Click Air Paris flights move from Charles de Gaulle

Spanish low-cost airline clickair will relocate their Bilbao to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) route from Paris (Charles de Gaulle) to Paris (Orly) instead. This change will take effect from 01 September 2008.

New Air Berlin routes to Tenerife and Paris

Air Berlin have put on sale flights, operating immediately until the end of the summer season, from Erfurt to Tenerife (Sur). They have also put a new route on sale from their Berlin (Tegel) base to Paris (Orly), which begins on 01 November 2008. Both routes can be booked now at www.airberlin.com.

Massive additions to Ryanair winter flight schedule

Although Ryanair have made it known that they intend to ground some of their fleet this winter due to the high cost of oil, they have just announced details of 40 new routes that they will begin flying this winter. The new routes begin from the end of October 2008, and include:

• Bremen to Fuerteventura, Gothenburg (Saeve), Marrakech and Tenerife (Sur)
• Bournemouth to Milan (Orio al Serio) and Paris (Orly)
• Bristol to Gdansk, Marrakech and Szczecin
• Brussels (Charleroi) to Fez, Gdansk, Manchester, Marrakech, Riga, Tangier and Wroclaw
• Frankfurt (Hahn) to Birmingham, Klagenfurt and Prague
• Glasgow (Prestwick) to Faro, Malaga and Tenerife (Sur)
• London (Luton) to Beziers, Derry, Kaunas, Rzeszow, Szczecin and Trapani
• Madrid to London (Stansted) and Milan (Orio al Serio)
• Marseille to Agadir, Brest, Lille, Nador and Tangier
• Milan (Orio al Serio) to Berlin (Schoenefeld), Bournemouth, Brindisi, Fez, Ibiza and Madrid

14 new Ryanair routes this autumn

Ryanair will begin flying 14 new routes for the winter season, beginning on 27 October 2008. These new routes include:

• Bremen to Fuerteventura, Gothenburg (Saeve), Marrakech and Tenerife (Sur)
• Bournemouth to Milan (Orio al Serio) and Paris (Orly)
• Glasgow (Prestwick) to Faro, Malaga and Tenerife (Sur)
• Marseille to Agadir, Brest, Lille, Nador and Tangier

New Volareweb routes from Milan

Volareweb have 15 new routes launching over the next few months from their Milan (Malpensa) base. These include flights launching in April 2008 to Athens, Brindisi, Krakow, Malaga, Malta, Lamezia-Terme, Paris (Orly), Valencia and Warsaw. From July they will also add flights to Heraklion, Ibiza, Olbia, Palma and Rhodos.

All of these flights are available for booking at www.volareweb.com.

Transavia to launch link between Madeira and Paris

Transavia will launch weekly flights from their Paris (Orly) base to Funchal. This route will begin on 21 April 2008, and flights are available to book now at www.transavia.com.

Additional Transavia routes for summer

Transavia will launch two new French routes from 12 April 2008 from their Amsterdam base to Bergerac and Montpellier. From the end of March they will also launch flights from their Rotterdam base to Paris (Orly). Visit www.transavia.com for booking information.

Paris to the Canary Islands with Transavia

Transavia have put two weekly winter flights on sale from their Paris (Orly) base to the Canary Islands. From mid-December 2007, they will fly from Paris (Orly) to Las Palmas and Tenerife (Sur) for the winter season. These flights are available to book now at www.transavia.com.

Transavia to fly from Paris to Marrakech

Transavia have put flights on sale from their Paris (Orly) base to Marrakech. They will begin flying on this route from 28 March 2008. Tickets can be purchased now at www.transavia.com.

Transavia to fly to Essaouira

Transavia will begin flying to the Moroccan west-coast resort of Essaouira this winter. Bringing low-cost flights to Essaouira for the first time, they will fly there from Paris (Orly). Flights, which will operate three times per week from 01 December 2007, can be booked now at www.transavia.com.

Transavia to fly to Ouarzazate

Transavia will begin flying from their Paris (Orly) base to Ouarzazate in Morocco this winter. They will fly twice per week on this route from the end of October 2007.

Transavia to open Paris base

Transavia will begin flying from Paris (Orly) this summer. They will begin flying routes from 12 May 2007 (to Oporto), with further expansion during the summer to include flights to Catania, Palermo, Girona, Agadir, OUJ and Heraklion. Flights can be booked now at www.transavia.com.

New routes for Air Berlin

Air Berlin have put a number of new routes on sale for the coming months. These include:

• Munich to Dresden, Cologne-Bonn, Bremen, Muenster and Paris (Orly)
• Dusseldorf to Dresden, Nuremberg and Berlin (Tegel)
• Berlin (Tegel) to Cologne-Bonn, Karlsruhe-Baden, Nuremberg, Frankfurt (International) and Stuttgart
• Hamburg (Fuhlsbuettel) to Nuremberg and Leipzig to Lamezia-Terme.

All of these flights can be booked now at www.airberlin.com.

Paris to Oporto link from Transavia

Transavia, the Dutch low-cost airline, will begin flying from Oporto to Paris (Orly). They will fly twice per day on this route from 12 May 2007. This announcement appears surprising, given that they do not currently fly to either airport. Flights can be booked already at www.transavia.com.

Stockholm to Paris flights with Norwegian

Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying from Stockholm (Arlanda) to Paris (Orly) on 04 May 2007 and will fly four times per week on this route. Tickets can be purchased now at www.norwegian.no.

SkyEurope to open base at Vienna

Despite only being a short distance from their Bratislava base, Central European low-cost airline Sky Europe will open a base at Vienna from 25 March 2007. Traditionally, Vienna has been ignored by many low-cost airlines due to the high landing fees that airlines must pay to fly there.

From March 2007, Sky Europe will fly from Vienna to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels (International), Paris (Orly), Nice, Venice (Treviso), Florence, Rimini, Bucharest (Baneasa), Sofia, Athens, Thessaloniki, Larnaca, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Split.

Three new routes from easyJet

easyJet have put three new routes on sale including London (Gatwick) to Palermo (starting 18 June 2007) and Pisa (from 03 April), and also from Athens to Paris (Orly) (from 04 May). These flights are available to book from today.

Iceland Express launch summer flights to Reykjavik

Iceland Express will increase the number of flights they offer to their Reykjavik base from next summer. They will add six new routes to Reykjavik including flights from Bergen, Oslo (International), Paris (Orly), Basel, Eindhoven and Billund. Flights can be booked now for summer 2007.

Clickair flights go on sale

clickair, the new Spanish low-cost airline partially owned by Iberia - the national carrier of Spain, have put their first flights on sale. The flights, commencing 01 October 2006, include routes from Barcelona (their primary base) to Seville, Geneva, Zurich, and Lisbon. They will also fly from Seville to Paris (Orly). In November, they will launch flights from Valencia to Paris (Orly) and Rome (Fiumicino).

SkyEurope to fly between Paris and Salzburg

From 15 September 2006, Sky Europe will begin flying 3 times per week between Paris (Orly) and Salzburg.

easyJet route to Corsica halted by French government

Last week, easyJet announce plans to fly between their Paris (Orly) base and Ajaccio. Flights were due to commence later this summer, however their plans have been vetoed by the French government.

Air France operate on this route to Corsica under a “Public Service Obligation”, and as such, the French CAA would not allow a second airline to operate on this route.

Norwegian expands to include St Petersburg and others

Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying from their Oslo (International) base to St. Petersburg from the beginning of May 2006. This follows the announcement last week that Germanwings would begin flying to St. Petersburg.

Norwegian Air Shuttle will also move their Oslo (International) to Paris route from Paris (Beauvais) to Paris (Orly) from April.

In June they will add 2 summer services to Alicante from Bergen and Stavanger.

Further route development for easyJet

easyJet have announced that they will launch new routes from London (Luton), Edinburgh, London (Gatwick) and Paris (Orly).

They will fly from London (Gatwick) to Split, their second destination in Croatia - announced just a week after the first. From London (Luton) they will begin flying to Bordeaux and Rimini. easyJet are also planning a major expansion at Edinburgh - their first new route will be a weekly service to Alicante.

easyJet have also announced a new route from Paris (Orly) to Ajaccio (Corsica), making the first low-cost route to Ajaccio.

dba to fly between Paris and Munich

Later this month, dba will launch a daily flight between Munich and Paris (Orly).

SkyEurope to open Prague base

Sky Europe will make Prague their next hub airport. They will launch 7 routes from Prague from 10 April 2006. These will include flights to Amsterdam, Paris (Orly), Milan (Orio al Serio), Barcelona, Naples, Nice and Rome (Fiumicino).

Volareweb to fly to Paris

It has been announced that Volareweb will begin flying from their base at Milan (Linate) to Paris (Orly).

They will operate 2 flights per day on this route from 12 September 2005.

SkyEurope announces winter ski routes

In addition to the previously announced route to Poprad (Tatry), SkyEurope have announced routes between Salzburg and Barcelona, Manchester and Warsaw and between Innsbrook and Paris (Orly) and Amsterdam.

These flights are available to book for the winter 05/06 season.

Thomsonfly switch Paris airports

Thomsonfly will switch their choice of airport in Paris from 30 October 2005. They currently fly from all of their bases to Paris (Charles De Gaulle), however they will switch to Paris (Orly).

MyAir to fly between Venice and Paris

My Air have announced that they will start flying a new twice-daily route between Venice (Marco Polo) and Paris (Orly) on 01 April 2005.

Ryanair replaces lost Volareweb routes

In the wake of the suspension of all Volareweb flights last week, Ryanair haven’t wasted any time responding by increasing their Italian presence in order to ‘fill the gap’ they left.

Today, Ryanair have announced that they will launch 1 new route between Venice (Treviso) and Paris (Beauvais) (a launch date is not yet clear), which will become the 65th international route into or out of Italy operated by Ryanair. In addition, they have increased frequency on many other routes previously operated by Volareweb.

In addition, they are in talks with all of the airports previously used by Volareweb.

easyJet have also made it clear that they would like to take over some of Volareweb’s landing slots at Paris (Orly).

SkyEurope changes airport at Paris

SkyEurope are due to commence flying a new route from Krakow to Paris on 30 September 2004. They had originally intended to fly to Paris (Orly) but have now moved the flight to Paris (Charles de Gaulles) for ‘operational reasons’.

SkyEurope announces new base at Krakow

Central-European based SkyEurope have announced that their next new base will be Krakow. With this, SkyEurope’s second base in Poland, they are adamant that expansion into Poland is the way to go, and they anticipate further expansion in the future.

They will begin flying from Krakow on 30 September 2004, initially to 5 destinations across Europe. The destinations include Amsterdam, Paris (Orly), London (Stansted), Milan (Orio Al Serio) and Rome (Fiumicino).

The new routes are on sale now.

easyJet winter timetable

easyJet have begun the sale of their winter timetable in stages, this includes a number of new routes not previously announced. These new routes include Bristol and Newcastle to Geneva and Rome (Ciampino), Geneva to Alicante, Madrid and Rome (Ciampino), and Paris (Orly) to Madrid.

These routes begin in November 2004 and are on sale now (up until the end of March 2004), with more to be released.

SkyEurope announces move into Poland

SkyEurope have announced Warsaw as their next European hub. They have announced new routes to Paris (Orly), London (Stansted) and Amsterdam.