Lufthansa seems to be smitten by the UK or so it seems! The Germany’s flag carrier has come up with a winter schedule and the schedule displays airline’s fascination with the British Isles.
Lufthansa has launched new routes to London Gatwick and Aberdeen. The airline has also increased the frequency of flights to London Heathrow. It seems that the new fourth runway at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has acted as the cupid and has facilitated these new routes!
One of Europe’s largest airlines, Lufthansa is offering a new double daily service from Gatwick and three-times-a-day service from Aberdeen. Travellers moving to and from London will now be inundated with choices as flight options are concerned. And it just might help travellers in landing up with cheap travel tickets on flights!
Gatwick Airport’s commercial director, Guy Stephenson welcomed the airline and hopes that the new flight service will strengthen the bond between financial centres of London and Frankfurt.
Gatwick has over 200 connections around the world and thus offer passengers a large choice of destinations to fly to.
BA to Buy BMI?
Away from the hullabaloo and celebrations of flight launch to Gatwick and Aberdeen, Lufthansa is working hard on deals and negotiations regarding the sale of group’s low-cost airline, BMI. And if rumours are to be given print, then British Airways’ parent company IAG is all set to take in BMI, an airline that is known for offering cheap flight tickets.
BMI has been in the red for quite some time now.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Qantas Strikes: 10,000 Passengers to be Hit
The goings are getting tougher for Qantas Airways!
Australia’s flag carrier is forced to cancel as many as 70 flights as the airline’s ground staff go off work at different airports all over the country.
Flight cancellations are going to impact 10,000 passengers on Friday, as per Qantas Airways. Past few months have been tumultuous for the airline with some 70,000 passengers getting hit with a string of strikes that erupted in the period. Budget travellers who make advance bookings to net cheap flight tickets are the unhappiest lot as Qantas is not exactly known to roll out cheap flight tickets pretty often!
In the past few months, Qantas Airways has been struggling to keep different unions happy. Unions representing aircraft pilots, mechanics, baggage handlers and caterers have cast apprehensions regarding the airline’s plans to move jobs offshore. Better pay and work conditions are some issues raised by the unions. If one takes into account different strikes that have jolted the airline in past few months, then it is estimated that some 70,000 passengers have been affected by the flight delays and cancellations.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has urged the unions to be “more realistic” while putting their demands. He insisted the unions to think of the jobs they're endangering around the country. Alan Joyce also apologised to the travellers who have been impacted by the series of strikes.
Qantas is said to have lost A$68 million so far, with additional loss of A$15 million per week in revenues.
Australia’s flag carrier is forced to cancel as many as 70 flights as the airline’s ground staff go off work at different airports all over the country.
Flight cancellations are going to impact 10,000 passengers on Friday, as per Qantas Airways. Past few months have been tumultuous for the airline with some 70,000 passengers getting hit with a string of strikes that erupted in the period. Budget travellers who make advance bookings to net cheap flight tickets are the unhappiest lot as Qantas is not exactly known to roll out cheap flight tickets pretty often!
In the past few months, Qantas Airways has been struggling to keep different unions happy. Unions representing aircraft pilots, mechanics, baggage handlers and caterers have cast apprehensions regarding the airline’s plans to move jobs offshore. Better pay and work conditions are some issues raised by the unions. If one takes into account different strikes that have jolted the airline in past few months, then it is estimated that some 70,000 passengers have been affected by the flight delays and cancellations.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has urged the unions to be “more realistic” while putting their demands. He insisted the unions to think of the jobs they're endangering around the country. Alan Joyce also apologised to the travellers who have been impacted by the series of strikes.
Qantas is said to have lost A$68 million so far, with additional loss of A$15 million per week in revenues.