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Aviation & The Icelandic Ash In Numbers

Here’s a quick stat attack from the aviation industries latest hurdle “Eyjafjallajökull” !’ If you have any stats of your own you would like added please leave a comment below. 100′000 – The number of Britons stranded in Europe. 102 – Flights from Malaga cancelled on 16th April 2010. 20′000 – Feet high that the volcanic ash cloud has [...]

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Analysis, Featured

New Low Cost Long Haul airline from Scandinavia

Feel Air has raised $37 million start up funds to dry lease two Airbus A320 and plans to operate Stockholm and Oslo to New York and Bangkok. The new airline hopes to start operating the low cost long haul flights in time for the lucrative Easter break in 2010. No doubt the fledgling airline has already [...]

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Iceland Express New York Flights

Strengths of Iceland Express 1) One way pricing – no restrictions, no complex rules. 2) Easy to search for and book flights on their website. 3) Short layover in KEF possible. 4) Avoid large airports like Heathrow & Charles De Gaulle fly from local airports like Frankfurt Hahn. 5) No rip off fuel supplement. 6) Strong awareness, large customer database [...]

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Analysis, News

Why Michael O’Leary should have a blog

Clearly Michael O’Leary is as gifted at writing as he is at delivering financial results for Ryanair PLC. Anyone who has read one of his letters to the press must admit that he writes with a certain force, a touch of humour and a large dose of arrogance. Here is a recent comment from “MOL” [...]

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Analysis

Airlines on Twitter

Here are some airlines you might like to follow on twitter. Please use comments to let us know who we have missed and who are your favourites airlines to follow on twitter. Air France - http://twitter.com/AirFranceUK Air New Zealand - http://twitter.com/flyairnz Air Southwest - http://twitter.com/AirSouthwest British Airways - http://twitter.com/British_Airways Cathay Pacific - http://twitter.com/Cathay_Pacific Thomas Cook - http://twitter.com/ThomasCookUK KLM - http://twitter.com/klm Iceland Express - http://twitter.com/icelandexpress Jet2 - http://twitter.com/Jet2com Qantas - http://twitter.com/qftravelinsider Qatar Airways - http://twitter.com/qatarairways SAS - http://twitter.com/SASGroup Singapore Airlines - http://twitter.com/SQairlines Swiss [...]

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News

Kiss Flights Bankrupt

Posted on 17 August 2010

Kiss Flights has ceased trading. In a move that some will say was all too predictable and is sure to anger many, Kiss Flights has ceased trading. The airline was part of the “Flight Options Group”. Affected passengers yet to travel should contact the travel agency or tour operator they have booked with for further information. Some [...] Continue Reading

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Norwegian Still Growing Strong

Posted on 06 August 2010

Norwegian flew 1,322,696 passengers in July. The Norwegian low cost airline with bases in Scandinavia and Poland have increased by 274 000 passengers and 26 percent compared with July last year. Norwegian which is arguably the third largest low cost airline in Europe thus has broken it’s passenger record for the third consecutive month. “It is [...] Continue Reading

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Offers

Renting your holiday home

Posted on 01 June 2010

holidaylettings.co.uk – Money Back Guarantee – 20 rental enquiries in a year or your money back ! Why Holiday Lettings are a great choice if you want to let out your holiday home: Most visited website: Around 2 million holidaymakers visit the site each month. Best value for money: Up to 20 photos, availability calendar, free SMS [...] Continue Reading

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DFDS Mini Cruise Amsterdam Deal

Posted on 19 May 2010

To celebrate their 15th birthday DFDS are offering you the chance to enjoy a mini cruise at 1995 prices. Newcastle – Amsterdam Mini Cruise Guests taking advantage of this offer (deal ends 31st May) will be able to enjoy two nights onboard either the m.s. KING OF SCANDINAVIA or sister ship, m.s. PRINCESS OF NORWAY. Also included [...] Continue Reading

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Air France A380 London – Paris

Posted on 18 May 2010

Air France will be operating an Airbus A380 between London and Paris this summer. Yes, you read that right!, Air France is offering seats on one of it’s three Airbus A380 super jumbo jets between the two capitals on selected days this summer. The flights will operate between 12th June and 30th August and only on Fridays, [...] Continue Reading

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News

BA Strike Banned By Court

Posted on 17 May 2010

The British Airways strike planned for tomorrow and lasting five days has been banned by The High Court. Mr Justice McCombe’s ruled that the union representing British Airways cabin crew had not followed rules regarding contacting it’s members about the strike ballot results. BA won the injunction thanks to a legal technicality within the Trade Union And [...] Continue Reading

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AirFrance.co.uk Discount Code

Posted on 16 April 2010

Offer from Air France UK: £20 off when you spend over £199 booking flights online Air France Discount Code:UKAPR10715 Valid Until: 4th May 2010. More Info Promotional Offer from Air France Ireland Offer: 35 euros off when you spend 200 euros or more Air France Discount Code:VOUCHER716 Valid Until: 4th May 2010 More Info Continue Reading

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News

BA buys Iberia

Posted on 08 April 2010

British Airways and Iberia have signed a definitive merger agreement after two years (acknowledged) of complex negotiations. When the merger becomes a reality, probably towards the end of 2010, it will mean the creation of a mega-corporation with 508 aircraft, which annually has about 58 million passengers, which still leaves it flying in the wake of [...] Continue Reading

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Emirates A380 to fly Manchester

Posted on 30 March 2010

The world’s biggest airliner, the Airbus A380 will grace Manchester Airport (MAN) on a daily basis from September 1st 2010 as Emirates Airlines takes Manchester into the big league. While the Emirates’ 517-seat double-decker aircraft has become an eye-catching fixture at many of the world’s biggest international airports such as London Heathrow, Paris, Dubai and Sydney, [...] Continue Reading

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Southend Airport Expansion

Posted on 23 March 2010

The owners of Southend Airport, Eddie Stobart, expect to have expanded the airport in time for the Olympic Games in London 2012. The Bank of London and the Middle East has agreed to loan the group around £20 million pound to fund approximately two thirds of the construction project. The British government has given permission to [...] Continue Reading

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British Airways Strike

Posted on 23 February 2010

The trade union Unite has announced the results of a strike ballot held by their BA cabin crew members and the result is in favour of strike action. At the time of writing, a strike / strike dates has / have not been announced. If you have an existing booking on a flight operated by [...] Continue Reading

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Air New Zealand Skycouch Seats

Posted on 29 January 2010

Air New Zealand will transform international air travel later this year when it introduces revolutionary, Kiwi designed lie-flat economy and ground breaking premium economy seats, together with enhanced comforts for those wanting the ultimate in luxurious Business Premier travel. The airline today revealed its prototype designs in a full-scale Boeing 777-300 cabin inside its design innovation [...] Continue Reading

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News

Price War Pranks in Denmark

Posted on 22 January 2010

An interesting airline news story from Scandinavia has emerged this week, it seems that when a low fares airline got their price too low, their competitor couldn’t resist reaching for the credit card and getting booked up! The Norwegian airline “Norwegian” which has ambitions on all of Scandinavia, started flights on a Danish domestic route between [...] Continue Reading

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News

Betting on airline bankruptcy

Posted on 31 December 2009

A bookmaker has just been given a load of free publicity in national newspapers for opening a book on “which airline will go bust next” and making a press release out of the results. They have done it before and as per the last time the press have lapped it up and chucked it back [...] Continue Reading

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British Airways January Sale

Posted on 25 December 2009

The BA sale is now on. More info at their website. The campaign launches today and will run up until midnight on the 26th of January 2010. Example prices for BA long haul destinations: London Heathrow to New York (JFK) from £299 return London Heathrow to Dubai from £325 return London Heathrow to Boston (Logan Intl) from £309 return London [...] Continue Reading

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Allbury Travel Group Enters Administation

Posted on 19 December 2009

The Allbury Travel Group, based in Hertfordshire has entered administration. Coming soon after the Globespan bankruptcy and blamed on the same cash flow issues as that which affected The Globespan Group, the Allbury Travel Group has ceased trading at it’s holiday brands which includes Greek specialists Libra Holidays and Argo holidays. There is an apparent link [...] Continue Reading

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