Austrian Airlines will start regular flights from Vienna to the northern Iraqi city of Arbil twice a week from December 11, nine months after it abandoned a similar plan.
Austrian, the first European carrier expecting to launch scheduled flights to Iraq, said it saw the capital of the country’s Kurdistan region as a secure destination.
source: Airwise
The newest nonstop flight is to operate from Nov. 17 to April 10, three times weekly in each direction.
On days the nonstop flight does not operate, American said it will continue to fly its current schedule to Montevideo via Buenos Aires, Argentina.
source: The Business Journal
Bmibaby announced last week that travelers can now fly from Birmingham International Airport to Glasgow and Faro as well as Murcia. There will be four flights a week to Murcia and three flights a week to Faro with reduced fares.
source: Costablancaleader.com
Germanwings, the low-cost airline belonging to Germany’s Lufthansa group, is poised to expand further into central and eastern Europe, CEO Thomas Winkelmann said Wednesday. “‘The most important goal we now have is eastern Europe’,” said Winkelmann in a briefing to business reporters.
The region is key to expansion plans because of its strong growth and large number of people keen to travel following the lifting of old restrictions, he said.
source: therawstory
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, on Tuesday launched a regular flight between Frankfurt-Hahn airport and FlyBalaton airport at Sármellék near Lake Balaton in west Hungary.
source: bbj.hu
EasyJet will has launched its new daily service from Bristol International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Passengers checking in for the inaugural flight will be greeted by a traditional French maid handing out freshly made baguettes, whilst being serenaded by an accordionist.
source: Easier
Ryanair will re-launch flights from London Stansted to Stockholm Vasteras next spring, three months after suspending the route in protest over the former Swedish Governmentâ??s plans to introduce an environmental flight tax.
source: flightmapping.com
British air carrier bmi has begun twice daily service from London�??s Heathrow Airport to Moscow -Domodedovo International Airport. The flights are operated as a code-share deal between bmi and Transaero (Russia). Bmi will be responsible for one flight a day operating A-320 aircraft and the second flight will be under Transaero colours, using B737 aircraft.
source: Mice BTN
Aer Lingus is to operate an additional 86 flights per week from Dublin and Cork airports – totalling an additional 15,000 extra seats in and out of Ireland. New flights include routes from Dublin to Athens, Newcastle and Milan-Malpensa for next summer and from Cork to Manchester, Madrid and Prague. The airline will also increase the frequency of flights to a range of current European destinations.
source: Ireland OnLine
EasyJet, the leading low-cost airline on the European market, will inaugurate its new Milan Malpensa-Amsterdam route on October 31. Daily flights are planned, with two ones very day starting on 15 December 2006.
The new flight is part of a further expansion from the Milan Malpensa airport set in motion by the company a few months after the inauguration in spring. The winter schedule, in addition to the new Milan Malpensa-Prague flight (from 15 December 2006), also calls for a sizeable increase in frequency for connections to the main European capitals.
source: AGI online
