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14 February 2012
easyJet has announced a new app for iPhone and Android devices. The app, which is free, makes it possible to search for and book flights, manage your booking, add flight options, save details and track flight status. There’s more detail and directions for downloading this new app can be found on the easyJet website.
31 January 2012
easyJet has brought Lorraine Chase back to Luton Airport. Luton is bidding to obtain city status. In support of the campaign the airline has arranged for Lorraine to name a new aircraft for them and, in future some passengers will be flying in “Love Luton”. Full story from easyJet.
27 January 2012
Aegean have another sale, a time-limited reduction on 20,000 seats from Athens and Thessaloniki to and from London and Larnaca. Bookings must be completed by midnight 1 February 2012 (local time) for flights taking place between 12 February and 30 June 2012.
Promotional fares between Athens and London are €69 each way: Larnaca to/from London €79. Fares on the Athens/Larnaca route are €49 from Athens and €59 to Athens. These fares apply to one-way travel and include taxes.
All bookings must be made through en.aegeanair.com (not the regular flight search page).
N.B. The periods of 24/02/2012 – 27/02/2012 & 12/04/2012 – 17/04/2012 are excluded from the offer.
27 January 2012
Thomas Cook has a “Pay Day Sale” offering a reduction of up to £400 per couple on over 1 million holidays departing from the UK between 1 May and 31 October 2012. Bookings must be completed by midnight (GMT) Thursday 2 February 2012.
24 January 2012
Aegean have another sale, this time of 44,000 seats on direct domestic routes to and from Athens and Thessaloniki for flights taking place between 8 February and 30 April 2012. Promotional fares to and from Thessaloniki are €29, (except from Athens to Thessaloniki which is €44). All promotional fares direct to Athens are €29, and from Athens €44. These fares apply to one-way travel and include all taxes.
All bookings must be made before midnight on 12 February 2012 (local time)and purchased through en.aegeanair.com (not the regular flight search page).
17 January 2012
FlyThomasCook have another three day sale starting at 00:01 January 17 2012. This one applies to all routes during April, May and June. The sale ends at midnight on Thursday 19 January 2012.
On offer is a discount of £10 per person per sector, i.e. £10 one-way and 20 return.
07 January 2012
FlyThomasCook are promoting two ticket sales. The current sale applies to one way or return flights departing in April 2012 and the offer is £10 per person off one way flights and £20 off return flights. To take advantage of this sale bookings must be made before midnight on Monday 09 January 2012.
Following this is their ‘Summer Sale’ which will be open on their web site on Tuesday 10 January for three days only, i.e. bookings must be completed by midnight on Thursday 12 January 2012. This sale also offers £10 pp off one way flights and £20 pp off returns. Go to FlyThomasCook
06 January 2012
Aegean Airways latest sale offers 39,000 seats on Greek domestic routes available on flights from 17 January to 31 March 2012, excluding the period 23 - 28 February (27 Feb is Ash Monday). Bookings must be made through Aegean web site
before midnight on Wednesday 11 January 2012.
Fares per passenger, including all taxes and the Internet service fee, are €39 one way to Athens and to/from Thessaloniki. Fares from Athens are €59 on all domestic routes. There is no refund in the case of cancellation but ticket changes are allowed, subject to a charge dependant on fare category.
Easyjet’s latest offer is for discounts of up to 20% for all seats, on all routes, for travel between 01 February and 11 July 2012. There’s a deadline for booking - tickets must be purchased
before midnight on Tuesday 10 January 2012
The discounted prices can still increase during the promotional period as the allocation of seats in a price band is sold. Early bookings will get the best prices. Go to Easyjet.
13 December 2011
Aegean Airways Special Offer
Aegean has a pretty good deal on offer: 20% off all fares on all domestic and international routes for flights from 10 January 2012 until 27 October 2012. The offer applies to non-stop and connecting Aegean flights, (e.g. Heraklion or Chania to Heathrow booked as a single journey) both one-way and return.
The 20% discount applies to all fares and fuel surcharges and are already deducted from the fares shown in the booking system. The discount does not apply to taxes or the Internet booking fee.
Flights must be booked before midnight on Thursday 22 December 2011. Click HERE for Aegean web site.
09 December 2011
Ryanair Checked Baggage Fees
Ryanair is to increase its checked-in baggage fees by 25% for next summer.
The no-frills giant is increasing hold luggage fees from £20 to £25 per bag during June, July, August and September 2012.
It will also apply the same higher fee for flights during the Christmas period in 2012. The changes apply to online bookings made after December 15. Online charges from October to May will remain at £15 per bag.
Full Travel Trade Gazette report here.
15 November 2011
easyJet to Trial Allocated Seats
easyJet has announced that they will be carrying out a trial for allocated seats starting in Spring 2012. The trial will be carried out on selected routes which will be announced when the company has decided which will be used . If the trials are successful the system will be rolled out on all routes by the end of 2012. Detailed information can be found on a special FAQ page on easyJet web site.
04 November 2011
Ryanair has announced that it will operate flights between Leeds Bradford (LBA) and Chania (CHQ) in summer 2012. The first and last outbound flights will be 31 March 2012 and 29 September respectively. Final flight from Chania will be 6 October 2012. Flight times are: Depart Leeds Bradford at 14:25 - Arrive Chania 20:10 with return flights departing Chania at 20:35, arriving Leeds Bradford at 22:20 (All times are local). Fares available currently range from about £110 to £220 return excluding baggage and administration charges.
02 November 2011
Avro/Monarch have announced two new routes to Crete for the 2012 season - Newcastle to Heraklion and East Midlands to Heraklion.
Both services start on 22 May 2012.
Newcastle outbound flights will depart at 10:30, arriving Heraklion at 16:45. Inbound flights depart Heraklion at 17:45, arriving Newcastle at 20:15. The final flight from Newcastle will be 30 October with the return leaving Crete on 6 November. Prices from £259pp.
Outbound flights will depart East Midlands at 07:30, arriving Heraklion at 13:45.
Inbound flights will depart Heraklion at 14:45, arriving East Midlands at 17:05.
The final flight from East Midlands will be 25 September with the return leaving
Crete on 25 September.
Prices from £249.
24 October 2011
easyJet to fly Luton/Heraklion in 2012
Travel Trade Gazette carried the news last week, announcing, “Heraklion in Crete will be served once a week for the first time from Luton with easyJet from next April”.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s commercial manager is quoted as saying, “Crete remains a huge draw to British holidaymakers and the addition of easyJet flights from Luton Airport makes it even easier for travellers to visit this wonderful destination.”
The full announcement from easyJet is here.
30 May 2011
Reported last week in Travel Trade Gazette easyJet is to put its flexible fares online as early as next month or, maybe July, opening them up to a much wider market.
The fares were introduced in November 2010 purely for business travellers. The flexible fares allow travellers to make any number of date changes from one week before up the three weeks after the original booked travel date. Flexible fare tickets include speedy boarding, one piece of hold baggage and no extra booking fees .
The full Travel Trade Gazette news item is here.
22 April 2011
EasyJet are selling three million seats for travel one-way on flights during the period 01 May to 30 September 2011. There’s no fixed deadline for booking but seats will be sold on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis until the allocation has been sold. One way prices are available at £34.99 or less.
Click for easyJet site
08 April 2011
Thomas Cook are currently offering up to £600 off holidays to Mediterranean destinations, including Crete. Click the link to their site then click the Crete link in the “Top Destinations” list in the left hand column.
“Prices are subject to very limited availability and can change at any time......”
08 April 2011
Avro Monarch have announced “..capacity has been significantly increased to Corfu, Crete,...”. LGW, MAN and BHX all have more flights during the whole of the season. The company also has some bargain flights from LGW and MAN late April/early May but only for out and back after seven nights.
02 April 2011
New Service Gatwick < > Heraklion Tor Air is a new(ish) Swedish Airline having started operations in 2008. Beginning in July 2011 they will be operating from Gatwick with three, 148 seat, Boeing 737-400s.
Basic fares seem to be very competitive: we checked the first flight on 22 July, returning 06 August and the total fare including taxes, selected seats, 20kg of hold baggage and the maximum credit card charge amounted to £291.55. Extra legroom seats would add £30 each way.
There will be a buy onboard service on the flights.
The 737 aircraft is considered to be spacious and quiet with comfortable seats.
18 March 2011
FlyThomasCook are currently showing good deals for late August & September for one way flights from Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff.
Click the image in the left column to go to Thomas Cook site then see the “Find our cheapest flights” section.
16 March 2011
easyJet joins Nectar loyalty programme. Nectar points will be able to be exchanged for easyJet flights, following the creation of a new partnership between the UK's largest loyalty programme and the UK's largest airline. The initiative is backed by Nectar founding partner, Sainsbury's.
The partnership allows Nectar collectors to exchange their Nectar points for any easyJet flights to over 550 destinations in 30 countries with no restrictions or time limits. They can pay for the flight and taxes in full using Nectar points, or use a combination of Nectar points and cash to complete the transaction.
Sainsbury's will be supporting the easyJet addition to Nectar through in-store promotional activity as well as other direct marketing initiatives.
Sainsbury's CEO, Justin King, said:
"Our customers often ask for new ways to spend their Nectar points and flights are one of the most popular requests. easyJet joining Nectar now means that many families will be able to book flights in time for their summer holidays with the points they have collected through simply doing their weekly shop at Sainsbury's."
Nearly a million Nectar collectors have enough points to pay for flights to popular destinations like Malaga, Alicante, Nice or Amsterdam and it is estimated that approximately 300,000 flights per annum will be booked using Nectar points.
David Johnston, CEO of Groupe Aeroplan Europe, the company that owns and operates Nectar, said:
"We are delighted to welcome easyJet as a Nectar rewards partner and to be able to offer our collectors the option to use their points to pay for flights. In the current climate this is a great way to be savvy and make your money work harder. "
easyJet CEO, Carolyn McCall, said:
"This partnership with Nectar is an exciting new initiative for easyJet. It offers greater flexibility for our existing customers as well as opening up opportunities to new Nectar customers. Unlike traditional flight point schemes, it will allow customers to choose to get a discount on any flight, any day across the easyJet network. This partnership is the first commercial initiative for easyJet since the new brand license agreement and demonstrates how, through partnering, we can offer even more to our customers."
Nectar has over 17 million collectors earning Nectar points at partners including Sainsbury's, Homebase, BP and most recently, British Gas. In addition, points can be earned at over 500 online partners including Amazon and ebay. Other rewards partners include Vue Cinemas, Argos and Eurostar.
From the 22nd March customers should go to nectar.com for full details on how to book flights using Nectar points.
For more information, please see www.nectar.com.
23 February 2011
easyJet Launches New Route
easyJet, today announced three new routes from Edinburgh Airport, including flights direct to Athens.
The service begins on 20 September 2011, utilising a brand new Airbus A 320, with seats priced from £36.99 one way. There will be three flights weekly. Seats are on sale now.
easyJet announcement HERE or go to easyJet flight search
12 November 2010.
Aegean Ticket Changes
Aegean Airlines have announced that all tickets can now be amended on line. Alter the date or time of tickets up to three hours before your flight.
This facility is available to all tickets, including “Saver” fares booked from 06 November 2011. There is no mention of any fee for this service.
More details on the Aegean web site.
27 October 2010
New Olympic Route
Today, Olympic Air announced the opening of a new route between Thessaloniki and London Gatwick, beginning on 31 October 2010.
There will be five flights weekly, daily except for Tuesday and Thursday.
Aircraft to be used is an Airbus A319 with 12 business class seats and 120 economy.
Flight number OA 283 will leave Thessaloniki at 07:55, arriving in Gatwick at 09:25. Return flight will leave Gatwick at 10:25, arriving in Thessaloniki at 15:40. All timings are local.
18 August 2010
KISS FLIGHTS COLLAPSES
KISS FLIGHTS who sold flights to Greece, Egypt, Turkey and the Canary Islands has ceased trading with immediate effect. The company sold seats to Crete using Viking Airlines.
BBC report here.
Viking Airlines state that they are in a strong financial position and are in no danger of being seriously affected by the collapse of Kiss.
19 December 2009
easyJet will fly to Chania
It has been reported that Easyjet will be serving Chania airport in 2010 with four flight per week during the summer season. Flights will be from London Gatwick, reportedly starting on 10 May 2010.
So far, no mention of the news has appeared on the company web site nor in the travel trade press. Currently, Chania does not appear in easyJet’s list of routes nor in the list of destinations on the flight search pages.
Watch this space.
18 December 2009
flyglobespan collapse
The collapse of flyglobespan (see below) illustrates that the companies themselves may be victims of outside influences. It has been reported that fgs was owed more than £30 million by the company operating its online booking service.
The administrators are attempting to establish why e-Clear has failed to pass on £20m paid by passengers who had already travelled and as much as £16m from customers still to travel.
Clearly, had flyglobespan received the money their cashflow difficulties would have been eased and it is possible the collapse could have been avoided.
E-Clear is one of four main card payment processing companies. It also handled card payments for SkyEurope, XL Leisure and Zoom all of whom have gone into liquidation. There is no suggestion that E Clear is implicated as contributing to these failures. Travel Trade Gazette reported in July that E-Clear faced legal action from SkyEurope.
Another E-Clear client is loss-making Allbury Travel Group which includes Libra Holidays. TTG reports that Allbury is owned by Allbury Ltd (based in the British Virgin Islands) which is controlled by .... the Chief Executive of E-Clear.
More about E-Clear here and Allbury here (links to Travel Trade Gazette reports)
17 December 2009
flyglobespan collapse
The Edinburgh based flyglobespan low cost carrier has collapsed into administration leaving thousands of passengers stranded and many more with lost holidays.
This has no direct effect on travel to Crete since flyglobespan ceased operations to Heraklion a couple of years ago. However, the collapse is indicative of the difficult times being experienced by all airlines. Almost inevitably there will be other failures in the months ahead and we hope they will not include carriers to Crete.
30 November 2009
easyJet Extend On-line Check-in
Easyjet have announced an extension of their on line check-in facility which, until now has been restricted to passengers with hand baggage only.
With immediate effect, passengers with hold baggage will be able to check in on line for both outbound and return flights. Print your boarding cards at home and take them with your luggage to the bag drop point at the airport.
Standard check-in desks will continue to operate and, unlike some other airlines, there is no charge (see flight extras) whether you check-in from home or at the airport.
Full details are available on the easyJet web site
21 October 2009
GATWICK SOLD
BAA has sold Gatwick Airport, Britain's second-biggest, to Global Infrastructure Partners, who are owners of London City airport.
GIP, is an infrastructure fund backed by Credit Suisse and General Electric. They outbid a rival group which included Manchester Airport and Borealis, a Canadian fund.
More in this report from the Daily Telegraph.
13 October 2009
Aegean Airlines has teamed up with BMI to offer flights from Athens to six destinations in the UK and Ireland - Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin.
All flights are via London Heathrow.
Flights are available from 25 October 2009 to 27 March 2010 and must be booked by 26 October 2009 to obtain the special offer fares.
The following dates are excluded:- 18 Dec 2009 to 07 Jan 2010 and 12 Feb 2010 to 16 Feb 2010
Flights are priced from €129 one way.
For more information or to book go to the AEGEAN
WEBSITE
Aegean will operate the Athens/Heathrow leg with BMI flying the UK domestic routes.
28 May 2009
AEGEAN TO JOIN STAR ALLIANCE
ATHENS, Greece - May 26th, 2009 – The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance has accepted the membership application of Aegean Airlines of Greece. This was announced today at an official press conference held in Athens.
Teams from Aegean Airlines and Star Alliance will begin the integration work shortly. Once this process is complete, the Star Alliance network will encompass a total of 26 carriers (current 21 and confirmed future members Aegean Airlines, Air India, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines and TAM) and three regional member carriers (Adria Airways, Blue1 and Croatia Airlines), offer a choice of more than 1,000 destinations in 176 countries being served by 21,000 daily flights.
Jaan Albrecht, CEO Star Alliance said: “Aegean Airlines is a welcome addition to the Star Alliance network. Its home market Greece is of strategic importance due to its geographic position in the Eastern Mediterranean, acting as the main south-eastern access point into the European Union. Through the Aegean Airlines’ network, our customers will in future gain access to numerous destinations in Greece as well as have more choice on routes within Europe.”
Theodore Vassilakis, Chairman of Aegean Airlines said: “Becoming a member of Star Alliance represents both an honour and a great opportunity for our company. In the near future our customers will be able to enjoy the network, privileges and loyalty rewards of the largest and most recognised airline alliance in the world. As we continue to grow in our network and further develop our services, we are committed to become valuable contributors to this great alliance.” Through its future membership in Star Alliance, Aegean Airlines will gain access to the many markets across the globe.
29 February 2008
Aer Lingus have announced the introduction of a new service between Dublin and Athens, Greece.
Commencing on 30 March 2008 the airline will operate three flights weekly, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Final flight on this route during 2008 will be 25 October.
Flight times are: Depart Dublin 14:30 Arrive Athens 20:30
Depart Athens 21:30 Arrive Dublin 23:55
Sample fares: Search on 29 February 2008
Dep. 14 May Ret. 28 May €144.10 p.p. plus a "handling fee" of €6.00 Total: €150.10 return.
Flights on 13/27 August are currently priced at €296.10 return.
Note that prices may change, particularly as you approach departure date.
12 February 2008
NEW ATHENS - LONDON STANSTED SERVICE
AEGEAN AIRLINES have announced that they will be adding a twice-daily service between Athens and London Stansted, commencing on 15 May 2008, the start of their summer schedule.
Brand new Airbus A321 aircraft with 195 seats in two classes will be used on the route and Aegean say that the aircraft have state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment systems.
A flight search on their web site for flights in May and June shows three fare levels - Saver, Semi-Flexible and Flexible. So far we have only looked at the Saver fares and they look quite competitive at approximately €177* return, including taxes.
Departure times from Athens are 07:30 and 17:10 and from London Stansted at 10:220 and 20:00. These are convenient times for Athens but slightly less so for travellers from Crete. The earliest flights from Xania and Iraklio are too late to catch the morning flight from Athens and anyone travelling from Stansted on the 20:00 flight will have several hours to fill before the first departure to Crete the next morning.
Fares from the two airports in Crete are also considerably higher. At the time of writing no Saver fares are shown and return fares are about €358* from Iraklio and €365* from Xania.
* Please note that these figures are based on only a few sample flights and are indicative only. Prices may increase if bookings are made only a short time before departure or they may be lower if booked well in advance. There are also likely to be differences around national holiday dates.
31 January 2008
easyJet completes acquisition of GB Airways
easyJet today announced that the acquisition by its wholly-owned subsidiary, easyJet Airline Company Limited, of GB Airways Limited (“GB Airways”) from its parent, Bland Group Limited has now been successfully completed following final regulatory clearances on 18th January. The acquisition has been completed in line with the timescales outlined in October when the intention to purchase was first announced. easyJet paid £103.5 million in cash for GB Airways of which £11.5 million is held in escrow.
Andy Harrison, Chief Executive of easyJet said:
“We are delighted to have completed this transaction and we welcome the GB Airways staff transitioning across to become part of the easyJet team. The deal enhances easyJet’s customer offering of low cost with care and convenience and will create value for shareholders.”
The acquisition of GB Airways strengthens easyJet’s position as the leading short haul airline in the UK operating around 18% of available seats. easyJet is now able to offer its customers more routes at convenient times from two major UK airports – London Gatwick and Manchester. easyJet will now carry more passengers from Gatwick than any other airline and the GB Airways acquisition means that easyJet will be offering services from Manchester for the first time.
The integration of GB Airways into easyJet is progressing well - its routes are already on sale via easyJet.com and plans are in place to ensure a smooth transition by GB Airways to the easyJet Air Operators Certificate. As part of the integration process synergy benefits in the areas of overheads, insurance, ground handling, aircraft ownership and ancillary revenues have been identified and over the medium term easyJet will be able to drive further benefit from the acquisition as it optimises its network. In the current financial year, before exceptional costs of around £12 million, the acquisition will be earnings enhancing.
18 January 2008
easyJet takeover of GB Airways
Easyjet has taken over GB Airways, who operated flights to Heraklion as a British Airways franchise. Easyjet has guaranteed to fly the full GBA 2008 summer schedule to Heraklion, honouring any bookings taken by GBA.
Travellers who booked flights with GBA before the takeover was finalised and do not wish to fly with Easyjet may claim a full refund from British Airways. Details are available from British Airways.
Easyjet has not indicated whether they will be introducing a winter service. (GB Airways operated a summer-only service.)
29 June 2007
TUI AG (Thomson in the UK) and First Choice Holidays PLC publish prospectus for planned merger.
TUI AG and First Choice Holidays PLC have today published the prospectus for the planned merger between the Tourism Division of TUI AG - “TUI Tourism” - and First Choice. In addition to detailed information on First Choice, TUI Tourism and the future TUI Travel PLC, the prospectus contains information on the current bookings position of TUI and First Choice.
Trading for the financial year 2007 is in line with the Board’s expectations. Overall demand in the travel market remains strong, with varying levels of growth in demand across TUI Tourism’s source markets. Overall, bookings for the 2007 summer season have started well, with customer numbers up 7.8 per cent, and booked revenues up 2.8 per cent year-on-year, as at 22nd June 2007. The Central Europe Sector, which includes the large German source market, recorded a good increase in bookings, although the Sector’s results are affected by start-up costs in connection with the restructuring of flight operations under the new brand TUIfly.com. Customer numbers and booked revenues have also increased in the Western Europe Sector, although the Northern Europe Sector has experienced a decline year-on-year due to difficult market conditions in the UK and Ireland.
Trading at First Choice Holidays for the financial year 2007 has been in line with the Board’s expectations. For the 2007 Summer season, the Mainstream Holidays Sector has performed in line with management expectations in what remains a challenging market. As at 24 June 2007, revenues were cumulatively up four per cent on volume growth of one per cent.
The Specialist Holidays Sector has had an excellent start to the 2007 Summer season across all its businesses, with sales and volumes as at 24th June 2007 up 18 per cent and 16 per cent respectively on 2006, as a result of increased demand for lifestyle and destination specialist products.
TUI AG will give the next detailed overview of business development with the publication of the quarterly balance sheet on 9 August 2007.
Timetable for the merger into TUI Travel PLC
* 25th July: Extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of First Choice Holidays PLC.
* 31st August: Final court hearing.
* 3rd September: Expected date of completion of the merger, listing and commencement of trading.
19 June 2007
Completion of merger between MyTravel and Thomas Cook and results date
Thomas Cook Group plc today confirms the successful completion of the merger between MyTravel Group plc and Thomas Cook AG to create a leading international leisure travel group. Accordingly, with effect from 8.00 a.m. today, the listing of MyTravel shares was cancelled and the ordinary shares in the holding company of the combined group, Thomas Cook Group plc, were admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.
Thomas Cook Group chairman Dr Thomas Middelhoff said: 'I am delighted that we have been able to complete the merger in just over four months. We will now concentrate on delivering our plans to create additional shareholder value.'
The Group will announce its pro forma interim results for the six months to 30 April 2007 on Wednesday 27 June 2007. A presentation will be made to analysts that morning which will include analysis of the Group's pro forma interim results, commentary on current trading and an update on integration plans.
Note: MyTravel Group includes Airtours
4 May 2007
Merger of MyTravel Group plc and Thomas Cook AG cleared by European Commission
The European Commission has today announced its decision to clear the proposed merger of MyTravel Group plc and Thomas Cook AG to form Thomas Cook Group plc.
MyTravel Chief Executive Peter McHugh said: “I am delighted we have received this clearance. This is a significant milestone on the way to completing the merger. The merger is clearly in the best interests of our shareholders and the European Commission Phase I clearance will allow us to accelerate the merger process.”
Manny Fontenla-Novoa, Group CEO of Thomas Cook AG said: “This is a very important development for us in the process of merging these two businesses and we are very pleased that the Commission has decided to clear the transaction. We are now one step closer to being able to deliver the substantial benefits of this merger to all our staff, customers, business partners and shareholders.”
The circular relating to the proposed Scheme of Arrangement of MyTravel (the “Scheme”) by which the merger will be implemented, together with the prospectus for Thomas Cook Group plc (“TCG”) which was published on 30 April, have today been posted to MyTravel shareholders. The circular contains the details of the Scheme and the prospectus contains further information on MyTravel, Thomas Cook and TCG. We have also posted the notice of the MyTravel AGM to be held on 29 May. The merger remains subject to a number of conditions, including the approval of MyTravel shareholders, approval of the Scheme by the court and listing of the TCG shares. If these conditions are satisfied completion of the merger is expected on 19 June 2007.
Timetable
The timetable of principal events is expected to be as follows:
Prospectus and circular
posted to MyTravel shareholders 4 May
MyTravel shareholder meetings – Court meeting,
EGM and AGM 29 May
Court hearing to sanction the Scheme 18 June
Expected date of de-listing
of MyTravel shares and listing of the TCG shares and commencement of dealings in
TCG shares 19 June
The circular and the prospectus are available on the MyTravel Group
plc website at http://www.mytravelgroup.com.
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A 10% early booking discount is available on Minoan Lines routes between Patra and Venice or Ancona booked through ferries.gr [Paleologos S.A.].
Valid for trips commencing: up to 31 December 2012 on the Ancona route
up to 31 October 2012 on the Venice route
The offer applies to: one-way and return voyages on both routes
all accommodation and private vehicle categories.
on bookings made before midnight 29 February 2012.
The Early Booking discount is cumulative with all other discounts provided by the ferry company.
Tickets bought with the early booking discount cannot be cancelled but can be changed at the price prevailing at the time of change and without the 10% early booking discount.
14 February 2012
Aegean Airways has announced another sale of seats on all domestic routes direct to and from Athens and Thessaloniki. Tickets are available for flights from 01 March to 30 April 2012, excluding the period 12 April to 17 April 2012. Fares are for one-way travel to Athens and to/from Thessaloniki are €29 and fares from Athens on all routes are €44. These fares include all taxes and the Internet service fee per passenger. These fares will not show on the regular flight search page and can be booked only on en.aegeanair.com
Bookings must be completed before midnight 19 February 2012