Volotea announces another new route from Athens to Lille

Volotea, the airline that connects medium-sized cities and European capitals, is warming up for the summer and announces another new international connection from Athens to the city of Lille, in France. This new route will be operated from July 12th with two flights per week on Tuesday and Saturday. The launch of this new route […]

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Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks announces brand new Winter route to Athens

 Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have today announced the launch of winter services to Athens for the first time from two UK bases, demonstrating the companies’ continued commitment to the capital. The addition of Athens as a brand-new destination for Winter 22/23 comes in response to strong demand for flights and city breaks to the capital from […]

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Jet2.com and Jet2holidays ramps up Summer 22 capacity once again to sunshine favourites

With travel restrictions ending and international travel returning to normal, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have responded to customers booking holidays in their numbers by adding more choice to a range of sunshine destinations for Summer 22.  The leading leisure airline and UK’s leading tour operator to many destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands have responded to increased customer confidence and continued demand by putting on new flights to the Canary Islands, Turkey, Mainland Spain and Portugal (Faro). […]

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TUI: Season kick-off in Cyprus, New Boeing 737-8 named “Larnaca”

Just in time for the start of the summer season, Cyprus is getting a new flying ambassador. Larnaca, the most important region of Cyprus for TUI vacationers from all over the world, is the namesake for TUI fly’s new Boeing 737-8. In Cyprus today, the aircraft with flight number X3 4564 was greeted with water […]

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Europe’s regional airport leaders gather as “challenges and complexity” beset a disrupted industry

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Europe’s regional airports and their business partners gather in Palermo, Italy for the 13th Annual ACI EUROPE Regional Airports Conference and Exhibition, hosted by GESAP (Palermo Airport Company). The event provides the opportunity to review trading conditions against the background of a much more controlled but […]

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United Airlines Resumes Seasonal Service Between Athens and New York/Newark

United Airlines has resumed its daily nonstop seasonal service between Athens and New York/Newark. The service is planned to operate until 29 October 2022 and will be joined next month by United’s daily nonstop seasonal service from Athens to Washington D.C., set to start on 7 May 2022. “We are delighted to return to Athens […]

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Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announce massively expanded Greek programme, cementing position as leading UK airline and tour operator to Greece

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is consolidating its position as the UK’s leading airline and tour operator to Greece, by announcing a massive expansion for Summer 22, with over half a million extra seats on sale to Greece compared to Summer 19 – a capacity increase of 86%. As a result of this growth, the leading leisure […]

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ForwardKeys: Russian air traffic through Serbia, Turkey and the UAE surges by over 200%: Russian air traffic through Serbia, Turkey and the UAE surges by over 200%

In response to media enquiries about the profile of travel from Russia in the light of sanctions, Olivier Ponti, VP Insights, ForwardKeys, said: “With many routes to and from Russia effectively closed, owing to the imposition of sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine, we are seeing air travel via Serbia, Turkey and the UAE surge […]

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Airports and Airlines call for all intra-EU COVID Travel Restrictions to be dropped as pandemic hits second anniversary milestone

ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped, including all testing requirements, the need to present proof of vaccination, or complete a Passenger Locator Form (PLF). This includes dropping mask-wearing for travel within or between […]

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WestJet Group to acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines

WestJet and Sunwing announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement under which the WestJet Group of companies will acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. The transaction will bring together two distinctly Canadian travel and tourism success stories to deliver new travel options and greater value for travellers in the rapidly expanding leisure and […]

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