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Comment on The cheapest flights to Switzerland involve flying to an airport in a neighbouring country, and we’re not talking about France by ja

ja — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:50:50 +0000

Ryanair no longer offer this route, so maybe Memmingen is the new Zurich west. Similar distance to Munich from FMO.

Comment on Aer Lingus Card charges Update (when free means £62) by ja

ja — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:15:49 +0000

Teecee – so you have to open a bank account then just to pay no card charges?

Note – this was written about flights from Birmingham, expect even more extras out of Heathrow, where ‘free’ means £44.99 – and that is before any card charges.

Comment on Aer Lingus Card charges Update (when free means £62) by teecee

teecee — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:13:32 +0000

Worth noting that Aer Lingus don’t see the Entropay virtual carrd as an Electron card

Comment on Airport Access Information – Distances from City Centres and Public Transport Options by Citeh

Citeh — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:48:54 +0000

Well said Shamrock! Get the basics right first.

Comment on Airport Access Information – Distances from City Centres and Public Transport Options by ShamrockSNN

ShamrockSNN — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:38:14 +0000

When I click on flights from Shannon to Austria, it comes up with a page error, as it is trying to find ‘http://www.flightmapping.com/UK/Shannon/'. Don’t you think you should sort out your Irish geography before plaing with fancy icons?

Comment on Jetisfaction – do we need another new airline? by ja

ja — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:13:54 +0000

Looks like they haven’t got off the ground yet anyway, no surprises there when they didn’t have a proper payment gateway sorted.

Comment on The shocking lack of European capitals served by flights from Birmingham by ja

ja — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:27 +0000

Just announced today – new Berlin flights from Birmingham – or should that be new flights from Berlin to both Manchester AND Birmingham, as part of Lufthansa’s drive to expand at the new Berlin Brandt Airport.

So more of a win for Berlin than Birmingham, but still very welcome news.

Comment on Brandt New Airport to open in time for London 2012 Olympics by ja

ja — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:07 +0000

And now it will have new flights from Birmingham and Manchester, courtesy of Lufthansa. Although the flights will only operate daily, this route is supplemented by additional connections through other German airports such as Dusseldorf or Frankfurt.

Comment on The shocking lack of European capitals served by flights from Birmingham by ja

ja — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:30:06 +0000

Absolutely, I think Flybe have been very disappointing at Birmingham, I really expected big things with their Q400 fleet, and even bigger when they went for the E-Jets.

Just look at their route network from Southampton, or even Exeter – much smaller airports than Birmingham!

I don’t think a Helsinki link is a no-brainer – it is one thing getting airlines with bases in different places to link them up, but quite another to expect an airline to make links between largely domestic operations in two disparate parts of Europe.

The market for international flights from Heslinki is dominated by its Nordic and Scandic neighbours – much as though I would love to see flights to Finland from Birmingham, and would jump on them tomorrow, I don’t think it is likely – there are other priorities first.

Comment on Budget airline car hire ripoffs exposed (Malaga Airport car hire) by ja

ja — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:26:12 +0000

Paul, you might want to check out your own prices before promoting your own link. Your site came up with just one agency, at a cost £100 more for the week than the prices I found on UK agencies. You might be more useful for people in the US, but Malaga is a mainly European market (with a few high-end visitors from the Middle East).