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Servisair allows
kids in lounges
AGENTS will be able to sell family tickets to
Servisair airport lounges after the company
decided to let in children under 12.
Holiday Extras is offering the lounge tickets to
agents at most Servisair lounges.
Carolyn Hammond, national sales trainer at
Holiday Extras, said lounges were often seen as
the domain of business travellers or a treat for
couples.
“This is great news for agents as it now gives
them the opportunity to offer this extra to families
at the point of booking,” she said.
“Agents have often expressed their
disappointment where lounges don’t allow
children, but with this move by Servisair many
more families will have access to lounges and at
a great price.”
Prices start from £14.50 per person and Finnair boosts its
children are charged at the standard rate for
each lounge, except Terminals 1 and 3 at
Heathrow, where infants under 2 are free.
Manchester share
Chris Gray.
the north] would travel via Heathrow if going to
FINNAIR has nearly quadrupled its market share Asia. They have the half an hour flight to London,
at Manchester airport because of passengers’ 45 minutes waiting in the air for a landing slot,
reluctance to transit through Heathrow. then have to change terminals, and face an hour
Executives from the airline visited Manchester in security before they even get on the aircraft.
last week to promote its routes via Helsinki to “We have two departures a day from
the Far East and India, which they said offer Manchester with a quick connection at Helsinki
faster flying times for travellers from northern and a shorter flying time.”
England than travelling via Heathrow. Hienonen also pointed out that Helsinki is
Chief executive Jukka Hienonen (pictured) said positioned on the shortest flight path to Asia,
average flying times from Manchester via but admitted that Finnair was still relatively
Helsinki to Japan, China and Korea were 40-50 unknown in the UK as an option for the continent.
minutes faster than going via The airline was targeting travel
BELLY LAUGHS:
Jet2.com attempted to Heathrow. agents, tour operators and travel
get Newcastle city centre belly dancing Connections for all the destina- management companies to raise
in a stunt to promote its Sharm el Sheikh tions, including Beijing, Shang- awareness first before targeting
route from the city, which starts in hai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and consumers, he added.
October. Tickets for the weekly service, Mumbai, have transfer times of Finnair uses Embraer 190 air-
which launches on October 17, have gone less than 40 minutes. craft that are less than two years
on sale starting at £89.99 one-way. Jet2 Finnair started operating at old on its Manchester-Helsinki
said scores of shoppers and workers Manchester three years ago, and routes and Airbus A330s that are
took part in the mass belly dance, led by Hienonen said its market share at less than four years old for
Newcastle-based teacher Angela Noble. the airport had increased from the long-haul sectors. Hienonen
The best belly dancer prize went to Ryan 2.8% to 10.8% as customers be- claimed that made it one of the
Kimber from North Shields, who won a came aware of the Helsinki option. most fuel-efficient and least en-
seven-night holiday to Sharm el Sheikh. “We are asking why anyone [in vironmentally damaging carriers.
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