Category: Flights

Top 10 winter sun destinations for the over 50s- all under £350

2016-11-11 14:19:27

From our friends at Skyscanner why not escape to the sun from just £37 - start dreaming with these gorgeous pictures of 10 of their top winter warmer destinations. Now the nights are drawing in and your summer holiday seems a long, long way away, it's time to start planning your escape from the UK this winter. But you don't have to break the bank jetting off to the Maldives - we bring you 10 sunny places that you can...Read more

Cheap flights for the over 50s too!

2016-09-07 17:17:43

The-Boomers are an affiliate partner one of Britain's fastest growing companies Skyscanner their aim is to bring you flight choices across the board at the keenest prices. 'Skyscanner is unbiased and free, which means the more than 50 million people who use us every month can trust our comprehensive range of flight, hotel and care hire options. Our secret is in our self-built technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer. And connects the industry...Read more

Etihad Airways to Bangkok and beyond

2016-04-17 14:15:45

Etihad Airways to Bangkok and beyond Introducing tailor-made fares, for every guest Award winning airline Etihad Airways has launched Fare Choices. Fare Choices offer our guests the ability to tailor their journey according to their needs. Some guests want to travel light and on a budget, whilst others want to be able to make last-minute travel decisions, carry extra baggage or earn more miles. Fare Choices are available for Economy, Business and First Class guests. They vary by: How flexible...Read more

‘Capture 380’ competition extended by popular demand

2016-01-10 11:29:51

‘Capture 380’ competition extended by popular demand Emirates, in collaboration with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature will be extending the deadline and age limit for its popular competition focused on photography and creative writing, ‘Capture 380’. Participants will have a chance to win four tickets to one of Emirates’ 36 A380 destinations of their choice. The competition’s new closing date for entries will now be 10 February 2016. The competition will also now be open to UAE Nationals and...Read more

100 million flights on Ryanair

FIRST AIRLINE TO CARRY OVER 100M INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS IN ONE YEAR DEC TRAFFIC GROWS 25% TO 7.5M CUSTOMERS Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (7 Jan) released December traffic statistics as follows: Traffic grew 25% to 7.5m customers. Load factor rose 3% points to 91%. Rolling annual traffic to Dec grew 17% to 101.4m customers. Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said: “On the back of lower fares in December (following the terrorist events in Paris and Brussels), Ryanair’s monthly traffic grew by 25%...Read more

easyJet Celebrates Its 20th Birthday With Special Aircraft Livery And Unveiling Of Futuristic Uniforms

2015-11-14 17:21:34

easyJet Celebrates Its 20th Birthday With Special Aircraft Livery And Unveiling Of Futuristic Uniforms easyJet is celebrating twenty years of flying. On 10 November 1995 easyJet’s first ever flight took off from Luton to Glasgow. Twenty years on, the airline flies over 68 million passengers to 137 airports in 31 countries and operates 788 routes across Europe. Captain Fred Rivett was at the controls of that first flight which was EZY121 operated by a Boeing 737-200. Lisa Burger (now easyJet’s...Read more

easyJet initiative to increase recruitment of female pilots

2015-10-16 10:21:20

easyJet launches new initiative to increase recruitment of female pilots Europe’s leading airline, has launched a new initiative to increase the proportion of new entrant easyJet pilots who are female, part of a new strategy to encourage the development of female pilots at all ranks and positions and will widen the pipeline of women who enter our pilot community. Just over 5% of easyJet's 2,500 pilots are female - in line with the industry as a whole. Currently women make...Read more

easyJet repaints aircraft in celebration of Bristol-based cabin crew James Baron

2015-09-04 19:49:36

easyJet, Bristol’s largest and the UK’s leading airline, has specially repainted one of its aircraft to celebrate the achievements of one of its Bristol-based cabin crew. James Baron, 28, from Longwell Green in Bristol was awarded with easyJet’s coveted ‘Spirit of easyJet’ award – an annual award presented to just one of 10,000 employees across Europe for going above and beyond and providing exceptional customer service. As part of the recognition, the airline repainted one of its Airbus A319 aircraft...Read more

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