Up to now, passengers booking seats with a Ryanair flight would not be charged if they used a Visa Electron card. However, that has now changed, with the airline now deferring charges to users of Mastercard Prepaid cards. Every other booking made on a card will be charged a £5 per person administration fee. According [...]
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Ryanair card charging policy changes
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Japan Airlines granted government loan
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Struggling firm Japan Airlines had recently been approved for a government loan that will allow the airline to stay in the air. The bailout will be the 4th time since 2001 that the government funded Development Bank of Japan has rescued the troubled airline. The main problem for the airline is its huge levels of [...]
EasyJet’s profits fall by 50%
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009The recession has claimed many casualties in the business world, and EasyJet is the latest company to report its effects. The budget airline has seen a huge lose in its annual profits up to the month of September, the majority of which is being blamed on the rising price of fuel. This is a direct [...]
Iberia airlines flights cancelled
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009With talk of British Airways strike action on the horizon, Spains Iberia Airlines has had to cancel 184 of its flights due to its cabin crews taking part in a two day strike of their own. On top of this, there are set to be a further 184 cancellations if the strike reaches a second [...]
Ryanair to slow down its expansion?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Irish budget airline, Ryanair, has threatened to put a halt to its rapid expansion plans after discussions with aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Negotiations with the manufacturer took a turn for the worse while a deal for 200 aircraft stalled due to financial issues. The new aircraft were originally planned to be incorporated into the fleet in [...]
British Airways strike looks set to go ahead
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Over 14,000 cabin crew are set to be balloted to decide whether strike action is needed in light of recent cost-cutting measures announced by British Airways. Both unions and BA management have been held in talks since the announcements were made at the start of October, but so far no solutions have been resolved, resulting [...]
British Airways hopes to avoid strike action
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The chief executive of British Airways, Willie Walsh, has started to hold talks with union leaders who are vying for a strike ballot. The troubled airline has recently announced plans to cut up to 1,700 jobs in order to advert the financial loss of money the firm is suffering from year after year. The announcement [...]
Easy Jet’s new route to Israel
Sunday, October 11th, 2009Low cost airline EasyJet has announced that it is going to start introducing flights from London to Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. The airline also announced that prices will start from as low as £100 with flights starting in November 2009.
This route is now generally serviced by major airlines such as BMI, British Airways [...]
Virgin Airlines versus the USA
Monday, October 5th, 2009Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines is once again at odds with his main rival British Airways and has opposed the British Airways/American Airlines transatlantic alliance on the grounds that it poses more dangers than other flights because it would control more than 60% of flights to Boston, Chicago and New York’s JFK airport. Flying [...]