Lufthansa has announced that they are adding a fifth daily service from Dublin to their main hub airport Frankfurt in Germany. The addition of the extra flight brings the number of flights on the route from 28 to 34 per week and increases the capacity by more than 20%. Welcoming today’s announcement, Dublin Airport Managing […]
Airports
Dublin Airport Reports Record Traffic Numbers
Dublin Airport‘s traffic has been growing steadily over the last couple of years. Today the largest airport in Ireland reported that their traffic had hit a new high, with 3.1 million passengers passing through the airport in June 2018. That’s a 7% increase on last year’s passenger numbers. Full release below: Dublin Airport welcomed more […]
Heathrow Express Announces Changes to Ticket Rules
Heathrow Express has announced a number of changes to the way their tickets work effective immediately. (For some odd reason the change was brought in on May 2, but they only emailed customers today!) Up until now it was possible to use the tickets without being overly concerned about which direction you’d bought etc., However […]
Watch Schiphol Evolve Over 100 Years
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport is one of the major hubs in Europe. If you fly regularly you’ll probably have passed through at some stage. These days it’s the main hub for KLM, but also serves pretty much every other airline you can think of. Earlier this week the airport celebrated its centenary and in honour of […]
KLM Open Direct Routes From Dublin
KLM announced earlier today that it would start operating flights out of Dublin airport to its main hub at Amsterdam’s Schipol airport. Up until now KLM flights ex-Dublin were code shares with Aer Lingus. The new flights will run twice daily with departures ex-Dublin at 0555 and 1315 and departures ex-Schipol at 1200 and 2120. […]
Brussels Airport: Allow At Least Two Hours For Security
Brussels airport was badly damaged in the recent terrorist attack. While the authorities tried to get the airport back to “normal” as quickly as possible, the airport is unlikely to return to full capacity until June or later. In the interim if you are planning to travel via Brussels airport you should: check for updates […]
Dublin Airport Offering Annual Fast Track Subscription
Dublin Airport Authority’s “Airport Genie” service has been folded into their main suite of services. They’ve also expanded the “Airport Club” to include an annual membership plan specifically for access to fast track. You can now get an annual membership which covers fast track access only for 200 Euro per year. Paying for fast track […]
Air France Offering Flying Blue Boost
Air France are offering Flying Blue members a special bonus. If you book a flight from Dublin to Paris between July 10th and August 10th you can get 5000 bonus air miles. This is an interesting and attractive deal. The 5 thousand bonus airmiles would be welcomed by most fliers. But the fact that they’re […]