In today’s edition of our series on new routes and services from traditional carriers as well as low-cost airlines, we are going to take a look at flights to Sardinia. Sardinia is a very popular leisure destinations which has seen a gradual increase in passenger number in the course of the recent years.
One of the airlines operating Sardinian airports, Ryanair raised the status Cagliari to its designated base. Nevertheless, Ryanair still has not one-upped the traditional Meridiana which tops the list when it comes to scheduled seat capacity on flights to Sardinian airports. Another carrier present on the Sardinian market is Alitalia.
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We welcome you to our weekly updates on the latest developments in the world of aviation – new routes, new services as well as other news from low-cost airlines and traditional carriers. We start off with Ryanair.
This expansive Irish low-cost airline started some 20 new routes within the course of the last week. The new services widen the Ryanair route network at Rome Ciampino, Airport Seville, Milan Bergamo or Brussels Charleroi. Examples of these new routes are:
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It seems as though the market is not yet saturated as far as transatlantic routes are concerned given that some 28 new routes to North-American destinations are either already launched or expected to be in operation in 2011.
Among the airlines to set up routes to US and Canada are e.g. Delta, Air France, Air Berlin, SAS or British Airways. Let us take a look at a few examples of the announced services.
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Hi guys. Traditionally on Monday we publish our weekly preview of the latest developments in the world of aviation – new routes and services and other news from the low-cost airlines as well as traditional carriers.
We begin with quite a few changes in the route network of the British low-cost carrier bmibaby. This carrier announced it would close down its bases in Manchester and Cardiff and stop flying from these airports. One of the implications of it is that the Manchester – Prague route will be discontinued. The planes serving the routes which are to be discontinued will be redeployed to Belfast, Birmingham and Belfast.
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Slawomir Budziak Air Berlin, bmibaby, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Ryanair
Hi guys, it is time for our weekly preview of the latest development in the world of aviation – new routes and services as well as other news from the low-cost airlines and traditional carriers.
We begin with some breaking figures from Brussels Airport. The summer schedule, which has been in effect for a couple of days, is truly impressive in that it includes as much as 80 airlines operating services to 214 destinations. Among the newcomers is the renowned and constantly expanding Qatar Airways, whereas among the new destinations until recently now available from Brussels are Doha and Liverpool.
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Hi there. Today we have a somewhat different twist on the issue of baggage policy. Usually we look into the allowances and restrictions of various low-cost airlines and traditional carriers. Today we would like to discuss briefly the matter of hand-baggage in general.
The common rules
We realize that such rules vary from carrier to carrier but at the same time there are some essential rules valid by and large everywhere. One is usually allowed to take one piece of hand-baggage on board and it is suggested that one takes on board just the items one really needs during the flight or things too fragile or valuable for them to be stowed in the aircraft hold. But these days most of us who travel with low-cost airlines tries to make the best use of the allowances in a bid to avoid paying the checked-in baggage fees.
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Slawomir Budziak Air Berlin, Baggage allowance, British Airways, Tips and hints
Many of us used to count the remaining days in anticipation of Christmas as children. Back then we often used an advent calendar with small sweets concealed in tiny windows. Now that we are adult, imagine that in lieu of sweets, the calender windows hide air plane trips! What you get is the latest offer from Air Berlin.
Every day this carrier announces new destinations at special price – two people travel for the price of one! If this isn’t a perfect opportunity to take with you somebody special, then we don’t know what is.
The booking period is restricted to one day, but if you miss out on today’s destination, don’t worry, tomorrow is your next chance. And what’s on sale today? Well, what about a trip from e.g. Copenhagen to Krakow or Berlin to St.Petersburg. The third destination airport on sale is Moscow. These three are available from quite a number of European cities so if neither Copenhagen nor Berlin suit you, go to the carrier’s website and learn more!
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Air Berlin – considered to be the second largest airline in Germany after Lufthansa – is going to open its second London-base. In addition to its base at Stansted Airport, this German carrier will serve Gatwick Airport.
The opening of the new base is due to happen next spring and is much anticipated by the management of Gatwick Airport as it is believed to bolster its position.
As for the destinations Air Berlin is going to serve from its new base, travellers will be able to choose between Hanover and Nuremberg to begin with.
Are you one of the travellers who find the new base a convenient point of departure? Go to the carrier’s website and book your flight!
Slawomir Budziak Air Berlin, Airlines, Airports, Europe, London Gatwick Airport, New Routes, News by Continent
Suppose we say “long-haul” – what is you first reaction? Something like «It costs a fortune, man». Well, allow us to correct you. Long-haul may be by all means suited to your pocket. In case of any doubt, take a look at the latest sale from Air Berlin.
When long-haul flights are on sale at such prices, no excuse is good enough. We will help you get directly to the carrier’s website and the rest is up to you.
Slawomir Budziak Air Berlin, Airfare Deals
Low cost airline Ryanair, known mainly thanks to its low fares and many weird fees proposals, grows steadily. The airline transported 7.68 million passengers in August. This means this low cost carrier transported more passengers than Air France – KLM.
Europe’s largest low-cost airline (in millions of people transported in 2009) are Ryanair with 66.5, easyJet with 45.2, Air Berlin 27.9, Norwegian 10.7, Vueling 8.2, WizzAir 7.8 and GermanWings 7.2.
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