Heels on the runway


Happy New Year, all! We are thrilled to announce that Liverpool John Lennon Airport topped the five-million passenger mark during 2018. This represents 20% growth in four years in a highly competitive market. With an increasing focus to serve the wider northwest market, LPL provides operational excellence and access to the largest UK aviation market outside London. We couldn’t have done this without continued support of the trade. Thank you. In other news, Wizz Air has announced another new


RECORD: Celebrating a record breaking year


route, to the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Varna. Flights will start on July 1, operating to Varna three times a week with departures on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This latest new service will be the airline’s eighth route from Liverpool, complementing its existing routes to Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj and Iasi. In October, Ryanair launched its summer 2019 schedule from Liverpool with three new


ROUTE: Wizz starts flying to Varna, Bulgaria, this summer


routes, to Copenhagen, Corfu and Paphos, while easyJet confirmed its summer 2019 schedule the month before. Nearer to home, we’ll be heading to Preston next month to host ‘Here comes the Snow’, our latest supplier event for agents. We’ll have a selection of our amazing tour operators in attendance, plus a buffet to enjoy! If you would like to attend the event – at the Tickled Trout hotel on February 21 at 6pm – please drop me an email, at amorgan@liverpoolairport.com And do please sign up to


receive our trade newsletter, at visitingliverpoolairport.com/trade Bye for now.


SNOW: Preston event


Corsican Places bo additional flights fro


Samantha Mayling


samantha.mayling@ travelweekly.co.uk


Corsican Places has added flihts this year, ivin the specialist operator its ost flexible rane of holidays to the rench island of orsica.


The extra departures, to Bastia,


Calvi, Ajaccio and Figari, mean the operator can offer short breaks of three or four nights, holidays of 10 or 11 nights and multi-centre options – as well as traditional seven and 14-night durations. Flights to all four of Corsica’s airports are offered from Stansted, along ith regional flying from Manchester, Southampton and Birmingham. There are eight new services,


thanks to a partnership with Air Corsica, and new Saturday departures to Calvi, as well as the


Premier Holidays’ peaks deals include up to £1,180 discount


Premier Holidays is offering up to £1,180 off per couple to several long-haul destinations in its biggest turn-of-year campaign. Discounts are available on


Ashley Louise Morgan, trade relations executive, Liverpool John Lennon Airport trade@liverpoolairport.com t@ashmorgo f Liverpool Airport Trade


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Singapore, Borneo, South Africa and Thailand packages booked in January and February, for departures between April and November. There is also a low deposit of £50 per person for bookings made before January 31. Premier is also offering free incentives to encourage bookings, such as a half-day city tour of Singapore,


PEAKS: Premier’s Karen Milward (left) and Carly Charteris launch the long-haul peaks campaign


room upgrades and meals for two. Agents can earn up to £150


for every booking to these destinations and will be entered into two weekly prize draws. Prices include a 10-night


Singapore and Penang holiday


from £1,199. premierholidays.co.uk


NEW FLIGHT: Air Corsica offers a service to Calvi on Saturdays


operators on charter flights. Corsican Places claims to be the


UK’s largest provider of holidays and flights to the rench island. s ell as the etra flights, the


2019 brochure features new villas and hotels, plus a longer season,


PICTURE: SHUTTERSTOCK


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