Friday, February 20, 2009

In Flight Mobile Calls


An in-flight mobile phone service has become available on board 20 Ryanair aircraft. The move is the first step in fitting the budget carrier’s fleet of more than 170 aircraft over the next 18 months to allow passengers to make and receive mobile calls and texts on all flights. Passengers on Ryanair’s 20 OnAir enabled aircraft, mainly operatng from Dublin, can now make and receive voice calls at (non–EU) international roaming rates (£1.50-£3 per minute) text messages (40p+) and email (£1-£2) using mobile phones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones.

The service is only available to O2 customers and to users of more than 50 other mobile phone operators across Europe. Provider OnAir is working with other UK mobile operators Vodafone, Orange and 3 to have those networks connected. The price tariffs are set by each mobile service provider and are subject to each customer’s individual price plan, according to the airline Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said: “Today’s launch by Ryanair and OnAir is the first step to offering in-flight mobile phone services onboard our entire fleet of over 170 aircraft over the next 18 months.

“This service will allow passengers to keep in touch with the office, family or friends. “We expect customer demand for this service to grow rapidly and hope that customers of all UK mobile operators will soon be able to call or text home from 30,000 feet.”

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Thursday, February 05, 2009

New flights from Liverpool & Gatwick


Ryanair adds new route from Liverpool

Ryanair will introduce a new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Ibiza on March 30. The new service will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with fares starting from £32, including taxes and charges. Ryanair already operates 45 routes from Liverpool, including Paris Beauvais, Cork and Turin.

Gatwick gains Nordic flights

New routes to Scandinavia are to be operated from Gatwick this summer.
The airline Norwegian is to serve Oslo three times a day, Copenhagen and Tromso twice daily and run daily flights to Bergen, Stavanger and Aalborg. The new services will run from the end of March

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Pontins


Six Pontin’s holiday centres are to be re-developed and refurbished as part of an investment of over £50 million. Pontin’s parent company, Ocean Parcs, said the improvements will create over 2,000 jobs. Initially, the group will refurbish entertainment, catering and bar facilities in its holiday centres, launching a re-styled entertainment programme and an enhanced food and beverage offer. Holiday Centres at Brean Sands and Prestatyn Sands will be completely refurbished with the ‘next generation’ of guest accommodation Subject to planning approval, accommodation will be completely renewed and the retail, entertainment, restaurant and bar facilities re-furbished.

Camber Sands and Southport will be completely re-designed and re-built and The Pakefield Holiday Centre near Lowestoft will be doubled in size and capacity. Pontin’s property director Clarke Osborne said: ‘’We have been working on our next generation of Holiday Centres for over nine months and I think that the results of this careful design strategy will be very well received by both our extensive and loyal customer base and new customers that are joining us each year. “We have commenced dialogue with some of our local councils, business leaders and planners and received encouraging responses.

This dialogue will be extended to all our holiday centres as it our intention to submit proposals for planning permission during the year.” Ocean Parcs and Pontins chief executive Ian Smith added: “It is particularly pleasing to note that due to a significant increase in bookings for this year, a number of our holiday centres are already showing only limited availability for the key half term, Easter and Summer holiday periods.”

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