Author: Lee Fletcher
Lufthansa Airlines has said that it will open up a new connection between Liverpool and Frankfurt, Germany. Starting May 4, 2022 the German carrier will offer nonstop flights for the first time from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to its main hub in Frankfurt. Transferring passengers from Liverpool can soon easily connect through Frankfurt to over 150 destinations in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. ‘Lufthansa will be the first global network airline in Liverpool with easy reach to destinations on 4 continents’, says Heinrich Lange, Senior Director Sales Northern Europe Lufthansa Group Airlines. ‘As a premium carrier we…
Ryanair, the Ireland-based low fares airline, has announced an additional route to its UK Summer 2022 schedule – Manchester to Genoa – operating twice weekly from April 2022. To celebrate the new route, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from £19.99 for travel until 30 June 2022. To benefit from the fares, customers may log onto Ryanair.com before midnight Thursday, December 16 and make up for the lost summers of 2020 and 2021 with a summer getaway. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said: ‘We are pleased to add this new route to Genoa as part of…
British Airways has recently said that it has become the first UK airline to trial a new video service transforming the experience for customers that use British Sign Language (BSL). The initiative is being trialled as part of the airline’s efforts to make travel simple and easy for customers with additional assistance needs. The airline’s new partnership with SignLive will see the company’s BSL service embedded in British Airways’ customer engagement centres. The platform allows customers to access a range of services before, during and after their journeys. British Airways customers will now be able to contact the airline through…
Leisure airline Jet2.com has announced the launch of a programme of ski flights from Bristol Airport, offering snow sports fans easy access to the French and Austrian Alps, as well as the Tyrol Mountains, for Winter 22/23. Jet2 has announced services to Chambery, Innsbruck and Salzburg return for Winter 22/23 from Bristol Airport, with services operating throughout the winter season to give skiers and snowboarders access to some of the best snow spots in Europe. Jet2.com’s full ski programme for Winter 22/23 from Bristol Airport include weekly Saturday services to Chambery offering easy access to popular ski resorts in France,…
According to an online YouGov survey commissioned by Gatwick Airport and Wizz Air, more than half (56%) of people surveyed who are planning to fly in the next 12 months are concerned about airfares increasing in the current climate. More than a quarter (28%) of these people surveyed also said they are concerned about a reduction in the number of destinations they can choose to fly to, and 24% are worried about a reduction in the number of airlines they can fly with. The survey comes as the UK Government is currently consulting on the slot rules for Summer 2022.…
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has said that it will increase services between Amsterdam and Newcastle International Airport to up to four flights daily, a total of up to 28 flights weekly. The additional flights will offer even more choice to passengers from across the region to connect onwards to Air France and KLM’s significant global network. Leon McQuaid, Head of Aviation Development at Newcastle International Airport, said: ‘KLM is a very important and long-standing airline partner of ours, and we welcome the confidence the airline has shown by further investing in the region. ‘As we move from 2021 and into…
Edinburgh Airport has announced that United Airlines will be returning to Scotland with direct flights from Edinburgh to New York, Chicago and Washington D.C. set to resume next year. The airline will resume its year-round daily nonstop service between Edinburgh and New York/Newark from March 5, 2022 before season services to Chicago O’Hare and Washington D.C. resume on May 7, 2022. Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Airport said: ‘It’s incredibly exciting to be resuming our transatlantic services with United to allow direct travel between Scotland and the USA for the first time in two years. It will allow families…
easyJet is set to expand its services from Aberdeen International Airport next year. The UK airline will double its daily summer services to London Gatwick and has confirmed its Manchester route will operate on a seasonal basis. easyJet’s Manchester service will resume from March 2022 along with the increased London Gatwick frequency. Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager for easyJet, commented: ‘With the recovery now firmly underway, we are ready and able to seize opportunities where they arise. We launched our service from Aberdeen to Manchester to operate on a seasonal basis last summer and we’re delighted for next summer to…
French ferry company Brittany Ferries has said that it is restoring its fast UK to France cross-Channel ferry route for 2022. Starting from late May until early September 2022, the Normandy port of Cherbourg will be linked with the south coast ports of Portsmouth in Hampshire and Poole in Dorset, with weekend departures linking the UK and France in two hours and 30 minutes. The summer service, which was suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic, is aiming to resume to meet post-lockdown travel demand. The fast service is to operate from May 27 to June 5, and from July…
Ryanair has announced the addition of two new routes from Bournemouth Airport with flights to Bergerac in France and the resort of Zadar on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, starting next spring. With the new additions, Ryanair will operate 15 routes from Bournemouth in its 2021/22 schedule. Flights to Bergerac and Zadar start from March 29th, 2022 and will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tickets are on sale now at ryanair.com. Bergerac is a typical medieval French town on the banks of the Dordogne and a gateway to south west France. It has a winemaking industry dating back to…