Flybe to Transfer London Gatwick Slots to easyJet for £20m
Flybe has announced that it has reached a conditional agreement to transfer all its 25 pairs of arrival and departure slots at London Gatwick Airport to easyJet for £20.0 million. EasyJet said it would use the 25 pairs of slots to launch new routes...
Jet2.com and Norwegian Join easyJet in Travelport Merchandising Platform
Travelport has announced that European low-cost carriers Jet2.com and Norwegian are the latest participants in the aggregated shopping component of its recently launched Travelport Merchandising Platform.
Travelport Aggregated Shopping, an industry first, consolidates within the same screen, shopping results from traditional carriers who connect through...
Amadeus Introduces Amadeus Cruise Shop
Amadeus has announced the launch of Amadeus Cruise Shop, a business-to-business shopping application that builds on the Amadeus Cruise product. All users of Amadeus Cruise Shop will benefit from smarter comprehensive search functionality coupled with dynamically filtered results.
To help travel professionals tap into the...
Travel Counsellors Responds to Recruitment Agency Prediction that Travel Agents Will Become Extinct in 2025
Australian recruitment agency Staff.com, in an obvious (and successful!) effort to get global publicity, published a list of seven jobs that would become extinct due to technology, including travel agents – but Travel Counsellors has responded that: “Technology will help to ensure there is...
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Tarom Now Flies from Dublin to Bucharest
The national carrier of Romania, Tarom, has commenced a new service from Dublin to Bucharest. The new service will operate three times per week. The outward flight RO 398 will depart from Dublin at 00.20 and arrive in Bucharest at 06.05. Return flight RO 397 departs...
Cork Airport Gets More Sunshine Flights
Dutch airline ArkeFly has launched a new holiday charter service from Cork Airport to a number of Mediterranean destinations for this summer.
ArkeFly is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TUI Group that operates to more than 70 destinations worldwide, including favoured holiday sites throughout the Mediterranean,...
Neil Pakey Appointed Chief Executive at Shannon Airport
The board of Shannon Airport Authority plc (Shannon Airport) has announced the appointment of Neil Pakey as the company’s new Chief Executive.
Neil has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, with a strong track record in delivering airport passenger and revenue growth and in...
Jason Kim Appointed UK and Ireland Regional Manager at Korean Air
Korean Air has appointed Jason Kim as UK and Ireland Regional Manager, taking over from James Park, who has returned to the airline’s head office in Seoul, Korea.
Jason, who is based at the company’s offices in London Piccadilly, has been with Korean Air since...
SkyTeam Enhances Global Meetings Product
SkyTeam has enhanced its Global Meetings product to offer more convenience when organising international events. New features include an online self-booking tool, enabling delegates to book discounted travel on any of SkyTeam’s 19 member airlines through a dedicated portal on SkyTeam.com, as well as...
Tony Brazil Joins Shannon Airport Authority Board
The Chairman of Shannon Airport Authority, Rose Hynes, has welcomed the appointment of two new members to the SAA board. The new appointees are Tony Brazil of Limerick Travel and Clare County Manager Tom Coughlan, both of whose appointments become effective today, Tuesday 21st May...
Burj Al Arab Introduces 24-Carat Gold iPads
The Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai has introduced bespoke 24-carat gold iPads for its in-house guests.
The 24-carat gold iPads, designed specifically for Burj Al Arab and engraved with the hotel’s logo, will be offered to every guest on check-in. The guests will be...
CAR Writes Off United Travel Debt, But Takes Legal Proceedings Against Bank for Portlaoise Travel Bond
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has written off as a bad debt the €140,927 owed to it by Manorcastle Ltd, formerly trading as United Travel, which failed to discharge two awards of costs made against it by the High Court. However, the Commission has...
EU Working on a New Package Travel Directive
The EU Commission is expected to issue the long-awaited draft on a revised Package Travel Directive, possibly in July. Currently the Directive covers items such as brochure content, customer information, contract terms, protection for consumers in the event of default by a supplier, and repatriation.
However,...
TripAdvisor Signs Deal with Samsung Galaxy S4
TripAdvisor has announced that its mobile app is now pre-installed on to the new Samsung Galaxy S4 – and is the only travel app that will be pre-installed on the new smartphone.
Samsung is also using TripAdvisor content – including millions of photos and over...
Thomas Cook and American Holidays Staff Visit the Celebrity Infinity
The sleek and modern cruise ship Celebrity Infinity docked in Dublin port last Friday 17th May and Thomas Cook and American Holidays staff were there to check it out along with their respective VIP competition winner guests.
Stephanie Mooney and her husband Sean were with...
Emaar Unveils Vida Hotels and Resorts
The new generation of business executives, entrepreneurs and leisure travellers now have a hotel brand tailored just for them with the launch of Vida Hotels and Resorts by Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC. Billed as “an urban...
Cunard’s Queen Mary Visits Dun Laoghaire
Last Thursday marked a significant milestone in the development of Dún Laoghaire Harbour as a location for visits by cruise ships with the arrival of the Queen Mary 2, flagship vessel of the famous Cunard line.
Around 4,000 passengers and 1,000 crew were on the...
Dubai Runways to Close for 80 days in 2014
Dubai Airport has confirmed that runway engineering work will be taking place in May – July 2014.
During this period flights may be cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, with one runway at a time out of action between 1st May and 20th July. A number of flights...
Turkish Airlines to fly to Katmandu
Turkish Airlines who are now the third largest airline in Europe have announced a new flight from Istanbul to Katmandu. The frequncy will be four flights per week in each direction.
Flights will commence on the 1st of September and will be on days 2,4,5,7...
