Ryanair has announced plans to begin operating eight new routes from Shannon Airport later this year.
The airline says it will be starting services to Birmingham, Fuerteventura, Kaunas, Leeds, Luton, Riga and Tenerife in November.
It will also be starting a twice-daily domestic service to Dublin and increasing the frequency of flights to Edinburgh and Manchester.
source: irishexaminer.com
A leading Indian airline will begin flights from Toronto to India this summer on a route that Air Canada has failed to make profitable several times in the past.
JetAirways (India) Ltd. will begin five flights a week from Toronto through Brussels, destined for New Delhi beginning Aug. 23. The Indian carrier aims to deliver daily service by the end of October as part of a major push into North America, said Abraham Joseph, a senior general manager for the airline.
source: canada.com
Skybus Airlines Inc. plans to boost service from Port Columbus International Airport to southern California, Florida and New England in mid-July.
The fledgling Columbus airline will add flights to San Diego starting July 16, as well as service to Westover Metropolitan Airport in Chicopee, Mass., to serve Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass.
The low-cost carrier is scheduled to begin flying July 18 into St. Augustine (Fla.) Airport to serve Jacksonville and Daytona Beach. It will add a second daily nonstop flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., beginning July 16.
source: msn
From May 24, 2007, Monarch will launch up to five scheduled flights a week to Ibiza from London Gatwick. Fares, including taxes, start from just £38.99 one way (£63.50 return).
source: This is Local London
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes , Brazil’s low-cost, low-fare airline, today launched flights to Cruzeiro do Sul, in northwest Acre. With the addition of this new destination, GOL’s daily flights from Fortaleza (CE) will reach the furthest regions of Brazil through connecting flights in Belem (PA), Manaus (AM), Porto Velho (RO) and Rio Branco (AC). Cruzeiro do Sul is the second-largest city in Acre and is the main city of the Alto Jurua region.
source: earthtimes.org
low-cost airline Jet2.com has launched two new services from its base at Newcastle International Airport.
The airline, which now flies to 16 destinations from the North-East, has added services to two popular locations in the Canary Islands to the list.
The inaugural flights to Gran Canaria and Lanzarote will leave Newcastle on October 29 and November 1 respectively, in time for the beginning of the winter 2007-8 season, and tickets are now on sale, priced from £54.99 one way, including taxes.
source: thisisthenortheast.co.uk
Low-cost carrier Flyglobespan will launch the first-ever nonstop scheduled air service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock on May 27 and May 29, respectively. These landmark transatlantic flights mark the first time guests from these U.S. destinations will be able travel direct on scheduled flights to this award-winning airport, significantly easing the ability to experience the historic and picturesque Western region of Ireland.
source: PRNewswire.com
JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU), the New York-based low-cost carrier known for providing award-winning customer service and the most live entertainment options in the skies, today begins daily nonstop service to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (D.R.) from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
source: rushprnews.com
German low-cost airline Germanwings announced the launch of new destinations in Bulgaria.
The airline will service flights from Berlin and Cologne/Bonne to the Bulgarian seaside hotspots of Varna and Burgas. The company has been servicing since the end of March flights from Cologne and Bonne to the capital Sofia three times a week.
The flights to the Black Sea coast will be conducted once a week.
source: novinite.com
Brazilian airline TAM is planning a direct flight between Rio de Janeiro and Miami, a first for the carrier, TAM officials say.
There is no start date for the operation but it is in the works, according to the airline’s press office in Brazil.
“‘We know we’re going to be up by the second half of the year, maybe by the end of the year,'” said Jose Sampol, TAM’s general manager for North America based in Miami.
The flight, he said, is to be available year-round and offer passenger and cargo service but all other details are pending. “‘At this point, we don’t have anything about the flight,'” Mr. Sampol said. “‘We don’t have any details about this route.'”
source: Miami Today
