Emirates to Serve Ho Chi Minh City
From 4th June 2012 Emirates will begin a daily non-stop service from Dubai to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, using A330-200 aircraft with 27 Business Class seats and 251 in Economy Class. From 28th October the route will be operated with a two-class...
Air Transport Markets Weaken in November
The International Air Transport Association has announced global traffic results for November showing a softening in passenger markets. Passenger traffic was 4.3% above November 2010 levels but this is skewed as November 2010 was a particularly weak month. The softening in passenger markets becomes apparent...
Swiss Sets National Air Transport Record
Swiss International Air Lines last week welcomed aboard the 15 millionth passenger of the year, improving significantly on the previous record of 14,168,718 passengers set in 2010. In surpassing the 15-million-passenger mark, Swiss not only established its own new all-time high but also set...
Don’t Wait for Final Euro 2012 Whistle
That’s the advice that Irish Ferries is giving to Irish football supporters who may be planning to travel overland in support of Ireland’s Euro 2012 bid. The company says that an exodus of fans travelling to Poland and Ukraine in camper vans is expected...
SAS Seat Sale to Scandinavia
Scandinavian Airlines has just announced details of its New Year Scandinavian seat sale for bookings made by 17th January for travel between 1st February and 31st October 2012. One-way fares, including taxes and charges, are Copenhagen €61, Oslo €61, and Stockholm €71. SAS flies...
Dublin Tourism Merging with Fáilte Ireland
Dublin Tourism is being merged with its parent body, Fáilte Ireland, as part of the Government’s programme to reduce the number of agencies and quangos. Coaching Ireland has already been merged with the Sports Council, and Dundalk Port Company has been disbanded and its...
Brussels Airlines to Launch New York JFK Service
Starting 1st June 2012, Brussels Airlines will connect the European capital daily with New York JFK. The service will be operated with completely renewed Airbus A330 aircraft equipped with the latest in-flight technology and comfort. It is the airline’s first own connection to the...
Dubai Airports Launches myDXB App
Navigating one of the world’s busiest and largest airports just got easier with Dubai Airports unveiling a mobile application for Apple and Android devices. Called myDXB, the application provides information on flights and gate numbers as well as way-finding to locate customer-facing services across the...
DFA Assisted 1,500 Irish Citizens Overseas
This year was an exceptionally busy one for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in providing assistance to Irish nationals overseas.
The Department had to respond to crisis situations in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Syria as well as to the earthquakes in New...
Celebrity Offers Inside Access
Celebrity Cruises is now offering guests an inside look into cruise ship operations. A new addition to the Celebrity Life onboard activities programme, ‘Celebrity Inside Access’ invites guests to join two activities, the ‘See How It’s Done Tour’ and the ‘Bridge Sail Away Experience’....
Iberia Facing More Strikes
The SEPLA pilots union has informed Iberia’s management that it plans to stage two new strikes next month, on 9th and 11th January in protest at the creation of the new Iberia Express subsidiary.
Iberia cancelled many flights in response to yesterday’s strike but at...
Exchequer Funding for Regional Airports
€5,392,334 will be allocated to the six regional airports to cover a portion of their operating costs incurred in 2011. The 2011 funding will be allocated under the Regional Airports Operational Expenditure (OPEX) Subvention Scheme to the airports at Donegal, Sligo, Ireland West Airport...
Emirates First Ever Global Sale
Emirates is celebrating the New Year by offering discounts on airfares to more than 100 cities, when booking from now until 9th January 2012 (local terms and conditions apply).
Customers can save up to 25% off all published First Class, Business Class and Economy Class...
Etihad New Year Fares Promotion
Etihad Airways is offering Irish travellers some special fares on its award-winning Pearl Business Class* and also on its Coral Economy Class to certain destinations on the airine’s extensive network for 2012. The promotion starts today (Wednesday 28th December) and finishes on 16th January.
The...
Aer Lingus ‘Big Take Off’ Sale
Aer Lingus has announced a ‘big take off’ sale across its entire network with fares starting from €19.99 to the UK, €29.99 to Europe and €219 to the USA, with booking by 12th January. The following fare examples are one way, inclusive of taxes...
AirAsia Abolishes International Counter Check-in Fee
AirAsia has abolished the RM10 counter check-in fees for all international flights. The airline has also reduced the processing fee for credit card usage from RM8 to RM5 per guest per sector. Guests who have pre-paid counter check-in fees for their international flights from...
IAG Buys BMI for £172.5m Cash
British Airways and Iberia parent company International Airlines Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG have today reached a binding agreement for IAG to acquire British Midland International for £172.5 million (€206.8m) in cash, although the price is subject to significant reductions. BMI comprises three distinct...
Alison Bell Joins TravelClick
TravelClick has appointed Alison Bell as Vice President – Europe. Alison is the founder and currently managing director of Spa Ireland and previously worked for Travelport / Galileo. She told Irish Travel Trade News: “My role with TravelClick will be full time and will...
Rory Teed Off at Burj Al Arab!
After the most successful year of his golfing career, Rory McIlroy, the global brand ambassador of luxury hotel company Jumeirah Group, concluded the season with one last shot on one of Dubai’s most iconic buildings, Burj Al Arab.
Emirates Bringing A340 to New Dublin Route
Emirates is already planning to offer additional ex-Dublin seat capacity during 2012 with the introduction of the Airbus A340 – even before the Dubai carrier commences operating its new daily Dublin – Dubai service with an A330-200 on 9th January next.
The change of equipment...
