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As summer approaches British Airways is increasing its services to Brazil by doubling its weekly frequency to Rio de Janeiro from three to six flights.
BA will still use the three class B777 and gives customers a choice of travel from World Traveller (economy), World Traveller Plus (premier economy) and the airline’s fully flat beds in Club World (business class).
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British Airways’ cabin crew have once again voted in favour of striking, as the result of the latest ballot in the Unite union.
This vote taken by Unite union members is the result of a long running dispute stemming from November 2009, in which British Airways decided to reduce the number of cabin crew on some of their longhaul flights and introduced a two-year pay freeze from 2010. This led to a series of strikes in the spring and summer of last year.
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Chief executive of easyJet Carolyn McCall has warned of an industry „shake-out“, claiming that it was inevitable that airlines, including her own, would examine route networks as profit margins narrow.
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It was in December, when Ryanair announced a five-year extension agreement for the Girona base. But as a result of a new Catalonian government reaching power, the deal was written off.
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Russia is becoming more and more popular among European travelers. Both British Airways and Air France have signed a code-share agreemnets with Russian airlines.
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The combined network enables Australian passengers a better connection to Europe, Middle East and Africa via Etihad's Abu Dhabi hub. Direct flights from Sydney commencing February.
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We are starting this week with the announcement of new routes across Europe. bmi is adding connection to Basel, Switzerland in cooperation with Swiss, tickets are already available. Swedish Skyways is increasing the route network by 50% in March, adding 6 more destinations across Europe.
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One of the America's premier low cost airlines has just published it's summer flight schedule. It is focusing on Caribbean destinations. Current routes will receive a boost and several new destinations are added. Let's have a look at some of them.
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The second week of 2011 has just begun. At this time, we already have a good deal of information on what's going to happen in the airline industry. Many new routes have already been announced.
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Not sure where to fly in 2011? British Airways decided to give passengers a little hint by publishing it's top ten destinations for the following year. Although half of them are not by a surprise, there are some worth looking at.
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The launch of two new routes has been announced today. Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding it's international presence by adding direct flights from the Hong Kong base.
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Europe's fourth largest airlines are formed as the shareholders of both Iberia and British Airways voted in favor of the merger. The combined fleet of these two carriers will consist of 406 aircraft.
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Mexico's largest airline by passenger numbers stopped all it's flights in August. Mexicana Airlines has recently presented a restructuring plan and hopes to resume it's operations in December.
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A turning point for the Japanese aviation policy. An „open skies“ agreement has been signed with the United States allowing closer cooperation of the aviation market. Haneda and Narita airports expecting passenger growths expanding their capacity.
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Big changes for flybe flights departing from and arriving to Paris. Since 31st October, terminals and even an airport will be different.
The major change
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The British government has started a major review of the country's aviation policy. The ban of new runways on three major airports has been introduced by the Secretary of Transport, Philip Hammond.
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With upcoming winter season, the airline Jet2 comes with an offer for all ski and snowboard lovers. Not only they are doubling the amount of flights to Switzerland, your snow gear will be transported free of charge if you book till 31st October.
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The British lowcost airline based in London, easyJet is to launch three new routes from its Edinburgh base. Two routes include well known European cities. While the third will be the airline's furthest destination in Europe.
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Here we have prepared an overview of routes launched or updated during the last week.
The relaunch of RAK Airways
The national airline of the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates, RAK Airways, has begun its operations again on November 10th.
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In its recent press release, Ryanair announced the closure of the airline's only French base located in Marseille (MRS). The base is to be closed from January 11th, 2011.
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Icelandair announced that would begin seasonal service from Washington Dulles International (IAD). Flights will be operated four times a week from May 17, 2011 until September 13, 2011.
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British Airways announced that it would launch a new route London Heathrow (LHR) – Tokyo International (HND). Flights will be operated five times a week with Boeing 777 from February 19, 2011. Prices will be available from £721.
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Low cost airline Air Berlin will start to operate four weekly non-stop flights from Berlin to New York. The new direct route has been announced as a part of the summer 2011 schedule.
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Malaysia's low cost airline AirAsia X announced that it would launch flights Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) – Tokyo International (HND) in December with promotional fares from 14000 yen ($31) one-way – currently the cheapest round-trip airfares for Japan-Malaysia flights are available for more than 40000 yen.
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Alaska Airlines opened its new service from San Jose to Los Cabos, Mexico for sale. Flights will be operated from December 4, 2010. The flights are in addition to the carrier's existing Los Cabos service from Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and seasonal service from Seattle.
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Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup, moreover Rio de Janeiro will be home to the 2016 Olympic Games. Whether you are a sport-addict or not, you may be interested in the latest new route announced by American Airlines.
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Emirates launched new route Dubai – Dakar. This new service to Dakar means airline's 105th destination.
Dakar is the fifth new route to be launched by Emirates this year. The others are Tokyo, which launched on March 28, Amsterdam on May 1, Prague on July 1 and Madrid on August 1.
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Low cost airline Ryanair yesterday officialy opened its newest base at Barcelona (BCN). According to Ryanair's web, the new hub has 8 based aircraft, 23 low fare routes and 2.5 million passengers per year.
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Air France KLM Group announced that it would launch new flights from Paris to Tokyo. New routes CDG-HND will be available from October 31, 2010. This new service will be operated by Japan Airlines, on a code-share basis with Air France.
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The second largest German airline Air Berlin announced several new services to winter destinations in Italy, Spain and Austria. Let's have a look at the overview in today's article.
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Low cost airline Jetstar announced that it would increase its domestic New Zealand operations. The airline will also add two Aibus A320 aircraft to New Zealand routes within next year.
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