British Airways is to fly from Glasgow to London City, providing an important direct air link for businessmen between Glasgow’s growing financial services sector and the capital.
And with fares starting from just £39 one way, including all taxes and charges, it will also appeal to leisure passengers.
BA subsidiary BA CityFlyer will operate the route to the London Docklands aiport.
source: thisishertfordshire.co.uk
go!, Hawaii’s low-fare interisland carrier, today announced expansion of its route network in Hawaii with the launch of go!Express, operated under a code share agreement with Mokulele Airlines. Beginning April 16, go!Express will offer 12 flights per day between Kona and Kahului, Kahului and Kapalua, and Kapalua and Honolulu.
source: PR-inside
A Spanish low-cost carrier is likely to join the other three which will be operating to Malta in summer.
Talks are being held with Clickair, a Catalan low-cost airline which, if successful, would link Malta International Airport with El Prat airport in Barcelona. Click Air is part-owned by Iberia Lineas Aereas airlines.
If the talks were to materialise, the Spanish carrier will start operating some time in June, joining Italian low-cost carrier Meridiana and Irish carrier Ryanair, which already operate to Malta. Towards the end of the month, Germany’s low-cost carrier Germanwings will start flights from Cologne and Stuttgart.
source: The Malta Independent
easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, today announced the latest addition to its growing network, a route connecting London Luton and Zurich.
Zurich, the little big city, is Switzerland’s financial centre and largest city. Most famous for its banking sector, Zurich is also home to a picturesque old town with cobblestone streets built along the crystal blue River Limmat, with a surprisingly hip and trendy social scene on the banks of the stunning Lake Zurich.
source: Easier
Southwest’s expansion comes just a week after another low-fare carrier, JetBlue Airways, announced it was temporarily reducing its number of flights out of Pittsburgh and needed customers to fill more seats on flights from here to Boston and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Low-fare carriers have had mixed results in the Pittsburgh market. Since 2000, eight have launched service here, but only four remain. The remaining carriers have been able to bring down average fares, though, helping Pittsburgh become the nation’s 13th-cheapest midsize airport.
source: Times online
Vueling opens its first operational base outside of Spain, at Paris-Charles deGaulle airport. The opening of the new base will take place on May 16th with the installation of three brand-new Airbus A320s and the launching of new routes to Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
Vueling will become the first Spanish airline in setting up a base outside of Spain and the second airline ever, only after Air France, in doing so at Paris main airport.
source: boarding.no
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to start serving larger airports in a bid to double passenger numbers, its chief executive said in an interview with German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche.
“‘If we want to be so big in five years’ time, we can’t avoid such airports,'” Michael O’Leary told the magazine in an interview released ahead of publication on Monday.
Ryanair has focused its network so far on airports where landing fees and other costs are low.
source: smh
When Qatar termed 2007 the ‘year of expansion’, the airline wasn’t exaggerating, last month announcing their expansion into New York and Dar es Salaam, and just last week announcing even more new routes and increased frequencies.
Speaking at a press conference on the first day of ITB Berlin, Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, took the chance to unveil even more new routes for one of the fastest growing Arab airline in the market today.
Scheduled flights to Chennai (formerly Madras), Bali and Ho Chi Minh City will begin towards the end of March. From mid-year, Qatar Airways will operate flights to New York, Washington and Geneva, and Stockholm will follow later this year.
Mr Al Baker said, “2007 is an exciting year for Qatar Airways, celebrating 10 years since our relaunch and we look forward to welcoming passengers on our brand new routes and increased services to provide them with greater choice.
AirTran is scheduled to begin service June 7, joining JetBlue in offering low-cost flights to and from Portland International Jetport.
AirTran, based in Orlando, Fla., plans to offer three round trips a day to its Northeast hub in Baltimore, along with a Saturdays-only nonstop flight to and from Orlando.
source: Seacoast online
The Kuwaiti airline Al-Jazeera Airways announced it would start to offer flights from Kuwait City to Tehran as of March 26, IRNA reported.
The airline, which is said to be the first low-cost carrier set up in the Persian Gulf state, has planned to operate three services a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
fuente: Iranmania
