Norwegian, Scandinavia’s largest low fares airline, will start a new route from London-Gatwick to Stavanger from the 2nd of November. The route will initially be served with four weekly frequencies and is Norwegian’s sixth route from London.
source: Easier
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is today announcing the introduction of two additional services during peak commuter travel times on its popular Jersey to London Gatwick route that will boost its daily return service on this key route to six a day.
Flybe is also adding an extra Saturday service. Ticket prices have also been slashed to £19.99 one way on selected flights and are now available for booking on Flybe.com for flights commencing 28th October 2007.
source: Easier
Budget airline Ryanair said on Thursday it was ready to launch 80 routes to two Milan airports, stepping in as struggling Alitalia cuts back in Italy’s industrial heartland. Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier is prepared to use an additional 12 airliners at Milan’s Malpensa airport and another six at Serio airport in Bergamo, company spokesman Peter Sherrard told a news conference.
source: Turkish Daily News
Air Berlin will open a new route from London Stansted to Munich on 5 November 2007. The airline will fly twice daily from Monday to Friday and once on Saturday and Sunday.
source: earthtimes.org
The low-cost airline, Ryanair, has announced that it is pulling out of Los Rodeos – the Tenerife Norte Airport – because, as La Opinión de Tenerife reports, its customers prefer Tenerife Sur.
The company confirmed new routes with Tenerife this autumn: two connections a week with East Midlands from 10th October; three with Liverpool and Frankfurt from 30th October; and a weekly flight from 10th November to Shannon Airport.
source: typicallyspanish.com
Low-cost airline Norwegian said it plans to launch a new twice weekly service between London and the northern Norwegian city of Tromso, inside the Arctic circle.
The service will begin from Dec 8.
source: Forbes
Australia’s low fares airline Jetstar has launched to Malaysia, offering direct services between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur 3 times weekly.
The new international route for the Qantas Group represents Jetstar’s 8th long haul market following its successful introduction of these value based international services in November 2006.
As the second largest source of visitors to Australia from South East Asia and a key regional and economic partner, Malaysia represents a growing international travel market.
Budget operator Air Berlin is to axe its flights from Belfast to London Stansted at the end of October, it was announced yesterday.
The airline will be pulling out of George Best Belfast City Airport with effect from October 29, the start of the winter timetable.
Air Berlin had no immediate comment to make, but yesterday it reported that bad summer weather had depressed demand generally and bemoaned rising operating costs.
source: Belfast Telegraph
Fashion and football capital Milan will soon be just a short hop from the south coast after budget airline Ryanair launched new flights there from its Bournemouth base.
Starting in December to attract skiers bound for slopes near the city, the Saturday flights will start at £10 each way including taxes and charges for the next seven days.
Flights are to Milan Bergamo, 27 miles outside the city, which is home to Champions League winners AC Milan and their rivals Inter as well as couture clothes designers and fashion shows, pictured.
source: Daily Echo
EasyJet is launching what it claims is a first for UK airlines by offering a free text message service to update passengers with information ahead of their departure the airport.
The series of SMS messages – up to four per passenger – will start with a “‘reassurance’†bulletin four hours ahead of departure with a customer booking reference, flight time and check-in details.
A notification will be sent shortly before check-in closes as well as a boarding reminder once passengers are in the departure lounge.
