easyJet has launched 3 additional routes out of London Luton Airport. Among these new routes is one to Milan. The other two are to Mahon in Minorca and Montpellier in France.
As well as offering convenience, these new routes can help beat the credit crunch blues with prices starting from an incredible £26.99 one way or £47.58 return including taxes and charges. Flights to Milan start from July 6th 2009 and are already on sale.
TNT Express, the international market leader in global express services, opened its’ newest hub within Milan Linate Airport. The €12 million 40,000m2 consolidation and distribution centre will serve Milan and surrounding locales.
It has been designed to handle around 45,000 items per day and employs 500 staff to operate the state-of-the-art equipment.
From October 2009, easyJet will be increasing the number of daily flights they provide from Milan Malpensa Airport. These will include both European and domestic flights.
As of 2nd October flights between Milan and Naples will increase from 4 to 5 a day, while from October 5th flights to Barcelona will go up from 2 to 3 per day and those to Lamezia Terme will double from 1 to 2 each day as of October 6th.
Routes from Milan to Amsterdam, Madrid and Rome Fiumcino all benefit from an additional daily flight as of 26th October.
A new initiative launched by Oneworld airline alliance is to allow travellers to download free audio books, no matter which airline they have flown with.
So far only those lucky enough to fly into either Milan Malpensa or Brussels Zaventem Airports will be able to benefit from this new programme, although there are plans to include Rome Fiumicino soon.
The way the books are accessed is through the airport´s wireless network system from a laptop, smartphone or other internet-enabled device. As many as three audio books can be downloaded at any one time for free.
Among the approximately 4o titles on offer are bestsellers like Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama.
From July 2009 Ryanair is introducing new routes from Milan Bergamo (Orio al Serio) Airport. One of these routes will fly to the Italian city of Pescara, which is in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Other routes will journey further afield to countries such as France, Spain and Morroco. Destinations include Malaga, Nantes and Tangier.
The most recent addition sees flights being offered between Milan Bergamo and Figari, Corsica. These went on sale just over a week ago.