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A survey in the UK has revealed that all-inclusive and package holidays are enjoying a surge in popularity as the main holiday season approaches. The survey, which was carried out by GfK, an industry analyst, reported that all-inclusive holiday bookings are 14 percent higher this year than at the same time last year. This growth in popularity is believed to be due to the certainty with which this type of holiday can be budgeted for, as all food, drink and entertainment is included in the booking price. The lack of spending requirement also means that the exchange rate and security…
Delta, the US-based airline, is to become the first air carrier to reduce the size of its on board toilet facilities to make more cost effective use of the space. Despite in-flight toilets already being so compact that larger passengers can experience difficulty in carrying out their mission once wedged inside, Delta’s new design brief for its aircraft will see a reduction on the current standard cubicle size of 3ft by 3ft. The further hemming-in of the one seat on the aircraft that does not require a ticket is to enable the addition of more seats that do need to…
Easyjet, the UK-based budget airline with its headquarters at Luton Airport in Bedfordshire, has seen positive results from its first year of operations out of Southend Airport in Essex. The airline flew 700,000 passengers from its Southend operation last year, and has developed 15 routes with more being planned. Edinburgh, Scotland, will be added to schedules from May, with Berlin in Germany, Krakow in Poland and Newquay in the southwest of England being added in June. Hugh Aitken, UK commercial manager for easyjet, commented, ‘We’re fully committed to London Southend airport and have demonstrated this by investing heavily in new…
The UK’s Association of British Travel Agents, ABTA, has submitted its opinions to the Airports Commission on how Britain’s airport infrastructure should be improved. The UK’s well documented airport capacity problems have lead the Airport Commission to seek the views of interested parties on effective options that are also practical, in order to ease the situation. Amidst fears that the British economy is suffering as a result of its restricted capacity for air traffic expansion, ABTA’s opinion is that the airport infrastructure in the South-East of England should be prioritised for urgent development. The organisation also suggests that attention is…
Jet2.com, a British low-cost airline based out of Leeds Bradford Airport, is to commence flights to Budapest, Hungary, from East Midlands Airport in the UK. East Midlands will be the third UK airport from which Jet2 provides flights to Budapest, after Edinburgh and Manchester, and the flights will operate twice weekly with fares starting from £55 one way. Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet 2, said, ‘We’re thrilled to be the only airline to give travellers from East Midlands and central England direct flights to this popular central European city, right from their doorstep. We’ve made this route available following…
The head of UK-based Virgin Atlantic airline, Sir Richard Branson, took advantage of April Fools’ Day to promote the company’s new domestic offshoot service, Little Red, on his blog. The blog page showed a picture of a glass-bottomed airliner taking to the skies and described it as a ‘world first’ in aircraft innovation. In addition to his blog, the head of Virgin used twitter to circulate the hoax, saying, ‘This ensures the aisle in the plane’s underbelly is completely see through, allowing passengers to look down directly as the plane makes its journey through the sky. I’m thrilled to announce…
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel group in terms of rooms, is set to open a new 296-room hotel under the Crowne Plaza brand in Muscat, the capital of Oman, after reaching an agreement with Oman Tourism Development Company SAOC (Omran). Crowne Plaza already has a presence in Muscat, and three such branded hotels in the country as a whole. The latest addition, Crowne Plaza Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, will be a completely new building boasting extensive meeting and event facilities, including a ballroom. It will also host five restaurants – including one set on the rooftop,…
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline by amount of passengers, has today set out its winter 2013 schedule of flights for sale, for the period of 27th October 2013 to 2nd March 2014. More than 71,000 flights have been added to the schedule, which is now available for bookings at easyJet.com. It covers over 300 routes flying from 11 UK airports, with over 11 million seats on offer for customers to select from. Malaga and Alicante are popular easyJet destinations for travellers looking to escape the miserable winter weather, and these routes are well-serviced. Other popular escapes include Amsterdam, Barcelona and…
Ireland-based low cost carrier Ryanair and Europe’s largest scheduled coach operator National Express have announced a partnership deal to provide travellers arriving at and departing from Manchester and London airports with direct and affordable coach links. Passengers travelling to or from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted and Manchester with Ryanair will be able to book online for direct National Express connections. This can be made via Ryanair’s own website, Ryanair.com, or by purchasing tickets onboard Ryanair flights in the UK. National Express has a strong focus on providing links to and from airports and other destinations in the UK,…
The Hertz Corporation, a subsidiary of Hertz Global Holdings, a US-based car rental company, has added to its supercar rental line-up in Europe. Supercars can now be rented from Hertz outlets in France and Italy, with the Netherlands also offering the service from April this year. The new European coverage is augmented by the addition of more up-market models to the existing fleets in Spain and the UK. The supercar rental segment is experiencing good growth, with more motorists than ever prepared to pay for the opportunity of driving exotic models with purchase prices that exclude all but the very…