Direct flights from Sydney to Fiji

QANTAS is making it easier for customers to holiday in #Fiji by launching new direct flights from Sydney, meeting a growing demand from customers wanting a premium travel option to the islands. 

From 31 March 2019, the direct service will operate four times per week to Nadi, the country’s main gateway, with a Boeing 737 aircraft, offering a checked baggage allowance, inflight entertainment and food and drinks all included as part of the fare, and the option to fly or upgrade to Business class. 

The flights add to Jetstar’s direct services which also operate four times per week and will see the Qantas Group offer customers more than 75,000 seats on the route annually and the choice to fly to the popular holiday destination six days a week.

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Human connections

A Southern California startup company now provides an innovative solution for help getting around walkable city centers easily. The Prontopia App connects travelers with vetted on-demand locals who arrive by foot to provide expert assistance any time the need arises. 

The locals on the Prontopia app know the best way to get to city lodging and meeting points, or to a departure point on time when door-to-door by car is not an option. The app works like Uber, but without cars, with an emphasis on the importance of human connections in the city.

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Up in the air: history made by Qantas

QANTAS' first Perth to London flight has taken off, marking the start of the only direct air link between #Australia and #Europe – and the fastest way of traveling between the two continents. 

The history-making QF9, carrying more than 200 passengers and 16 crew, pushed back just before 7pm on Saturday evening and will landed in London at 5am on Sunday. Operated by a Boeing 787-9, the flight reduces total travel time by eliminating stopovers and taking advantage of the most favourable winds on any given day without having to factor in a mid-point in the Middle East or Asia when choosing a flight path.

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Up in the air . . .

HAWAIIAN Airlines, the only U.S. carrier to serve New Zealand with nonstop flights to Hawai‘i, is celebrating its fifth anniversary on the Auckland-Honolulu route with an increase in flights commencing this month. The airline will expand its schedule between Auckland to Honolulu from three to five services weekly commencing 21 March, 2018. 

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On the Runway . . .

STARTING from July 8, Turkish Airlines continues to contribute to Turkey’s tourism by launching its direct flights between Antalya and Algeria.

The national flag carrier that flies to 296 destinations in 120 countries, now adds Antalya-Algeria-Antalya route to its expanding flight network during this years summer season.

Turkish Airlines will operate these direct flights three times a week between Antalya and Algeria. Making it much easier to reach the country's tourism center Antalya.

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On the runway . . .

#EDINBURGH Airport, the City of Edinburgh Council and Visit Scotland have today welcomed confirmation of a new direct service between Scotland’s capital and Munich by Eurowings.

The five times weekly service - which will commence on the 31 March 2017 – further highlights Edinburgh Airport’s commitment to offering a greater choice of business and leisure links direct between Scotland and Europe.

Munich was Edinburgh's first twin city in 1954 and this new link reinforces and renews business and cultural ties between Bavaria and Scotland.

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BA to fly to Tehran

BRITISH AIRWAYS direct flights to #Iran, the new six times a week service started on September 1 . 

Following the recent relaxation of sanctions, which opens up exciting new prospects for Iran as a tourist destination.

Sean Doyle, British Airways’ Head of network and fleet, said: “British Airways has a long history of flying to Iran so we are very excited to be launching our new six times a week service, direct from Heathrow to Tehran. “Iran is a fascinating country, full of amazing and surprising places for tourists to visit and discover its sophisticated and ancient culture.

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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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Up in the air . . .

FLYBE has confirmed that it will cancel its Liverpool service to Amsterdam at the end of March.

The route was launched in September, but the airline said demand was insufficiently strong.

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Up in the air . . .

RYANAIR is reportedly in talks with Virgin Atlantic, Norwegian, and TAP Air Portugal about connecting its short-haul passengers onto transatlantic services to North America. Chief executive Michael O’Leary confirmed that Ryanair was talking to long-haul carriers in an attempt to expand the airline’s reach.

THOMAS COOK AIRLINES will launch a direct Manchester to Tobago route in winter 2016, flying around 20 rotations from November to March, bringing an additional 12,880 seats to the destination.

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Glasgow-Toronto flights to start next year

AIR CANADA is to start seasonal non-stop flights from Glasgow to #Toronto next summer. 

The route will be operated by Air Canada rouge, its leisure carrier, and give Scottish customers convenient options when travelling to #Canada for leisure or business. 

The new service between the two cities will operate three times a week from June 14 to September 25.

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Tourism promotion targets Spain for holidays in Ulster

COMMUTERS in #Barcelona are seeing advertisements for Belfast and Northern Ireland in metro stations and on buses on the city’s busy thoroughfares. #Tourism Ireland has teamed up with Visit Belfast and Vueling for a promotional campaign which aims to raise awareness of Belfast as a city break destination and to drive sales of Vueling flights from Barcelona to Belfast this autumn. The campaign also includes online advertising and e-marketing.

The campaign includes extensive online advertising on newspaper and travel websites. E-mail marketing will reach 1.3 million potential holidaymakers in this part of Spain and a further one million people on Vueling’s own database.

‘In 2014, we welcomed approximately 32,000 Spanish visitors to Northern Ireland, up by 23% on the previous year,’ says Barbara Wood, Tourism Ireland’s manager in Spain. ‘We are undertaking an extensive programme of promotions throughout 2015, to grow Spanish visitor numbers to Northern Ireland. Our campaign with Visit Belfast and Vueling is an important element of that programme, to boost travel to Northern Ireland during the autumn months.

‘As an island, the importance of convenient, direct, non-stop flights cannot be overstated – they are absolutely critical to achieving growth in inbound tourism.’

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British Airways flies into Silicon Valley

CALIFORNIA’S Silicon
Valley is to get a direct service to Heathrow when #BritishAirways (BA) starts offering non-stop flights to San José next year. 

San José is the world’s software power-house and home to household hi-tech giants such as Adobe, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, and Intel, plus thousands of tech start-up companies and world-famous Stanford University in nearby Palo Alto.

BA will run daily flights on the only service between Europe and San José, the airline’s fourth Californian destination after Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.

‘We’re sure this new service,’ says a BA spokesman, ‘will prove just the business for Californian-based companies looking to expand into Europe and will strengthen London’s strong commercial ties with the West Coast.

‘It also offers a brilliant starting point for visitors to nearby Carmel and Monterey on the rugged central coast along Highway 1, and easy access to Yosemite National Park.’

The service starts on May 4, and the flight time from Heathrow on the airline’s 787-9 Dreamliner is 10 hours, 50 minutes.

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British Airways connects Glasgow with Salzburg

BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA) is to start a direct weekly winter service to #Salzburg, #Austria, from #Glasgow in December.

It’s the first time that BA has offered Scots a direct route to Salzburg, with its Alpine setting and baroque architecture. It was the backdrop to The Sound of Music, and the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Phyllis Stuart, British Airways’ manager at Glasgow Airport said: ‘Salzburg is one of Europe’s great tourist destinations and offers something for everyone, from those wanting to explore the rich musical and cultural heritage of the city, with its links to Mozart and to those whose focus is on the ski resorts a short distance.

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