A new report has shown that passengers who fly with low-cost carriers could leave a lighter ‘carbon footprint’ than those who travel with full service airlines. Given that most low-cost carriers make use of newer fleets, higher densities of seats and direct competition, budget airlines produce as little as 35 per
In a fresh new advertising bid, VisitBritain has teamed up with Easyjet and British Airways to promote a number of cities across the UK. The advertising campaign will continue from the 2009 effort in which cities including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Newcastle-Gateshead, Glasgow, London, Liverpool, Manchester and Oxford were featured.
Aer Lingus has vowed to rebrand as Ireland’s ‘civilised’ airline in a plan to create a point of different between low-cost rival Ryanair and other high-end airlines such as British Airways. Shares in the trouble-plagued carrier initially went up as Christoph Mueller, the airline’s new CEO, spoke to investors in London
It has emerged that the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet which smashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, killing all on board, was used by low-cost carrier Ryanair until April last year. Ryanair CEO said that the budget airline had sold the jet in April last year which had previously been
The Office of Fair Trading has accused Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair of being puerile and childish over its credit card payment policy. Chief executive of the OFT John Fingleton attacked the company over fees that Ryanair adds when customers use all but one type of credit card to make payments online. He
Europe’s largest low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced that it plans to cut more routes in Ireland and use smaller bases such as Knock and Kerry. Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary said the airline would also be likely to remove further routes from Ireland and Britain over the next few years to favour
Europe’s largest low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced that negotiations with Boeing over the purchase of 200 new aircraft, leaving the company with a massive cash pile that is planned to be distributed to shareholders. The move is not unexpected, as Questor recommended the shares at 2.84 in November, which was viewed
Thousands passengers due to travel aboard Scottish-based low-cost carrier Flyglobespan are rearranging their Christmas travel plans after the airline went bust. A rescue mission is presently underway to assist travellers left stranded overseas after flights were grounded on Wednesday. The airline had operated services from Manchester, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Belfast. Approximately
Europe’s largest low-cost carrier Ryanair has confirmed that sales of its Christmas Gift Vouchers have increased by over 60 per cent. The carrier is on target to sell over 20,000 of the gift vouchers this Christmas, as the airline believes that the surge in gift vouchers is a response to its
Research conducted by Which? Holiday, has revealed that extras on board budget carriers such as checked baggage and paying by credit card could boost the cost of a journey by about 30 per cent. The study compared the cost of four of the UK’s largest no-frills airlines and on flights to
UK low-cost carrier, EasyJet has reported an increase in the number of bookings over the last month by 12 per cent as the airline continues to steam ahead in the turbulent economic conditions. The budget carrier announced passenger traffic had jumped to 3.35 million in the month of November, well up
Ryanair has announced that it is swapping the only type of card which can be used to avoid a charge when booking a flight on the internet with the airline. Mastercard Prepaid cardholders would not be charged the £5 per person administration charge levied on other cardholders from the 1st of
Outspoken CEO of Europe’s largest discount carrier Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, has said that he expects to stand down within the next two or three years, but only when his company has succeeded in taking control of Irish national carrier Aer Lingus. In an interview, Mr O’Leary admitted that having failed twice