Ryanair has announced it is to offer passengers the option of increased baggage allowances this summer. The new allowances mean passengers can each check in up to two bags per trip and also have the option of paying for an increased weight allowance on their first checked-in bag – from 15kg to 20kg
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Ryanair offers increased checked-in baggage allowances
Jet2.com has just celebrated the launch of its 41st destination from Leeds-Bradford with island’s most famous sweet treat. The North’s leading leisure airline, Jet2.com, served up Yorkshire tea and an aircraft-shaped Madeira cake to mark the launch of Yorkshire’s first ever direct service to the beautiful island of Madeira, from Leeds Bradford Airport.
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Manx2.com is launching a special summer season of flights in a bid to grow links between the Isle of Man and Anglesey. The flights, which are seen as a welcome boost for tourism and leisure throughout both Celtic countries, will take off from August 6 and will end a month later on September 6
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Manx2.com launches summer season special to Anglesey
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Aberdeen Airport Managing Director Kevin Brown has this morning confirmed he is set to leave his post, after more than three years in the top job. He is moving to the capital to the role of Managing Director at Edinburgh Airport, taking over from the outgoing MD Gordon Dewar. He is due to leave at the
Watch out if you are planning to use BAA Heathrow’s short-stay car parks in the near future as the airport is set to take a hard line on dangerous and inconsiderate parking. From 1 July, a new parking enforcement scheme will come into effect aimed at reducing congestion and improving traffic flow
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Heathrow Airport to introduce parking enforcement scheme
Virgin America's CEO David Cush was the keynote speaker at the conference. By the way, Virgin America is one airline that supports the PFC ceiling hike that ACI-NA has been advocating. I’m in San Diego at our annual Marketing and Communications conference.
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Mood better this year at JumpStart
Everyone needs a break – even the kids – but vacationing with your children doesn’t have to be costly or exhausting. There are plenty of ways to see a new destination while allowing your little ones to enjoy the experience. With the right preparations, family travel can be fun, rewarding, and affordable
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How to travel with kids (and without stress): Top 10 tips
Now we have it straight from the source: “infrastructure must be reshaped around the needs of airlines…” says Giovanni Bisignani, Director General of IATA.
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Bisignani: Infrastructure Must be Reshaped
Our resident historian, Brian Lusk, goes way back to take a look at some big events in Southwest history in a piece we like to call the Wayback Moment. In this episode Brian recalls the steps that led to the implementation of the Wright Amendment.
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Let’s Go Wayback: The Wright Amendment | Nuts About Southwest
I got word yesterday that John Byerly will be retiring from the State Department later this year. You may not know him, but if you have ever flown outside the United States you likely have him to thank for the fact that you were able to go where you wanted to go, and that you were able to do it at a reasonable price. John is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation Affairs. It may be difficult to remember, but a quarter century ago, almost all international air travel was so tightly regulated by a series of more than 1,000 bilateral agreements that any expansion of service (or in many cases reduction in price) had to be argued over route-by-route. This was done with the heavy involvement of mercantilist government and industry officials who were not keen to give an inch. But every administration since that of President George H.W. Bush has adopted a policy of promoting “open skies” agreements around the world. As laudable as this goal might be, it would not be possible if we didn’t have the right people in the right places negotiating these agreements. John is the right person, and he came along at just the right time. His mindset has always been focused on how to get things done, and that comes across to his counterparts across the table. One such is my good friend Daniel Calleja of the European Union. The agreements that John and Daniel have made to open service and competition across the Atlantic have been astounding, unthinkable only a few years before. John has truly made a difference. Vacations and family reunions and business deals and honeymoons have all occurred because of him. People are employed and jobs have been created because of him. He kept his eye on the big picture and made a difference for anyone involved in aviation. Even if you don’t know him, you should be thankful he came along…and join me in wishing him well in the next chapter of his life. While I have your attention, I want to mention a few other classy folks. And it won’t surprise you that they come from the world of sports. Ken Griffey, Jr
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The Most Important Aviation Figure You May Not Know….and a Few Other Classy Folks
British Airways has fought quite a few internal battles in 2010, and today a scandal involving one of its internal publications will escalate the list of headaches for the airline.
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British Airways searches for source of Osama bin Laden prank
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. . . must be spinning in his grave. Airline leaders keep quoting him; “Do No Harm” will probably be painted on the sides of some planes soon. All this fuss in the service of their campaign to defeat a $2.50 increase in the passenger facility charges that would be used to build and improve infrastructure. I’ve done a little research on ol’ Hippocrates. One of the things he was known for, and it was a big deal at the time, is his view that a doctor needed to treat the whole patient, not just one part or one symptom. This got me to thinking, when it comes to aviation who, exactly, is the “patient.” To the airlines, clearly, THEY are the patient. What is most important about the system, in this way of thinking, is their revenue
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Poor Hippocrates . . .
I didn’t get to this Wednesday, aside from tweeting, but in case you missed it, Continental Airlines became the first airline to announce a Boeing 787 Dreamliner route, saying it plans to fly the 787 from its Houston hub to Auckland, New Zealand, starting Nov. 16, 2011.
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Catching up on Continental’s 787 New Zealand route news
Jump to the full entry & travel map Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Airports,a timeless place with no day, night or defined location. It started with a four hour flight to Amsterdam, there we had four hours to spend before our next flight. At this point we slept for approximately one hour the whole night, but none the less we wondered the huge Schiphol airport exited and happy, looking for a good and cheap breakfast (you don’t want to start your trip with big spending, you can never know how cheap the Black Label will be in the next Duty Free)
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The Lobster Lady — Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
I saw an article in USA Today about yet another tax…er…fee imposed by the airlines. This one is a tax…er…fee of anywhere between $10 and $30 for travel during “peak” times. Click for day-by-day, airline-by-airline 'peak' surcharges.
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Another Airline Tax…er…Fee
JAIPUR: Though international flights started operating from Sanganer Airport a decade-and-a-half years ago, the airport is still running on provisional licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for not complying with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) norms and regulations. The prime concern is that Sanganer Airport is surrounded by residential colonies
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Airport ‘flouts’ global norms
BAA is to withdraw its planning application to build a second runway at Stansted Airport. The decision was announced yesterday in light of the coalition government’s views on airport expansion. David Johnston, Stansted Airport’s managing director, said: “We have reflected carefully on the new Government’s clear intention to change its airports policy and have moved quickly to
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Stansted Airport withdraws second runway application
An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashed at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago during take-off, killing all 259 passengers, 13 crew and two people on the ground. The aircraft type was grounded across the US. Other articles in the archive on the…
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On this day in 2006: DC-10 crashes American Airlines McDonnell Do…