Tweet Thomas Cook’s former digital UK and international sales director has been recruited by dnata Travel Group to create a new charter flying programme. Henry Sunley starts this week in the new role of director of air supply to procure … Continue reading →
Tweet Qantas has quietly opened up some of its airport lounges to all-comers. For the first time lounges at six airports are available to all travellers regardless of airline, class of travel, or frequent flyer status. There is of course … Continue reading →
Tweet Flight Centre Travel Group has created a new speciality business for hotels, tours, destination management and B2B product sales and support. Under the name of The Travel Group, it brings together a number of the group’s businesses, including Discova, … Continue reading →
Tweet Jet2 has announced summer flights to the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck for the first time. Flights will operate twice weekly (Wednesday and Saturday) from Manchester Airport, from May 23 to September 19, as well as weekly Wednesday services from Birmingham … Continue reading →
Tweet Ryanair has unveiled six new summer routes from London Southend. Starting in April, it will fly to Bergerac (pictured here), Bucharest, Girona, Marseille, Venice Treviso and Vilnius. Bergerac, Girona and Marseille are brand new routes from the Essex airport. … Continue reading →
Tweet Delta Air Lines’ new wing at the $3.9 billion Terminal C at New York La Guardia Airport has been unveiled. The new 105,000-square-foot concourse officially opens next Monday with seven gates which will be used mostly for its shuttle … Continue reading →
Tweet JetBlue has announced a partnership with Gladly to enable JetBlue customers to use live chat directly within the JetBlue app. Customers can chat with the airline’s customer support team in real-time. JetBlue also offers customer support communication via voice … Continue reading →
Tweet Canada based Harbour Air Seaplanes says it is on track to begin initial test flights in December for its landmark new electric planes. Earlier this year the airline announced it would convert its entire fleet to electric power. Much of … Continue reading →
Tweet Air Transat will offer twice as many flights from Gatwick to Toronto next summer, and it will increase flights from Gatwick to Montreal from three to five times a week. The twice daily service to Toronto and flights to … Continue reading →
Tweet Virgin Australia has unveiled details of its landmark new route to Tokyo. The carrier will start flying daily from Brisbane to Tokyo Haneda in time for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The new route begins on March 29. The … Continue reading →
Tweet Gatwick has begun a two-month trial to try to speed up the boarding process. The trial includes boarding people in window seats first, starting at the back, followed by middle then aisle seats. Gatwick said different boarding methods could … Continue reading →
Tweet Finnair has added extra flights to Lapland to meet the surge in demand from UK customers following the collapse of Thomas Cook. It will operate up to three extra flights a day between the Finnish capital Helsinki and the … Continue reading →
Tweet Barbados tourist board has launched an initiative to encourage clients who’d booked through Thomas Cook to re-arrange their holidays to the Caribbean island. Clients who re-book between now and November 30 for trips of seven nights or more up … Continue reading →
Tweet Starting on December 1, the enhanced service will operate on a 98-seat E190 aircraft sourced from owner Connect Airways partner, Stobart Air. The winter programme started on Sunday, October 27 and operates until March 28 2020. In total, there … Continue reading →
Tweet American Airlines is launching the first non-stop service from Los Angeles to Christchurch next year. As part of its Australasian joint venture pact with Qantas, American will start flying the route three times per week from 25 October 2020 … Continue reading →
Tweet Delta Air Lines is rolling out a new subscription service for fliers but it’s not an all-you-can-fly program. For a fixed $59 per year, SkyMiles Select offers members priority Group 1 boarding, eight drink vouchers and a limited edition … Continue reading →
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Tweet United Airlines is hoping to end the passenger scramble for priceless overhead baggage space. The airline plans to add larger overhead bins on most of its planes. It says the larger overhead bins will ensure there is enough room … Continue reading →
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