Weekly round-up
January 9, 2009The New Year has provided an interesting start for the aviation industry, with many carriers offering special offers but seemingly few willing to announce new routes.
Those wishing to fly with bmibaby can get up to 50 per cent off, while carriers including British Airways, Monarch and Virgin Atlantic are also offering discounted flights to a number of destinations.
In addition, some new routes have been announced this week, with easyJet announcing a slew of new summer destinations and Ryanair putting on a special route for football fans in June.
Special offers:
50% off all flights from bmibaby
Book by midnight on January 13: bmibaby is offering up to 50 per cent off all of its flights.
BA launches worldwide sale
Book by January 27: British Airways has announced a sale on a huge range of worldwide destinations. Passengers can choose from more than 75 top locations including Miami, Los Angeles, Delhi, Dhaka, Berlin, Hong Kong and Barbados.
http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/2009/01/flyglobespan-launches-january-sale-.html
Flyglobespan launches January sale
A January sale on winter and summer flights has been launched by discount airline Flyglobespan. http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/2009/01/us-flights-on-sale-at-virgin-atlantic.html
US flights on sale at Virgin Atlantic
Book by 10pm on January 27: Virgin Atlantic is offering discounted seats to a variety of destinations in the US. Return economy fares to top locations such as New York start from as low £259 and include all taxes, fees and surcharges.
Cheap bmibaby flights for ice hockey fans
Bmibaby is offering low-price flights for travel to ice hockey matches in the UK. The airline, which sponsors the Elite Ice Hockey League, has one-way flights to location such as Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh from as low as £18.99.
Monarch offers up to £40 off flights
Book by midnight on Tuesday, January 13: Monarch is offering as much as £40 off flights to a host of top destinations.
easyJet cuts prices on 16m seats
Book by midnight, January 13: easyJet has launched its "biggest ever sale", with reduced fares on 16 million seats.
Four-day weekend sale from Flybe
Book by midnight, January 12: Flybe is running a special four-day promotion on flights to UK destinations.
New Routes:
14 new summer routes announced by easyJet
Low-cost carrier easyJet has announced the addition of 14 new routes to its summer 2009 schedule. Nine of the new flights will depart from UK regional airports, while the remainder will take off from European bases such as Paris and Berlin.
Ryanair confirms World Cup special flight
Ryanair has confirmed that it will be operating a special route for one of Ireland's FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
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