(TDN): The LCC sector has triggered an ancillary revenue (merchandising) revolution, with airlines worldwide expected to generate USD58 billion in ancillaries this year, according to research from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
“A sizeable figure, USD58 billion however represents just 12% of total airline revenues, suggesting we are just at the start of the movement to monetise services and products (more…)
(TDN): With over 500,000 unique visitors per month, TripAtlas.com is the fastest-growing all-in-one travel magazine, research and booking portal on the Web - and the site’s travel veteran creators are reaching out to travel professionals to further enhance their TripAtlas PRO program to respond to consumer leads submitted through Trip Builder requests generated through TripAtlas.com.
“Our network currently consists of more than 1,000 international travel agents, tour operators and tourist boards who have become an integral part of our marketing campaigns (more…)
(TDN): In the course of 2009 the company opened a new base in Prague adding up to a total of eleven bases in Central and Eastern Europe; took delivery of 7 additional brand new aircraft bringing the fleet to 27 Airbus A320; and launched 40 new routes, resulting in a network of 147 destinations.
“Wizz Air’s has been one of the fastest growing airlines in the world over the recent years. It will continue to be the case in 2010 when we will be opening new operating (more…)
(TDN): Emirates airline will advance its existing operation to Jakarta with the introduction of a double-daily service, effective 1st March 2010. Presently, Emirates operates 11 flights a week to the Indonesian capital city.
The three additional flights will be operated on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, using the Boeing 777 family of technologically-advanced aircraft in two-class configurations. The expansion (more…)
(TDN): Oxford Airport is delighted that C.I. Travel Group has extended its summer service between Oxford and Jersey in the Channel Islands for the 2010 season. The re-introduction of the service is owing to the success of the summer 2009 launch flights on Saturday afternoons.
“Following a successful first year of operation where we saw 93% of seats sold, we are delighted to be able to offer an extended season of operation for the Oxford Jersey (more…)
(TDN): A Qantas Airbus A380 “superjumbo” - designated as flight QF 2903 - departs Melbourne, bound for Antarctica. As well as being the only sightseeing flight over Antarctica this New Year’s Eve, the aircraft will also be the first commercial flight by an A380 over the south polar region. And not only will the 450 passengers and crew on board be among the first in the world to experience the first sunlight of the new year and the new decade - as occupants of the first commercial A380 over Antarctica, they will also become aviation pioneers.
The first A380 to Antarctica will be operated by Qantas on behalf of specialist Melbourne-based (more…)
(TDN): A United Arab Emirates-based investment company will start a low-cost airline from Abu Dhabi next year, al Khaleej reported, citing industry sources it didn’t identify. The carrier started hiring and plans to operate short- and mid-range flights to regional cities, the newspaper said, without identifying the name of the investment company.
Abu Dhabi’s carrier would be the third low-cost airline (more…)
(TDN): British Airways online and direct sales manager, Keith Chuter, and Francisco De La Torre, the Mayor of Malaga Town Hall, put pen to paper this month, signing a letter of intent, making official their plans to further promote Malaga City in the British market. The letter lays the foundations of a two year agreement that will see British Airways use its online channels, to highlight the many flights available to Malaga from the UK, and further increase tourism to the city.
The agreement, set to begin in early 2010, will incorporate a two phase marketing, media and advertising campaign. Phase one will see British Airways expand its online (more…)
(TDN): An incident on an airliner arriving in the US city of Detroit from Amsterdam in the Netherlands was a failed bomb attack, senior US officials say. Sources say a man burnt his leg trying to ignite explosives on the jet, which had 278 passengers and 11 crew aboard, but nobody else was seriously hurt. In custody, the Nigerian suspect said he had been acting on behalf of al-Qaeda, a police source said.
Northwest Airlines Flight 253 had been about 20 minutes away from landing at Detroit Metropolitan (more…)
(TDN): Continental Airlines begins today new nonstop service from Honolulu and its Guam hub to Nadi, Fiji. “Nadi is a popular vacation spot that attracts visitors from around the world and fits well with our portfolio of destinations throughout the Pacific,” said Jim Compton, Continental’s executive vice president of marketing. “We’ve scheduled the Fiji flights to conveniently connect with Continental’s flights from the U.S. mainland, Japan and Micronesia.”
Continental serves more destinations in the Pacific than any other U.S. carrier. In addition to the new Fiji (more…)
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