On the runway

LAST month saw London Gatwick experience the busiest May in its history, as 4.1 million passengers travelled through the airport.

In the same month that Qatar Airways launched a new service from Gatwick to Doha, the airport’s 65 other long-haul routes continued to soar, services to Asia performed strongly, with Hong Kong particularly popular, +39% on last year.

Gatwick’s connections to the United States, +42.8% for the month, drove the airport’s busiest-ever May. The USA’s most iconic cities were among the most popular long-haul destinations during the month, East Coast favourites Boston and New York and Los Angeles.

Bucharest, Pula and Vienna, respectively, were among the most popular European destinations.  Elsewhere, domestic routes to Newquay and the Isle of Man were up 18.6% and 8.7% respectively, while Guernsey saw a 5.8% rise on May last year.

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Restoration and transformation in Bucharest

CORINTHIA Hotels is set to expand its five-star hotel portfolio with the opening of a new luxury property in #Bucharest, #Romania. Located in the heart of the capital, the former Grand Hotel du Boulevard will open its doors again on 1st December 2019, to coincide with Romania’s National Day.

Built in 1867, the listed building was last used as a hotel over a decade ago and will now undergo extensive refurbishment to follow Corinthia’s tradition of restoring 19th century grand hotels across Europe. The award-winning Corinthia Hotel London, Corinthia Hotel Budapest, formerly the Grand Hotel Royal, and Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg, Russia, are all 19th century landmark properties which have been acquired, redeveloped and relaunched by Corinthia Hotels.

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Ryanair launches new Bristol 2017 schedules

RYANAIR'S Bristol summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with more frequencies to sun destinations for summer family holidays, including a new route to Zadar (2 x weekly).

With lower fares as #Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer experience, as it continues to roll out its “Always Getting Better” improvements.

The new Bristol winter 2017 schedule includes a new route to Cologne, extra flights to Bucharest and Venice and 20 routes in total.

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Wizz Air launches Gatwick-Bucharest flights

WIZZ AIR will begin direct service from London’s Gatwick Airport to #Bucharest, Romania, from June 18. It will be the only direct connection between the two airports, offering the easiest access to the Romanian capital from Gatwick. 

With a total of four Wizz Air direct flights a day between London and Bucharest, the new Gatwick route adds a second option for travel from London, along with Wizz Air’s direct three-times-a-day flights between Bucharest and London Luton.

Gatwick, a new airport for Wizz Air’s low-fares services, will be the company’s ninth airport in the UK, the others being Luton, Doncaster-Sheffield, Bristol, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, and Birmingham.

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Blue Air launches Glasgow-Bucharest route

ROMANIAN airline Blue Air, which currently operates 65 routes in Europe, has started a twice-weekly Glasgow-Bucharest service with one-way fares starting from £24.99, including taxes.

Paul White, business development manager at Glasgow Airport, said: ‘This #Bucharest service from Blue Air is sure to be popular with both our business and leisure customers. As well as offering a key transport link to one of Eastern Europe’s central cities, it will also be a great link for ex-pats and those seeking a historical and cultured #citybreak.’

Tudor Constantinescu, Blue Air chief commercial officer said: ‘This new route is aimed primarily at holidaymakers, considering the vast touristic potential of both Romania and Scotland. It will also be incredibly popular with the Romanian community in Glasgow and the surrounding areas.’

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Up in the air . . .

Flybe launches Liverpool -Amsterdam route … FLYBE has started flights between Liverpool and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Fares start from £34.99 one way including taxes and charges.

Wizz Air starts Glasgow-Bucharest service … Flights between Glasgow and Bucharest are to be introduced by Wizz Air in May next year. It is also increasing the frequency of flights from Luton to Bucharest.

EasyJet increases capacity and routes for spring 2016 … easyJet has hiked capacity next spring with more than 22.5 million seats going on sale. The budget carrier is to run 136,000 additional flights across its network between March 21 and June 26. Sample flights include Bristol to Barcelona from £22.24 one-way, Belfast-Amsterdam from £25.49, Inverness-Luton from £12.49, Southend-Malaga from £28.24, Gatwick-Copenhagen from £30.24, and Luton- Malaga from £30.24.

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