Airline and Travel News

Due to high demand Monarch Airline plans to extend some summer services into next winter 2007-08, providing year-round service with budget fares. www.flymonarch.com. Additional flights include:

• Manchester to Murcia - up to four flights per week
• Birmingham to Palma de Mallorca - up to four flights per week
• Luton to Almeria - up to five flights per week
• Luton to Larnaca (Cyprus) - up to three flights per week
• Gatwick to Murcia - up to four flights per week
• Manchester to Jerez - up to five flights per week

Zoom Airlines will be starting flights twice a day from Gatwick to Bermuda in June, in direct competition with BA. They also plan to start low fare flights between Gatwick and New York in early June. www.flyzoom.com.

A new budget airline, Flyforbeans, will be operating flights from Cardiff to European destinations by the end of the year. Initial plans are for 12 flights a day to France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Eastern Europe. www.flyforbeans.com.

BA now flies new routes from Gatwick to Newquay, Trinidad and Tobago, Dresden and Sarajevo. www.britishairways.com.

Qatar Airways has started routes from Manchester and London to Bali, Ho Chi Minh City, and Chennai (Madras). www.qatarairways.com.

The new City Jet for Air France has started flights between London City Airport and five cities in Europe. Their services are mainly aimed to fly business travellers to major cities, with flights directly to Madrid, Geneva, Zurich, Nice and Belfast. www.cityjet.com.

Qantas apparently wants nothing to do with it, but we saw a report that Australia’s Virgin Blue airline is contemplating having seats which face backwards on its 777 planes. The new design allows for additional passengers on board and more leg room. Having more leg room sounds good… However, I’m not sure how I feel about having to fly backwards while spending the entire flight staring at the passenger in the seat next to me. Personally, I hope this trend doesn’t catch on… www.virginblue.com.au.

Lastly, the government has a new website which appears to be useful. It offers a free online journey planner plus travel information and updates: www.transportdirect.info.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2007 at 8:52 am and is filed under Travel News .

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