Wednesday, July 23, 2008

UK Expansion for Ryanair & closure in Europe

Two new routes, from Leeds Bradford International Airport are planned to start this winter. They are going to fly to Girona four times a week and Alicante three times a week. However, in the same press release it was announced that they are temporarily suspending flights for a period between 4th November and 19th December at seven European airports.

Deputy chief executive Michael Cawley said: “We very much regret temporarily closing our operations at these airports during this November and December period. However, a combination of high airport charges and the massive increases which we face in fuel prices, makes it more profitable for Ryanair to ground aircraft rather than fly them at these airports during this period.”

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

2500 Job Losses for NWA

This story has been well documented over the last few days within the world of Aviation. Northwest Airlines Corp is reported to be cutting 2500 jobs in order to cope with the high fuel costs.

President & CEO of NWA has said “Our fuel costs have more than doubled in the past year. These reductions are a direct result of our extraordinary fuel costs.”

Northwest (NYSE: NWA) is the ninth largest airline serving Orlando International Airport, according to the Orlando Business Journal's 2008 Book of Lists.

Read what NWA CEO Doug Steenland recently says about the Oil Markets.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Featured Job - TICKETING & SALES AGENT AT LONDON CITY AIRPORT



TICKETING & SALES AGENT AT LONDON CITY AIRPORT
Your main duties will be to:
•Support the daily activities at the ticketing desk (selling and issuing flight tickets)
•Encourage teamwork, consistency and proper coordination at the ticketing desk
•Assist in the coordination of activities with local airport handling agents
•Ensure service delivery to Luxair, in accordance with service level agreements
•Assist in producing reports
•Monitor competition
•Provide data from competitors where available
•Generate ideas for product improvements

Wednesday, July 2, 2008


Flybe and Air South West prepared for ‘challenging times’

2 of the South West’s most prominent airlines have said that they are confident to survive the steep rise in the cost of aviation fuel. It has forced some airlines to go out of business over the last year since rising by nearly 100%. For the full article and comments from Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer and Air South West’s CEO, Jim Cameron visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7478020.stm

For jobs with Flybe, visit http://www.aviationjobsearch.com/ and type ‘flybe’ into the keyword box. They currently have 11 roles on offer.