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Birmingham and Stansted gain Primera links to Spain
Primera Air has unveiled new routes to Malaga, Alicante and Palma from Birmingham and Stansted. Daily flights from Birmingham to Malaga and Alicante will start on April 23 and from Stansted to Malaga and Palma on May 14. Fares start at £35 one-way.
primeraair.com
East Midlands recruits Briody as trade manager
East Midlands airport has appointed Rachel Briody as travel trade manager. Briody will visit agents in the Midlands throughout 2018. To contact Briody, email
rachel.briody@
eastmidlandsairport.com
Blue Air to start Liverpool route to Palma next June
Blue Air will launch a twice-weekly service to Palma, Majorca, from Liverpool John Lennon airport on June 2. The Wednesday and Saturday flights will operate until September.
blueairweb.com
Level to fly transatlantic routes from Paris Orly
Level, the new low-cost long-haul arm of BA parent International Airlines Group, will start flying from Paris next summer. Flights from €99 one- way will operate from Paris Orly to New York (Newark), Montreal, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
flylevel.com
Royal Brunei Airlines adds hotels and tours to website
Royal Brunei Airlines has launched an online dynamic packaging service to allow agents to book flights, hotels, transfers and tours. The system, part of the airline’s website, aims to encourage stopovers in destinations such as Brunei, elsewhere in Borneo, and Dubai.
flyroyalbrunei.com
BA expands leisure routes from UK regional airports
Ben Ireland
ben.ireland@
travelweekly.co.uk
British Airways is to increase flights on summer routes from Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol next year.
The carrier will add extra
weekend flights from May 2018 from Manchester to Malaga, Ibiza and Palma, while Mykonos flights will operate on Saturdays instead of Fridays. It will also add extra weekend
flights from Birmingham to Palma and from Bristol to Malaga. BA this year revived flights from Birmingham and Bristol after a gap of 10 years. Luke Hayhoe, British Airways’
general manager for customer and commercial, said: “Following the successful launch of our regional flying this year, we are delighted to resume flights from these three UK airports next summer. “We have looked at what our
customers want and have altered our schedule to provide improved
BA to fly twice-weekly to Kefalonia from Heathrow next year
British Airways will start flying to the Greek island of Kefalonia for the first time from Heathrow next summer. Flights will run twice-weekly
on Tuesdays and Saturdays between May 15 and October 6. Return fares start at £118 and
£398 for business class. The frequencies of flights
to European destinations including Ibiza, Santorini and
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KEFALONIA: BA’s Heathrow fares to the Greek island start at £118
Split are also being increased. BA chairman and chief
executive Alex Cruz said: “We’re BA: Carrier is expanding Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol services
departure times and extra flights and capacity on the most popular routes.” One-way fares to Palma start
at £46 from Manchester and Birmingham and £50 from Bristol. All flights operate on Embraer
190 jet aircraft, with two-abreast seating so every customer has either an aisle or window seat.
Meanwhile, the airline’s
new winter-only services from Manchester to Salzburg and Chambery begin on December 15. British Airways also operates up
to 10 return flights a day between Manchester and Heathrow and a weekly service to London City as
part of its regional service.
ba.com
always developing our leisure offering from Heathrow so are incredibly pleased to be adding Kefalonia to our network. “The launch of our new summer routes, which also include Figari in Corsica and Almeria, mean we will be flying 39 more routes in 2018 than in 2016 – an increase of 17%. “Next summer, Ibiza will go
from four per week to a daily service, Mykonos will be served six times a week from four, while an additional weekly flight will be added to BA’s schedules to Olbia and Split.”
ba.com
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