Heathrow to Singapore with Singapore Airlines from just £505
Singapore Airlines are offering flights to Singapore from Heathrow for just £505.
Outbound travel period is the 8th of April to 15th June 2007.
Please see the site for full terms of the offer.
Christmas travel chaos as fog descends across UK
Airports Update
Heathrow
British Airways has cancelled 180 flights including all domestic services and a large number of European services, among them almost all flights to and from Paris and Brussels. Long-haul routes have taken off, subject to delays. Other airlines also grounded flights, with the airport seeing about 350 cancellations in total.
Gatwick
Nine British Airways domestic flights have been cancelled, while other services have run subject to delays.
Norwich
Norwich International has been unable to accept any flights and has diverted those in the air to other airports.
Coventry
Paris Orly and Alicante flights are operating from Birmingham International Airport. Passengers should check in as normal at Coventry Airport where arrangements are being for transfers to Birmingham.
Manchester
All British Airways flights to and from Heathrow have been cancelled but there have been no problems with other services.
Glasgow
All British Airways flights to and from Heathrow from Glasgow and Aberdeen have been cancelled, along with half of the flights from Edinburgh.
Cardiff
Six British airways domestic arrivals and departures, to and from Edinburgh, Belfast and Glasgow, have been cancelled. Flights from Dublin, Cork and Galway have been diverted to Bristol.
Other airports
All British Airways flights to and from Heathrow from Aberdeen have been cancelled, along with half of the flights from Edinburgh.
Stansted remains unaffected by the weather conditions
Birmingham remains unaffected by the weather conditions.
Fog causes delays to UK flights
Thick fog has forced British Airways to cancel all domestic flights from Heathrow and many European ones.
About 350 flights out of Heathrow have been cancelled on Thursday. Domestic flight passengers are being advised not to go to the airport.
All flights from Coventry and some from Cardiff have been cancelled.
BA flights from Scotland have also been cancelled. Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander said work was under way to get people home for Christmas.
The BBC Weather Centre said fog is set to continue into Friday.
All flights out of Coventry Airport have been cancelled and passengers will be taken to Birmingham by bus, where there are no problems at the moment.
A Heathrow Airport spokesman said there had been a 40% reduction in the average 1,300 flights the airport handled daily.
BA customers should call 0800 727 800 to see if their flight is still operating, or alternatively check the British Airways website.
Source: BBC News
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FlyBe to acquire BA Connect
Flybe announces that it has reached agreement in principle with British Airways whereby it will acquire British Airways’ BA Connect regional airline business, subject to a number of conditions precedent including the completion of due diligence.
The proposed acquisition will create an enlarged business with over £600m in revenues and carrying nearly 10 million passengers. The business will be operated in line with the successful Flybe business model concentrating on short haul domestic and European major city markets.
Easyjet announce new route from Belfast to Krakow
The low-cost airline said that it would begin a three-times weekly service from Belfast International Airport beginning on April 24. Fares will start at £37.98 return, including taxes.
Tickets are not yet available but will go on sale later this month.
Existing European services from Belfast with easyJet include Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro and Nice. It is also well connected with other UK destinations, with flights to London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Inverness, Edinburgh, Bristol and Newcastle.
Jet2 announce 30,000 free flights
Jet2.com has added 30,000 flights to its current “free” seat sale (pay the taxes and charges) (see Jet2.com’s 55,000 ‘free’ seats).
Travel in November, December and January.
The “free” seats are available to 23 destinations - from Athens to Tenerife. Add on between £12 and £21 to cover the taxes and charges on a one-way flight.
Flights depart from Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Belfast, Newcastle, Blackpool and London Gatwick airports.
New EU security rules
The new rules apply from Monday 6 November 2006 at all airports in the EU and in Norway, Iceland and Switzerland until further notice.
WHAT IS NEW?
You are only allowed to take small quantities of liquids in your hand luggage. These liquids must be in individual containers with a maximum capacity of 100 millilitres each.
You must pack these containers in one transparent, re-sealable plastic bag measuring approximately 20 x 20 cms.
EasyJet Promotional Code
From time to time, Easyjet issue promotional codes.
Unfortunately, there’s none at present but as soon as we receive them we will post them here.
Aldo Zilli to provide airline food for Thomson Fly
OK, so there’s a select band of people who just can’t get enough of plane food. They think it’s great. So much so they daren’t risk taking 40 winks in case the all-important meal trolley whips past, their tray tucked safely inside. But let’s face it, they’re in the minority. So here at Thomsonfly we’ve taken your calls for good tasty grub onboard. Literally. Forget school dinners, it’s time plane food got the star treatment. Which is why we’ve asked top TV chef Aldo Zilli to whip our food into shape.
Celebrity X Factor star Aldo, the man behind the Zilli restaurant group in Soho, is all set to revolutionise our onboard meals, cooking up a range of simple yet delicious dishes you definitely won’t want to snooze through. It’s Italian all the way - he’s from Abruzzo in central Italy.
And though the menu’s still very much on the drawing board at the moment, expect to sink your teeth into things like gorgonzola ravioli and chicken fillet smothered in smoked mozzarella. Your salad will be filled with things like pulses and peppers, chickpeas and feta, and your dessert something naughty-but-nice and wickedly delicious. Book our premium service on your longhaul flight and your meal will come with gourmet gold like Abruzzo olive oil and parmesan cheese. There’ll even be afternoon tea, with buttery scones draped in delicious clotted cream.
Yes, we know - soon there’ll be hordes of people jetting off just to sample our food. And who could blame them? Aldo’s concoctions will be available in economy and premium from next May, priced from £12 for a return trip at ThomsonFly.com
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