We had only just learnt about the collapse of the Spanish carrier Spanair, when the fall of another traditional carrier made it to the headlines.
Today at 5 o’clock GTM the Hungarian flag carrier, Malev, stopped its operations. Its planes are grounded and all you get when entering their website is a short message in Hungarian.
In this week’s instalment of our series bringing you the updated baggage policy of traditional carriers as well as low-cost airlines, we will have a look at the baggage allowance of Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline which recently announced a partnership with Etihad Airways.
Air Berlin – cabin baggage
Passengers of Air Berlin are allowed to carry on board of piece of baggage. It cannot weight more that 6 kg or 8 kg including laptop and be larger than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm.
Nice to see you on our blog travellers. In today’s instalment of our informative series looking into how to check-in when flying with various traditional carriers as well as traditional carriers, we are going to take a closer look at Air Transat.
Air Transat: online check-in
This option is by far most convenient but its accessibility is limited to departures from bigger Canadian airport such as Toronto Airport, Montreal Airport, Quebec City Airport, Halifax Airport, Edmonton Airport, Calgary Airport, Vancouver Airport and from Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Cancun, Punta Cana, Montego Bay and Rome.
As we are nearing February, various airfare sales and discounts on flights are showing up. We would like to present two of them that we stumbled upon today.
The Dutch low-cost airline Transavia has put on sale affordable return flights to two charming European cities – Innsbruck and Lisbon:
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The single piece of news that has dominated the aviation-world these days is the supention of operations by the Spanish-based airline Spanair. This carrier officially ceased its flight on January 27, 2012.
The news came certainly as an unpleasant surprise to some 22,000 affected passengers. Those unlucky passengers who have booked flights with Spanair or a travel agency may still get a refund for their tickets. Spanair is finalizing an agreement with IATA which should facilitate such a solution.
After having been busy expanding to the Spanish and Italian market, the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair is ready to enter Eastern-Europe more vigorously.
Ryanair serves a significant number of airports in the eastern part of the continent but as Michael O’Leary reveals, this is only the foretaste of the airline’s East-European growth.
Airlines, Budapest Airport, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, Ryanair
Have you already tried out the new trip planner Tripomatic? If no, then it is about time because it is the best trip planning tool out there and moreover, it is completely free.
Now you have yet another good reason to enhance your travelling experience by means of Tripomatic – its repertoire of destinations has been widened by the 75 most popular US cities. Read more…
The flag carrier of Spain, Iberia, has announced date of the inaugural flight of its new low-cost subdivision. Iberia Express commences flights on March 25, 2012.
Although the establishing of the new low-cost subsidiary is seen upon as a necessary step for Iberia to be able to compete with such low-budget airlines as Vueling, the plans have been vehemently opposed by the airline’s staff.
While Iberia permanently deals with stike threat, another Iberian carrier – the low-cost airline Vueling is continuously expanding. Recently Vueling annouced good news concerning its base in Barcelona.
Its flights network from Barcelona will be extended with around 20 new routes reaching the number of 70 destinations in the summer schedule. Let us have a look at some of the new services:
Airlines, Aviation news, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, Vueling
Howdy, flyers. Today in our informative series about the check-in options offered by various low-cost airlines and traditional carriers, we are going to have a look at Air New Zealand.
Most of you are getting used to checking in online to save time. It may therefore come as a surprise that this big airline does not offer online check-in.
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