Today is Monday and as you know, no Monday can go without a portion of updates. Here you are: new routes and services as well as other news from low-cost airlines as well as traditional carriers.
The most significant piece of aviation news, at least in terms of numbers, is the fact that US carriers are to add some 200 new routes in the first half of 2011 alone. Among the airlines distinguished by the number of new services are: Delta Airlines (24), American/American Eagle (22), or Southwest (20).
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Slawomir Budziak Czech Airlines, Delta Airlines, Emirates, Europe, New Routes, News by Continent, North America, Qatar Airways, Southwest Airlines
We keep tabs on what is happening in the aviation world and as usually, we start the week with some fresh updates about new routes and services from both low-cost airlines and traditional airlines.
We begin with the Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizzair which, it seems, will finally set up its long-announced operating base in Belgrade in April. Wizzair has also announced it would launch routes Belgrade – Rome, Belgrade – Malmo, Belgrade Stockholm-Skavsta, Belgrade – Eindhoven and Belgrade – Munich-Memmingen.
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Each airfare sale is a bid to convince you that now is your chance to book exceptionally advantageous air tickets to some mind-blowingly attractive destinations. But if there has been one really exceptional sale within the last couple of days, it is the one launched by Air France.
Listen carefully: until March 3, 2010, you have the outstanding opportunity to book tickets from selected US airports to Europe from $190. Yes, you got it right.
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Slawomir Budziak Air France, Airfare Deals, Airlines, News by Continent, North America
Traditionally we start off the week with updates on new routes and services from low-cost airlines as well as traditional carriers. Read thepost and stay updated. Let us begin with the Old Continent.
The Luton-based low-cost carrier easyJet strengthens its position in Edinburgh by setting up three direct routes: Ediburgh – Athens, Ediburgh – Tenerife and Ediburgh – Grenoble. The keywords are city getaways, skiing and sunbathing. The flights will be in operation in September.
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We begin this week with an update on what is new the schedules of various carriers worldwide – both low-cost airlines
and traditional carriers – so that you are well-informed.
We start off with the Luton-based easyJet and its new route from London Gatwick to Zagreb. The new route will connect London and the Croatian capitol five times a week. Fares start at £25.99 one-way. There is more news from easyJet – another new route will carry all Sun-loving travellers from Belfast to Malta twice a week. Malta will thereby become the carrier’s 25th destination available from Belfast. The cheapest February fare at the time of writing is £55.99.
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Slawomir Budziak Airlines, AirTran, Asia, easyJet, Europe, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue, New Routes, News by Continent, North America, Qatar Airways, WizzAir
We do not cease to follow the latest developments and keep you updates. Take a look at what is going on in the world of aviation.
After its withdrawal from Marseille following a legal despite with French Authorities, Ryanair expands its Marseille operations for a period of four months (April 14 – September 4, 2011). The development will translate into 24 routes (of which 11 are new ones). Moreover this Irish low-cost airline has announced it reopens flights to Kaunas in Lithuania as of April 14, 2011.
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Reducing the environmental impact of flying
Among the issues dominating the public debate these days are the matter of our impact on natural environment. The most heated part of this comprehensive debate is the assumed relation between our activities like carbon emission and the climate change. Even thought there is no consensus as to whether there is a straightforward relation between these phenomena, two things are sure: and there is a growing number of both companies, such as airlines and known people acting according to the better safe than sorry principle.
Leaf Veins©Kumaravel Thangaraj
Why we mentioned these two categories of players? Well airlines are what this blog is about and celebrities with theire mobile life style can set a good example.
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The recent blood bath at Domodedovo Airport was just one the a series of terrorist attacks on both airports, public facilities and state-owned builings. At the same time we witness an unprecedented tightening of the security procedures in the airports around the world.
In this context two questions arise. Are the current procedures good enough to prevent such attacks from happening? And is it at all humanely possible to thwart the evil designs of terrorists? Given the endless ingenuity of the evil minds behind the terror plans, the second question seems to be a rhetorical one. What is worst it appears we cannot even give a affirmative answer to the first question.
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Slawomir Budziak Airport Moscow Domodedovo (DME), Europe, News by Continent, North America, Other, Tips and hints
“May you live in interesting times” is – as the urban legend has it – a Chinese proverb and curse. Regardless of its authenticity, it very true of what is happening in the aviation world these days. Passengers word over suffer from flight disruptions for a whole numbers of reasons.
Political upheavals
By that we mean of course the unstable situation in Egypt where many travellers have wound up stranded at Cairo Airport.
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Some time ago we witnessed how the severe weather conditions struck and paralized European airports making the lives of travellers a living hell, now, it seems, it is turn for American airports. American airlines warn travellers that they should expect that the fickle winter weather will affect their plans.
Some airlines announced they would meet their passengers halfway and allow rebooking free of charge.
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