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 [...]
Analysis
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 [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
Analysis, News
What annoys you about air travel ?
Results from a Skyscanner poll have been released today detailing which aspects of air travel customers find most annoying. Hidden charges came up in first place with almost a quarter of the votes. Close behind with 23% of the vote, was queuing for security and boarding, followed by lack of seat space (15%), irritating fellow passengers [...]
News
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
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
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
Offers
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
News
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
News
Flyglobespan Bankrupt
Posted on 16 December 2009
The Globespan Group which operates the low cost airline flyglobespan has been put into administration. All flights – charter and scheduled due to be operated by, or on behalf of the flyglobespan airline have been cancelled. In what is traditionally a tough time of year for airlines in terms of cash flow flyGlobespan is the highest profile [...] Continue Reading
News
Cimber Sterling to land on stock market
Posted on 26 November 2009
Cimber Sterling Airline has announced that they have sold all subscriptions for the 27′500′000 new shares that were offered. More shares will now be offered and the final offer price will be determined on Monday. The cash raised is planned to expand the airline from a current fleet of 25 to as many as 40. Cimber [...] Continue Reading
News
Custom Flights Bankrupt
Posted on 25 November 2009
Custom Flights (customflights.co.uk) has ceased trading. The company which was ATOL bonded (ATOL number 9186) and sold flights departing from London Gatwick, Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow flying to, mainly, short haul beach destinations. Flight bookings will be dealt with by The CAA in priority of travel date. Affected customers can use our route database to find alternative [...] Continue Reading
Offers
bmi company rewards offer
Posted on 25 November 2009
bmi Company Rewards Scheme bmi Company Rewards is a loyalty scheme for businesses who book flights with bmi, and do not have a current commercial contract in place. Each time an employee of the company flies with bmi, they’ll earn points, which can be exchanged for rewards. Membership is free and the scheme is refreshingly simple [...] Continue Reading
Offers
British Airways November Sale
Posted on 05 November 2009
The BA.com sale is now on and is live until midnight 17th November 2009. Example prices for long haul destinations: * London Heathrow to Tel Aviv from £264 return * London Heathrow to New York (JFK) from £299 return * London Heathrow to Dubai (DXB) from £324 return * London Heathrow to Chicago ( O’Hare) from £324 return * London Heathrow [...] Continue Reading
News
Airline News October 2009
Posted on 26 October 2009
Here’s a few airline and aviation news stories that caught my eye recently : Thomson flight from Glasgow to Corfu ends up with a 42 hour total trip duration including delays, diversions and a night in Athens. More at The Scotsman. I like some of the comments on this story. Over in the U S of A [...] Continue Reading
News
Iberia to create new airline
Posted on 26 October 2009
Not a new trick but Iberia looks set to create a new airline to operate their short and medium flights. It is thought that the new airline will be based at Madrid and will feed Iberia longhaul flights. From Madrid, Iberia will concentrate on operating longhaul flights with South American destinations being their bread and butter [...] Continue Reading
News
Travel Rudeness Survey
Posted on 18 October 2009
• Most North Americans agree on what constitutes rude and inconsiderate behavior. Canadians find crowding the boarding line more annoying while Americans dislike passengers who try to deplane ahead of others. • Approximately half of all respondents find the following to be most annoying when traveling: – Fellow air passengers with poor hygiene – Kicking the back of airplane seats – Attempting to deplane [...] Continue Reading
News
Iceland Express Low Cost New York Flights
Posted on 29 September 2009
Iceland Express, the Icelandic low cost airline whose flights are operated by UK airline Astreaus is going to start selling flights to New York. The service will start in June 2010 and will be just four times a week from Reykjavik to New York with connecting services available from the existing Iceland Express European network of [...] Continue Reading
Offers
Flight Simulator Gift Experience
Posted on 24 September 2009
If you want to book a flight simulator experience in England, here is a great idea – With this package you get a full half hour hands on flying experience in the Boeing 737 simulator and a further half hour as a passenger. Here’s a couple of reviews of the flight simulator experience : (Click for [...] Continue Reading
News
SkyEurope finally stops flying
Posted on 01 September 2009
After years of struggling to make ends meet Sky Europe has suspended all flight operations and filed for bankruptcy. The low cost airline which carried almost four million passengers in 2008 has had problems paying airports, obtaining credit card payments, and much more so it’s not a surprise, certainly for those within the aviation industry [...] Continue Reading
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