Low cost airliners easyJet and Jet2 made public their new plans to increase flights services in Paphos this summer season.
Starting 14 April, easyJet will inaugurate its latest flights servicing Bristol to Paphos with four flights a week, and Edinburgh to Paphos with two flights per week. Currently, easyJet has several flights from Paphos, but they fly to Stansted, Gatwick and Manchester. Meanwhile, Jet2’s Paphos flights will commence by May, with a once per week service from the Cypriot city to Newcastle and East Midlands.
The new summer flights were announced in London by Alecos Orountiotis, Chairman of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation [...]

VisitBritain is the official website for information on travel and tourism in the United Kingdom, offering practical advice and great deals.
The latest offering sees the online specialist team up with both Easyjet and British Airways to provide a range of new promotions for British cities. The new advertising campaign is a continuation from the successful 2009 promotion which showcased the likes of London, Glasgow, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff and Oxford. In keeping with last year’s formula the new campaign will see the VisitBritain site provide a valuable publicity boost for destination cities for the entire year.
The advertising on [...]

It seems that the budget airline, easyJet, has been able to post strong revenue growth despite its schedules being severely disrupted over the past month due to the big winter freeze. The airline, which is based in Luton, cited higher load factors and a hike in non-UK passengers for its double digit revenue growth over the past quarter.
Snow problems have cost the airline an estimated £8 million. However, the airline did say that 90 percent of its scheduled flights took off during the storms. The chief executive of easyJet, Andy Harrison, said that the carrier has continued to deliver a [...]

It seems that airline easyJet will fill the slots at Gatwick Airport, which will be vacated by Aer Lingus later this year. The budge airline is adding three aircrafts to its fleet at Gatwick but has not revealed where they will be flying to.
Aer Lignus, meanwhile, will take two of its Airbus A320’s out of operation and reduce its fleet size to just three at Gatwick. The move will become effective starting at the end of March. The three aircrafts will continue to serve three existing routes to Malaga, Dublin and Knock and a new route to Cork.
Aer Lingus has [...]

Apparently, the chief executive at EasyJet, Andy Harrison, said that he is going to quit the airline in June after four years. After leaving the airline Mr Harrison hopes to seek out new challenges to take part in.
According to reports, Andy Harrison will stay in post for the next six months to give the budget airline time to find a replacement for him. This news came from a statement that was delivered from the board on December 8th.
Recently, Andy Harrison has come under strong fire from the founder and shareholder Sir Stelios Haji Ioannou, who has made no secret of [...]

It now sounds like easyJet feels that a mandatory emissions standard should be made. The company feels that this would help to ensure a 40 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from the next generation of planes. The budget airline said that greener aircraft would be a lot more beneficial to the environment than continuing to tax the industry. This proposal comes just after a pledge was made by airlines in September to cut the industry’s CO2 emissions in half by 2050.
The chief executive of easyJet, Andy Harrison, said that aviation needs a global solution to emissions problems. The government’s first [...]

It seems like, despite the recession, easyJet, has not given up on its plans to expand into Europe. In fact, the carrier has just recently announced 10 new routes for next year. These routes include three from the UK to Cagliari, Malta, and Helsinki.
The 10 new routes will take the total number of routes that are offered by easyJet up to 449. These routes cover 112 airports in 28 different countries. The news also comes just hot on the heels of bmi’s announcement that it would be axing five of its routes early next year.
EasyJet had just recently warned people [...]

It now seems that easyjet has confirmed that it will be withdrawing all copies of its in flight magazine, easyJet Traveler, following its publication of a fashion spread photographed at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. The fashion spread itself was shot in the Fled of Stelae, which is a German memorial in commemoration of the annihilation of Jews during the Second World War.
EasyJet has tried to distance itself from the inconsiderate shoot, claiming that it was not aware of the photo shoot until it appeared in print. The low cost carrier has also said it was now reviewing its contract [...]

EasyJet has now warned other airlines that a tough winter is ahead of them. This announcement came after the airline showed that it had a 65 percent slump in annual pretax profits. The carrier, which is based in Luton, has cited its fall in profits is due to the deep fall in demand from increased unemployment rates. Many people are not traveling right now in order to save money.
Of course, the unemployment rate is not the only thing causing problems for EasyJet. The carrier is also having problems with its very poorly timed fuel hedging. EasyJet is a company which [...]

Virgin Atlantic Airways, Europcar, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Marriott Hotels were the big winners in the European edition of the World Travel Awards held last week in Portugal.
The awards, referred to commonly as the travel and tourism Oscars were staged at the sumptuous Marriot Praia D’El Ray Hotel and saw host the Marriott group take home top gong for Europe’s Leading Hotel Brand along with Lisbon being awarded Best European Travel Destination.
In airline categories Europe’s Leading Airline was won by Lufthansa with Easyjet winning the budget carrier honour while Zurich was named Best Airport. The Kempinski Hotel in Munich was voted [...]