Sun Princess to visit Southampton in 2024


Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess will sail an ex-Southampton itinerary on September 23, 2024, during its maiden European season. The first liquefied natural gas- powered ship in the Princess fleet launches in February 2024. The ship’s first three departures are on sale, with the rest of the programme released next week. princess.com


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Youth operator Syte adds LGBTQ+ wedding packages in Las Vegas


Youth operator Syte is to offer LGBTQ+ wedding packages. Packages will initially be


offered at four chapels in Las Vegas and can be tailor-made with additions such as honeymoons. Director Arron Mitchell


decided to offer wedding packages after he struggled to find a country that would host his recent marriage to co-director Matt Chamberlain. “There is a gap in the market,”


he said. “There were few countries we could get married in, but Vegas was super-easy to organise.” Wedding packages range from


a basic ‘sign and go’ ceremony and pictures to a fully hosted garden wedding for up to 300 people. sytetravel.co.uk


Ryanair to operate record 68 winter routes from Scotland


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Ryanair has added four routes as part of its biggest-ever winter schedule from Scotland. The budget carrier is introducing services from


Edinburgh to Stansted; Grenoble, in France; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Verona, Italy. The Stansted flights will operate on Saturdays


and Sundays, while the Santiago services will depart on Thursdays and Sundays. The weekly services to Grenoble and Verona will be on Saturdays. In total, Ryanair will base 12 aircraft in Scotland


this winter, offering more than two million seats across 68 routes. The airline will operate more than 500 departures a week, connecting Scotland with more than 20 countries across Europe. Dara Brady, Ryanair’s director of marketing and digital, said: “We are pleased to support the recovery of


Luxair to fly London City-Antwerp


route four times a week from January Luxair will introduce a four-times-a-week service from London City airport to Belgium’s second-largest city, Antwerp, on January 16. Return fares will start at £139. The frequency will rise to five flights a week from March 29. The route was served by Belgian carrier VLM Airlines until its collapse in 2016. It was taken over by Air Antwerp, which ceased operations in summer 2021. luxair.lu


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the local economy and the Scottish tourism industry, supporting over 1,900 jobs annually. “However, the UK government must scrap the APD


tax in full and incentivise airlines such as Ryanair to grow in the UK and stimulate real recovery.” Ryanair said its winter schedule represented an


investment of $1.2 billion and supported more than 1,900 jobs, including more than 350 direct jobs. The no-frills carrier has also launched its winter


2022-23 schedule from Bournemouth airport. The addition of routes to Lanzarote and Venice


will bring the airline’s roster from the Dorset airport to almost 40 weekly flights to 10 destinations. Ryanair will base one aircraft at Bournemouth. The airline said the schedule represented an


investment of more than $100 million and directly supported more than 30 local jobs. ryanair.com


BA increases summer frequency to Cayman Islands from Heathrow


British Airways is adding a fifth weekly flight from Heathrow to the Cayman Islands for summer 2023. The additional service, which will operate via Nassau in the Bahamas, will run from March 26 until the end of October. Return fares will start at £727. The move follows the Cayman Islands’ removal of Covid-related travel requirements in August. britishairways.com


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Stansted is a new Ryanair route from Edinburgh


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