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LONDON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New figures released by BAA have revealed that Heathrow had its busiest April on record, with a staggering 5.8 million passengers passing through the airport last month. This figure marks a 4.22% increase from 2009, compared to the 31.1% for 2010 due to the disruption caused by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. While 2010 was a very difficult year for travel, these new figures show that more people have decided to go on a foreign holiday this year, which...

CRAWLEY, England, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways flights to the popular Spanish city of Malaga have returned to Gatwick Airport. The flights have now moved back from Heathrow and have doubled in frequency, with up to four daily flights on selected days. This will increase to 27 flights a week from June 2011. Malaga is the gateway to the southern Spanish sun resorts and the daily flights are timed to give customers maximum flexibility when making their travel plans. As well...

NEW YORK and LONDON, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York's hometown airline, and Virgin Atlantic, the award-winning long-haul airline, today announced the launch of a new transatlantic interline partnership that links the networks of two of aviation's most iconic brands. Effective today, travellers can connect with ease from London, Glasgow and Manchester on Virgin Atlantic onward to JetBlue's domestic flights serving destinations including Baltimore,...

CRAWLEY, England, Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways is changing its Mauritius timetable to give customers an extra day in the sun. From November 1, flights back from the Indian Ocean isle will take off 12 hours later than at present, creating more time for relaxation before the journey home. The better timing coincides with the route being switched from Heathrow to Gatwick, further strengthening the airline's premium leisure programme at the airport. Currently, flights to...

ATLANTA, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is preparing to expand service to two key international business airports - Haneda Airport in Tokyo and Heathrow Airport in London - as it continues its focus on key markets for strategic growth in 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101123/CL04792LOGO ) Delta begins nonstop service between Tokyo-Haneda and Detroit and Los Angeles on Saturday, and will launch its new routes between Boston and Miami and London's...

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- British Midland International (bmi) has announced today new services from London Heathrow to Europe and North Africa. bmi, Heathrow's second largest airline, will offer new daily flights to Bergen and Stavanger in Norway effective April 1, 2011, and new services to Casablanca and Marrakech in Morocco. Direct flights to Casablanca will operate four times per week from April 2, 2011, and flights to Marrakech will operate three times per week from...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia, members of the oneworld® alliance, today announced new customer benefits as a result of their trans-Atlantic joint business. All three carriers are expanding the number of routes on which the airlines will codeshare between North America and Europe. These new codeshare flights offer passengers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico and many other European countries easier...

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it won two framework contracts from Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) to provide architecture- and civil engineering-led design services at Gatwick Airport until 2013, with an option to extend for a further year. Officials did not disclose the contract value. As part of the civil engineering framework, Jacobs is to provide multi-disciplinary design services, including airport master...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines (AA) and British Airways (BA) today announced the opening of the joint Admirals Club lounge at Denver International Airport. This new club is the airlines' first joint lounge since entering into a joint business agreement to share revenue, coordinate networks and schedules and cooperate commercially on routes between North America and Europe. "The joint lounge in Denver is another way AA and BA are providing more seamless...

ATLANTA, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation and the European Commission today granted Delta Air Lines' (NYSE: DAL) request to operate new daily, year-round flights between London's Heathrow and Boston and Miami international airports. The new flights will begin March 27, 2011, with final flight schedules and fares to be announced within the next week. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) (Logo:...