Ryanair – more than 150 new routes in 2012

January 26th, 2012

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.

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Airlines, Budapest Airport, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, Ryanair

75 US cities now available in the trip planner Tripomatic

January 25th, 2012

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…

News by Continent, North America, Other, Tips and hints

Iberia’s new low-cost airline & pilot strike

January 24th, 2012

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.

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Airlines, Aviation news, Europe, Iberia, News by Continent

Vueling to add new Barcelona flights

January 23rd, 2012

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:

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Airlines, Aviation news, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, Vueling

Air New Zealand check-in

January 19th, 2012

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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Air New Zealand, Airfare Deals, Airlines

Weekly update – new routes and services

January 18th, 2012

In this week’s post is devoted to new routes and services from traditional carriers and low-cost airlines, we picked two interesting pieces of news for you.

We start off with the British-based low-cost carrier bmibaby. Bmibaby resumed flights connecting its hub in East Midlands Airport. The carrier has served the East Midlands – Toulouse route previously and has now relaunched it.

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Airlines, bmibaby, Emirates, Europe, News by Continent, South and Central America, The Middle East

Airfare deals from Bmibaby – brighten up your January

January 17th, 2012

Today, we thought we would dig out some low-cost flights for travellers departing from UK. We stumbled upon the current offer from the British-based low-budget airline bmibaby.

This offer is particularly interesting for those who depart from East Midlands Airport, Birmingham Airport and Belfast Airport.

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Airfare Deals, Airlines, bmibaby

easyJet – new charges and fees

January 16th, 2012

A couple of days ago we wrote about the fare increase on the part of Ryanair (read ”Ryanair to increase fare prices”) and today we bring you a piece of news on a similar note. This time it concerns the British-based easyJet.

This low-cost carrier has introduced an administration fee of £9 instead of the booking fee. This new fee will be charged on all bookings. Another novelty is that from now on payments made with Visa Electron will not be free of charge anymore. All bookings made with credit cards will cost 2,5% of the total amount. Debit card payments remain free of charge.

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Airlines, easyJet, Europe, News by Continent

Air Berlin: check-in

January 12th, 2012

Welcome to this year’s first post presenting the check-in options offered by various airlines. Today we will have a look at the check-in options offered by Air Berlin.

Air Berlin web check-in

Online check-in makes your life easier. This option is available between 30 and 2 hours before the scheduled departure time for all passengers with a valid e-ticket. All you have to do is enter your booking reference as well as surname, choose your seat and receive your boarding card as an e-mail or a mobile boarding card.

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Air Berlin, Airlines

Ryanair to increase fare prices

January 11th, 2012

The famous Irish low-cost airline Ryanair known for e.g. its additional charges policy as well as its pursuit of media attention, will introduce yet another levy  from the next week.

The new levy is Ryanair’s response to the new EU emission trading scheme. The cost of the new regulation is estimated to be around 18-20 for Ryanair hence a new fee of 25 euro cents on every seat.

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Airlines, Europe, News by Continent, North America, Ryanair