Union Action Hits 60,000 Qantas Passengers
Qantas passengers face their third day this week of severe disruptions to their holiday and business travel plans with the strike on Friday by licensed engineers’ union to affect over 7,600 passengers from 17 flight cancellations and 32 flight delays. Some Rugby fans travelling...
Jamaican Tourism Minister Welcomes APD Reduction for NI Long-Haul Flights
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed the decision by the UK Government to reduce the Air Passenger Duty rates for long-haul flights departing from Northern Ireland.
“We are heartened by this decision by the UK Government,” he said. “I think this is...
Aer Arann Suspends Galway Services for Winter
Aer Arann Regional is to suspend its services at Galway Airport for the winter season with effect from 1st November. The airline will operate a normal schedule up to and including Bank Holiday Monday, 31st October. The suspended routes will be the flights to...
Etihad Seeks NI Sales Representative
Etihad Airways is to expand its sales force into Northern Ireland and is currently seeking a qualified industry person for the role of Sales Representative for Northern Ireland, based in Belfast.
The representative will report to the Country Manager, based in Dublin. This is a...
9.3% Passenger Increase for Air France-KLM
Air France-KLM reports that in September passenger traffic increased by 9.3% with capacity up by 7.5%, leading to an improvement in load factor of 1.5 points to 85.2%.
Air France-KLM has also announced an order for 110 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, of which 50 are...
10,000 (AMD) for Every Flexibletrips Booking Today!
Thomas Cook Holidays is giving 10,000 (AMD) to travel agents for every Flexibletrips booking they make today (12th October). That’s 10,000 Armenian Dram, in celebration of Ireland’s 2-1 win against Armenia at the Aviva Stadium last night to qualify for the Euro 2012 play-offs...
Lorraine Quinn Appointed RCL Cruises Head of Sales
RCL Cruises Ltd has announced a new trade sales structure with the promotion of Lorraine Quinn to Head of Sales for Ireland. “Lorraine has played an instrumental role in Royal Caribbean International becoming the market leader and in her new role she will continue...
KLM Implements Amadeus Ancillary Services
Amadeus has announced that KLM has now implemented Amadeus Ancillary Services in the Netherlands. Through AAS, KLM is now able to offer travel agencies the option to book Economy Comfort seats, expanding the access to its content of ancillary products and services.
Amadeus Airline Ancillary...
VisitScotland Selects Google Analytics Premium
UK digital marketing agency I Spy Marketing today announced that Scotland’s national tourist organisation, VisitScotland, is the first UK brand to sign up for the newly launched Google Analytics Premium (GA Premium), an enhanced version of its Google Analytics technology.
I Spy Marketing is one...
FastBooking and Travelport Agreement
FastBooking, an online solutions provider for the hospitality industry, and Travelport have reached an agreement through which FastBooking client hotels are displayed and bookable on travelportroomsandmore, Travelport’s recently launched hotel booking tool that allows travel agents to book a greater choice of commissionable accommodation...
‘The Gathering’: a Year-long Event in 2013
At this weekend’s Global Irish Economic Forum, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar TD presented proposals for the biggest tourism initiative ever staged in Ireland. ‘The Gathering’ will be a year-long event in 2013 where people at home and abroad can play...
Heathrow – Gatwick in 15 Minutes?
Airlines are already expressing opposition to the alternative to an expansion of Heathrow Airport in London being considered by the British Government – a £5 billion high-speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick Airport. Dubbed ‘Heathwick’, the 180mph trains would depart every five minutes...
Iberia Express Takes Off Next Summer
IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, will launch a new low-cost carrier, Iberia Express, in summer 2012. Based at Barajas Airport in Madrid, the airline will commence with four aircraft and may have 13 by the year-end. These will be existing...
Caitriona Wins FlexFactor!
Congratulations to Caitriona Doyle of Curragh Travel, who is the lucky winner of a trip for two to Las Vegas, courtesy of Flexibletrips’ FlexVegas competition.
Tour America to Tour NYC for Barnados
Mary McKenna and Brian Ingarfield, Managing Director and General Manager respectively of Tour America, are themselves going to ‘tour‘ all five boroughs of New York City on 6th November – by running the New York City Marathon to raise funds for children’s charity Barnados.
The...
Aer Lingus September Passenger Numbers Up 5 Per Cent
Aer Lingus traffic statistics for September 2011 show that total booked passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 5.0%. The airline said: “This reflects the continuation of the positive trend noted in Aer Lingus’s recent trading update.”
Total booked passenger numbers were 954,000,...
Icelandair Premieres New Bjork Biophilia Album
Bjork’s new studio album, Biophilia, to be released on Monday (10th October) is being premiered on all Icelandair flights as part of its in-flight entertainment system.
Gudmundur Oskarsson, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Icelandair, said: “It is a real honour for us at...
Emirates to Fly Trans-Thames
Next summer Emirates will commence its shortest route ever – a five-minute ‘flight’ every 30 seconds at a dizzying height of 160 feet (49 metres) across the River Thames in London.
The ‘Emirates Air Line’ will be a 34-gondola cable car from Emirates Greenwich Peninsula...
Inaugural Best Agent Friendly Supplier Award
The 20th Irish Travel Trade Awards, which will give recognition for excellence by 22 suppliers in Ireland’s travel industry for the year 2011, will include a new overall category of ‘Best Agent Friendly Supplier’.
Only owners, management, staff and home workers of licensed and bonded...
