Posted on July 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via CrunchBase Tree huggers unite! Paper boarding passes are on their way out.  In just a short time from now, passengers will be using their mobile phones to board an aircraft, with the device being read by a scanner at the departure gate. The new system means passengers will no longer have to go [...]

Posted on September 04, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  And so the airline industry’s giant game of musical chairs continues.  In the wake of yesterday’s bombshell by Easyjet that it is cutting all flights to East Midlands airport, bmibaby has just announced that it is adding extra capacity across its network to serve regional passengers who have been left high and dry. Commenting [...]

Posted on November 07, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Aer Lingus has announced nine new routes for summer 2009, adding additional capacity on existing routes from Dublin, Cork and Belfast. The new services from Dublin include Catania in Sicily, Sofia in Bulgaria and Newcastle in the UK.  Meanwhile, Cork passengers will now be able to jet to Lanzarote, Lisbon and Rennes and Belfast customers [...]

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Airline passengers are set to enjoy a windfall of cheap tickets this autumn as international carriers around the world launch a price war in serious efforts to fill vacant seats over the coming months. Despite predictions that air fares would skyrocket to make up for lost profits on rising fuel costs, British Airways and other major [...]

Posted on August 07, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

It looks as if Ebenezer Scrooge is alive and well and living amongst the bigwigs of the airline industry.  Flight information company OAG has just revealed that global carriers are to axe 60m seats in the run-up to Christmas.  International airlines are blaming high oil prices and the economic downturn on their decision to cut [...]

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Beleagured British carrier, British Airways is launching a brand new airline linking New York to continental Europe in a brave bid to capitalise on recent deregulation of transatlantic air travel.  As everyone in the travel industry knows, this is a difficult time to be starting a new venture in online businesses.  These days, most carriers, including [...]