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In brief
Bmibaby strikes
■ Brussels Airlines offers card-free payment
Brussels Airlines and online payment provider
Paysafecard group are offering customers the
ability to pay without giving credit or bank details
‘code-share’ deal
by using a prepaid “cash-ticket” voucher. It was
introduced after the airline found a large number
Chris Gray.
either airline
of shoppers withdrew from purchasing when BMIBABY and and then be
asked to input card details online. Germanwings taken to the
have set up a booking page on
■ EasyJet launches ski website no-frills version the site of the
EasyJet has unveiled a new ski holiday website of code-sharing relevant carrier.
enabling customers to book hotel and apartment by agreeing to They will also
accommodation, transfers, ski equipment sell each other’s be able to book
hire and lift passes online. The new service is flights on their websites. extras such as hotels and car rental on both sites.
provided by Dublin-based
B2Bski.com, which has Flight schedules for both airlines will be A bmibaby spokeswoman said the agreement
signed a three-year contract with easyJet. listed on both their websites, giving flyers was one of the first of its kind and was “not
a wider choice and the ability to book onward dissimilar to code-sharing”.
■ Jet2 offers Manchester-Tel Aviv deal connections. Bmibaby now offers 30 destinations from
Jet2.com is offering passengers a baggage The agreement was announced as German- Cardiff, Manchester, East Midlands and Birming-
allowance of 22kg and fast-track through security wings prepared to start its Manchester-Cologne ham airports. It said the deal will help expand
when they book a Manchester-Tel Aviv flight service on October 25. the options it offers customers.
departing December 3-March 11. The offer covers Bmibaby’s website will offer that new route Germanwings serve more than 66 destina-
the period of Hanukkah celebrations during as well as 35 other routes from Manchester, tions across Europe from its five bases: Cologne
December. Fares start from £99.99 one way Stansted and Edinburgh. Travellers will be able Bonn, Stuttgart, Berlin-Schonefeld, Hamburg
including taxes. Passengers have to enter a to book onward Germanwings flights from its and Dortmund.
promotional code – BAGTLV – when booking. hub at Cologne Bonn. Managing director Thomas Winkelmann said
Germanwings will offer 33 bmibaby routes on it was aiming to increase its presence in the
■ SIA reports 10% drop in passengers its website to 18 destinations. British market, which would be helped by the
Singapore Airlines’ passenger numbers dropped Customers will be able to select a flight from agreement with BMI.
10% in September compared with the same
month last year, to 1.4 million. Passenger load
factor increased four points to 80.9% on the back
of a 12.5% reduction in capacity, which included
axing services to Los Angeles and Vancouver.
■ Swiss claims to be only free ski-carriage airline
Swiss International Air Lines has claimed it is
now the only carrier to allow customers to carry
ski equipment from the UK to the Alps free of
charge. It said Bmibaby, British Airways, easyJet,
Flybe, Jet2, Ryanair and other airlines all had
fees ranging from £17 to £50 each way.
■ Jet Airways moves to Heathrow T4
Indian carrier Jet Airways has moved from
Terminal 3 to Terminal 4 at Heathrow. Its
check-in counter is now located in Zone C.
Business and first-class passengers will have
access to Etihad’s newly opened lounge in T4. COME FLY WITH ME: Las Vegas showgirls joined British Airways crew to celebrate the
launch of the airline’s service from Heathrow to the destination known both as the
ttglive.com
For the very latest flights, airline and
“entertainment capital of the world” and “Sin City”. The daily service starts on Sunday
airport news, go to
ttglive.com/air and will be operated by a three-class Boeing 777. Lead-in fares are from £515.80.
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