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Air Transat: training revamp
Etihad increases flight frequency to Abu Dhabi to five a day from June
Etihad Airways will boost services from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi this summer. Five daily flights will operate between June 23 and September 28, up from four a day between May 26 and June 22. Flights will return to four a day from September 29 until October 26. Etihad currently offers a three-times-a-day service on the route.
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Air Transat unveils latest Star Rewards cash giveaway
Air Transat has revealed its latest Star Rewards agent cash giveaway. Te carrier will give agents a £10 shopping voucher for every passenger booked in economy and £20 for every Club booking. Adrian Keating, commercial
director for the UK and Ireland, said: “Tis incentive means agents will also reap the benefits of their clients travelling with the world’s best leisure airline this summer.” Air Transat, which recently
joined the Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers, is hosting a table at Travel Weekly’s Agent Achievement Awards (AAAs)and inviting top-selling agents to join it at the July 11 event in London. To be in with a chance of
atending the AAAs, make Air Transat bookings by June 30 for travel before September 15.
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American starts daily JFK flights to Guyana
American Airlines is offering UK passengers a new way to reach Guyana with a new service to the South American country from New York JFK airport. The airline said the daily service connects with flights arriving at JFK from UK airports including Gatwick and Heathrow.
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Jet2 adds 10,000 seats to boost off-peak Menorca sales
Phil Davies
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are raising capacity to Menorca next year by adding 10,000 seats. Twenty-six flights have been added to the summer
2020 programme to the Balearic island, starting from early April. Te extra services will operate from Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted. Te move will enable Jet2 to serve Menorca during
the Easter holiday period for the first time. Additional flights will start from April 5 next
year until the end of October from Birmingham and Stansted, and until early November from Manchester. During peak periods it will run up to four flights a
week from Birmingham, five from Stansted and six from Manchester. Te airline and operator said the extra services were
in response to demand for package holidays to Menorca outside of the peak summer holiday period.
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These services will be extremely popular with customers who want to visit Menorca earlier in the season
Jet2 pledged to help fill rooms outside of the peak
season by working with hoteliers and the Menorca tourist board to drive occupancy. Chief executive Steve Heapy said: “As well as being a
firm favourite during the peak summer holiday period, Menorca is atracting more and more customers in the shoulder seasons. We know these April services will be extremely popular with customers who want to visit Menorca earlier in the season and for Easter.”
Jet2.com has also introduced two routes from
Glasgow for 2020. Weekly services to Almeria, Spain, will run from May to October, while twice-weekly services to Krakow, Poland, will run from next summer.
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Jet2 meets hoteliers in Menorca
Tui Airways adds flights to Marsa Alam, Puerto Vallarta and Girona
Tui Airways has added weekly Wednesday flights to Marsa Alam, Egypt, from Manchester airport from May 6, 2020. Frequency from Manchester to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, will increase from one to two flights a week. The carrier will also start flights to Girona, Spain, from Doncaster Sheffield airport next year.
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