Budget airline Ryanair has said it will fix a fault on its website that means it is breaking rules on price clarity.
At the moment, its website is breaking rules set by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by showing prices which do not include taxes and charges.
source: BBC
The national carrier said increasingly tough economic conditions – with oil prices nudging £150 a barrel – made price hikes of up to four per cent “‘absolutely inevitable'”.
The warning came as both BA and Ryanair announced unprecedented cutbacks in their flight schedules to save on fuel costs.
BA has scrapped hundreds of flights over the summer, merging half empty flights to popular destinations to reduce its consumption of fuel.
source: telegraph.co.uk
Ryanair is axing 150 weekly Dublin flights this winter, ending the dramatic Dublin expansion kicked off by the airline three years ago.
The move comes as the world’s airlines batten down the hatches amid soaring fuel prices and weakening economic conditions.
The airline last night warned that up to 500 jobs at the airport could be lost as a result of its decision, although the actual losses are likely to be significantly less.
source: independent.ie
The board of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling Airlines SA has agreed to a merger with rival Clickair after months of negotiations.
In a filing to the Spanish market regulator, Vueling said the combined company would continue to fly under the Vueling name and would remain listed on the Spanish market.
The merger, which will require clearance from antitrust regulators, will give Spain’s flag carrier, Iberia LÃneas Aéreas de Espana SA, a tighter grasp on the country’s low-cost segment, which has been besieged by discount carriers Ryanair Holding PLC and easyJet PLC.
source: Wall Street Journal
Southwest Airlines plans to hook up with Canada’s leading low-cost airline to offer “‘seamless'” travel across the U.S.-Canadian border.
Once the partnership with WestJet is in place, customers will be able to book a flight with either carrier on one ticket. Southwest will fly its part of the route and WestJet the rest of the flight. WestJet flies to 49 destinations in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
source: Cleveland.com
America’s airline shrinkage has landed at Stewart International Airport again. JetBlue Airways is downsizing its flights to just two a day after Sept. 2, the carrier says.
The last flight to West Palm Beach, Fla., will be Sept. 2.
That same day, JetBlue will drop one of its two daily flights to Orlando and one of the two to Fort Lauderdale. But according to travelers and the airline’s Web site, there’s only one Fort Lauderdale flight now.
source: poughkeepsiejournal.com
Passengers who flew across the Atlantic between August 2004 and March 2006 with British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic are entitled to a refund as part of a £100 million settlement pending in California.
The deal was struck by American lawyers in US courts but the lion’s share – £73.5million – has been reserved for British passengers.
That equates to a refund of between £4 and £20 for each return ticket and up to £10 for a one-way ticket. Frequent flyers and corporate customers could pick up hundreds of pounds.
The refund applies not only to transatlantic flights but to any long haul journey operated by the airline between the specified period.
source: telegraph.co.uk
Dubai’s new low cost airline has been named ‘FlyDubai‘. The brand identity and livery or FlyDubai will be unveiled in the coming months.
FlyDubai will initially focus on regional flights within the GCC area and sounding countries. Its operations will be entirely separate from Emirates Airline and Group.
source: ittefaq.com
Nepal’s first low-cost carrier (LCC) announced that it will suspend its operations in Nepal beginning mid Jul-08. This decision was taken by the management of FlyYeti.com in light of the current and ongoing political environment in the country, which has impacted the airline’s ability to renew its current aircraft leasing agreements, which are always subject to government approval, and expire on mid Jul-08.
source: Peanuts!
A Hungarian low-cost airline received final approval to began operations in Ukraine, ending unchallenged control of the former Soviet republic’s air-passenger market by high-price domestic carriers.
Budapest-headquartered Wizz Air obtained certification to operate an Airbus 320 aircraft on Ukrainian internal routes, and expected the maiden flight to take place in July, company officials said.
source: monstersandcritics.com
