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In brief
■ Arik Air adds direct Heathrow-Abuja route
Nigeria’s Arik Air now flies non-stop between
Heathrow and the Nigerian capital Abuja. The
new service operates from Heathrow’s Terminal
4 on five days a week: Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The airline is using
a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the route.
Arik started services from Heathrow to Lagos
in December 2008.
■ Royal Air Maroc adds Casablanca to Gatwick
Royal Air Maroc has launched three weekly
flights from Gatwick to its hub of Casablanca in
Morocco. The flights will initially operate on
Monday, Thursday and Sunday, and the airline
plans to make the service daily from summer
South-west shops
2010. Royal Air Maroc, which already flies from
Heathrow to Casablanca, will use a Boeing
737-800 on the Gatwick route. The move takes
the airline’s direct weekly flights from Heathrow
blitzed by Bristol
and Gatwick to Morocco to 17.
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■ Airlines angry at rising traffic control charges HUNDREDS of agents had a surprise visit from Continental as prizes.
The Association of European Airlines has criticised Bristol airport staff last week as it stepped up The airport is easyJet’s biggest base outside
the latest proposed increases in charges for air efforts to work with the trade. Gatwick, and Ryanair is also expanding there.
navigation services from national air traffic The airport set itself a target of visiting 600 Bristol operates a mix of charter and
management systems around Europe. Iata is agents in the south-west and Wales in a week to scheduled flights, with Air France, KLM and
also against the plans, which will see 19 of the 34 remind them of the benefits of Continental Brussels providing connections to European
European air traffic bodies increase charges in Airlines’ direct service to Newark, which is hubs. Much of the promotional work next year
2010. Iata says this will mean an average 2.7% celebrating its fourth year in service. will push these connections.
increase that will add an estimated $360 million Staff from the airport and airline worked Bristol also plans to develop its facilities by
to airline costs. The UK and Ireland were two of together on the tour, which was led by airport doubling the size of the terminal building and
the 19 countries to propose higher charges. sales executive Shirley Knight (above). improving the security area.
The visits were the first Many passengers now
■ Emirates to fly Dubai-Tokyo from March step in Bristol’s strategy to have to be bussed from the
Emirates is to start flying from Dubai to Tokyo. work more closely with the terminal to aircraft, and a
The five-times-a-week service will start on trade to increase passenger key development will be the
March 28, 2010 and Emirates will operate a numbers at the airport, construction of a walkway.
Boeing 777-300 on the route. Emirates’ existing which will handle six million Other planned develop-
code-share deal with Japan Airlines will be travellers this year and ments include a fast-track
extended to include the Dubai-Tokyo route. is targeting 10 million by system for business and
2019. first-class passengers, and
■ Monarch extends recycling to Manchester Next year it plans to work for economy travellers
Monarch Airlines has extended its onboard with agents and operators WIN who opt to pay a £5 fee.
recycling programme to its Manchester flights as to give customers extra In the long term, the
well as those from Gatwick and Birmingham. All incentives to use the air- New York, New York! airport hopes to add links
aluminium, plastic, glass and paper used during port, such as free parking, TTG readers can win a trip to New to Dubai, Singapore and
its flights are collected for recycling. or a guaranteed space near York from Bristol if they enter our Atlanta, depending on Boeing
the terminal. competition by Tuesday, December 8. delivering its 787 Dreamlin-
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