Author: Lee Fletcher

Virgin Atlantic has announced new services to the Bahamas from London Heathrow this winter as well as increasing the frequency of its flights to Barbados. As travel restrictions ease, the new services will serve the unmet demand from consumers looking for a relaxing holiday in the sunny Caribbean destination. With 16 major islands surrounded by the world’s clearest waters, the Bahamas is a popular destination with beautiful white sand beaches, sailing adventures, fishing and diving as well Exuma’s swimming pigs. Virgin Atlantic will launch twice-weekly services from London Heathrow to Nassau commencing on November 20 on the airline’s Boeing 787-9…

Lufthansa has announced the launch of a new regular service from Bristol to Frankfurt. The Frankfurt service demonstrates Lufthansa’s commitment to the UK market and will offer increased connectivity to long-haul destinations such as Tokyo, Cape Town and Singapore. Frankfurt is known for its tourist attractions, including the opera house, Goethe Museum and the Deutsches Film Museum for history and culture seekers. The route provides business travellers with increased opportunity to trade in one of the world’s leading financial centres and offers multiple onward connections for leisure travellers. Fares to Frankfurt start from £159 return (including taxes, fees, carrier charges…

Ryanair, an Irish low-fares airline, has announced that its Newcastle-Faro route will continue throughout the winter season, operating 2 weekly flights from November as part of its British Winter ’21 schedule. As part of the launch, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from GBP19.99 for travel until the end of March 2022, which must be booked by midnight Thursday August 5, The tickets can be booked on the Ryanair.com website. Ryanair’s director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said: ‘As vaccination rollout programmes continue in the coming months and Europe’s international travel rebounds, we are delighted to announce the…

Virgin Atlantic has said that it has entered into an unilateral codeshare agreement with Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA) offering seamless connections between the US and Beirut via London Heathrow. With the agreement, it is claimed that customers booking through Virgin Atlantic will be able to travel between US airports such as Boston, New York JFK and Los Angeles and Beirut, connecting seamlessly between the two airlines at London Heathrow Terminal 3 with a single booking reference and check in. Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer at Virgin Atlantic, commented: ‘We’re delighted to launch this new codeshare partnership with MEA Middle…

TUI UK has announced the expansion of its holiday programme for summer 2022 from Bristol Airport with the reintroduction of flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and expanded services to other destinations. Following increased customer demand, TUI will increase flights to popular destinations such as Tenerife and Paphos, which will operate three times a week, while flights to Florida will operate twice a week. The new Bristol to Turkey programme will see four flights a week operating to Dalaman, three to Antalya and two flights a week to Bodrum. There will also be an extensive Greece programme available, with the…

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, the UK-based travel and holiday company, has resumed flights and holidays to Amber List destinations, as fully vaccinated customers, and their children under 18, can now fly to over 40 quarantine-free destinations this summer from across 10 of the company’s UK bases. As travel and holidays resumes to many quarantine-free destinations, more than 60 flights have departed from Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, and Newcastle Airports. Flights have started operating to sunshine hotspots including the Balearic Islands (Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca), Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura),…

easyJet and easyJet holidays have announced the launch of a new route and holidays from Bristol Airport to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt this winter. Starting from November 3, flights and holidays will be launched from Bristol Airport to the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, which offers year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, idyllic mountains and crystal-clear seas. Flights will operate up to twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the winter, and are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available from £97.99. Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said: ‘We are delighted to announce today that we are adding…

Wizz Air, the Central and Eastern Europe-focused low-cost carrier, has launched a new service to its growing network from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) with flights to the Italian capital of Rome starting this summer. The new service operates three times weekly, starting July 1, 2021 departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The service sees the return of flights to the Italian capital for the first time in over two years. Paul Winfield, Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s Director of Aviation Development commented, ‘The region’s travellers have been largely grounded for most of the past 14 months, but we believe that…

In association with Air Seychelles and Bristol Airport, Air Charter Service has announced a short series of flights from Bristol direct to Dubai with an onward service to the Seychelles for next Easter. The charter flights service will coincide with Easter and the early May bank holiday for 2022. Caroline Wood, Air Charter Service’s Group Travel Services Director, commented on the partnership: ‘With British travellers desperate to get away and experience something a little different, this flying programme offers just that, and we have purposely timed it to coincide with Easter and the May Bank holiday next year. Air Seychelles’…

Manchester Airport welcomed the first passengers to transit through its new Terminal Two extension this morning (Wednesday July 14), the main highlight of the GBP1bn Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (MAN-TP). The first flight to take-off from the expanded Terminal Two was a Jet2.com flight to Menorca. The revamped Terminal Two facility was officially opened by Manchester Airport’s managing director Karen Smart and Jet2.com’s general manager at Manchester Airport, Marc Burns. The opening had been delayed by more than a year due to the pandemic, after work started on the improved facility in 2017. The inaugural passengers then had their first…