.
source: The Norway Post
Continental Airlines announced that it has completed the installation of Audio/Video on Demand (AVOD) in the BusinessFirst cabins of its entire fleet of 41 Boeing 757 aircraft used primarily on transatlantic flights to/from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. AVOD systems will be installed in the economy cabins of these aircraft beginning summer 2007.
Building on requirements imposed after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration last week proposed new rules to make it even harder for potential hijackers to force their way into the cockpits of commercial jets.The plan would require jet makers to design aircraft with stronger floors, bulkheads and ceilings to better protect the crew, as well as install a reinforced bomb closet where a bomb could be placed if one is found during flight.
Bristol international airport is enduring a third day of disruption, with over 100 flights due to be cancelled or diverted over safety fears.
Ten airlines are now planning to cancel flights or divert them to Cardiff and Birmingham airports after concerns that the newly resurfaced runway is too slippery for aircraft in wet weather.
The disruption has caused a row between airport bosses and airline chiefs, with Bristol airport insisting that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the runway a “‘clean bill of health'”.
Paul Davies, the airport’s operations director, said: “‘Safety is paramount, and if Bristol international or the CAA believed there were issues with our runway we would of course take suitable action.'”
source: inthenews.co.uk
U.S. experts arrived in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island Saturday to help investigate the apparent crash of a jetliner that disappeared with 102 people on board after battling fierce winds and storms.
By nightfall Saturday, there was still no trace of the Adam Air Flight KI-574.
The pilot did not issue a mayday before the Boeing 737 dropped off the radar Monday near the coastal town of Majene, and there has been no emergency location signal to guide thousands of searchers in the island’s dense jungles and surrounding seas.
source: CantonRep.com
Alaska Airlines will open two nonstop transcontinental markets from Portland beginning Sept. 9, the airline announced Friday.
Seattle-based Alaska began selling seats Friday for Portland’s only daily nonstop flights to Boston and Orlando.
To start the new service, Alaska is offering introductory one-way fares of $99, plus fees, for Portland-Boston and Portland-Orlando flights. Customers must purchase their tickets by Feb. 8 and travel by Dec. 14.
source: Oregon Live
