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Ryanair condems Ferrovial/BAA’s latest attempt to delay the sale of Stansted and a better deal

10-Oct-2011
Ryanair today (Oct 7th) condemned the latest attempts by the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly to further delay the sale of Stansted Airport, as recommended by the Competition Commission over three years ago in its August 2008 report. Ryanair has been invited to a case management conference this afternoon before the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) at which the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly is seeking to “stay” (ie. further delay) the sale of Stansted to allow for yet another (judicial review) appeal by the Ferrovial/BAA monopoly.

Flybe statement regarding chancellor's Air Passenger Duty announcement

29-Sep-2011
Andrew Strong, Managing Director, Flybe UK said, “Flybe welcomes the Chancellor’s acknowledgement that air services from the UK’s regions are impacted by the high price of Air Passenger Duty (APD).

easyJet’s double Scottish celebration

22-Aug-2011
easyJet is all set to celebrate a ten-year Scottish double.

CEB now top airline in Davao, gains 44% market share in Q2

28-Jul-2011
The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) carried the most number of passengers to and from Davao in the 2nd quarter of 2011 (Q2), gaining 44.4% of the local market share in the Philippines’ main southern hub.

Ryanair to launch complaint against BAA Stansted for overcharging and monopoly abuses

28-Jul-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (Wed 27th July) confirmed that it had instructed its lawyers to file a complaint with the CAA and Competition Commission, demanding that they revise the current price cap at Stansted to eliminate what Ryanair believes are monopoly abuses and overcharging of Stansted’s airlines over the past five years (2007-2011) during which:

easyJet response to Competition Commission announcement on the sale of BAA Airports

20-Jul-2011
Commenting on today's announcement, easyJet's UK Director Paul Simmons, said: easyJet supports the efforts of the Competition Commission to improve outcomes for passengers in the London and Scotland airport markets.

Flybe Training Academy signs first Q400 Simulator customer

14-Jul-2011
Flybe, Europe’s leading regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has today announced that the first customer to sign a contract for use of the Dash-8 Q400 Full Flight Simulator at its new multi-million pound Training Academy in Exeter is Nigerian-based Arik Air.

Ryanair announces new base (No 45) in Manchester

13-Jul-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (12th July) announced it would open its 45th base at Manchester in October 2011 initially with two based aircraft and 17 routes, growing to four aircraft and 26 routes by summer 2012.

Flybe and British Airways open up BA Gatwick routes to Newcastle Airport customers

13-Jul-2011
This week Flybe and British Airways (BA) commenced a codeshare agreement on Flybe’s London Gatwick route from Newcastle International Airport.

easyJet increases capacity on Bristol routes

08-Jul-2011
easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport, has today announced that it is to increase the frequency on 15 of its Bristol routes providing an extra 10,000 seats for South West passengers this summer.

Flybe marks passenger milestone at JLA

08-Jul-2011
Flybe, Europe’s leading regional airline and the UK’s Number One domestic carrier marked an important milestone at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) yesterday with its 700,000th passenger travelling through the airport.

Wizz Air adds London Luton to its routes from Lodz

29-Jun-2011
Tickets are already available from as low as 96 PLN (one way, including taxes and booking fee) on wizzair.com or by calling the Call Center.

Boeing, Norwegian Air Shuttle Announce Order for 15 Next-Generation 737-800s

22-Jun-2011
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded 'Norwegian,' today announced an order for 15 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes at the international 2011 Paris Air Show. The order, valued at $1.2 billion at list prices, brings the total number of 737-800s Norwegian has ordered direct from Boeing to 78.

Ryanair and Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China) Sign C 919 MOU in Paris

22-Jun-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (21st June) in Paris signed a Memorandum of Understanding with COMAC to participate in discussions on the development of the COMAC C919 aircraft for Ryanair, which would be designed to carry up to 200 passengers and should be available from 2018 onwards.

Ryanair launches two new Leeds Bradford winter routes to/from Kaunas and Riga

15-Jun-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (14th June) announced two new Leeds Bradford routes to/from Kaunas and Riga from November which grows Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford winter schedule to 13 low fares routes, which will see Ryanair deliver over 1m passengers p.a., sustaining up to 1,000 jobs in the Yorkshire region.

New routes for scheduled leisure airline Monarch

08-Jun-2011
Monarch, the scheduled leisure airline, has this week launched its programme of flights for Summer 2012 and will be introducing new scheduled services to Turkey and its first ever summer scheduled flights to Egypt.

bmibaby flies high with new developments in social media

07-Jun-2011
Hot on the heels of the launch of the bmibaby blog, the low cost airline is the first European airline to embrace an ongoing social media loyalty scheme through location based network application, Gowalla.

Jet2.com takes off to Toulouse

23-May-2011
Newcastle holidaymakers can now jet off to Toulouse for the first time thanks to the North’s leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, Jet2.com.

easyJet calls on Government to halt destructive changes to aviation tax

19-May-2011
easyJet today publishes an independent report on the Government’s proposed changes to Air Passenger Duty (APD) which predicts that the proposals would:

CAPA Membership Ryanair goes live with airRM Revenue Management System

18-May-2011
Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (“RMS, Inc.”) is pleased to announce the successful implementation of its state-of-the-art revenue management, inventory control, and reporting system airRM at Ryanair.

Inverness Airport announces new Flybe Inverness to Amsterdam route

17-May-2011
Inverness Airport and Flybe today (Monday, May 16, 2011) announce the launch of a new Flybe service to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.

Ryanair: Resignation of DAA Chairman welcomed

16-May-2011
Ryanair today (13th May) welcomed the resignation of the Chairman of the DAA Airport Monopoly David Dilger. Mr Dilger, has presided over the waste of €1.2bn on Dublin Airport’s unnecessary T2 white elephant and record traffic collapses at Cork, Dublin, and Shannon Airports from 30m passengers in 2008 to just over 20m in 2010.

Ryanair launches Leeds Bradford Winter schedule with 11 routes

11-May-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (10th May) launched its Leeds Bradford winter schedule which will operate on two aircraft across 11 routes, including the extension of its Lanzarote service to its winter schedule. Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford will grow to over 1m passengers p.a. and sustain over 1,000 jobs in the Yorkshire region.

Belfast International Airport: easyJet London Luton service - Monday 09-May

09-May-2011
easyJet moves Luton service back to Belfast International Airport

easyJet launches new route between Glasgow and Amsterdam

21-Apr-2011
easyJet, Scotland’s favourite airline, has today announced the launch of a new route between Glasgow and Amsterdam.

Ryanair selects airRM as its revenue management system

06-Apr-2011
Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (RMS Inc.) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide Ryanair with state-of-the-art revenue management, inventory control, and reporting tools.

Ryanair’s new Doncaster route is Portugal bound

31-Mar-2011
Summer has arrived for passengers looking for Portuguese paradise as Ryanair’s latest route from Doncaster Sheffield Airport has now taken to the sky.

easyJet and VisitBritain invest £18 million to boost UK tourism

31-Mar-2011
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has formed a partnership with VisitBritain, the UK’s national tourism agency, to jointly market Britain as a tourist destination over the next four years.

easyJet to launch Manchester flights

30-Mar-2011
easyJet is to launch its first flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester.

Ryanair announces first Crete (Greece) routes

25-Mar-2011
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (24th Mar) announced its first routes from Chania (second largest city on the Greek island of Crete) to Frankfurt Hahn and Milan Bergamo from May 2011 which will deliver 60,000 passengers p.a. and create up to 60 local jobs in Crete.

easyJet launches low-cost route to GLASGOW

25-Mar-2011
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has announced the launch of a new route from Jersey to Glasgow.

easyJet joins Nectar loyalty programme

15-Mar-2011
Nectar points will be able to be exchanged for easyJet flights, following the creation of a new partnership between the UK's largest loyalty programme and the UK's largest airline. The initiative is backed by Nectar founding partner, Sainsbury's.

Jet2.com launches new summer Sunshine service from Belfast to Alicante

15-Mar-2011
The Leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, Jet2.com, has just announced an exciting new route to Alicante, direct from Belfast International Airport. Alicante airport is in close proximity to the great holiday hot-spots of Benidorm, Torrevieja, Calpe and Denia.

flydubai sets sights on Sohag

11-Mar-2011
flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, today announced a new service between Dubai and Sohag, one of the most popular gateway cities into southern Egypt.

Airstream arranges spare engine facility for Flybe

11-Mar-2011
Airstream has arranged a secured loan facility for Flybe to finance spare Pratt and Whitney PW150A engines. These engines are used by Flybe to support their fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft. The financing was provided by a European financial institution.

Ryanair re-opens route to Kaunas

10-Feb-2011
From 14 April you can fly to Kaunas in Lithuania with Ryanair.

Wizz Air moves its base from Borispol to Zhuliani in Kiev

17-Jan-2011
Wizz Air Ukraine - first Ukrainian low cost airline announced today, that it will move its Kiev Borispol (KBP) operations to Kiev Zhuliani (IEV) airport in Ukraine.

Vueling adds Bordeaux to its French route network

14-Jan-2011
Vueling, the new generation airline, today puts on sale more than 28,000 seats on its new route between Barcelona and Bordeaux, which will start operating on April, 15th.

SmartWings increases the frequency of flight to Dubai

11-Jan-2011
SmartWings, a low cost trademark of Travel Service airline, brings you an increased frequency of flights to Dubai.

Blue1 signs long term agreement with OAA for turnkey simulator support solution

05-Jan-2011
Oxford Aviation Academy (“OAA”) and Blue1 have signed a long term agreement whereby OAA will provide a turnkey simulator hosting and operational support solution (“OAA Total Simulator Support”) on Blue1’s Boeing 717 full flight simulator at OAA’s Stockholm training facility.
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