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June 26, 2009British Airways' CEO's request to staff to work part-time (or free or take unpaid leave) to help save the airline was granted. Well, by almost 7,000 employees. Their sacrifices are expected to save the airline about £10 million. At the other end of the scale, Virgin, the other big British airline, revealed that it has spent £1.27 billion on an order for ten Airbus A320s. It also launched a new social media site called vtravelled.com. Speaking of social media, Jet2 followed in Pegasus Airlines' vapour trail with an eye-catching competition on Twitter - the Free Flights Friday Competition. For a digest of the week's travel news, read on...
NEW - AND BOOSTED - ROUTES
Wind Jet to fly from London Luton to Forli
The Catania-based airline will start flying from Luton Airport to Forli on Thursday, July 2.
Germanwings to fly Manchester to Cologne-Bonn
The service is being introduced for business flyers, but leisure travellers will be able to benefit from the connection too.
Flybe boosts Edinburgh to Shetland service
The extra service, operated by partner Loganair, brings the number of daily flights to Shetland to three. There's also a new winter flight from Norwich to Geneva.
British Airways amends winter schedule
Gatwick flights to Alicante, Malta, Krakow and Palma will be ditched, but BA will operate extra services to Bermuda, Barbados, St Lucia and Port of Spain.
SAVINGS AND DEALS
Brussels Airlines discounts summer flights by 25%
Book by Sunday to snap up cheap flights to cities including Bologna, Budapest, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Lyon, Prague, Toulouse, Turin, Vienna and Warsaw.
bmibaby swipes up to 40% off the cost of flights
Travel until December 16 to destinations such as Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Faro, Malaga, Palma and Murcia.
Nice flights to Nice from £24.99
EasyJet has released 50,000 flights to Nice at this price.
WE'D THOUGHT WE'D SEEN THE BACK OF THIS
Swiss International Air Lines' discount for young flyers
The new child fare is 33 per cent less than the standard adult fare and is available on all Economy and Business-Class routes departing from the UK and Ireland to Europe (except Switzerland).
TRAVEL TOOL OF THE WEEK
No-frills charges exposed by BA 'value calculator'
This snazzy new tool allows would-be passengers to select preferences such as baggage and optional extras, before comparing surcharges from BA, Ryanair and easyJet.
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