Monarch to break Cyprus ‘cartel’
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2025
Monarch is to start scheduled flights from Luton to Cyprus next year as the airline expands its network to the…
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US airlines in merger frenzy
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2025
The merger business has whipped into a frenzy of activity among US airlines. AirTran has made a bid for Midwest.…
New generation multi-carrier flight search for lastminute.com
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2025
Sabre-owned lastminute.com has launched an online multi-carrier flight search display in a calendar format supplied by Amadeus. The functionality is…
VLM expands from Manchester
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2025
Regional carrier VLM is to start direct flights from Manchester to Rotterdam. Two flights a day will run from February…
SkyScanner recruits from Amadeus
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2025
Flight search engine SkyScanner has named Aaron Ritoper in the newly created position of head of global sales. He joins…
Qantas accepts revised $8.7bn takeover bid
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2025
Qantas has accepted a revised proposal from Airline Partners Australia to acquire the airline for A$11 billion ($8.77 billion). APA…
New runways at Heathrow and Stansted still on cards
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2025
The Government is expected to renew backing for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted. In a progress report to the…
TravelMole Christmas details
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2025
TravelMole will be taking a break for Christmas next week. The last TravelMole newswire for 2006 will come out on…
ABTA fails to delay APD hike
Phil Davies - Dec 13, 2025
ABTA has failed in an attempt to delay the February 1 date for the doubling of Air Passenger Duty. The…
Qantas rejects £4.35bn takeover bid
Phil Davies - Dec 13, 2025
Qantas has rejected an A$11 billion (£4.35 billion) takeover bid from a consortium led by a US private equity firm and…
Sabre bought for $5 billion
Phil Davies - Dec 13, 2025
Lastminute.com and Travelocity parent Sabre Holdings has confirmed its purchase by private equity groups Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group…
OFT proposes to refer BAA to Competition Commission
Phil Davies - Dec 13, 2025
EasyJet has welcomed an Office of Fair Trading proposal to refer airports operator BAA to the Competition Commission. An OFT market study…
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