Up in the air …

LinksAir has started Cardiff-Norwich flights. www.linksair.co.uk

Thomson Airways passengers flying long-haul Premium Club on the Thomson Dreamliner from Stansted in summer 2016 will have access to a lounge at the airport, fast track security, and priority boarding. Flights will run to Cancun in Mexico and Orlando. www,flights.thomson.co.uk

Flybe has launched its summer 2015 schedule with almost 300 flights a week from Southampton. www.flybe.com

Canadian carrier WestJet is to start – from May 30 – a non-stop daily summer transatlantic service from Glasgow to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The aircraft continues onto Toronto following a brief stopover to clear customs. The flight time between Glasgow and Halifax is 6 hours, 15 minutes and fares start at £198. The route is the airline’s second transatlantic service following the introduction of flights from Dublin to St John’s, Newfoundland, last year. www.westjet.com

Thomson and First Choice are to increase capacity at Leeds Bradford Airport through the introduction of additional seats and new routes to Paphos, Cyprus and Menorca. www.Thomson.co.uk

Qatar Airways has been named the World’s Most Dependable Airline in a study of all major carriers published by CBS MoneyWatch and conducted by travel site, WanderBat. The airline topped the list of 22 international airlines based on on-time percentages, baggage costs, and average age of airline fleet. The study also highlighted the airline’s five-star service and amenities, including Giorgio Armani kits with fragrances, earplugs, eye masks, socks, and lotions for business and first class passengers. www.QatarAirways.com

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Thomson, First Choice increase regional options

MORE regional flying in 2016 is to be introduced by Thomson and First Choice, including a new route to Aruba from Manchester. Additional 10- and 11-night durations to Chania, Crete, are also being made available from Manchester.

Catania in Italy, Hurghada in Egypt, and Sal in Cape Verde are being introduced as new routes from Bristol Airport, together with 10- and 11-night durations to Rhodes.

The move is part of a strategy to ensure customers across the UK can fly from their local airport.

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New Bristol flights for winter 2015/16

NEW routes to Sal in Cape Verde, Hurghada in Egypt, and Paphos in Cyprus are to be introduced by Thomson and First Choice from Bristol airport for winter 2015-16.

The Thomson Airways flights to Paphos will capitalize on the popularity of Cyprus and feed Thomson’s cruise-and-stay programme in the region, which includes calls to Ashdod in Israel and Athens.

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Thomson plans family-friendly flights

THOMSON AIRWAYS is to use its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners and a fresh order of B737 MAXs to bring what it describes as a more “family-focused flying experience”.

Family booths with seating around a table for four to six people will be placed at the back of the new B737 MAX aircraft, while an onboard kids club be introduced to keep children entertained on flights.

Couples will have the option to sit in pod-style seats that have a table for champagne, in-seat charging and mood lighting.

Destination information and inspiration will also form part of the in-flight entertainment, which will also have a bedtime story channel and content for teenagers.

The B737 MAX aircraft will be used on short and medium-haul services. A beach snack bar will be in the premium cabin

TUI UK & Ireland’s managing director David Burling said the changes would help people to see the airline as a scheduled carrier and a ‘holiday airline’.

Go Holiday editor David Kernek comments: This will be great for parents going on holiday with – often ill-disciplined – children, and all part of the trend to turn airports and planes into kid’s playgrounds. But isn’t there a gap in market for an airline with a grown-ups only policy?

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