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While airlines opening new routes to Prague are making headlines, many have been compelled to limit their operations to the summer months â?? or to even close them down permanently.

Slovak low-cost airline SkyEurope is one of three airlines with a base in Prague after national air carrier Czech Airlines (ČSA) and Smart Wings (operated by Travel Service). It has 11 destinations, started since last spring, from the Czech capital â?? including its latest line, to begin this December, Prague-Grenoble, Italy. As of the winter schedule, starting Oct. 28, Sky Europe will reduce its Pragueâ??Amsterdam schedule from the current seven flights a week to three. Also, its Pragueâ??Barcelona, Spain route will be reduced to three times a week from its current four flights.

source: cbw.cz

BmiBaby is expanding its route network at Birmingham International from next January. The budget airline is going to base three more Boeing 737s at the Midlandâ??s largest airport, taking their Birmingham fleet to eight aircraft.

BmiBaby started operations at Birmingham in January 2005 and has since become the biggest carrier at the airport. The airline currently flies to Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast International, Bordeaux, Cork, Edinburgh, Knock, Nice, Malaga, Palma and Prague from Birmingham.

source: flightmapping.com

Irish discount carrier Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, is opening a second German hub. Ryanair, which also is investing about $128 million to buy a low-cost terminal facility at the Bremen airport, will begin by stationing three aircraft at the northern German field.

Moving into Bremen sharpens Ryanair’s rivalry with Germanwings, Lufthansa’s low-cost airline, which opened its fourth German hub in nearby Hamburg last November.

Meanwhile, Britain’s discount EasyJet also has opened two bases in Berlin-Schonefeld and Dortmund.

source: market-day.net

Ryanair, Europe’s leading low cost airline, is intensifying the competitive battle in the German aviation market by opening a second German base at Bremen.The Irish airline is also investing â?¬10m to buy a low cost terminal facility at Bremen airport after emerging as the successful bidder in an EU tender. This is the second time that Ryanair has decided to invest in local airport facilities. It agreed last year to participate directly in financing the expansion of Frankfurt-Hahn airport by providing a â?¬12.5m loan to fund 50 per cent of the capital expenditure on a new passenger terminal at the airport.

source: msn.com

A new air carrier announced service between Fayetteville and Orlando Thursday. That comes a day after the airline announced service between the Florida resort city and Kinston. Allegiant Air said it plans to begin flights from Fayetteville on Nov. 7, with a special one-way $49 fare for passengers who book trips by Sept. 30. Regular one-way fares will be $79. Fayetteville currently has two air carriers: U.S. Airways and Atlantic Southeast Airlines.

source: WXII12.com

Brazilian no-frills airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (GOL) has launched ticket sales for flights to and from Chile, it said late Tuesday.

Chile will be Gol’s seventh foreign destination. According to Gol, Chile is the second biggest travel destination for Brazilians in South America behind Argentina.

Gol already flies to Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The company will daily connect Santiago and the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Florianopolis, with stops in Buenos Aires. Flights will debut on Sept. 25.

source: EasyBourse

A new air carrier announced service between Fayetteville and Orlando Thursday. That comes a day after the airline announced service between the Florida resort city and Kinston.

Allegiant Air said it plans to begin flights from Fayetteville on Nov. 7, with a special one-way $49 fare for passengers who book trips by Sept. 30. Regular one-way fares will be $79.

source: WXII12.com

From 5pm CET on Thursday, Germanwings is offering you 100,000 Autumn Sale tickets at the special price from just â?¬ 9* plus taxes, charges and fees. This offer only lasts until Sunday, and only as long as seats are available. Travel period is from 1 October until 30 November 2006.

more information at Germanwings site

Jetstar announced today it had commenced selling fares to Honolulu, Hawaii, confirming its six-strong stable of international long-haul destinations was readily available to New Zealand travelers through the low fare carrier’s ability to deliver connecting flights from Christchurch.

Jetstar is now offering amazing low fare direct flights to the popular holiday destination from Sydney and for the first time from Melbourne for a Qantas Group airline.

Spain is poised to become the next battleground for budget airlines, with the price of internal flights expected to tumble. After years in which Iberia, the Spanish flag-carrier, has had the internal market nearly to itself, half a dozen low-cost carriers are moving in, including easyJet, Ryanair, Spanair, Vueling and Air Europa.

EasyJet is investing â?¬100 million (£68 million) to make Madridâ??s Barajas airport its new hub in Spain. The British low-cost carrier is expected to shake up the Spanish market this week by unveiling a string of new routes from Madrid, both domestic and international. The company is thought to have been granted slots to fly from Madrid to the Canary Islands and the northern cities of Asturias and Bilbao. EasyJet will make the new routes public this week, but promises that they will transform Spainâ??s domestic air travel market.

source: Times On Line