Norwegian launches a raft of new transtlantic flights from Belfast, Edinburgh and Dublin to the US February 23, 2017 Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced a series of new transatlantic flights from five cities in the UK and Ireland to the US, offering tickets from £69. In total, Norwegian is launching 10 new routes with 38 new transatlantic flights this summer from Edinburgh, Belfast, Cork, Shannon and Dublin. The flights will start on 15 June [...]
Ryanair launches biggest London winter schedule but underlines commitment to pivot growth away as Brexit looms February 23, 2017 Ryanair has launched its biggest ever schedule out of London to date, with three new routes from London Stansted. But the airline has also reiterated its commitment to pivoting growth away from Britain in the wake of the Brexit vote. The Irish carrier’s 2017 schedule will have three new routes from London Stansted to Aalborg [...]
The only direct flight between London Heathrow and Barbados will take off this year February 22, 2017 Virgin Atlantic has announced it will launch the only direct flight between London Heathrow and Barbados later this year. The twice weekly service, operating on Tuesdays and Saturdays, will start from 12 December 2017 to tempt those eyeing up Christmas in the Caribbean. Flights go on sale from this Saturday 25 February. The airline's codeshare with [...]
Road To Cheltenham: Empire can strike back in the Ryanair Chase February 17, 2017 OVER the coming weeks I will be taking a look at the ante-post markets for this year’s Cheltenham Festival and putting together a portfolio of bets. The first horse I’d like to recommend is EMPIRE OF DIRT at 9/1 for the Ryanair Chase. An impressive winner of last season’s Festival Plate, the ten-year-old routed his [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Taquin looks value to upset Cue Card in Ascot Chase February 17, 2017 HATS off to the connections of Cue Card who this week scratched the lovable 11-year-old from next month’s Ryanair Chase, signifying their intentions to once again go for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The seven-time Grade One winner completes his preparations for this year’s Festival by running in Saturday's Ascot Chase (3.35pm), for which he is [...]
Russia’s Aeroflot trumps American heavyweights as the world’s most powerful airline brand February 14, 2017 Forget Emirates, American Airlines and British Airways. When it comes to the world's most powerful airline brand, another name has taken the crown. According to Brand Finance, which recently announced its annual Global 500 list featuring Lego, Google and co., Russian carrier Aeroflot is the world's most powerful airline brand. It carries an AAA brand rating [...]
Emirates is riding out turbulence in the airline sector and its brand is even jumping ahead of British Airways February 8, 2017 Ryanair's recent profit drop underlines how tough the airline sector is currently. It’s a good time to have a closer look at one airline whose consumer perception is standing up well in a highly competitive industry – Emirates. Our recent YouGov BrandIndex brand rankings point towards the success the high-end airline has enjoyed over the [...]
Ryanair profits hit turbulence but the airline maintains full-year guidance February 6, 2017 Ryanair profits hit a patch of turbulence in 2016 as the devaluation of sterling following the EU referendum saw Europe’s largest airline’s wings clipped. The figures Profits fell by eight per cent to €95m (£81m) despite traffic growing by 16 per cent to reach 29m customers. Revenue grew one per cent year-on-year to €1.35bn (£1.16bn) [...]
British Airways ramps up its Greek island routes from London City Airport February 2, 2017 It's only just announced a flurry of new Manchester and Stansted routes. But British Airways hasn't stopped there: it's now ramping up attention on London City Airport, saying it'll be offering nearly two million seats from the Royal Docks-based airport. It has launched a new three times a week service to Greek island Skiathos, making it [...]
British Airways launches new routes from Manchester Airport and London Stansted including Ibiza, Mykonos and Florence January 31, 2017 British Airways has announced the launch of seven new routes from Manchester Airport and three new destinations from Stansted. From May, the airline will start summer-only direct flights from Manchester to Alicante, Malaga, Ibiza, Palma, Mykonos, Nice and a weekly service to London City Airport. New flights from Stansted – part of the Manchester Airport [...]