Jun 01 Hands down, one of the most interesting airlines in Europe right now is Iceland Express, the Icelandic budget airline with brand new Reykjavik-Newark and Reykjavik-Winnipeg routes launching this week. While Newark is an obvious expansion target, Winnipeg, Canada’s seventh biggest city, located midway across the continent, may not be, not at least until one considers » Read more
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Air Baltic: Routes to the Caucasus and beyond
May 25 Following up on hidden europe’s great post on budget air routes to the Baltic and the Balkans of two weeks ago, I thought I’d take a look at a very exciting aspect of the Air Baltic route map, namely, its inclusion of a range of former Soviet capital cities. Caucasus and Central Asian destinations For » Read more
Air France Sale: R/T Paris to London €80 this summer
May 13 May 13, 2010 — Air France recently announced a special €80 fare for roundtrip flights between Paris and London for summer 2010 travel. Best of all, it’s on the airlines new double-deck Airbus A380 jumbo-jet. Always skeptical of airline sales, we just tested it out, with a Paris to London flight June 28, 2010, returning » Read more
May Travel Update: Budget airlines adding Baltic and Balkan routes
May 12 This month has seen quite a bit of low cost carrier activity, as airlines from Air Baltic to Ryanair and easyJet added routes eastward to the Baltics and down to the Balkans. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the most interesting additions. Air Baltic Recent weeks have seen Air Baltic aggressively expanding its network, » Read more
Flights: Six essential features of good airports
May 11 This week, let’s set our sights on six key features that define a good, contemporary airport, whether in Europe or elsewhere. Here the focus is on those areas of the airport open to all passengers, not just the frequent-flier set. What makes a business-class lounge good is a matter for another investigation. 1. Public transportation » Read more
Allegiant Airlines: Is there a market for a European Allegiant?
May 04 Allegiant Airlines is one of North American aviation’s most underreported success stories. The airline flies to a select number of popular vacation hubs from several relatively remote and seriously underserved destinations across the United States. Allegiant’s model is genius. It is the only vacation destination player at most of its traffic-starved airports. For residents » Read more
Flight Memo: Chisinau International Airport
Apr 27 When I left you last week, it looked as if I would make it out of Europe’s volcanic ash cloud nightmare more or less unscathed. Last Tuesday, my flight from Chisinau, Moldova to Istanbul was scheduled to take off as planned, while my mother’s flight to Milan was canceled outright. My flight ended up leaving, as » Read more
The Sky is the Limit: Rethinking travel in Europe, post-volcano
Apr 21 Note: The authors hoped to be in the Faroe Islands this week. That Icelandic volcano had other ideas. They reflect from Berlin on an interesting week in European travel. Air travel in Europe has taken a hard knock these past days. Media reports of all Europe being utterly paralyzed have a dash of hyperbole. Less than one » Read more
Flight Memo: Volcanic ash across Europe
Apr 20 At first, the very idea that a plume of volcanic ash could force the closure of airspace seemed ludicrous. Until a few days ago, clearly, I knew nothing about the power of volcanic ash. Volcanoes of the world, hear this: I and millions of others stand corrected, now and forever. Never again will we doubt » Read more
Airline Memo: A maiden journey on Turkish Airlines
Apr 13 Airlines—especially flagship carriers—have the awesome opportunity to create compelling brands that connect, in ways both obvious and creative, with their home cultures. Turkish Airlines, which I just had the pleasure of flying for the very first time, does a very good job of connecting its service as an airline to the brand of Turkey. Last » Read more
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