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
We greet the middle of the week with a handful of special air fares. We have something for every taste: one low-cost airline and one awarded carrier, flights across Europe and long-haul flights.
We start off with the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad and its world sale. The sale is as interesting as it is short-lived so make sure to book before May 4, 2012. Among the departure airports are e.g. London, Manchester, Berlin and Hamburg. Below you can see a little sample of the routes on sale.
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Airfare Deals, Airlines, Etihad Airways, Transavia
There is a lot happening in the European aviation recently and airlines going bust is not the only kind of things that grab headlines. Some airlines disappear while new ones emerge.
Lufthansa seems to be going down the same route as Iberia according to the German newspaper Bild. Lufthansa’s financial state forces this giant carrier to look for savings. The plans to merge the routes network of its daughter company Germanwings with parts of Lufthansa’s European routes and brand it as Direct 4 You may be a way of cutting costs.
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Direct 4 You, Eurowings, GermanWings, Lufthansa
Welcome to our weekly series helping you to stay informed on the issue of baggage allowances offered by various airlines. Today we though we would refresh your knowledge of the baggage policy of one of the biggest carriers worldwide – Lufthansa.
Lufthansa Carry-on baggage
Travelling in Economy Class you are only allowed to have one piece of hand baggage with you. Your baggage cannot exceed the maximum dimensions of 55 x 40 x 23 cm and may not weigh more than 8 kg. Additionally, you are permitted to take the following items into the cabin:
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Airlines, Baggage allowance, Lufthansa
