There is no denying that the summer season is just around the corner and if you fancy a summer getaway without being overenthusiastic about the scorching heat prevailing in places such as Mallorca, Alicante or Barcelona, a trip to the charming Scandinavian cities may be just something for you.
When looking for airfares from UK to Norway, Sweden and the rest of this region, do not fail to visit the official website of SAS. These days all the direct routes to Scandinavia are on sale at affordable prices. Let us take a look at some examples:
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Slawomir Budziak Airfare Deals, Airlines, SAS
As we are coming up to the summer season, sales are starting to pile up and both traditional carriers and low-cost airlines are courting us in an attempt to have us book their flights. One of the carriers running sales right now is the biggest Scandinavian carrier – SAS.
First things first – you should know that the sale ends today and there is no time to lose if you fancy the idea of embarking on a trip to one the Scandinavian destinations on sale.
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Slawomir Budziak Airfare Deals, Airlines, SAS
History likes to repeat itself. It did not take long after the dust has settled down after the eruption of Eyafjallajökull, before yet another Icelandic volcano woke up and rumbled. Grímsvötn erupted on Saturday and by now the cloud ash has reached Norway and Scotland causing small disruptions there.
The current situation is very unclear and changing. The ash cloud is believed to reach Sweden by Tuesday but the forecast are not always precise – e.g. the Norwegian aviation authorities did not expect the cloud to reach Norway so quickly.
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Slawomir Budziak Airlines, bmi, British Airways, Europe, Iceland Express, KLM, Natural disasters, News by Continent, SAS
As the summer season is approaching, the issue of where to fly and where to find affordable flights is getting ever more relevant. And that is where we come in. Take a look at this week’s selection of airfare deals from two traditional carriers and one low-cost airline.
Advantageous London fares from £139
These days, the German Lufthansa will get you from London to quite a number of the top cites for £139. The quoted fare is all-in for round-trip. Some examples:
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Slawomir Budziak Aer Arann, Airfare Deals, Airlines, Lufthansa, SAS
Very untraditionally, the latest updates on new routes and services from low-cost airlines as well as traditional carriers come on Tuesday. This week seems not to offer so many new developments. Well, apparently the aviation industry needs a break as well.
We start off with the renowned Qatar Airways which announced the opening of new routes connecting its hub in Doha Airport with Uganda, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The route to Entebbe will be in operation as of November 2, 2011, whereas the flights to Baku and Tbilisi are to be launched on November 30, 2011.
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Slawomir Budziak Airlines, Icelandair, JetBlue, New Routes, Qatar Airways, SAS
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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Slawomir Budziak Air Berlin, Air France, Airlines, British Airways, Europe, LOT Polish Airlines, New Routes, News by Continent, North America, SAS
Hi deal hunters. It high time we put forward a fresh batch of airfare deals. Today we have focused on Europe.
The Scandinavian carrier SAS prolongs its huge January sale. What does it mean for you? I means you can fly from e.g. London, Stockholm or Copenhagen a whole range of destinations both in Scandinavia and across Europe. Let us give you just 3 examples of the kind of airfares you can get hold of:
Stockholm Bergen from SEK 415
Copenhagen Berlin from DKK 315
London Copenhagen from £62
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Slawomir Budziak Airfare Deals, Airlines, bmibaby, Europe, News by Continent, SAS, Vueling
In spite of the lingering crisis with all its implications for the world economy, the aviation sector does not cease to expand. Year 2011 will see the opening of quite a number of new routes and services. Let us take a quick look at just some of them.
The Rome-based carrier Alitalia announced the opening of two direct services from its base at Florence Airport. The services are Florence – Amsterdam and Florence – Catania. Both are to be in operation as of March 27, 2011 and both are available for purchase now.
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Slawomir Budziak Airlines, Alitalia, Asia, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, Ryanair, SAS
This is the very last post in the year 2010. As you are making the last preparations before tonight’s madness, we thought you may want to sit down a relax. And we know no better way of relaxing than to have a laughter. Enjoy this last post in 2010!
Passengers on a Lufthansa flight heard the following announcement from the captain, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry to inform you that we have lost power to all of our engines and will shortly crash into the ocean.” On noticing the growing nervousness among the passengers the captain added “Ladies and Gentlemen, we are prepared for such an emergency, and we would now like you to rearrange the way you are seating so that all the non-swimmers are on the right side of the plane, and all the swimmers are on the left side.”
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Slawomir Budziak Funny, Lufthansa, Other, SAS, TAP Portugal
Two well-known Nordic carriers – Icelandair and SAS – have entered into a code-share agreement.
The agreement will provide more comfortable services connecting North Europe with Iceland via Airport Copehagen and Airport Stockholm which both are SAS’ hubs.
In addition to connections from and to the magical Iceland, the agreement will also include shared frequent flyer benefits. The code-share part of the partnership will be in force as of November 8, 2010 whereas the cooperation pertaining to frequent flyer program is due to come into effect early in 2011.
Slawomir Budziak Airlines, Airports, Europe, Icelandair, SAS
