Selective Travel Management

Arik Air drops London-Abuja route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Nigerian carrier Arik Air will stop serving its London-Abuja route from the end of October, leaving just British Airways offer non-stop flights between the two cities.

Cyprus Airways drops Manchester-Larnaca route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Cyprus Airways will stop serving Manchester from November 1.

Blue 1 to drop Heathrow-Helsinki route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
SAS subsidiary Blue 1 will drop its twice-daily flights between London Heathrow and Helsinki from October 29.

IndiGo starts Muscat and Singapore services

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Low-cost Indian carrier IndiGo starts four-a-week services from Mumbai to Muscat today, as well as daily services to Singapore.

Spanish court rules Ryanair’s boarding card reissue fee legal

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Ryanair welcomed the decision in the Barcelona Appeal Court, which ruled that Ryanair’s boarding card reissue penalty is lawful and complies with Spanish and EU law.

Flybe reinstates Jyväskylä - Helsinki route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Finland’s newest airline, Flybe, is stepping in to continue flying the key service between Jyväskylä and Helsinki.

Emirates to suspend Houston flight in favour of new Dallas route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Emirates will suspend one of its two daily flights to Houston from February, to enable it to launch a new US route to Dallas.

Adria Airways to drop Gatwick route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Loss-making Star Alliance member Adria Airways will cut routes from Ljubljana to London Gatwick from the end of October, as well as ceasing flights to Paris, Toulon and Warsaw.

Asiana Airlines offers daily service from Heathrow to Seoul

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Asiana Airlines is increasing its scheduled departures from London Heathrow Terminal 1 to Seoul. From 30 October 2011, Asiana will offer daily nonstop service between London Heathrow and Seoul Incheon airport.

Flybe drops Belfast-Liverpool route

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Regional carrier Flybe will cease flights between Belfast City and Liverpool from November 6, and will also cut its Belfast-Doncaster Sheffield route from the end of October.

Emirates to launch daily service to Dublin

_{Mon 17 Oct 2011}
Emirates announced that it will begin daily flights from Dublin in January 2012, marking its first route to the Republic of Ireland.

Etihad Airways launches Tripoli flights

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Etihad Airways is planning to launch flights to Tripoli. The Libyan capital will become the fifth North African destination for the carrier.

Korean Air steps up Gatwick-Seoul services

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
With effect from the 29th of April 2012 Korean Air will expand services from the UK to Korea with an extra three flights a week.

Air Malta seeks Libya return

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Air Malta is making arrangements to send a technical delegation next week to Tripoli and Benghazi to assess the situation at these airports.

Etihad Airways signs codeshare with TAP

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Etihad Airways has signed a new code-share agreement with TAP Portugal.

Porter Airline expands US network

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Porter Airlines is launching seasonal service to Burlington, Vermont, this winter, expanding its U.S. network .

Caribbean Airlines adds North America flights

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Caribbean Airlines has confirmed it will increase capacity to North America.

Vienna Airport set for self-boarding gates

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Passengers flying with any airline from Vienna International Airport are set to use the first common-use self-boarding gates go into operation anywhere in the world.

BA Executive Club launches Bronze tier

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
BA’s Executive Club has launched a new Bronze tier level, sitting between its existing Blue and Silver tiers. Members will qualify after earning 300 tier points or taking 25 flights, half the requirements for Silver membership.

SAS to switch Bergen flights from London to Manchester

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
SAS will cease flying between London Gatwick and Bergen next month, but will add a new route from Manchester to the Norwegian city from January.

Lufthansa to launch Dusseldorf-Tokyo route

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
The carrier will fly six-times weekly between Dusseldorf and Tokyo Narita from June 2012, adding to existing flights from Frankfurt and Munich to the Japanese capital.

Aer Arann cuts UK routes to Galway

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Irish carrier Aer Arann will cease all flights from Galway at the end of October, including routes to London Southend, London Luton, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Ryanair to launch Bournemouth-Wroclaw route

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to add six new routes from Wroclaw in Poland from March next year, when it sets up a new base at the airport.

Air Berlin to launch Berlin-LA route

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Air Berlin will become the only airline to offer nonstop flights between Berlin and Los Angeles when it commences a three times-weekly service in May 2012

Qatar Airways launches new flight to Uganda

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Qatar Airways’ is preparing for its first flight to Uganda, which takes off for the firs time on November 2nd.

Vueling launches Duo seat for business travellers

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling has launched a new Duo product for business travellers, with the middle seat kept free, reserved space for hand luggage, and complimentary drinks and snacks.

Lufthansa to axe Heathrow-Dresden

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Saxony will no longer enjoy a direct link with London when Lufthansa withdraws its service from the start of next summer’s schedule.

Monarch launches Barcelona flights

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
Scheduled leisure airline Monarch is launching its new flight to Barcelona linking London with one of the UK’s most popular short break destinations.

easyJet launches Greece service

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
easyJet will operate a new route to Heraklion in Crete for the first time from Luton Airport.

BA to add Gatwick-Nice route

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
British Airways is to reinstate flights between Gatwick and Nice next year, with a three times-daily service competing with Easyjet on the route.

Apply for your new passport now, says Home Office

_{Mon 24 Oct 2011}
The Identity and Passport Service is advising travellers to apply for their new passport over the next few weeks to avoid the “New Year rush”.

Aer Lingus adds extra Dublin flights

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Aer Lingus has announced that it is to run extra flights to and from Dublin to London Gatwick airport.

BA launches new route to Nice.

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
British Airways have announced a new route to Nice, in the south of France from Gatwick. Flights will be available from March 2012, three times a day.

JAL adds Santiago to its network

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Japan Airlines (JAL) has entered into a codeshare agreement with LAN Airlines to offer passengers easy access to Santiago, Chile, from Tokyo, via Los Angeles or New York.

Thai airport closed as flood waters rise

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Flood waters in the Thai capital of Bangkok have breached barriers at Don Muang Airport forcing it to close.

Singapore Airlines signs codeshare with Ethiopian Airlines

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
From November 1st 2011, Singapore Airlines’ customers will have the option of flying to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, through a codeshare agreement with future Star Alliance partner Ethiopian Airlines.

Air Arabia takes off to Russia

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Air Arabia, the low-cost pioneer in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that it has launched direct service to Russia, offering offering breaking launch deals on return flights to Moscow

Qatar Airways launches new flights to Benghazi

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Qatar Airways has announced plans to launch scheduled flights to Libya’s second largest city of Benghazi on November 1st.

Royal Jordanian to move to Terminal 8 at JFK

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Royal Jordanian announced that it will move its operations from Terminal 4 to Terminal 8 at John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), beginning November 29.

Easyjet to increase Gibraltar flights

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Easyjet will serve the British Overseas territory of Gibraltar with an extra four flights per week from next summer.

Thomas Cook crew vote for industrial action

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Thomas Cook cabin crew have voted in favour of industrial action, in a consultative ballot over the company’s plans to cut 498 jobs.

Air Asia X completes switch from Stansted to Gatwick

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Malaysian low-cost carrier Air Asia X has completed its switch from London Stansted to Gatwick airport ahead of its scheduled increase to six times weekly services between London and Kuala Lumpur from December 14

Air France to retreat from Bangkok

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
From summer 2012 Air France will more than halve the number of flights it operates to the Thai capital. At the same time it will cut the number of business class seats it places on the market from 35 a day to 42 a week.

Porter Airlines responds to demand with fourth daily Toronto-Sudbury flight

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Porter Airlines is increasing service in the Big Nickel with the addition of a fourth daily roundtrip flight between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Sudbury, beginning Jan. 16.

FCO advises against “all but essential travel” to Bangkok

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is advising against non-essential travel to Bangkok and 26 provinces in Thailand affected by recent flooding.

Cabin crew strikes force Air France to cancel flights

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Air France has seen approximately 15 per cent of its planned departures cancelled today as a strike by cabin crew continues to cause disruption.

Qantas to resume all operations following Fair Work Australia decision

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Fair Work Australia has ordered an end to the industrial dispute between unions and Qantas Airways which will see domestic and international flights return to the skies today.

Nok Air announces special flights during the flood crisis

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Nok Air announces that it will be operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) during the current flood crisis in Bangkok, while Don Mueang Airport (DMK) is closed from 25 October 2011.

Radisson Blu opens East Midlands airport property

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened its latest UK propery, a 218-room Radisson Blu hotel located close to East Midlands airport.

Vueling to launch Cardiff-Barcelona route

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling is to fly three-times weekly between Cardiff and Barcelona from next March.

Alitalia resumes flights between Italy and Libya

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
After an 8-month suspension, Alitalia resumed its flights between Italy and Libya with flight AZ 868, which left the Rome Fiumicino airport yesterday at 11.05 a.m. and landed in Tripoli at 2.00 p.m. local time with 100 passengers on board.

Turkish Airlines begins service to its 6th Iraqi destination, Mosul

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
The airline will fly four times weekly from its Istanbul hub, Ataturk Airport, departing on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday and operating according to the attached schedule.

Etihad commences services to Seychelles

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Etihad Airways has announced it will commence operations to Mahé in the Republic of Seychelles

Turkish Airlines launches flights to London’s Gatwick Airport

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
With the introduction of this timetable, Turkish Airlines will launch its first scheduled flights from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport to London’s Gatwick Airport, its third airport in the London area.

Royal Jordanian adds Lagos and Nairobi to route network starting December

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Royal Jordanian will reach two new destinations, to Lagos and Nairobi, in December.

Qatar Airways announces new route of Isfahan, Iran

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Qatar Airways today announced huge capacity increases across its network in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the launch of daily scheduled flights to a fourth city – the central Iranian city of Isfahan.

Virgin to launch Vancouver route

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Virgin Atlantic will commence flights from London Heathrow to Vancouver in May 2012.

Air France to fly A380 to Dubai

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Air France will join Emirates in offering a daily A380 service between Paris and Dubai from next month.

Helvetic launches Bristol-Zurich route

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Helvetic Airways is to launch a new route between Bristol and Zurich next month, adding to existing flights from Cardiff to the Swiss financial hub.

Jet2 to launch Leeds Bradford-Berlin route

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
Low-cost carrier Jet2 is to launch the only direct scheduled service between Leeds Bradford airport and Berlin next summer.

KLM launches flights to four new Latin American destinations

_{Mon 7 Nov 2011}
KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines, part of the Air France-KLM group, has launched services to four new Latin American destinations – Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana and Punta Cana – alongside a codeshare deal with Aerolineas Argentinas reflecting the group’s growth strategy in the region.

Virgin Atlantic to offer flight status updates via Twitter

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Tech-savvy travellers can now check flight statuses via Twitter with the new “tweet bot” service launched by Virgin Atlantic.

Bmibaby launches new routes for 2012

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Bmibaby is launching two new routes to Catania, Sicily and to Mahon, Majorca in time for Summer 2012

Lufthansa likely to axe Guangzhou

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Star Alliance fans wishing to patronise Lufthansa for their trips between Europe and Guangzhou in southern China may have to opt for an alternative next year.

Kingfisher cuts 40 daily flights

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Kingfisher Airlines has cut 40 of its most unprofitable daily services as it seeks to stem rising costs and declining yields.

American Airlines and Qantas receive green light for JBA

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
American Airlines (AA) and Qantas Airways have received approval from the US Department of Transportation for a Joint Business Agreement (JBA), which will extend the partnership between the two carriers.

KLM to adopt fully flat beds in business class

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Dutch airline KLM is poised to join the flat bed club. Starting in May 2013 it will begin installing proper flat bed seats across its long-haul fleet which will replace the current angled lie-flat versions.

American Airlines increases service to Venezuela

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
American Airlines, a member of the oneworld® alliance, today announced it is expanding its Venezuela service by increasing the number of weekly flights between New York and Caracas.

Emirates to add third daily A380 London service

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
From January Dubai-based carrier Emirates will operate three of its five daily flights to London with the A380 superjumbo.

Easyjet to trial allocated seating

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Easyjet has become the latest low-cost carrier to announce a trial of allocated seating, to take place on selected routes from this coming spring.

Thailand travel restrictions lifted

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Travel restrictions to Thailand have been relaxed as record flooding which killed more than 530 people recede.

Air China to launch service to Copenhagen

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Air China opens a non-stop service between Copenhagen and Beijing. SAS already flies to Beijing and will resume non-stop flights to Shanghai in March 2012.

Lufthansa offers No.1 Traveller lounge access at Gatwick

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Lufthansa’s business class passengers and premium loyalty scheme members can now use the No.1 Traveller lounge at Gatwick’s South Terminal for the carrier’s new service to Frankfurt.

Qatar Airways launching seven new routes

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
Qatar Airways will start services to Perth, Helsinki, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Kigali, Mombasa and Gassim next year.

St. Maarten gets JetBlue direct service from Puerto Rico

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
St. Maarten becomes more accessible for travelers with the launch of JetBlue Airways daily direct service from San Juan, Puerto Rico Luis Munoz Marin Airport (SJU) to Princess Juliana Airport (SXM) in St. Maarten beginning Nov. 17, 2011.

United Continental launches Houston-Lagos route

_{Mon 21 Nov 2011}
United Continental Holdings has launched the first scheduled nonstop flights between Texas and Africa, with a daily service from Houston to Lagos.

Hawaiian to fly to the Big Apple

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Hawaii’s flag carrier will be launching daily nonstop service between New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Honolulu starting June 4, 2012.

JetBlue launches only nonstop service from New York to La Romana

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
JetBlue Airways, today is pleased to announce the start of twice-weekly service to La Romana, its fifth destination in the Dominican Republic and its 67th BlueCity

Jet Airways links Kolkata with Dimapur

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today linked Kolkata with Dimapur, the largest city in Nagaland. The airline will link this 13th destination in the North East with an ATR-72 service six days a week.

Turkish Airlines to launch Gatwick flights

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
London Gatwick is set to gain a new link with Istanbul in December, with the launch of Turkish Airlines’ daily service.

Continental's first Economy Plus aircraft goes into service

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Continental Airlines’ first aircraft configured with United Airlines’ Economy Plus seats in the economy cabin will enter service on November 19, 2011.

Xiamen Airlines to join SkyTeam

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Xiamen Airlines has officially been accepted to the SkyTeam alliance, with full entry slated for the end of 2012.

EU airports banned from using X-ray body scanners

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
European legislation has banned the use of x-ray body scanners at airports while further trials are carried out to determine their safety, although Manchester will be allowed to continue its trial of the technology for the time being.

Fog forces flight delays across the UK

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Airline passengers have been warned of severe disruption today after more than 100 flights were cancelled due to dense fog at Heathrow and London City airport.

Egypt travel warning after violent clashes

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
UK government travel advice to Egypt has been amended following violent clashes between police and protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Thomson flights disrupted by Paphos strike

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Thomson Airways flights to and from the UK have faced disruption following an unplanned strike by baggage handlers in Cyprus.

Air Seychelles to drop UK route

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Flights from London are reportedly being dropped by Air Seychelles in January as part of a restructuring which saw the airline recruit its fourth chief executive in as many years last month.

Jordan Aviation placed on Europe blacklist

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
The European Commission has released its 18th update of airlines banned from flying in the European Union.

Air China trials in-flight wifi access

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Air China has launched a test pilot scheme of inflight wifi internet access on its Boeing 737-800, used on a domestic flight between Beijing and Chengdu, becoming the first Chinese carrier to offer such service.

KLM to launch Lusaka service

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Dutch carrier KLM will fly three times-weekly to the Zambian capital from May 15 next year, using A330-200 aircraft.

Lufthansa to launch Shenyang / Qingdao route

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Lufthansa will resume flights from Frankfurt to the Chinese city of Shenyang next March, with the route also continuing on to Qingdao.

Ryanair extends reserved seating to all routes

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Budget carrier Ryanair will allow customers on all routes to purchase reserved seating from January 10 following a successful six-month trial.

Emirates goes daily to Khartoum

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Emirates has increased its commitment to Sudan with the introduction of one additional flight per week, providing a daily, non-stop service between Dubai and Khartoum Civil Airport from 5th December 2011

Etihad Airways connects Bahrain to the Maldives and Seychelles

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Etihad Airways now connects Bahrain to the Maldives with a daily service and flies four times a week to the Seychelles.

British Airways launches flights, holidays to Mauritius from London Gatwick

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
British Airways is changing its Mauritius timetable.

Air Seychelles withdraws flights from Singapore

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Air Seychelles has announced that it will be suspending its Singapore services as from November 24th, 2011. Simultaneously it will be identifying new routes to the Far East in co-operation with other airlines.

Royal Jordanian to resume operations to Tripoli

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Royal Jordanian will resume its regular direct operations from Amman to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, starting November 24, 2011.

Strike to hit flights to Portugal

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Flights to and from Portugal are being threatened with cancellations and delays due to a general strike across the country from tomorrow (Wednesday).

Cathay Pacific expands code share deal with JAL

_{Mon 28 Nov 2011}
Cathay Pacific and fellow oneworld alliance member Japan Airlines have expanded their codeshare service