Low cost news ....

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Ryanair expands Rome base

Ryanair have announced that they are to expand their base at Rome (Ciampino). At present they fly 12 routes from the airport, and over the coming months will add another 5 daily routes to this. On 28 January 2005 they will launch new routes from Ciampino to Niederrhein, Liverpool and Teesside. On 07 February they will also add new routes to Nottingham (East Midlands) and Valencia.


In addition, they are also starting a new route on 08 November 2004 from Girona to Niederrhein.


Basiq Air will become Transavia

Today it was announced that Basiq Air, the low-cost offshoot of Transavia, will be phased out from 1 January 2005. Rather than operate the 2 separate brands, they believe “it is now time to absorb the experience accumulated with Basiq Air and to continue with the strong and familiar Transavia brand".


It is anticipated that the same low-fares and low-cost service will continue, but simply under the Transavia name, the idea being that the consumer shouldn’t ‘feel’ the difference.


Until January, the Basiq Air web site will be taking bookings as normal for flights until March 2005. This is likely to change in January.


Wizz Air quietly scraps new routes


We reported in July that Wizz Air would launch new routes on 15 September 2004. It seems they will still launch many of those routes, but today routes from Malmo to Gdansk and Katowice disappeared without trace. These routes were due to begin on 15 September.


This isn’t the first time that Wizz routes have disappeared from their schedule prior to their launch without any official announcement.


Flybaboo connect Geneva and Prague


Swiss low-cost airline Flybaboo now have flights on sale for a flight connecting Geneva and Prague. Flights begin on 11 October 2004.


Wizz Air launch Gdansk to Dortmund

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On 31 October 2004, central-European based low-cost carrier Wizz Air will begin a new route between the Polish city of Gdansk and Dortmund. This will be their 2nd route from Gdansk, at present they fly to London (Luton).




easyJet launch new Bristol - Valencia route


easyJet chose not to continue flying their routes from Bristol to Copenhagen and Bilbao this winter season, however they have just announced that they will begin flying a new route from Bristol to Valencia this winter. The route commences on 03 November 2004 and tickets are on sale now.

[Passenger]

(source: anna.aero)

"...Analysis of flights across eight key airports serving the Alps reveals that one airline operates more than three times as many scheduled flights as any other: easyJet. It would seem easyJet has positioned itself as the airline of choice for those passengers wanting to visit the Alps this winter..."



More info - source:
http://www.anna.aero/2014/12/10/europea ... is-winter/