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New this winter: New York from Copenhagen and London via Reykjavik with Iceland Express.
Prices: from £277, $449, DKK 2,505, or €331, for a return flight including taxes and fees.
Fly: 3-4 times a week from September 2010 to May 2011.
The small print: Limited availability, first come, first served.
Delta Air Lines is growing its international presence at its Minneapolis-St. Paul hub, with additional flights to London and Paris.
Delta will extend its nonstop flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport from seasonal to year-round service and from Minneapolis-St. Paul to London-Heathrow from five days each week to daily service for winter 2010.
“Delta’s decision to offer new and expanded international air service from Minneapolis-St. Paul is great news for businesses and leisure travelers throughout the region,” said Jeff Hamiel, executive director of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which owns and operates Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
“International air service is extremely important to the area economy, and today’s announcement is a welcome indication that Delta aims to maintain a strong international as well as domestic presence at its Minnesota hub.”
These fares are available until 06 July 2010.
The Caribbean from £1,298
USA from £1,498
British Airways is to start flights to Mexico’s most important tourist destination with two direct flights a week from London Gatwick to Cancun from November 2010.
A Boeing 777 will serve the route, offering a choice of three cabins, including BA’s Club World business class with fully flat beds.
Richard Tams, head of UK & Ireland sales and marketing, said: “We’re delighted to be the only UK scheduled airline offering direct flights to Cancun.
“It is the perfect addition to our Gatwick longhaul premium leisure network.
“As well as offering upmarket internationally recognised luxury hotels, unspoilt beaches and award winning golf courses and spas, it is also the gateway to the Yucatan Peninsula with its Mayan ruins and ancient history.”
The first flight will leave Gatwick on November 3, 2010 at 12.45pm UK time and arrive in Cancun at 5.45pm local time.
Flights and holidays go on sale from today, Tuesday June 15.
Third daily flight between London Heathrow and New York-JFK from 20th September 2010!
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The new emirates.com mobile website now let its visitors control every aspect of the flight, including making a booking, from whereever they are.
Book your flights, choose your seats, check in on-line and more all from your mobile phone browser.
See what you can do from the Emirates mobile website:
- Make a booking
- Mobile check-in
- Manage your booking
- Check Flight Status
- Check Emirates Time Table
- Check Services
- Learc about lounges
- Check your Miles at Skywards
- Contact nearest Emirates office
LAN, Chile’ flag carrier, plans a partnership with Aeroasis to start operating in the Colombian market.
The first step for the Chilean airline is to help the Colombian company to get the permit to operate in Colombia. LAN states: “LAN’s firm interest is that once Aeroasis obtains its operating permit, the Colombian airline may become part of the LAN group of airline operators”.
LAN is already operating in Ecuador, Argentina and Peru and runs more than half of Chile international traffic and the majority of the domestic traffic. The Colombian business would expand even further the activity abroad, as the company plans to invest USD 2.83 billions between 2010 and 2013.
Monday, the world’s biggest airline was born from the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, two US based carriers. The new airline will use the United Airlines name and will be headed by the Continental CEO, Jeff Smisek, while Glenn Tilton, United CEO will be non-executive chairman till the end of 2012.
The two airlines together fly about 140 million passengers a year in 59 countries worldwide and are both part of the Star Alliance.
Experts say that this deal will save $1 billion a year to the new company, because United and Continental currently operate separate transatlantic services. This merger will make the new United Airlines stronger at Heatrow and will add Continental transatlantic routes to regional UK airports.
Tilton said: “Building on our Star Alliance partnership, we are creating a stronger, more efficient airline, both operationally and financially, better positioned to succeed in a dynamic and highly competitive global aviation industry”. Smisek agrees with the new partner: “The combination brings together the best of both organisations and cultures to create a world-class airline with tremendous and enduring strenghts”.
Doubts come from the unions in a joint statement: “There is potential for this transaction to create a great airline, but there are also risks involved… we have sacrificed too much through years of concessions, furloughs, pension freezes and terminations to accept unwarrented risk, and any risk requires reward”
Experts say the merger might result in higher fares and cuts in capacity.
Swiss, the principal airline of Switzerland, is adding a further more long-haul destination to its network in the 2010 summer schedule.
The new destination is San Francisco.
The Swiss schedule will cover 73 destinations in 39 countries and over 50 further points will be served non-stop from Zurich under codeshare agreements. Thanks to a partnership with Singapore Airlines, Swiss airlines customers will also ennjoy a daily A380 service between Zurich and Singapore from 28th March on wards.
Lufhtansa, the German airline, is increasing the frquency of its service to Orlando from next December.
The Dusseldorf- Orlando service will have three weekly routes instead of two.
Lufthansa is also going to open a new route London Heatrow – Dresden using the BMI Airbus A319 aircraft. This service will be operative from April 19th 2010.
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