| Claim back your Tax on unused flights |
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We're told that millions of UK travellers cancel their cheap flights at the last minute every year. And usually this means that they're not entitled to a refund. But we should at least be entitled to get our tax back if we can be bothered to claim it. Most travellers don't bother. Some simply don't know that they can, and some airlines (but not all) charge an admin fee in some cases, and that can be higher than the value of tax. But the bottom line is that the airlines are reported to be pocketing many millions in taxes that don't need to be handed over to the taxman if you don't actually travel.
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| Ryanair in huge aircraft order |
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Ryanair have announced that they have ordered an additional 100 new Boeing 737-800 series aircraft in a deal worth approx $6m. The news came on the same day as the announcement of Ryanair's takeover of Dutch low cost airline Buzz.
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| Ryanair to acquire Buzz |
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Dublin-based low cost carrier Ryanair has agreed terms with KLM to purchase the Dutch airline's budget offshoot Buzz. The deal will be worth 23.9m Euro or just under £15m GBP. According to the Ryanair web site Buzz currently operates twenty one routes from Stansted to various european destinations including Germany and France.
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| Planet Air - Low Cost with legroom! |
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The latest low-cost launch from Leeds Bradford will begin flying in April 2003 with a new angle on the low cost, no frills marketplace. Planet Air will operate to four destinations in Europe, Malaga, Faro, Tenerife and Alicante and will offer leather seats with 31 inches of legroom, 2 more than most airlines.
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| BMI Baby Celebrates Bumper Birthday |
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BMI's low cost carrier BMI Baby has sold three times as many seats as it originally forecast for its first year of operation- according to the airline's web site. The airline is now the biggest low cost carrier in the Midlands.
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| JET 2 Leeds Bradford! |
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The UK welcomes yet another low cost carrier with the launch of JET 2 flying out of Leeds Bradford International Airport. The airline, which will begin flights in February, has announced six mainland destinations: Malaga, Barcelona, Nice, Palma, Milan Bergamo and Amsterdam. All flights to start by Easter 2003.
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| Low cost airline launches |
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Good news for would-be transatlantic travellers as a new airline announces its intention to offer no-frills flights from £65. Sky-Bus International has said that its basic one way fare from London Stansted to Florida's Sanford would be £100, but discounted by as much as £35. The airline will run two 294 seat aircraft and will start services from July 2003.
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| Ryanair celebrates seven years in Glasgow. |
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On Friday 25 October, Ryanair celebrated it's seventh year on the Glasgow Prestwick to London Stansted service. Starting with just four daily flights seven years ago, Ryanair now has ten flights daily and is the largest low cost operator on the route. Since 1995 Ryanair has carried 2.675 million passengers on the Glasgow Prestwick-London Stansted.
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| EasyJet Deals to Northern Ireland |
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If you're planning a trip to NI this winter then you could do worse than check out EasyJet where early bookers can snap up easyJet seats from Belfast International to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool from just £15 single including tax and insurance.
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| Ryanair introduces new charter and Free Seats!! |
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Ryanair recently unveiled what it thinks is a unique customer service charter and promoted it's introduction with a promise to give away up to 1 million free seats across its 76 route European network over the next 3 months (all that passengers have to pay is the taxes).
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| BM surrender EM Airport to BMI Baby |
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British Midland have announced that they are planning to relinquish all of its East Midlands services to subsidiary BMI Baby.
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| Get to Prague for £20 with Go!! |
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Go are giving travellers the chance to visit Prague after the floods for only £20 one-way. The offer should go a long way to revitalising travel to the Czech capital after the disastrous recent deluge.
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| Still bargains available at EasyJet!! |
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Despite recent criticism reported in the UK press, EasyJet hae some fantastic late summer and early Autumn bargains to be had. May'be Stelios is making up for his bad press!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| EasyJet cancels NI to Scotland route |
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Low cost carrier EasyJet has scrapped it's Belfast to Glasgow and Belfast to Edinburgh routes as part of it's reorganisation of routes previously operated by the newly aquired Go. The airline says it has no plans to scrap other services (CEEFAX).
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| Go are big in Bilbao!!! |
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Go have announced that they are now flying more passengers between London Stansted and the Bilbao than any other airline.
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| Easyjet claims to beat Go in flight punctuality |
The Easyjet web site is reporting official figures from the Civil Aviation Authority that seem to support claims that EasyJet has better overall punctuality than Go. The May 2001 figures show that 69.4% of all EasyJet flights departed within fifteen minutes of slot time compared to 67.0% for Go.
Punctuality figures are a regular battleground for the discount airlines in the UK. For example, Go have also claimed better punctuality for flights between Scotland and London
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| Buzz offers chance of cut price romantic getaways in Paris |
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Any visitors to the UK between now and the end of October could take advantage of Buzz's latest cut price offer and spend some time in the romance capital of the world. Buzz are offering flights to Paris from London Stansted for as little as £29 (they are also offering this deal on some other routes to France and Germany including Berlin and Bordeaux). As always, 100% Cheap Flights recommend that you book as early as possible to get the best deal.
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| Ryanair celebrate Edinburgh to Dublin route launch with £9.99 fares!! |
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The latest route added to Ryanair's growing portfolio establishes a low cost link between two of the most cosmopolitan and exciting cities in the British Isles. Ryanair are currently selling tickets for 26th October to 17th December on this route at £9.99 one way, but get in early to avoid disappointment (Ryanair have already sold virtually 100% of the 60,000 September/early October seats on this route!).
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| Go launch biggest Internet booking discount yet |
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Go have announced that in future that any return flights booked online will benefit from a £10 discount, further encouraging travellers to use Go's excellent web site. Go are also offering a huge range of seasonal discounts at the moment including return flights from London to Barcelona from £60!!
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