Finnair has introduced a new fare structure with five ticket types. The new tickets all include a piece of carry-on luggage, one piece of checked baggage and a meal or beverage, with others including various included extras including added luggage, flexible rebooking or priority airport services. BUSINESS and BUSINESS SAVER are ...

UK & Europe, November 14, 2012

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced a major restructuring plan which its CEO described as the carrier's "final call". In a statement released today, Copenhagen-based SAS announced a series of measures designed to save SEK3 billion (GBP279m) per year and make SAS "less dependent on external lenders". "This truly is our 'final call' ...

UK & Europe, November 12, 2012

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced a major restructuring plan which its CEO described as the carrier's "final call". In a statement released today, Copenhagen-based SAS announced a series of measures designed to save SEK3 billion (US$444m) per year and make SAS "less dependent on external lenders". "This truly is our 'final call' ...

UK & Europe, November 12, 2012

CityJet has announced it will launch two new routes in Germany and restructured fares as part of its winter schedule launch.  The airline, which flies from London City Airport, will launch daily flights to Munster-Osnabruck on 29 October followed by twice daily services to Nuremburg from 27 January 2013. “The Munster-Osnabruck service ...

UK & Europe, October 24, 2012

Lufthansa has announced plans to merge two of its domestic and regional subsidiaries; Germanwings and Lufthansa Direct Services. Lufthansa Direct Services, which operates all of Lufthansa’s domestic and European flights outside Frankfurt and Munich, will be merged Cologne-based low-cost carrier Germanwings from 1 January 2013. The new company, which will be ...

UK & Europe, September 20, 2012

LOT Polish Airlines revealed that Beijing will be one of the first cities to be served using its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Warsaw-based carrier will start receiving its Dreamliners later this year, and has now revealed that the first aircraft will go into service on the Warsaw-Chicago route from 16 ...

UK & Europe, September 19, 2012

Lapland has launched a new augmented reality app to showcase the sights of Northern Lights and Lapland.  The smartphone app is named ‘Laplication’ and changes views when the phone is turned sideways. It also includes tools to add Northern Lights, Midnight Sun or other backgrounds to photographs, or objects such as reindeer ...

UK & Europe, September 14, 2012

Prices for accommodation, meals and attractions in Iceland could be given a price hike as the government announced an 18.5% VAT increase.  The proposal from the Icelandic government would boost VAT from 7% to 25.5% from 1 May 2013 and will bring around problems for tour operators featuring the destination for ...

UK & Europe, September 9, 2012