Ryanair partnership takes off

RYANAIR, Europe’s No.1 airline, and SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, today announce a partnership to provide European hotels direct access to sell their properties on Ryanair Rooms. 

Ryanair Rooms is the only hotel booking website that gives hotel guests 10% of the hotel booking price back in flight credit, to use against Ryanair flights. The website is now available as a distribution channel to SiteMinder’s 30,000 hotel customers across #Europe and around the world, which can now offer their guests a new incentive to ‘Go Direct’.

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Hungary for Italy

BUDAPEST Airport’s blistering route network growth looks set to continue into 2019 as the Hungarian gateway announces a further two new routes with Ryanair. Leading the way the ultra-low-cost carrier will launch new links to Bari and Cagliari, both with a twice-weekly service set to commence in April 2019.

While the Ryanair will join Wizz Air in offering direct services to Bari, the port city on the Adriatic Sea, the airline’s link to Cagliari will become Budapest’s first connection to the capital city of the Italian island, #Sardinia. Ryanair’s continued growth at Budapest will see the airline serve eight Italian destinations as of next year as the new services join established links to Naples, Milan Bergamo, Palermo, Pisa, Rome Ciampino and Treviso.

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On the runway . . .

THE launch of a new service to Shannon this summer will take the number of flights between Bristol Airport and #Ireland to an all-time high. Ryanair’s twice-weekly service to Ireland’s third busiest airport takes the total number of flights per week to more than 100, including routes to Dublin, Cork and Knock.

#Dublin remains the most popular destination served from Bristol Airport, with more than 418,000 passengers using the route in the last 12 months. Up to seven departures a day are operated by Ryanair and Aer Lingus, providing flexible flight options for business and leisure passengers. Aer Lingus also serves Cork daily, while Ryanair operates three flights a week to Knock, in the west of Ireland.

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Bristol Airport Reports Busiest Year

MORE than 8.1 million passengers used Bristol Airport last year, surpassing the total for 2016 by over six hundred thousand passengers. This represents an 8 per cent increase year on year, and the eighth consecutive year of growth for England’s third largest regional airport.

Both charter and scheduled airline sectors contributed to the rise with the number of direct routes served reaching over 125. Highlights in 2017 included TUI’s long haul programme operating the 787 Dreamliner aircraft from the Airport for the first time. easyJet added two new destinations to its route network to Stockholm and Athens, and Ryanair started a new service to Cologne. 

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Not up in the air . . .

RYANAIR, announced on September 15 that it would cancel 40-50 flights daily for the next six weeks (to the end of October) to improve its system-wide punctuality which has fallen below 80% in the first two weeks of September.

Through a combination of ATC capacity delays and strikes, weather disruptions and the impact of increased holiday allocations to pilots and cabin crew as the airline moves to allocate annual leave during a 9 month transition period.

By reducing its scheduled flying programme over the next six weeks by less than 2% (of its over 2,500 daily flights), the airline will create additional standby aircraft which will help restore on-time performance to its 90% average.

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Up in the air . . . Dublin bound

RYANAIR has new flights from Munich and Stuttgart to Dublin this winter, as well as the extension of its winter service from Naples into summer 2018.

CATHAY PACIFIC has announced new flights from Hong Kong to Dublin, commencing in June 2018. These new flights will help to boost leisure and business travel from Hong Kong, as well offering excellent connections on Cathay Pacific services from tourism markets like Australia, New Zealand and China and countries in South East Asia – making it easier for prospective holidaymakers to get to Ireland.

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On the runway . . .

RYANAIR Europe’s No.1 airline has announced that customers who purchase an allocated seat for their flight can now check-in up to 60 days in advance, the latest improvement delivered under Year 4 of its “Always Getting Better” programme.

All Ryanair customers may select and purchase their preferred seat online, both on the Ryanair.com website and mobile app, from the time of booking right up to 2 hours before their scheduled departure, and in turn can check-in online and on the app, from between 60 days and 2 hours before their flight.

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A Danish Way of Life

DENMARK'S stunning capital city, #Copenhagen, embodies the effortless style and warm hospitality that has made the world fall in love with the Danish way of life. With a vibrant food scene, outstanding fresh ingredients and new restaurants, bars and food markets adding to the city’s incredible array of gastronomic delights, Copenhagen is a firm favourite for fans of the Nordic food scene.

RyanAir has expanded its range of flights from Stansted to Copenhagen, with a new three-per-day year-round service now operating offering one-way fares from just £9.99. In addition, RyanAir is introducing a four-times-weekly service from Liverpool to Copenhagen, with the first flight scheduled from the end of October 2017.

With more choice of departures, budget-friendly fares and a new route to Denmark from across the UK, there has never been a better time to visit Copenhagen on a budget.

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On the runway . . .

MORE than 100,000 passengers are expected to use Bristol Airport this Easter weekend (Friday 14 April - Monday 17 April) an increase of over 18% growth on the same period last year.

The recently commenced Ryanair flight to Zadar, as well as the Thomas Cook flights to Malta offering Fly Cruise holidays adds additional choice and options to passengers wishing to get away this summer.

But it’s not all one way traffic. Bristol Airport is expecting an influx of visitors from around the UK and overseas as travellers head for the South West to catch up with friends and family or enjoy the region’s attractions.

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On the runway . . .

RYANAIR'S summer 2017 schedule from Glasgow Airport got off to a flyer with the launch of three new routes to Lisbon, Valencia and Palanga, Lithuania.

The introduction of these latest services takes Ryanair’s total number of current routes to 19 since the airline set up base at Glasgow Airport in October 2014. A further route to Zadar, Croatia, will launch in July.

Paul White, business development manager at Glasgow Airport, said: “These three new routes to Lisbon, Valencia and Palanga are welcome additions and further strengthen our European connectivity.

“Since the launch of its base in 2014, Ryanair has continually responded to demand by adding new routes at Glasgow Airport.

“This has been demonstrated once again with the airline’s decision to add a further three routes later in the year to Madrid, Frankfurt and Krakow, which will take the number of services operated from Glasgow Airport by Ryanair to 23.”

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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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On the runway . . .

RYANAIR, Europe's No.1 airline, today (9 Feb) launched a new winter route from Bristol to Cologne, with a four times weekly service, as part of its Bristol winter 2017 schedule, which will be launched soon.

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Bristol to Croatia

RYANAIR, Europe’s No. 1 airline added a new Zadar route to its Bristol summer 2017 schedule, with a twice weekly service beginning at the end of March.

This brings Ryanair’s Bristol summer 2017 schedule up to 31 exciting destinations in total offering customers in the South West and Wales more choice than ever before.

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Up in the air . . .

RYANAIR, Europe’s No. 1 airline further extended its Belfast summer 2017 schedule with a new route to Barcelona Girona starting in March. In addition to 10 new summer services including Berlin, London and Milan.

Ryanair’s summer 2017 schedule will also see more frequencies to sun destinations for family holidays, lower fares (as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs), an even better customer experience as it rolls out year 3 of its “Always Getting Better” customer experience programme.

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New flights to Italy from Britain and Ireland

ALITALIA has introduced a fifth daily flight from London City to Milan Linate. www.alitalia.com 

RYANAIR is to increase frequencies to Bologna with two weekly flights from Dublin and Edinburgh for the 2016 winter season. www.ryanair.com

EASYJET will introduce new flights for the 2016 winter season from Bristol, London Luton, and Manchester to Turin to facilitate winter sport tourism in Piedmont. www.easyjet.com

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Ryanair unveils new route from Liverpool

#Ryanair has announced an expansion to its Liverpool winter 2016 schedule with the addition of a service to #Marrakesh, #Morocco, which will operate twice-weekly from October. 

This is in addition to a new route to Sofia announced earlier. Ryanair’s Liverpool winter 2016 schedule will now deliver two new routes to Sofia and Marrakesh, both twice-weekly, and five new winter services, including twice-weekly services to Bergerac, Pisa, Porto, Szczecin, and a weekly flight to Gran Canaria. The airline will also operate more flights to Alicante (five-weekly) and Malaga (four-weekly).

With the expansion move, the airline will operate 25 winter routes in total, with 95 weekly flights.

Seats for Marrakesh are on sale from £24.99.

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Up in the air . . .

NORWEGIAN has announced a partnership with No1 Lounges to offer an enhanced travel experience to the airline’s loyalty scheme members travelling from Birmingham Airport.

Norwegian Reward members flying from Birmingham will get an exclusive 15 percent discount for No1 airport lounge access, which includes complimentary premium security lane access and CashPoints that can be used to reduce the cost of future flight bookings, seat reservation, and checked baggage.

Brede Huser, vice president of Norwegian Reward, said: ‘Our partnership with No1 Lounges is significant for Norwegian Reward members who can now earn even more cost savings.’

The No1 Lounge at Birmingham Airport has a fully bar and bistro … and a living herb wall.

RYANAIR says that from September 1 it will be mandatory for adults travelling with children under-12 to purchase reserved seats, but that the children will get reserved seats free of charge.

The airline is introducing this change after a busy period, when most of its flights have been full. Many adults travelling with young children did not select reserved seats and accordingly were randomly allocated seats that were not together. This caused boarding problems as crews tried to re-seat customers with young children.

Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs said: ‘This change will allow parents to select their preferred seats at the time of booking, ensuring that they always sit with their children.’

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Up in the air …

AS THE UK GOVERNMENT stalls on deciding which London airport should be awarded a new runway, Flybe has once again proposed opening up RAF Northolt to scheduled commercial flights.

The airline claims this would provide enhanced regional access to London and to long haul connections at neighbouring Heathrow airport, six miles from Northolt.

‘Independent of a decision on airport capacity expansion at either Heathrow or Gatwick, which may take well over a decade to implement, the government has been presented with an immediately actionable solution at Northolt that would enhance regional connectivity to Heathrow and the capital at no additional cost to the taxpayer,’ said Saad Hammad, CEO of Flybe.

‘Northolt is available right here, right now. It is a military airport that is used largely by a few wealthy VIPs and could easily be opened up to scheduled commercial flights with less noisy aircraft.’

RYANAIR has announced the launch of its biggest ever summer schedule for 2017 at Birmingham Airport, with:

Three new routes to Chania (Greece), and Girona and Reus in Spain,

Two new summer services to Sofia and Warsaw, and

More flights to Faro, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Palma, and Tenerife

The announcements comes after the airline announced its 2017 summer schedules at Leeds Bradford Airport and Newcastle Airport, including new routes and more flights to several of its most sought after summer destinations.

Ryanair’s Birmingham summer 2017 schedule will operate 28 routes in total, with 141 weekly flights, which will support 1,700 jobs at Birmingham Airport.

NORWEGIAN is expecting its busiest ever British summer with more than 1.3 million passengers taking advantage of the airline’s unique low-cost flights to America and extensive European city and sun routes.

Norwegian is the only airline offering British passengers direct low-cost flights to America.

FLYBE has started its new peak summer route to Rennes from London City with a service to north-western France that flies six times a week. Flights operate through to September 4.

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