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The board of management at Brussels Airport has given the green light for the construction of a pier and terminal specifically for low cost airlines at the national airport.

Brussels Airport has long had the ambition of attracting more budget airlines to Zaventem. Low cost carriers are growing rapidly and Brussels Airport wants to get in on the action. That is why a new pier and terminal will be built, exclusively for low cost companies. This new structure will be built near the demolished southern pier.

source: Expatica

Air Canada is set to take off to Frankfurt, Germany from Ottawa.

The airline is launching daily non-stop flights between Ottawa and Lufthansa’s main hub in Germany starting in June.

Air Canada will use a 211 seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft for the flight.

source: CFRA

British Airways was the worst airline for lost bags and delays over the busy summer period. British Airways performed worse than any other major European airline, with more than two in five flights running late, according to figures released yesterday.

source: Telegraph.co.uk

Ryanair plans to go from a low- cost airline to a “‘no- cost airline'” – making tickets free but earning more from add-ons such as food and luggage charges.

Chief executive Michael O’Leary announced yesterday: “‘It’s our ultimate ambition to get to a stage where the fare is free.'”

But Mr O’Leary confirmed that the airline’s check-in charge would double from £2 to £4 only months after its introduction.

source: ThisIsLondon.co.uk

Air Berlin today launched its eighth direct connection to Germany from Stansted with a new twice-daily service to Munich.

Flights to Munich will depart London Stansted at 8.20 am and 7.15 pm Monday to Friday; with single daily departures on Saturday’s and Sunday’s.

source: EADT 24

Travel management companies savaged today’s announcement by EasyJet that it will become the first major European low-cost carrier to distribute through global distribution systems by selling seats through both Amadeus and Galileo by year-end.

The sting in the tail is that EasyJet will apply a point-of-sale fee for all GDS bookings. This will be €7.50 ($10.80) per segment for a one-segment booking, €6 per segment for a two-segment booking and €5 per segment for bookings of three or more segments.

source: BTNOnline

Delta Air Lines and Comair, along with their fellow carriers, dramatically improved their on-time flight averages in September.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report ranked Delta 12th of 21 airlines in September, with 82 percent of its fights arriving on time, compared to 69.6 percent in August.

Comair ranked 13th, moving its on-time average to 80.2 percent from 67.2 percent the month before.

source: Business Courier

Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost airline, has announced record half-year results, with profits surging ahead by nearly a quarter.

The Irish low-cost airline also raised its full-year expectations as it looked forward to brighter prospects over the winter.

It saw after-tax profits in the half year to the end of September rise to £283 million, up 24 per cent on the same period last year. Passenger numbers were up by a fifth to 26.6 million in the period.

source: Scotsman

American Airlines increased fares Thursday due to surging crude oil and jet fuel prices, prompting Delta Air Lines to quickly follow suit and very likely setting a new round of industrywide price increases into motion.

American raised domestic fares by $10 one way and $20 roundtrip in an effort, the airline said, to recover some of the costs associated with recent large increases in the price of fuel. Delta raised its fares by $10 in most domestic markets, a spokesman said.

source: SFGate.com

Thomsonfly has launched the first low-fare flight service from Manchester to Tel Aviv, Israel.

Low-fares airline Thomsonfly launched services from Manchester to Tel Aviv on November 1st, bringing no-frills flights from the north-west to the Israeli city for the first time.

The carrier will operate three departures a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, initially using a 223-seat Boeing 757.

source: holidayextras.com