WestJet Airlines Ltd. is stepping up its turf war with Air Canada by forging a close link with Air France-KLM Group, Europe’s biggest airline, that aims to improve service for travellers from Western Canada to Europe and vice versa.
Calgary-based WestJet confirmed on Monday it is negotiating an “‘interline'” pact with Air France that would smooth baggage transfer and ticketing in both directions.
source: Canada.com
Flyglobespan has announced that it will begin weekly flights from Bristol airport to Toronto from May next year.
The connection will open on May 26th, with services leaving Bristol every Monday to land at Toronto’s Hamilton airport.
Aer Lingus has announced plans to begin two new routes from Dublin and Cork next summer.
Direct flights will begin from Dublin to Ibiza and from Cork to Jersey.
The airline also plans to increase capacity on a number of its other flights, with services between Dublin and San Francisco, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Orlando operating on a year-round basis.
The airline also says it will fly from Belfast to Nice twice a week from April onwards.
source: independent.ie
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
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
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
American travelers may see more of our northern neighbor if JetBlue’s application to launch flights between the U.S. and Canada is approved. As Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports, JetBlue is hoping to start private charter flights to Canada as early as next spring, with the intention that regularly scheduled service will follow.
source: Smarter Travel
The German airline Lufthansa now operates out of Florida’s busiest passenger airport.
Flights between Orlando and the airline’s Frankfurt, Germany, hub are scheduled to run every day except Saturday. From Germany, passengers can fly to nearly 100 countries around the world.
source: wpbf.com
The troubled Spanish low-cost airline, Vueling, starts a new route between Málaga and Rome tomorrow (Sunday). There will be four flights a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays to Fiumicino, the main airport in the Italian capital.
Next Tuesday the airline also starts new flights from Málaga to Brussels. It already flies to Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid and Santiago from the Costa del Sol.
source: typicallyspanish.com
Virgin America today launches twice daily service from Washington Dulles to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Guests on the first flights should expect some typical Virgin America-style fun at the ticket counters and departure gates, with Virgin America teammates decked out in costume as our Founding Fathers at LAX and as Hollywood celebrities to welcome guests at Washington Dulles.
source: primenewswire.com
