Crystal Ski Holidays has been named winner of Best Ski & Winter Sports Holiday Company in the prestigious 2017 British Travel Awards (BTA). The announcement was made at a glamorous awards ceremony in London and attended by more than 1,000 travel industry professionals, including representatives from all leisure travel genres and […]
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Blue Air launches Liverpool to Palma service
Blue Air has launched a new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Palma de Mallorca for summer 2018. The Blue Air flights will start in June 2018, with twice weekly departures on Wednesdays and Saturdays through to the end of September 2018 with fares from just £68.10 one-way, included […]
Jet2 launches winter ski flights from Manchester and East Midlands
Jet2.com has announced its biggest-ever ski programme, including flights to six ski destinations from Manchester Airport this winter. Jet2 will operate up to 20 weekly flights to six top ski destinations from Manchester – Andorra (via Barcelona), Geneva, Grenoble, Lyon, Salzburg, and Turin. In addition, Jet2 will operate flights to […]
Blue Air releases summer 2018 schedule from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Blue Air have released details of the flights for summer 2018 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The airline’s initial schedule from Liverpool with their based aircraft once again features six flights per week to Rome, four to Milan and three to Alicante, with flights operating from the end of March […]
Crystal Ski Holidays adds Nassfeld in Austria to 2017-18 winter programme
Crystal Ski Holidays has added Nassfeld in Austria to its 2017-18 programme. Nassfeld is the largest resort in the southern Austrian region of Carinthia near the Italian and Slovenian borders with a selection of mountain huts and restaurants. Nassfeld and Sonnleiten are mid-mountain lift bases, with accommodation, while there’s more […]
Thomas Cook Airlines launches new Seattle service from the UK
Thomas Cook Airlines will fly to Seattle as part of its summer 2018 programme. The addition of the Seattle route reinforces Thomas Cook Airlines’ position as the largest long-haul carrier from Manchester, serving more USA routes than any other airline. This new destination follows the recent introduction of San Francisco (SFO) […]
Liverpool John Lennon Airport wants to extend runway to handle transatlantic flights
Liverpool John Lennon Airport wants to extend its runway so it can handle larger aircraft. The airport has revealed its masterplan for 2050 – including an extension of the terminal building, more car parking and more jobs in cargo handling. The airport to the west of Liverpool wants to increase […]
Sea Lifts launches European summer transfers from 18 airports
Sea Lifts has launched its summer season with transfers available from 18 new airports including Nice, Faro, Paris, Olbia, Porto, Bologna and Florence. Sea Lifts – sister company to Ski Lifts – now offers transfers from 30 airports across Europe to summer holiday destinations. The two most popular airports for […]
Swiss airline powdair launches flights between Sion and the UK
Powdair has announced its new operating routes from Sion in the Valais region of Switzerland, to eight international airports in the UK, Belgium and Germany. The airline, that commences flights from December 14, 2017, will significantly cut transfer times to some of Switzerland’s most popular ski resorts for winter sports […]
Air Arabia Maroc launches Manchester to Agadir service
Passengers will be able to travel from Manchester Airport to Agadir in Morocco this winter on a new Air Arabia Maroc service. The Moroccan low cost airline will start twice weekly flights from October to the resort, making Manchester the only airport in the UK outside of London served by the carrier. Adel […]