London Gatwick is set for its busiest ever August Bank Holiday weekend as 580,000 passengers plan to travel through the airport. The figure is an increase of 17.2 per cent on Bank Holiday passenger numbers since the airport became independent from BAA in 2009. Berlin sees the biggest rate of growth of any destination, rising…
Finnair is set to launch a seasonal service from Edinburgh to Helsinki in 2016, offering travellers faster connections to Finnair’s network of Asian destinations. The service begins on April 18th 2016 and will operate to October 27th 2016. Edinburgh will be served by three flights a week operated by a Finnair Airbus A319. Details
Flight operations have been temporarily suspended at Dublin Airport this morning. The suspension comes as fire crews at the airport deal with a fire in one of the hangars. Passengers are advised to check with their airline or consult their airline website for the latest flight information. Details
Flight operations have been temporarily suspended at Dublin Airport this morning. The suspension comes as fire crews at the airport deal with a fire in one of the hangars. Passengers are advised to check with their airline or consult their airline website for the latest flight information. Details
Ryanair has launched Ryanair Car Hire and announced a new partnership with CarTrawler, a leading travel-technology platform and online aggregator of car rental services. The new site allows Ryanair customers to book the widest range of cars at the best prices on the Ryanair.com website. Details
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways will strengthen their trans-Atlantic network next year with the introduction of new nonstop Delta services from London Heathrow to Salt Lake City and Edinburgh to New York-JFK. “For the second summer in a row, Delta will be launching new routes, that give customers more options when flying between…
Six people have been killed in a seaplane crash in the Les Bergeronnes area, in Quebec province, Canada. Four of those killed in the incident were British, according to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Five passengers and a pilot died when the Beaver aircraft in came down in woodland. Details
Icelandair will begin a scheduled service from Reykjavik to Montreal, Canada in May 2016 with easy connections from all six UK airports Icelandair fly from. Montreal will be Icelandair’s fifth gateway in Canada and 16th in North America. Flights will be operated four times weekly until November 2016, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Details
Holland America Line has given a new look to its air booking program, Flight Ease. The enhanced features make the process more user-friendly for travel professionals to navigate, search and book flights. In addition to the new design, the functionality of the site is now more intuitive, allowing users to select departure and return flights…
Boeing, China’s leading provider of commercial airplanes, has projected a demand in the country for 6,330 new airplanes over the next 20 years. Boeing released its annual China Current Market Outlook in Beijing, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $950 billion. “Despite the current volatility in China’s financial market, we see strong…
Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag-carrier, has confirmed it will re-launch services between Astana and Dubai on October 25th. The non-stop flight will be operated four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays using an Airbus A320. The service from Dubai to Astana offers greater convenience to Dubai based passengers as well as those located…
Delta Air Lines announced operational figures for its summer flight season. The airline period runs from June 4 through August 17. The Atlanta-based carrier said it had broken multiple operational records over the period during which the total number of daily mainline flights was up 10% year over year, with an average of 3,043 daily…
