The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is no stranger to conflicts with authorities whether it is EU or local governments. The latest in a series of frictions is between the airline and the Greek Islands and will lead to the airline slashing its schedule.
Among the routes Ryanair operates to Kos and Rhodes are such popular services as London – Rhodes, Liverpool – Rhodes or London – Kos.
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Airlines, Aviation news, Europe, News by Continent, Ryanair
Today a little dose of flights from London. Why? Because airfares from London are always in demand, are they not?
There is no denying that when it comes to route network from the capital of the United Kingdom, British Airways are quite unbeatable. Let us have a look at a sample of the current offer.
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Airfare Deals, Airlines, British Airways
Travellers flying to and from Portugal in May are in for an unpleasant travelling experience due to the planned strike by Portuguese Air traffic controllers today, tomorrow as well as on May 24 and 25.
Today’s walk out is scheduled between 07:00-09:00, 14:00-16:00 and 21:00-23:00 whereas tomorrow’s action will last for 24 hours. The same pattern is likely to be the case in the upcoming strike actions later this month.
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Aviation news, Europe, News by Continent, Ryanair, TAP Portugal
Here comes important news! Ryanair passengers – brace yourselves for troubles between May 18 and May 20. No, the carrier will not be affected by a pan-European strike. The problems will be caused by a planned maintenance of the website.
If your travel plans require checking in, printing your boarding card or booking tickets between May 18 and May 20, please make sure you get it done before the particular features of the website are out of order.
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Airlines, Aviation news, Europe, News by Continent, Ryanair
Not matter what time of the year, affordable flights to US are always in demand. Such destinations as New York or Boston are magnets for travellers. That is why today we will have a look at the current offer from the UK flag carrier – British Airways.
The airport of departure for the airfare deals below is London Heathrow. Quoted prices are for return tickets.
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Airfare Deals, Airlines, British Airways
Want to keep abreast of what is going on in the fascinating world of low-cost airlines and traditional carriers? Read our weekly update!
The Spanish-based Vueling, the winner of Budgie Awards 2011, has recently launched a new service to the Netherlands from its base in Barcelona. The Barcelona – Groningen route operates twice a week.
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Airlines, Lufthansa, Transavia, Vueling
The trip-planner Tripomatic has been around for some time, won one competition and made the planning experience of many travellers better. Not bad! But also it has had one shortcoming – it has lacked an iPhone app. Until now, that is!
Now all mobile travellers have got something to look forward to. Just imagine: a wealth of expert knowledge about countless locations all over the world, pictures and all the essential info packed in a tiny box in your pocket. You can access all this immediately using an intuitive interface.
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Tips and hints, Useful websites
It seems as though the much anticipated opening of the new airport for the capital city of Germany will be postponed with as long as a couple of months as a result of fire safety flaws.
The new airport is named after one of the German chancellors: Willy Brandt Airport. Its opening was scheduled to June 3, 2012. It is meant to replace the two existing and aging Berlin airports: Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schonefeld. Now it turns out both the aviation industry and travellers will have to patiently wait even to the second half of August.
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Air Berlin, Airlines, Airport Berlin Brandenburg, Airports, Berlin Schonefeld, Berlin Tegel
Does the name EL AL Israel Airlines ring a bell for you? This traditional Israeli airline offers competitive prices of airfares from and to Israel.
In today’s post we will have a look at the current offer of return flights from Airport Tel Aviv both to European cities, such as Madrid, and some more remote places, such as Beijing.
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Airfare Deals, Airlines, EL AL Israel Airlines
The long black list of airline bankruptcies is getting longer as yet another European carrier seems to have gone bust. Today 6.30 o’clock the management of the Danish-based Cimber Air (known also as Cimber Sterling) declared the company’s insolvency.
At present the prospects for the passengers are rather gloomy. While the fate of the airline is not yet sealed, the website of Cimber is currently down and all the operations have been temporarily suspended.
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Airlines, Aviation news, Cimber, Europe, News by Continent