Ryanair adds 6,000 seats for Six Nations
Ryanair has today (14 December) added an additional 6,000 seats for Six Nations supporters travelling to the 2022 Championship matches.
In view of the growing demand for travel to England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy throughout the tournament, Ryanair has upped its seat...
Amazon launches two day PCR tests
Amazon has launched PCR test kits for £34.99.
The kits come with a pre-paid return label for sending the test swab back to Amazon’s diagnostics laboratory in Manchester.
The new International Arrivals service offers a single kit that can be used for a day-two test...
Austrian ski resorts reopen for vaccinated visitors
Some Austrian ski resorts are reopening to fully vaccinated visitors as the country ends the lockdown imposed on 22 November.
The step-by-step end to restrictions began on Sunday, 12 December, with Tirol, Vorarlberg and Burgenland reopening.
Friday, 17 December, will see Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia and...
Aer Lingus takes off for Orlando from Manchester
Aer Lingus has celebrated the launch of its very first direct flight from Manchester to Orlando, Florida.
Flight EI 35, operated by an Airbus A330, departed Manchester on Saturday, 11 December, for Orlando.
It is the third inaugural flight for the Irish flag carrier after Barbados...
Supplier of the Week: Etihad Airways
Our supplier of the week is Etihad Airways, which in 2021 has been bolstered by the addition of a new Irish-based sales team.
In September, Jason Kearns was appointed Account Manager. This was followed by the appointment in November of Alexander Keech to manage Etihad’s...
When in Roam: surcharge cap scheme to be extended by another 10 years
The “Roam like at Home” scheme will be renewed for another ten years, under plans informally agreed between the European Parliament and Member States.
Under the agreement, a follow-up to the 2017 elimination of roaming surcharges, consumers will continue to be able to use their...
Have you joined Royal Caribbean’s agent-only Facebook group?
Are you a member of Royal Caribbean Ireland and Northern Ireland's trade-only Facebook group? If not, it's time to join now, as they will be migrating their Facebook pages and all of its content to their dedicated trade group from next week.
So, if you're...
Delta invests in Virgin Atlantic, Aeromexico and LATAM
Delta Air Lines will make investments in Virgin Atlantic, Aeromexico and LATAM as as each carrier emerges from restructuring or recapitalization following the pandemic.
Upon completion of their respective processes, Delta is targeting a 20% equity stake in Aeromexico and a 10% equity stake in LATAM....
Northern Ireland won’t change restrictions over Christmas
Northern Ireland's First Minister Paul Givan has confirmed that Covid-19 restrictions won't be changed over Christmas.
However, he did warn that renewed restrictions on hospitality in the Republic of Ireland might lead to more people travelling across the border and that the Irish Government needs...
Ryanair announces new route from Knock to Birmingham
Ryanair will operate a twice-weekly service from Knock to Birmingham from March 2022.
From 29 March, the service will operate Tuesday and Saturday, departing Birmingham at 13.15 and landing at 14.30.
From Knock, the service will depart at 14.55 and land in Birmingham at 16.10.
Ryanair’s Director...
Your Christmas travel checklist – six things to do before taking off over the holiday period
Travel rules are changing at breakneck pace, with passengers now requiring a negative pre-departure test result to enter Ireland, and Omicron fears seeing arrivals from Britain advised to take antigen tests for five days in a row.
Nobody travelling over the holidays wants to get...
CarTrawler to increase headcount over the next 12 months
CarTrawler plans to increase its headcount by up to 20pc over the next 12 months “depending on how things play out”, according to its CEO.
Read the story here.
Global agents associations call for end to travel bans
The representative bodies of travel agents throughout the world have come together to call for the lifting of all country- and region-specific travel bans.
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), Association of South African Travel Agencies (ASATA), Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA), Caribbean...
Blue Insurance & Visit Portugal’s Christmas giveaway
Blue Insurance and Visit Portugal have teamed up to offer a fabulous prize to one lucky travel agent this Christmas.
The prize, courtesy of Susana Cardoso and TAP, includes two return flights from Dublin to Lisbon and four nights' accommodation in the very charming 4-star Casa...
Passengers arriving in Ireland from Britain advised to take antigen tests for five days
Passengers arriving in Ireland from Britain will be advised to take an antigen test each day for five days upon their return.
This is in addition to all overseas passengers taking a pre-departure Covid test before arriving in Ireland.
If the person returns a positive antigen...
Dublin Airport expects 850,000 passengers this Christmas
An estimated 850,000 people are due to travel through Dublin Airport this Christmas compared to almost 1.5 million people who passed through the airport during the comparable period in 2019.
This is down by -42% compared to the same period pre-COVID-19. However Dublin Airport...
Travel Counsellors announces strategic partnership with GlobalStar
Travel Counsellors has announced a strategic partnership with GlobalStar Travel Management which will allow them to deliver increased personal service and market expertise to clients within a global framework. It will also give clients greater access to discounted air fare types, hotel rates and...
CAR advises customers to claim against insurance of collapsed travel firm Truly Travel
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has advised Irish customers who have bought a travel package from collapsed firm Truly Travel to make a claim against the company's insurance policy.
Truly Travel (Ire) and its subsidiaries Alpharooms, Alpha Holidays and Teletext Holidays collapsed last month...
Air France and KLM sign codeshare agreements with ITA Airways
Air France and KLM have signed new codeshare agreements with Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) Airways.
The commercial partnership will offer additional travel opportunities and open up 12 ITA destinations in Italy and Southern Europe for the Air France and KLM customers, as where ITA...
New Orient Express trains to offer luxury itineraries across Europe
Famed luxury train service the Orient Express is making a comeback. Accor, the French hospitality company that owns Orient Express, is launching a ‘La Dolce Vita’ programme in 2023, offering six trains taking in several popular European itineraries.
The concept for the new Orient Express...
