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Cyber Monday to Outshine Thanksgiving and Black Friday Spending

11/14/2012 10:07 AM EST - IBISWorld

Rising disposable income is bringing in the cheer and putting consumers into the spirit of the holidays
By IBISWorld Analyst Olivia Tang

Rising disposable incomes are bringing in the cheer and putting consumers into the spirit of the holidays. As a result, IBISWorld expects spending for Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday to all rise in 2012. Thanksgiving spending will reach a record high as the...

Arik Air West Africa’s Largest Airline Introduces New Winter Schedule For Non-St...

8/30/2012 11:44 AM EST - C. Moore Media International Public Relations

New York, NY, August 30, 2012 - Arik Air, West Africa’s largest airline is set to introduce a new schedule for it’s non-stop New York, JFK to Murtala Muhammad International, Lagos flight. The revised winter schedule will be effective from 29th October 2012.

The new schedule offers departure times out of JFK airport, New York City at 12:00noon local time on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving in Lagos,...

Budget Airlines – Summer Holiday Saviours

7/31/2012 7:52 AM EST - CLC Leisure

London Aug 1, 2012: Budget Airlines, those “jackals” of the travel industry which more often than not are damned for “penny pinching and price gouging” are now being praised by one tour operator for saving this summer’s holiday season.

Said Laurence Hicks, Director of tour operator and holiday rentals company CLC Leisure, “In the face of a double dip recession it looks like 2012 is going to be a bumper year for...

Non-Competitive Market Driving Passengers Away from Canada's Airports

6/18/2012 3:44 PM EST - University of Maryland, College Park

June 18, 2012

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Some airlines are losing more than $1 billion in revenue each year because travelers are avoiding Canadian airports to use facilities south of the border - this despite the 2005 U.S.-Canada Open Skies Act - concludes a new study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. School of Business.

The researchers say millions of passengers drive to and from U.S. airports in search of...

Holiday Air Travel Survey Shows Frustrations High

12/19/2011 12:21 PM EST - U.S. Travel Association

Two Out of Five Air Passengers Wish for Other Form of Transportation This Holiday
WASHINGTON, DC – A new...

Manx2.com Move into Blackpool!

11/5/2010 10:33 AM EST - Intereurope Communications Group

MANX2.COM takes up residence in Blackpool – with a permanent aircraft and crew based at Blackpool Airport!
Manx2.com Chairman Noel Hayes said: “We are delighted to have chosen Blackpool as our first base in England. Over the last five years we have achieved consistent growth in passenger numbers through the airport helped by the ease of road access to Blackpool combined with ample free parking.
“We have attracted...

BUSINESS TRAVELLERS: YOUR AIRPORT NEEDS YOU!

6/24/2010 4:08 AM EST - Intereurope Communications Group

BUSINESS travellers across Lancashire and the Lake District are being canvassed for their views to help reinstate a much sought after London link from Blackpool International.

The airport is seeking the opinions of North West business travellers to gather vital information about preferred flying destinations, favoured flying timings and general travel arrangements.

The data collected from the business travellers’...

Life long learners at Blackpool International Airport.

LEARNING TAKES OFF AT BLACKPOOL AIRPORT

5/21/2010 8:18 AM EST - Intereurope Communications Group

A NEW learning zone at Blackpool International is helping staff discover new horizons.
In a joint funding initiative, Blackpool International and the Unite union celebrated the official opening of facilities located on site to help airport staff become life long learners.

Timed to coincide with Adult Learners Week (May 15th-21st), VIPs gathered for the official ribbon cutting ceremony and presentations were...

BLACKPOOL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

5/14/2010 11:00 AM EST - Intereurope Communications Group

REACTION TO NEW AIRPORT CAR PARKING SURVEY
Blackpool International is reminding passengers of its free passenger parking after a new report by Which? revealed massive differences in car parking tariffs among the UK’s busiest airports.
Blackpool International has been operating a 15-day free passenger parking initiative since January 2009, as part of a strategy to strengthen its presence in Lancashire and the...

Blackpool International - comment on travel disruption

4/23/2010 7:56 AM EST - Intereurope Communications Group

Blackpool International mobilised its crisis management team as UK controlled airspace closed for the first time since the Second World War on Thursday 15th April 2010.
• Jet2.com flights to and from Alicante, Malaga, Faro and Belfast International stopped on Thursday 15th April and recommenced on Thursday 22nd April.

• Aer Lingus grounded its daily services to and from Dublin throughout the disruption;...

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