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GlobalData Says Ryanair Capacity Bump an Indicator of Things to Come

2022-05-22 by Phil Butler

Ryanair

GlobalData says Ryanair’s move to increase capacity reveals a trend toward low-cost carriers in the wake of pandemic woes. 

Tags: air travel 2022, airfares, budge travel, budget airlines, budget carriers, flights, Ryanair, Travel Trends, Wizz Air

Skyscanner Changes Leadership – Hyperfocuses on the Post Covid Period

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Skyscanner logo

Last month Skyscanner appoints Microsoft veteran John Mangelaars to lead the company, and fixes focus on a post-pandemic surge.

Tags: airline data, Big Data, client data, data company, data intelligence, digital marketing, flights, marketing, Skyscanner, travel tech

Easyjet Offers Half a Million Discounted Seats Until June 30 of 2021

2020-11-14 by Argophilia Travel News

EasyJet Aircraft

Easyjet has just announced it will offer over half a million seats at discounted rates throughout its network until June 30, 2021.

Tags: Berlin seats, Budapest holidayy, cheap flights, cheap travel, EasyJet, flight bookings, flight deals, flights, Mallorca travel

Flight Bookings to Greece, Portugal & Spain Increase

2020-06-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Aegean Airlines

Recent ForwardKeys analysis reveals a big jump in international flight bookings to Greece, Portugal, and Spain as the tourist destinations announce the easing of travel restrictions.

Tags: 2020 Vacations, airline bookings, airlines, Bookings, flights, ForwardKeys, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Summer 2020, Tourism 2020

Qatar Airways Becomes Largest Passenger and Cargo Airline Globally

2020-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways continues to succeed in demonstrating the airline’s strength and resilience despite the illegal blockade imposed by neighboring countries on 5 June 2017.

Tags: flights, Qatar, Qatar Airways, Qatar flights, world airlines

Gulfstream’s G600 Gets EU Aviation Safety Agency Approval

2020-05-12 by Phil Butler

G600

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation says European clients will soon be able to take delivery of the award-winning Gulfstream G600.

Tags: Aerospace, aircraft, aviation, EASA certification, fast jets, flights, G600, Gulfstream, jets, private charter

Aegean Airlines Seeks Government’s Help to Weather Pandemic

2020-05-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aegean Airlines

Greece’s AEGEAN is asking the government’s help after the company suffered massive losses due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Tags: Aegean Airlines, airfares, Airline stocks, coronavirus Greece, Credit, Eftichios Vassilakis, flights, Greece airlines, Greek business, Greek Tourism Confederation, SETE, stocks

Etihad Airways Pushing Ahead With Normal Flight Plans

2020-04-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ethiad

An update from Etihad Airways reveals current and planned operations as COVID-19 travel restrictions remain in place around the world.

Tags: airline business, airlines, Coronavirus, Ethiad, Etihad Airways, flight delays, flight schedules, flights, lockdown, UAE

AEGEAN Extends Bookings Waiver Over COVID-19

2020-03-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Aegean Airlines

AEGEAN is extending its waiver of rebooking fees for customers that wish to reschedule their travel plans due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Airlines, Bookings, COVID-19, COVID-19 cancellations, flight booking, flights, Greece flights, Greek airlines

Norwegian Announces New London to Greece Service

2020-02-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Airlines

Norwegian has just announced a new twice-weekly London-Greece service, set to take off in May and to run through October.

Tags: airlines, Crete flights, flights, Greece 2020, Greece flights, Greece travel, Greece vacations, Greek Islands, Norwegian Airlines, UK flights

easyJet Launches New Flexible Holiday Business with Handpicked Hotels

2019-11-29 by Argophilia Travel News

EasyJet

easyJet has announced a new holiday business which offers great-value holidays to handpicked hotels across Europe.

Tags: airline deals, airline news, airline offers, airline seats, airlines, Bookings, EasyJet, flights, holiday deals, Holidays, jet holidays, vacations

Nassa Travel Shows Why Little Agents Are the Best

2019-08-22 by Phil Butler

Nassa Travel storefront

22 hours ago Nassa Travel in the UK posted a “Santorini Crazy Deal” to 29,000 plus followers on Facebook. Are they teaching TUI a lesson?

Tags: boutique travel agencies, budget travel, flights, Nassa Travel, NeoAgencies, new age travel, Rebecca Skevaki, Santorini deals, Santorini stays, thomas cook, travel agencies, travel agents, Villa Eleftheria Hotel

Ryanair 737-8AS Jet Struck by Lightning Over Paphos

2019-07-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Boeing 737-800

A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS aircraft was hit by a lightning strike over Cypress airspace on Tuesday night according to news reports.

Tags: air travel, airline industry, airline news, airlines, Boeing 737, European airlines, flights, Paphos, Ryanair, Ryanair news

Jet2 Announces Expanded Service from Stansted for 2019

2018-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Jet2

Jet2 has announced adding an extra aircraft and putting another 100,000 seats on sale for Summer 19 from London Stansted. Citing strong demand and other upticks, the airline is offering a variety of value package holidays for customers in the South and South East of England. According to the airline, this latest expansion means that […]

Tags: airline news, airlines, flights, Jet2.com, Jet2Holidays, London Stansted

EasyJet to Recruit More Than 1,200 New Cabin Crew

2018-07-27 by Argophilia Travel News

EasyJet

EasyJet announced that it is to recruit more than 1200 new permanent and fixed term cabin crew positions, over half of which will be based in the UK. The carrier, which flies more than 300 aircraft on over 1000 routes in 33 countries, will offer its new cabin crew positions at some of easyJet’s largest […]

Tags: Airbus, airline news, airline rewards, airlines, EasyJet, flights

Qatar Airways Announces Flights to Greek Island of Mykonos

2018-02-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways has announced plans to launch direct flights to the Greek island of Mykonos starting May 30th.

Tags: Aegean travel, air travel, airlines, flights, Mykonos, Mykonos flights, Qatar Airways

Turkey Will Host 38 Million Tourists in 2017

2017-04-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Istanbul, Turkey

According to news from the Association of Travel Agencies (TURSAB), Turkey expects to greet more than 38 million tourists this year. The Chairman of the association, Basaran Ulusoy, also assured reporters of Turkey’s readiness for the summer season to begin.

Tags: Basaran Ulusoy, directions, events, flights, forecasts, hotels, market, projects, routes, services, summer 2016, summer 2017, tour operators, tourist industry, tourists, tours, travel, travel agency, trends

Abacus Becomes First Foreign GDS in China

2014-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Abacus logo

Abacus, a leading Asia-Pacific leader in travel tech, has announced being the first foreign global distribution system (GDS) to issue airline tickets customized for China.

Tags: Abacus, airlines, China tourists, distribution, flights, GDS, IATA

Several Airlines Announce Flights to Heraklion and other Destinations

2014-03-31 by Aleksandr Shatskih

belavia

Among the airlines now flying from different destinations to Heraklion we count Belavia, ICAR, TAROM, low cost carrier Germanwings, and Swiss International Air Lines.

Tags: air travel, airlines, flights, Heraklion

SWISS Adds Singapore Flights

2013-05-13 by Phil Butler

Swiss Airlines

Swiss International Air Lines has just announced daily non-stops in between Zurich and Singapore beginning with Airbus A340-300 service out of Changi Airport today.

Tags: Europe airlines, flights, Singapore flights, swiss, Switzerland airlines

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