Ryanair/Easyjet Airport Guide – Lanzarote

July 3, 2010

Full Name: Lanzarote Airport IATA Code: ACE Address: Apartado de Correos 86 35500 Arrefice de Lanzarote/Las Palmas Terminal Plan: Here Distance from City: 5km Day Trip Possible: Yes Passenger Numbers: 4,700,000 (2009) Closest Alternative: Fuerteventura Overview: Serving the Gran Canaria island of Lanzarote, the airport’s IATA code is nothing to do with an opinion of the [...]

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Ryanair/Easyjet Airport Guide – Lamezia

July 2, 2010

Full Name: Lamezia Terme International Airport IATA Code: SUF Address: 8840 Lamezia Terminal Plan: Here Distance from City: 3km Day Trip Possible: No Passenger Numbers: 1,600,000 (2009) Closest Alternative: Brindisi, Palermo Overview: Serving the region of Calabria, Lamezia airport features a relatively large catchment area with no other airports being within a reasonable range. An [...]

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Why standing on flights will never take off

July 1, 2010

It’s only been a day but there already has been some frenzy from some websites over these supposed standing charges. I’m going to nail my colours to the mast here and say that this is just a publicity stunt. It creates fierce debate and publicises the company immensely. I’ve noticed that Ryanair do very little [...]

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Could Ryanair operate standing room on flights?

July 1, 2010

If the Telegraph article of today is to believed, then yes – apparently the main change will be that the last 10 rows of seats is to be removed and swapped with a standing area – the idea being that the tickets for these going to be cheaper (the figure of 5 pounds was quoted). [...]

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Cheap Heathrow Express Tickets – 50% off!

June 30, 2010

Heathrow Express is offering a 50% discount on journeys until 5/9/10 – which brings the price down to GBP 16.50 for a return journey which takes just 15 minutes from Terminals 1,2,3, 21 minutes from Terminal 5 and 23 minutes from Terminal 4. At these prices, it’s begrudgingly ok to do it if Central London [...]

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Easyjet/Ryanair Airport Guide – Krakow

June 29, 2010

Full Name: John Paul II Krakow-Balice Airport IATA Code: KRK Address: ul. Kpt. M. Medweckiego 1 32-083 Balice, POLAND Terminal Guide: Here Distance from City: 11km Day Trip Possible: Yes Passenger Numbers: 2,700,000 (2009) Closest Alternative: Katowice Overview: Poland has certainly experienced a good growth in passenger traffic thanks to EU legislation making movements within [...]

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