The Czech low-cost carrier Smart Wings will start a service between Prague and Dubai, the airline said Tuesday.
The airline will operate one flight a week from May 15, it said in a statement.
The airline, which flies regularly to several Mediterranean and European destinations, claims to have carried 1.8 million passengers last year.
source: iht
The Dallas-based, low-cost airlines said it is adding an additional nonstop, daily flight between Dallas and Albuquerque, making a total of eight; and a flight between Dallas and New Orleans, for a total of five.
source: bizjournals.com
Following an agreement signed on Thursday, the Malta Tourism Authority confirmed yesterday that Spanish low-cost carrier Clickair will begin serving the Malta route in June on a twice-weekly basis.
In a statement issued yesterday evening, the MTA said the agreement, signed by MTA chairman Sam Mifsud and Clickair CEO Alex Cruz, had been finalised in collaboration with Malta International Airport and effectively confirms that the airline will be commencing operations between Malta and Barcelona as from the first week of June.
source: The Malta Independent
JetBlue Airways today announces the continuing expansion of destination choices for its Boston customers with the launch of new low-fare service to San Diego, CA and the Caribbean island of Aruba, bringing to 27 the number of nonstop destinations served nonstop by Logan’s fastest-growing airline.
Beginning June 28, 2007, JetBlue will operate the only daily nonstop low-fare service between Boston and San Diego, with fares ranging from $159-$399(a) each way. Then on June 30, JetBlue will add Saturday-only nonstop service to Aruba with fares ranging between $149-$399(a) each way.
source: Primenewswire.com
Budget carrier Ryanair is considering launching a separate airline that would fly long-haul between Europe and the United States around the turn of the decade.
Ryanair on Thursday confirmed comments made in an interview by Chief Executive Michael O’Leary that he has already had speculative approaches from U.S. airports about setting up a service.
More competition is expected on trans-Atlantic routes after the European Union approved an aviation deal with the United States last month to open up the restricted routes to new rivals.
The “‘Open Skies'” deal, which takes effect from the end of March 2008, will allow airlines to fly from anywhere in the EU to any point in the U.S., shedding limitations that also discourage them from charging what they like or combining with other carriers.
source: USA today
Low-cost airline Zoom will offer daily flights from London to New York from June 21, with prices starting at £129 one-way, the budget carrier announced today.
Zoom has been operating from UK regional airports to a number of Canadian destinations for three years. The airline has been given permission to operate from Gatwick as an official UK carrier to the US alongside British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
The Polish low-cost airline, Centralwings, has commenced a new scheduled flight between Shannon and Katowice. It has also introduced a new, twice-weekly service from Cork to Warsaw.
Prices start from 4.99euro each way, excluding one single fixed passenger charge of 24euro,.89 cent which includes tax. There is a 20 per cent discount for children aged between 2 – 16 years old, and infants under the age of two, travel free.
source: limerickpost.ie
Zoom Airlines has expanded its schedule of flights from Glasgow Airport.
The low-cost airline has introduced an additional weekly flight from Glasgow to Toronto which increases the frequency on the route to two a week.
In March 2004, Zoom began offering flights to Vancouver and Toronto in the winter after a successful summer season.
source: eveningtimes.co.uk
GoAir, India’s leading smart fare airline announced their new summer schedule introducing new flights from Bangalore to Cochin. Additionally, GoAir has introduced new flights connecting to Cochin from Delhi while increasing the number of flights between Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai.
GoAir, the only airline that has direct flights from Mumbai to Srinagar thrice a week, will now also have 12 connections from Mumbai to Srinagar and Jammu via Delhi, a total of 64 weekly flights on BOM-DEL-BOM sector, 40 weekly flights between Mumbai-Chennai-Mumbai and 33 weekly flights between Mumbai-Hyderabad-Mumbai. Our passengers can now choose a flight at a time convenient to them from the multiple flights that GoAir’s new summer schedule offers across various destinations in India.
source: Indiaprwire.com
JetBlue Airways Corporation, New York’s hometown airline, today begins daily nonstop service between White Plains’ Westchester County Airport and Orlando, Florida.
Beginning April 2, the low-cost carrier will offer one daily nonstop flight to Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, and a second daily flight to Orlando.
source: ABC
