Pope plans to travel to the Italian Island of Sardinia

During Wednesday's general audience, Pope Francis announced he plans to travel to the Italian island of Sardinia in September. 

He will specifically visit Cagliari, which is the island's capital, to pray before the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria. The Pope then reflected on the historical ties between his native city of Buenos Aires and Sardinia

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Ryanair loses its appeal on access to aid investigation

RYANAIR has lost an appeal it took to the European Union's General Court after it had been denied access to information about investigations undertaken by the European Commission into state aid provided to airports, Independent.ie reports. Ryanair had sought details of investigations of state aid investigations undertaken by the Commission into Alghero airport on Sardinia, as well as Schoenefeld in Berlin, Lubeck airport in Hamburg, Bratislava airport in Slovakia, France's Pau airport close to the Pyrenees, and Aarhus airport in Denmark.
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IATA critics on airspace closures due to Vulcanic ashes

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on European governments and air navigation service providers to urgently develop more precise procedures to identify ash contaminated air space and allow more flights. The call came in the wake of 1,000 flight cancellations on Monday (17 May) as a result of the continued volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

“This problem is not going away any time soon. The current European-wide system to decide on airspace closures is not working. We welcome the operational refinements made by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in their theoretical model but we are still basically relying on one-dimensional information to make decisions on a four-dimensional problem. The result is the unnecessary closure of airspace. Safety is always our number one priority. But we must make decisions based on facts, not on uncorroborated theoretical models,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.


Bisignani noted some successful exceptions which provide examples to follow. “France has been able to safely keep its airspace open by enhancing the VAAC data with operational expertise to more precisely determine safe fly zones. Today, the UK Civil Aviation, working with the UK NATS (the air navigation service provider), announced another step forward by working with airlines and manufacturers to more accurately define tolerance levels while taking into account special operational procedures. Both are examples for other European governments to follow,” said Bisignani.

Bisignani called for (1) more robust data collection and analysis (2) a change in the decision making process and (3) urgency in addressing the issues.

Data Collection and Analysis
“Numbers show that the current system is flawed. Over 200,000 flights have operated in European airspace identified by the VAAC as having the potential presence of ash. Not one aircraft has reported significant ash presence and this is verified by post-flight aircraft and engine inspections. We must back the theory with facts gathered by aircraft to test ash concentration. France and the UK are showing that this is possible. If European civil aviation does not have the resources, it should look to borrow the test aircraft from other countries or military sources,” said Bisignani.


Changing the Decision-making Process
“We have lost confidence in the ability of Europe’s governments to make effective and consistent decisions. Using the same data, different countries have come to different conclusions on opening or closing airspace,” said Bisignani.


“Ultimately the industry needs a decision-making process for ash clouds similar to the one used for all other operational disruptions. Every day airlines make decisions whether to fly or not to fly in various weather conditions. Airlines collate the information available and make informed decisions placing safety first and with full access to all the latest weather reporting. Why should volcanic ash be any different?” said Bisignani.


In the US, which has a lot of experience with volcanic activity, the government identifies a no-fly zone where ash concentration is the highest. For all other areas, it is the responsibility of the airline to decide to fly or not based on the various data sources available. “The US has well-established, safe and effective procedures for tracking the hazards of volcanic ash. In recent years, the industry had no recorded safety incidents from volcanic activity in US airspace. Europe has a lot to learn,” said Bisignani.


Urgency
“Volcanic ash is a new challenge for European aviation. We can understand that systems need to be developed to cope. But what is absolutely inexcusable is the failure of Europe’s governments to act urgently and collectively to provide real leadership in a crisis. We have vast amounts of data from over 200,000 safe flights ready for analysis to support an urgent review of the current processes. The UK is finally moving in the right direction. But what about the other affected European governments? The next transport ministers meeting is scheduled for June 24. What kind of leadership waits more than a month to make crisis decisions? European businesses are dependant on air travel and passengers certainly cannot wait that long for initiatives like the UK’s to be implemented continent-wide,” said Bisignani.


To enhance the industry’s long-term ability to address volcanic ash issues, Bisignani is traveling to Montreal for urgent meetings with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). “IATA and ICAO have been working intensely on this issue since the crisis first struck in April. IATA is strongly supporting the ICAO task force which is reviewing ash tolerance thresholds with operators and manufacturers. The responsibility of manufacturers is critical in providing performance information to back decisions,” said Bisignani.


Tomorrow Bisignani will meet Roberto Kobeh-Gonzales, President of the ICAO Council and Raymond Benjamin, ICAO Secretary-General. “It is important that we act urgently and globally to better deal with this crisis and to lay a solid foundation for better decision making in future eruptions. Even as Europe stumbles with its fragmented approach, IATA is working with the global community through ICAO and by tapping into the experience of leading regulators like the US FAA to facilitate harmonized solutions,” said Bisignani.

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Ryanair flight disruptions Christmas period 2009

Original message from the Ryanair website from December 24th, 2009:

Due to 4 hour Spanish Air Traffic Control (ATC) slot delays the flights from Lanzarote to Dublin and to Brussels Charleroi have now been cancelled. Due to the refusal of Oslo Torp Airport to remain open after 15:00hrs CET the Oslo (Torp) to Frankfurt Hahn flight is also cancelled. Ryanair sincerely apologise to passengers for these cancellations which are beyond our control.

Ryanair intends to operate the remaining flight schedule for today. Weather conditions are still causing some limited delays however passengers should present at the airport as normal. Please consult the Ryanair website to monitor live flight information.

Latest flight information is available here and will be continuously updated throughout the day.

Ryanair apologises sincerely for any disruption to passengers as a result of the adverse weather across Europe.

Passengers who were due to travel and were booked to travel on one of the below cancelled flights can move to the next available flight free of charge or apply for a refund on their unused flight(s) by clicking on one of the below links

TO REBOOK FREE ONLINE:

Customers who are booked to travel on one of the below cancelled flights can rebook to the same destination airport on an alternative flight free of charge, subject to availability, by clicking on the link below. Customers can access this link up to the 26/12/2009 for travel on flights up to the 27/12/2009.

Click here to rebook your flight

However, please note that if your booking has a return flight included and you have already checked in for this flight you will NOT be able to transfer your flight to a different departure airport online. If you wish to do this you will need to call our reservation centre on the following number. Alternatively, go to the airport ticket desk and they will transfer you onto an alternative flight. We have instructed airports that passengers affected by these flight cancellations may not be able to check-in online and therefore airport staff will reissue boarding passes at the airport free of charge.

Ryanair Reservations +44 871 246 0000 - Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd - from 08:00 to 18:00 hours (GMT) and Thursday 24th from 09:00 to 16:00 hours (GMT)

TO APPLY FOR A REFUND ONLINE:

Customers who are booked on any of the below flights, who wish to cancel and claim a full refund on the unused flight(s) can do so directly by clicking on the link below and entering the required details. Refunds will be processed in 10 working days back to the form of payment used to pay for the booking.

Click here to apply for a refund of a cancelled flight

Click here for the written notice setting out the rules for compensation and assistance in line with the Regulation EU Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004.

24/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR8175	Lanzarote	Brussels Charleroi	10:20	15:35
FR7125	Lanazrote	Dublin	10:50	15:15
FR9829	Oslo (Torp)	Frankfurt (Hahn)	13:45	15:35

23/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR7683	City of Derry	Glasgow Prestwick	10:10	10:55
FR1169	City of Derry	Birmingham	13:40	14:55
FR9885	City of Derry	Liverpool John Lennon	14:15	15:10
FR8086	Riga	Charleroi Brussels	14:25	16:00
FR5444	Madrid	Paris Beauvais	16:35	18:45
FR5445	Paris Beauvais	Madrid	19:10	21:25
FR5303	Madrid	Valencia	19:30	20:25
FR2734	Riga	Tampere	19:45	20:50
FR1424	Liverpool	Belfast City	20:10	21:00
FR5304	Valencia	Madrid	21:05	22:00
FR2735	Tampere	Riga	21:15	22:20
FR2149	Kaunas	London Stansted	21:20	21:50
FR7843	Murcia	Prestwick Glasgow	21:20	23:20
FR1425	Belfast City	Liverpool	21:25	22:15
FR1215	Kaunus	Birmingham	21:50	22:45
FR2972	Kaunas	Dublin	22:20	23:35
FR157	Leeds-Bradford	Dublin	22:30	23:20

22/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR1941	Stockholm Skavsta	Milan Bergamo	06:50	09:25
FR1942	Milan Bergamo	Stockholm Skavsta	10:00	12:30
FR1943	Stockholm Skavsta	Milan Bergamo	20:50	23:25
FR1944	Milan Bergamo	Stockholm Skavsta	17:55	20:25
FR2149	Kaunas	London Stansted	21:20	21:50
FR29	Paris Beauvais	Dublin	22:20	22:45
FR305	Salzburg	London Stansted	10:05	10:55
FR3254	London Stansted	Dusseldorf Weeze	13:25	15:35
FR3255	Dusseldorf Weeze	London Stansted	12:50	13:00
FR3467	Kaunas	London Luton	21:55	22:40
FR4015	Milan Bergamo	Pescara	08:05	09:15
FR4016	Pescara	Milan Bergamo	06:30	07:40
FR4184	London Stansted	Milan Bergamo	06:30	09:30
FR4185	Milan Bergamo	London Stansted	09:55	11:00
FR4231	Milan Bergamo	Paris Beauvais	06:30	08:05
FR4232	Paris Beauvais	Milan Bergamo	08:30	09:55
FR4273	Milan Bergamo	Barcelona Girona	08:40	10:05
FR4274	Barcelona Girona	Milan Bergamo	06:50	08:15
FR4311	Bologna	Katowice	14:55	16:50
FR4312	Katowice	Bologna	17:15	19:10
FR4391	Milan Bergamo	Lubeck	10:25	12:05
FR4392	Lubeck	Milan Bergamo	12:30	14:05
FR4522	Brussels Charleroi	Milan Bergamo	06:20	07:55
FR4523	Milan Bergamo	Brussels Charleroi	08:20	09:55
FR4542	Milan Bergamo	Rygge	13:00	15:35
FR4543	Rygge	Milan Bergamo	16:00	18:25
FR4631	Milan Bergamo	Valencia	07:45	09:40
FR4632	Valencia	Milan Bergamo	10:05	11:15
FR4634	Zaragoza	Milan Bergamo	19:00	20:50
FR4635	Milan Bergamo	Seville	06:25	08:55
FR4636	Seville	Milan Bergamo	09:25	11:25
FR4658	Milan Bergamo	Bari	06:30	08:00
FR4659	Bari	Milan Bergamo	08:25	10:00
FR4702	Milan Bergamo	Porto	06:35	08:15
FR4703	Porto	Milan Bergamo	08:40	12:15
FR4708	Milan Bergamo	Alghero	10:40	12:00
FR4709	Alghero	Milan Bergamo	12:25	13:45
FR4732	Berlin Schonefeld	Milan Bergamo	11:40	13:15
FR4733	Milan Bergamo	Berlin Schonefeld	09:40	11:15
FR4734	Milan Bergamo	Rome Ciampino	06:30	07:40
FR4735	Rome Ciampino	Milan Bergamo	08:05	09:15
FR4862	Brussels Charleroi	Bologna	15:15	16:55
FR4863	Bologna	Bussels Charleroi	17:20	19:10
FR5192	Milan Bergamo	Lamezia	07:15	08:55
FR5193	Lamezia	Milan Bergamo	09:20	11:00
FR5203	Milan Bergamo	Frankfurt Hahn	06:40	08:00
FR5204	Frankfurt Hahn	Milan Bergamo	08:25	09:40
FR5393	Lamezia	Milan Bergamo	13:35	15:15
FR5932	Milan Bergamo	Lamezia	11:30	13:10
FR5991	Madrid	Milan Bergamo	06:00	08:15
FR5992	Milan Bergamo	Madrid	08:40	11:00
FR6226	Dusseldorf Weeze	Venice Treviso	18:55	20:30
FR6227	Venice Treviso	Dusseldorf Weeze	20:55	22:35
FR6876	Milan Bergamo	Krakow	07:00	08:50
FR6877	Krakow	Milan Bergamo	09:15	11:05
FR7702	Dusseldorf Weeze	Agadir	14:05	16:55
FR7703	Agadir	Dusseldorf Weeze	17:20	22:10
FR7748	Milan Bergamo	Cagliari	08:20	09:50
FR7749	Cagliari	Milan Bergamo	06:30	07:55
FR799	Venice Treviso	London Stansted	22:25	23:30
FR8142	London Luton	Knock	09:40	11:05
FR8143	Knock	London Luton	11:30	12:50
FR8262	Bristol	Milan Bergamo	06:30	09:45
FR8263	Milan Bergamo	Bristol	10:10	11:10
FR8636	Dusseldorf Weeze	Marrakesh	14:50	17:45
FR8637	Marrakesh	Dusseldorf Weeze	18:10	23:15
FR8892	Milan Bergamo	Palermo	06:30	08:10
FR8893	Palermo	Milan Bergamo	08:35	10:15
FR9003	Billund	Girona Barcelona	13:20	15:55
FR9079	Leeds Bradford	Alicante	19:55	23:35
FR9091	Milan Bergamo	Trapani	08:30	10:05
FR9092	Trapani	Milan Bergamo	06:30	08:05
FR9426	Dublin	Milan Bergamo	06:25	10:05
FR9427	Milan Bergamo	Dublin	10:35	12:15
FR9461	Rome Ciampino	Milan Bergamo	06:30	07:40
FR9462	Milan Bergamo	Rome Ciampino	08:05	09:15
FR9462	Milan Bergamo	Rome Ciampino	08:05	09:15
FR9634	Billund	Rome Ciampino	09:50	12:35
FR9671	Rome Ciampino	Dusseldorf Weeze	19:45	21:55
FR9672	Dusseldorf Weeze	Rome Ciampino	17:10	19:20

21/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR757	Frankfurt Hahn	London Stansted	23:20	23:40
FR65	Paris Beauvais	Glasgow Prestwick	22:35	23:05
FR2317	Bratislava	London Stansted	22:30	23:45
FR4806	Genoa	Cagliari	22:25	23:45
FR4806	Genoa	Gagliari	22:25	23:45
FR8364	Seville	London Stansted	22:15	23:55
FR9093	Milan Bergamo	Trapani	22:15	23:50
FR426	Glasgow Prestwick	London Stansted	22:10	23:20
FR4197	Milan Bergamo	London Stansted	22:05	23:05
FR9466	Milan Bergamo	Rome Ciampino	22:05	23:15
FR1395	Rygge	London Stansted	22:00	23:10
FR342	Dublin	London Luton	22:00	23:05
FR8547	Berlin Schonefeld	London Stansted	21:55	22:40
FR4236	Paris Beauvais	Milan Bergamo	21:50	23:10
FR298	Dublin	London Stansted	21:45	22:55
FR108	Shannon	London Stansted	21:45	23:05
FR4643	Bratislava	Milan Bergamo	21:45	23:05
FR2195	Tampere	London Stansted	21:40	22:30
FR9775	Karlsruhe Baden	London Stansted	21:35	22:00
FR1627	Berlin Schonefeld	Stockholm Skavsta	21:35	22:10
FR4446	Dublin	Kerry	21:30	22:20
FR4738	Berlin Schonefeld	Milan Bergamo	21:30	23:05
FR4277	Milan Bergamo	Barcelona Girona	21:25	22:50
FR5207	Milan Bergamo	Frankfurt Hahn	21:25	22:40
FR2149	Kaunas	London Stansted	21:20	21:50
FR969	Gothenburg City	London Stansted	21:20	22:10
FR843	Kerry	London Luton	21:20	22:45
FR9807	Barcelona Girona	London Stansted	21:15	22:25
FR8348	Porto	London Stansted	21:15	23:35
FR4525	Milan Bergamo	Brussels Charleroi	21:10	22:40
FR2835	Brussels Charleroi	Shannon	21:00	21:40
FR5372	London Gatwick	Madrid	21:00	00:15
FR5996	Milan Bergamo	Madrid	21:00	23:30
FR9429	Milan Bergamo	Dublin	21:00	22:45
FR5179	Billund	London Stansted	20:55	21:30
FR4887	Bari	Milan Bergamo	20:55	22:25
FR1943	Stockholm Skavsta	Milan Bergamo	20:50	23:25
FR293	London Stansted	Dublin	20:45	21:20
FR3883	Malta	London Luton	20:45	23:05
FR2054	Palma Mallorca	Madrid	20:40	22:00
FR758	London Stansted	Frankfurt Hahn	20:40	22:55
FR8169	Katowice	London Stansted	20:35	22:00
FR419	London Stansted	Glasgow Prestwick	20:30	21:40
FR9388	East Midlands	Girona	20:30	23:35
FR9465	Rome Ciampino	Milan Bergamo	20:30	21:40
FR4805	Cagliari	Genoa	20:25	22:00
FR341	london Luton	Dublin	20:25	21:35
FR8607	Milan Bergamo	Dusseldorf Weeze	20:20	22:00
FR9094	Trapani	Milan Bergamo	20:15	21:50
FR4445	Kerry	Dublin	20:15	21:05
FR2613	Santander	London Stansted	20:10	21:00
FR109	London Stansted	Shannon	20:00	21:20
FR4642	Milan Bergamo	Bratislava	20:00	21:20
FR4664	Valencia	Milan Bergamo	19:55	21:45
FR4235	Milan Bergamo	Paris Beauvais	19:50	21:25
FR5208	Frankfurt Hahn	Milan Bergamo	19:50	21:00
FR8993	Palermo	Milan Bergamo	19:45	21:25
FR8263	Milan Bergamo	Bristol	19:45	20:45
FR4793	Santander	Milan Bergamo	19:40	22:00
FR4278	Barcelona Girona	Milan Bergamo	19:35	21:00
FR437	Hamburg Lubeck	London Stansted	19:35	20:05
FR4737	Milan Bergamo	Berlin Schonefeld	19:30	21:05
FR1383	Zaragosza	Brussels Charleroi	19:25	21:30
FR842	London Luton	Kerry	19:25	20:55
FR4526	Brussels Charleroi	Milan Bergamo	19:20	20:45
FR5371	Madrid	London Gatwick	19:20	20:35
FR1626	Stockholm Skavsta	Berlin Schonefeld	19:20	21:00
FR4195	Milan Bergamo	London Stansted	19:15	20:15
FR9409	Venice Treviso	Rome Ciampino	19:05	20:05
FR4886	Milan Bergamo	Bari	19:00	20:30
FR2316	London Stansted	Bratislava	18:55	22:05
FR5093	Lamezia	Milan Bergamo	18:55	20:35
FR9387	Girona	East Midlands	18:50	20:05
FR2053	Madrid	Palma Mallorca	18:45	20:05
FR4198	London Stansted	Milan Bergamo	18:45	21:40
FR8546	London Stansted	Berlin Schonefeld	18:45	21:30
FR9774	London Stansted	Karlsruhe Baden	18:40	21:10
FR8347	London Stansted	Porto	18:30	20:50
FR1394	London Stansted	Rygge	18:25	21:35
FR3453	Murcia	London Luton	18:25	20:00
FR8606	Dusseldorf Weeze	Milan Bergamo	18:25	19:55
FR5995	Madrid	Milan Bergamo	18:20	20:35
FR9115	Milan Bergamo	Trapani	18:15	19:50
FR8363	London Stansted	Seville	18:05	21:45
FR4707	Cagliari	Milan Bergamo	18:00	19:25
FR5178	London Stansted	Billund	18:00	20:30
FR968	London Stansted	Gothenburg City	18:00	20:55
FR1944	Milan Bergamo	Skavsta	17:55	20:25
FR2836	Shannon	Brussels Charleroi	17:55	20:35
FR5547	Santander	Madrid	17:55	19:05
FR4538	Liverpool	Milan Bergamo	17:50	21:05
FR8992	Milan Bergamo	Palermo	17:40	19:20
FR9806	London Stansted	Barcelona Girona	17:40	20:50
FR4536	Eindhoven	Milan Bergamo	17:35	19:05
FR9408	Rome Ciampino	Venice Treviso	17:35	18:40
FR4663	Milan Bergamo	Valencia	17:30	19:25
FR9238	Parma	Alghero	17:25	18:40
FR4532	Oslo Torp	Milan Bergamo	17:10	19:35
FR5092	Milan Bergamo	Lamezia	16:50	18:30
FR8168	London Stansted	Katowice	16:50	20:10
FR436	London Stansted	Hamburg Lubeck	16:45	19:10
FR4634	Zaragosza	Milan Bergamo	16:45	18:35
FR4792	Milan Bergamo	Santander	16:45	19:05
FR702	Kerry	London Stansted	16:30	17:55
FR2148	London Stansted	Kaunas	16:20	20:55
FR5546	Madrid	Santander	16:20	17:30
FR4537	Milan Bergamo	Liverpool	16:10	17:25
FR4706	Milan Bergamo	Cagliari	16:05	17:35
FR9464	Milan Bergamo	Rome Ciampino	16:05	17:10
FR5314	Valencia	Madrid	16:00	16:55
FR3882	london Luton	Malta	16:00	20:20
FR5982	Milan Bergamo	Madrid	15:50	18:15
FR4535	Milan Bergamo	Eindhoven	15:35	17:10
FR4028	Santiago De Compostela	Madrid	15:30	16:35
FR5377	Granada	Madrid	14:45	15:45
FR5473	Girona	Madrid	14:45	16:05
FR5313	Madrid	Valencia	14:35	15:30
FR3452	London Luton	Murcia	14:25	18:00
FR4027	Madrid	Santiago De Compostela	13:50	15:00
FR5376	Madrid	Granada	13:15	14:20
FR5472	Madrid	Girona	13:05	14:20
FR2016	Lanzarote	Madrid	12:00	15:40
FR2052	Palma	Madrid	11:35	12:55
FR5316	Santiago De Compostela	Madrid	11:05	12:10
FR2051	Madrid	Palma	09:40	11:00
FR5315	Madrid	Santiago De Compostela	09:35	10:40
FR2015	Madrid	Lanzarote	09:30	11:15
FR4442	Dublin	Kerry	07:45	08:35
FR4441	Kerry	Dublin	06:30	07:20

20/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR6416	Almeria	Dusseldorf Weeze	17:05	20:05
FR4525	Bergamo Milan	Charleroi Brussels	2110	2240
FR9466	Bergamo Milan	Rome Ciampino	2205	2310
FR2167	Berlin Schonefeld	Dusseldorf Weeze	21:40	22:55
FR9704	Berlin Schonefeld	Stockholm Skavsta	08:35	10:20
FR4305	Bologna	Dusseldorf Weeze	20:30	22:20
FR4566	Brussels Charleroi	Figari	11:10	13:15
FR4524	Brussels Charleroi	Milan Bergamo	11:15	13:30
FR3745	Brussels Charleroi	Pisa	10:30	12:10
FR8085	Brussels Charleroi	Riga	10:55	14:20
FR9565	Brussels Charleroi	Stockholm Skavsta	09:05	10:55
FR1911	Brussels Charleroi	Valladolid	11:30	13:30
FR1386	Charleroi Brussels	Porto	2200	2325
FR4526	Charleroi Brussels	Bergamo Milan	1920	2045
FR9567	Charleroi Brussels	Stockholm Skavsta	2140	2330
FR9787	Constanta	Pisa	10:05	11:35
FR962	Dublin	Stockholm Skavsta	09:20	13:00
FR6415	Dusseldorf Weeze	Almeria	13:40	16:40
FR2166	Dusseldorf Weeze	Berlin Schonefeld	20:00	21:15
FR4306	Dusseldorf Weeze	Bologna	18:15	20:05
FR6241	Dusseldorf Weeze	Edinburgh	14:35	15:10
FR9294	Dusseldorf Weeze	Girona Barcelona	13:15	15:25
FR6236	Dusseldorf Weeze	Gothenbug City	10:00	11:35
FR6118	Dusseldorf Weeze	Gran Canaria	13:10	16:50
FR3233	Dusseldorf Weeze	London Stansted	18:25	18:35
FR3259	Dusseldorf Weeze	London Stansted	20:30	20:40
FR8612	Dusseldorf Weeze	Malaga	16:15	19:05
FR8636	Dusseldorf Weeze	Marrakesh	14:50	17:45
FR8606	Dusseldorf Weeze	Milan Bergamo	10:20	11:50
FR6234	Dusseldorf Weeze	Oslo Torp	14:35	16:30
FR6218	Dusseldorf Weeze	Palma Mallorca	14:20	16:35
FR6232	Dusseldorf Weeze	Riga	07:00	10:10
FR9672	Dusseldorf Weeze	Rome Ciampino	09:50	12:00
FR8622	Dusseldorf Weeze	Seville	07:30	10:15
FR1952	Dusseldorf Weeze	Stockholm Skavsta	19:15	21:05
FR6228	Dusseldorf Weeze	Tenerife South	07:00	10:55
FR7523	Eindhoven	Alicante	17:25	20:10
FR5407	Eindhoven	Madrid	10:35	13:15
FR4536	Eindhoven	Milan Bergamo	17:35	19:05
FR7473	Eindhoven	Porto	10:45	12:25
FR9616	Eindhoven	Rome Ciampino	14:30	16:30
FR9626	Eindhoven	Rome Ciampino	19:55	21:55
FR5703	Fez	Frank Furt Hahn	1825	2300
FR7757	Fez	Madrid	1810	2045
FR9293	Girona Barcelona	Dusseldorf Weeze	15:50	18:00
FR6119	Gran Canaria	Dusseldorf Weeze	17:15	22:50
FR7767	Granada	Madrid	2245	2345
FR3232	London Stansted	Dusseldorf Weeze	19:00	21:10
FR3258	London Stansted	Dusseldorf Weeze	21:05	23:15
FR7766	Madrid	Granada	2120	2220
FR8613	Malaga	Dusseldorf Weeze	19:40	22:50
FR555	Manchester	Dublin	14:10	15:05
FR559	Manchester	Dublin	2140	2230
FR8637	Marrakesh	Dusseldorf Weeze	18:10	23:15
FR6235	Oslo Torp	Dusseldorf Weeze	16:55	18:50
FR6219	Palma Mallorca	Dusseldorf Weeze	17:10	19:35
FR9504	Paris Beauvais	Stockholm Skavsta	12:30	14:40
FR3746	Pisa	Brussels Charleroi	12:35	14:25
FR8086	Riga	Brussels Charleroi	14:45	16:20
FR6233	Riga	Dusseldorf Weeze	10:35	11:45
FR9465	Rome Ciampino	Bergamo Milan	2030	2140
FR9625	Rome Ciampino	Eindhoven	17:20	19:30
FR1932	Rome Ciampino	Stockholm Skavsta	10:10	13:10
FR1604	Rygge	Stockholm Skavsta	08:25	09:25
FR8623	Seville	Dusseldorf Weeze	10:45	14:00
FR9703	Stockholm Skavsta	Berlin Schonefeld	06:30	08:10
FR9564	Stockholm Skavsta	Brussels Charleroi	06:30	09:05
FR9566	Stockholm Skavsta	Charleroi Brussels	1905	2115
FR963	Stockholm Skavsta	Dublin	07:10	08:05
FR1951	Stockholm Skavsta	Dusseldorf Weeze	21:30	23:25
FR1823	Stockholm Skavsta	Eindhoven	15:40	17:30
FR53	Stockholm Skavsta	London Stansted	09:40	10:55
FR9503	Stockholm Skavsta	Paris Beauvais	09:50	12:05
FR1931	Stockholm Skavsta	Rome Ciampino	06:50	09:45
FR1601	Stockholm Skavsta	Rygge	07:00	08:00
FR6229	Tenerife South	Dusseldorf Weeze	11:20	17:00
FR1912	Valladolid	Brussels Charleroi	13:55	16:05
FR8093	Venice Treviso	Frank Furt Hahn	2230	2350
FR9409	Venice Treviso	Rome Ciampino	19:05	20:05

19/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR4315	Bologna	Bari	630	750
FR4316	Bari	Bologna	815	935
FR9994	Pisa	Palermo	1105	1255
FR9995	Palermo	Pisa	1255	1420
FR9986	Pisa	Trapani	945	1110
FR9987	Trapani	Pisa	1135	1300
FR9926	Pisa	Alghero	950	1100
FR9927	Alghero	Pisa	1125	1230
FR6054	Treviso Venice	Charleroi Brussels	830	1005
FR5557	Haugesund	Bremen	1250	1415
FR9554	Memmingen (Munich West)	Girona Barcelona	1240	1425
FR1235	Pisa	Frankfurt Hahn	1305	1435
FR3746	Pisa	Charleroi Brussels	1235	1425
FR9451	Treviso Venice	Dublin	1415	1555
FR583	Pisa	London Stansted	640	800
FR5599	Haugesund	Alicante	2000	2345
FR4338	Bologna	Brindisi	1945	2115
FR4339	Brindisi	Bologna	2140	2310
FR6423	Bologna	Valencia	1455	1655
FR6422	Valencia	Bologna	1730	1930
FR4301	Bologna	Trapani	630	755
FR4302	Trapani	Bologna	820	945
FR8093	Venice Treviso	Frank Furt Hahn	2125	2245
FR6056	Venice Treviso	Charleroi Brussels	2125	2255

18/12/2009

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Arrival Airport	Dep.	Arr.
FR8776	London Stansted	Limoges	08:00	10:30
FR8777	Limoges	London Stansted	10:55	11:35
FR3882	Luton	Malta	16:00	20:20
FR3883	Malta	Luton	20:45	23:05
FR337	Luton	Dublin	09:25	10:35
FR338	Dublin	Luton	11:00	12:05
FR3515	Luton	Las Palmas	12:55	17:20
FR3616	Las Palmas	Luton	17:45	22:10
FR8142	Luton	Knock	09:40	11:05
FR8143	Knock	Luton	11:30	12:50
FR3768	Luton	Girona	14:30	17:30
FR3769	Girona	Luton	17:55	19:00
FR842	Luton	Kerry	19:25	20:55
FR843	Kerry	Luton	21:20	22:45
FR3461	Luton	Derry	07:25	08:50
FR3462	Derry	Luton	09:15	10:35
FR3452	Luton	Murcia	14:25	18:00
FR3453	Murcia	Luton	18:25	20:00
FR341	Luton	Dublin	20:25	21:35
FR342	Dublin	Luton	22:00	23:05
FR3506	Luton	Marrakesh	06:00	09:35
FR3507	Marrakesh	Luton	10:00	13:40
FR73	Carcassonne	Stansted	14:40	15:35
FR3643	Bremen	Bergamo	14:45	16:50

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A small introduction and facts and figures about Alghero airport

For many tourists who come with low cost Irish airline Ryanair to the island, the Alghero airport is their gateway to Sardinia. The regional airport of Sassari and Alghero was, until several years ago, only a few timetables of Italian airlines like Alitalia flying in from Rome and Milan. Since 2000, Alghero is regularly used by Ryanair passengers from across Europe. Since 2009, Alghero-Fertilia is base of the Irish budget carrier. The small airport to the coastal town of Alghero allows a year-round international tourism. But although Alghero will handle first time in 2009 more than 1.5 million passengers and passenger numbers have tripled in the last ten years, it is the smallest commercial airport on the island.

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TUI Travel takes Air Berlin stake

TUI Travel takes Air Berlin stake, BBC reported on October 9th, 2009.
TUI Travel is to take a 9.9% stake in Air Berlin, in a deal that will give Germany's second-largest airline 33.5m euros ($49.4m; £30.8m) in new capital.
Hannover-based TUI says its Leibniz-Service company will complete the transaction later in October.
Air Berlin recently received approval to takeover several routes of TUI's own airline, TUIfly and thus flies to Sardinia (Olbia and Cagliari) from the German cities of Cologne, Stuttgart and Munich into Sardinia under an Airberlin flight number.
The proceeds from the deal will be used for general corporate purposes, Air Berlin says.
In September, Air Berlin and TUIfly scrapped plans for a cross-shareholding deal.

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Ryanair comes back to Alghero - More flights to Sardinia in 2010

Ryanair will not abandon Alghero (Italy). It will instead increase its presence on the "Riviera del Corallo" airport, as stated by the president of Sardinia's regional government Ugo Cappellacci after a meeting in Dublin with Alghero's major Marco Tedde and Ryanair's deputy CEO Michael Cawely in October. The aim of the low-cost is airline would be to reach 140-150 thousand passengers for its national and international links with Fertilia's airport. "We have verified and shared a path that will now be examined by the heads of the airline with SOGEAAL's managers, to pass the current impasse -Cappellacci stated- Ryanair will restore routes to Frankfurt and Madrid and is ready to study further development hypothesises for Alghero, besides the traditional route to Barcelona". The problem stood out in recent weeks when the Irish carrier announced its intention to leave Alghero in order to point on Cagliari, generating protests from local institutions (see AVIONEWS). "Obviously -the president of the Region said- these solutions are not in contrast or alternate to Ryanair's further development programmes at Cagliari-Elmas airport". (Avionews)

All Ryanair destinations from and to Alghero:

Bari 3,00Bruxelles (Charleroi) 3,00Francoforte-Hahn NEW 3,00Girona (Barcelona) 3,00Madrid NEW 3,00Milano (Bergamo) 3,00Parigi-Beauvais 3,00Parma
3,00Pisa 3,00Roma (Ciampino) 3,00Venezia-Treviso 3,00Verona (Brescia) 9,99Ancona NEW 23,82Billund NEW 23,82Dublino NEW 23,82Düsseldorf (Weeze) NEW
23,82Eindhoven NEW 23,82Liverpool NEW 23,82Londra-Stansted 23,82Memmingen (Munich West) NEW 23,82Oslo (Torp) NEW 23,82Reus (Barcelona) NEW 23,82Stoccolma Skavsta NEW

Fares From Italy:
Ancona
Bari
Bologna
Brindisi
Cagliari
Cuneo
Genova
Lamezia
Milano (Bergamo)
Olbia
Palermo
Parma
Perugia NEW
Pescara
Pisa
Rimini
Roma (Ciampino)
Torino
Trapani
Trieste
Venezia-Treviso
Verona (Brescia)

Longevity Examiner: More from the Sardinian Blue Zone for healthy longevity

Dan Buettner, author of “The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People who’ve Lived the Longest”, wanted to interview someone younger than 100 in Sardinia, Italy to get a better feel for what exactly makes up the traditional values of the Sardinians that enables them to live long and vigorous lives.

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bmibaby announce massive expansion plan from East Midlands Airport

bmibaby has announced a massive expansion plan from East Midlands Airport (East Midlands Airport : Nottingham, Leicester & Derby). The plan breaks down into three key initiatives:
1. Three additional aircraft to be based at East Midland Airport
2. Eight new European routes from the airport to: Alghero (Sardinia), Barcelona, Bastia (Corsica), Cork, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Malta, Newquay and Venice
3. Increased frequencies on key winter and summer routes, with the addition of Palma to the winter flying programme, and a year round service to Geneva and Prague
As a result of the new routes and additional frequencies, the airlines’ capacity will increase by 40 per cent from East Midlands Airport. bmibaby’s expansion plan will mean that an additional 350,000 passengers will fly with the airline from East Midlands Airport in 2010, and an additional 2,872 flights will be operated by the airline next year from the airport. Flights will go on sale today (09 September, 2009) and are available to book at http://www.bmibaby.com/. The news comes just days after easyJet announced its departure from East Midlands Airport.

Flight Schedule for Alghero:

Alghero (Sardinia)
29 May 2010 to 25 September 2010
Saturday
£39.99


bmibaby now offer 24 European destinations from East Midlands Airport: Alghero (Sardinia), Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bastia (Corsica), Belfast International, Cork, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow International, Grenoble, Jersey, Malaga, Malta, Menorca, Newquay, Nice, Palma, Paris (CDG), Prague and Venice.
Crawford Rix, managing director, bmibaby, said:
“Our rapid expansion programme at East Midlands Airport is fantastic news for the Midlands. It not only further demonstrates our commitment to the airport, but also to the people of the region, as we continue to offer low fares to a range of exciting new European destinations.
“As well as announcing eight new routes today to Sardinia, Barcelona, Corsica, Cork, Croatia, Malta, Newquay and Venice, we have also increased our capacity on key winter and summer routes to meet the extra consumer demand.
“We are confident that the services will prove extremely popular and we will make sure that everyone who wants to fly can, whether it’s for a sunshine holiday, a city break or for an important business trip.
“We continue to be a champion of the consumer market – currently we are offering no credit and debit card fees on all flights, and skis and snow boards fly free of charge on bookings to any of our ski destinations. Plus all passengers travelling with us are allocated a seat, so there is no need to dash for seat, and customers can enjoy the benefits of the UK’s most generous frequent flyer programme - bmi diamond club.
“bmibaby and bmi have operated from East Midlands since the airport opened in 1965 – and is an embedded part of the local community. We recognise the size of the East Midlands market and its future potential, and we will continue to offer the people of the East Midlands low cost flights with a high quality service. bmibaby is here to stay!”
Penny Coates, managing director, East Midlands Airport, said:
"This is fantastic news for our passengers because bmibaby are not only adding new routes but also extra destinations for summer 2010, a significant increase in the number of flights to popular winter and summer destinations, and the addition of three based aircraft, meaning an even greater choice.
"The bmi group have served the East Midlands region for 45 years; they are a local, long term operator that is committed to the growth of the East Midlands region. bmibaby has continued to go from strength to strength with their East Midlands Airport operation by providing a comprehensive range of business and leisure destinations combined with competitive low fares.
"Offering 24 European destinations shows that bmibaby is committed to the airport and the region and we are looking forward to working with them to make these new routes a great success."

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Ryanair to increase cost of checking in luggage

Ryanair is increasing its luggage check-in charges from next month, the Guardian reports. The cost of checking in a bag will rise from £20 to £30 for a return flight, while a second bag charge will increase from £40 to £70. Ryanair said the higher fees would reduce the amount of checked-in luggage and cut baggage-handling costs, allowing the airline to cut fares. Seven out of 10 Ryanair passengers now travel with one piece of hand luggage, the budget airline said. It added that a 20% reduction in fares would save passengers €500m (£435m) this year while the bag charges would add just €100m to travellers' costs. (Photo: Flickr)

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Italian airport traffic down less than 1% in July; Bologna and Bergamo up more than 10%

Latest traffic figures for Italian airports show that in July many airports were once again reporting growth. Overall total passenger numbers are down less than 1% in July, with domestic traffic up almost 1% and international traffic down just under 2%. Bologna and Milan Bergamo are the fastest growing of the major airports reporting 14.1% and 16.9% growth respectively. Palermo, Pisa and Rome Ciampino also reported growth in July, but Italy’s two biggest airports at Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa saw demand fall by 7.3% and 2.6% respectively.

Among smaller airports reporting significant growth in July were Trapani (+113.3%), Cuneo (+35.5%), Perugia (+25.0%), Bari (+21.2%), Cagliari (+21.2%) and Alghero (+19.1%).
Year to date traffic down 6.4%
For the period January to July total passenger traffic is down 6.4% compared with 2008, with domestic traffic down 6.5% and international traffic down 6.2%. However, some of the larger airports have reported modest growth such as Bergamo (6.8% growth driven by a 46% increase in domestic traffic as international traffic fell 1.2%), Bologna (+6.5%) and Pisa (+0.9%).

Source: Anna.aereo



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Car hire shortages at all Sardinian airports

Holidaymakers across the UK and Europe are facing bigger bills for hire cars - or risk not getting one at all - due to a shortage of vehicles. All Sardinia airports including Alghero report shortages for August.
Hire firms have not replaced fleets because they expected fewer tourists. They have also had difficulty accessing finance, industry figures say.
One of the few hire brokers still having available cars and cabriolets is the America based car hire company Auto Europe:

Car rental discount rates from Alghero airport (in EUR)
Car Hire at Alghero airport (in GBP)

Ryanair Launches 1 Million €8 Seat Sale: Travel in late Sept, Oct & Nov

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, will at midnight tonight (24:00hrs 17th Aug) release 1million seats at an all inclusive price of €8 for travel in late Sept, Oct and Nov. These €8 fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on http://www.ryanair.com/ before midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (20th Aug).

Ryanair’s €8 tickets include all taxes and charges so passengers who chose to avoid discretionary fees by paying with Visa Electron, travel with carry on luggage only and forego priority boarding can fly for this advertised €8 fare.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:

“Ryanair provides Europe’s lowest fares and a no fuel surcharge guarantee. We continue to grow traffic rapidly thanks to our low fares and our on-time performance across our 900 routes and we release 1million €8 seats for travel on over 500 European destinations in late September, October and November. These seats can be booked until 24:00hrs this Thursday (20th August) and are sure to be snapped up fast so we urge passengers to book them on http://www.ryanair.com/ today, before they sell out.”

Ryanair News

Ryanair cuts nine out of 10 routes from Manchester Airport. This means routes to and from Cagliari in Sardinia will cease from October.

Ryanair has announced it will cut nine out of 10 routes at Manchester Airport from October creating a loss of 60,000 passengers a year.
The low-cost carrier announced its decision yesterday blaming the airport's refusal to lower its charges for giving them no other option.
A total of 44 weekly Ryanair flights will be lost at Manchester from October 1as well as 600 local jobs.
The airline’s decision comes after cuts to its base at Stansted, as well as Dublin, in favour of cheaper airports elsewhere in the UK and on the Continent.

Ryanair said it had offered Manchester an additional 28 weekly flights and 400,000 new passengers which would have created 400 new jobs if the airport 'reduced its high charges' but airport bosses had rejected this offer.
This means routes to and from Barcelona (Girona), Bremen in Germany, Brussels (Charleroi), Cagliari in Sardinia, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Frankfurt (Hahn), Marseille, Milan (Bergamo) and Shannon will cease from October.
Passengers affected will be provided with a full refund from Ryanair or given the alternative of flying to some destinations from 'competing, lower-cost airports' such as East Midlands, Liverpool or the airline's new base at Leeds Bradford.

Traffic record at Alghero airport

Riviera del Corallo aiport has had record numbers of traffic at the first weekend of August. 300 aircraft movements have moved between 45 and 50.000 passengers this weekend, Unione Sarda reports.

Ryanair cancels flights from Pisa to Alghero and Cagliari

Ryanair regrets that we have been forced to cancel the following flights (detailed below), due to the earlier runway closure at Pisa Airport. This situation is outside of our control and Ryanair sincerely regrets that as a consequence, we have been forced to cancel the following flights:
Customers who were booked to travel on the cancelled flights can rebook their ticket free of charge, subject to availability, by clicking on the web link below. Customers can access this link up to the 25/07/2009 for travel on flights up to the 30/07/2009. However, if you wish to travel to your booked destination by transiting through another Ryanair airport/hub please go to the airport ticket desk where they adding the additional flight sectors free of charge.
https://www.bookryanair.com/SkySales/FRManageBooking.aspx?culture=EN-GB&pos=MYFLIGHT
Alternatively, for customers who are booked on any of the below flights, who wish to cancel and claim a full refund on the unused flight(s) please click on the link below and enter the required details. Due to the holiday period, refunds will be processed in 7-14 working days back to the form of payment used to pay for the booking.
http://schchng.ryanair.com/refweb.asp
Ryanair sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that these cancellations may cause.
23/07/2009

FR9933
Pisa-Cagliari
20:00-21:25

FR9934
Cagliari-Pisa
21:50 - 23:10

FR9928
Pisa-Alghero
20:30-21:40

FR9929
Alghero-Pisa
22:05-23:10

FR9988
Pisa-Trapani
20:30-21:55

FR9989
Trapani-Pisa
22:20-23:35

Ryanair.com 10 Hour Closure: 24/25 June (19:00hrs-05:00hrs GMT)

Due to an essential reservation system upgrade the below services on www.ryanair.com will be unavailable on the 24/25 June 2009 (19:00hrs - 05:00hrs GMT). Ryanair strongly recommends that passengers travelling on Thursday 25th June 2009 ensure that they have checked in online and printed their boarding passes by 18:00hrs on the 24th June 2009.
Customers who booked flights on or before the 21st May and selected to use airport check-in will be unaffected and can check in at the airport as normal, please note that check-in desks close 40 minutes before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Online Check-in - Not available from 19:00 hrs(GMT) on Wednesday 24th June 2009 until 05:00hrs (GMT) on Thursday 25th June 2009.
Passengers should check-in online before or after the above closure times. Online check-in is available from 15 days before up to 4 hours prior to the flight departure time (except during the closure period). Customers booked on flights departing on the 25th June 2009 who are unable to check-in online will be reissued a boarding pass free of charge at the airport (please allow sufficient time to check-in at the airport and to obtain your boarding card).

New Bookings cannot be made on Ryanair.com between 21:30hrs (GMT) on Wednesday 24th June 2009 until 05:00hrs (GMT) Thursday 25th June 2009

Flight Changes (date/time/route) cannot be made between 21:30hrs (GMT) on Wednesday 24th June 2009 until 05:00hrs(GMT) Thursday 25th June 2009.

Review Existing Booking - This service is unavailable between 21:30 hrs (GMT) on Wednesday 24th June 2009 until 05:00hrs(GMT) Thursday 25th June 2009.

Airport Check-in/Bag Drop - Customers who booked flights on or before the 21st May and selected to use airport check-in will be unaffected and can check in at the airport as normal, please note that check-in desks close 40 minutes before the scheduled departure of the flight.
All passengers travelling with checked baggage, are recommended to arrive at the airport 2 hours before their scheduled flight departure time.

Carbon-Neutral Growth By 2020: Bold Industry Commitment on Environment

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the airline industry is committed to achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020.
“Two years ago we set a vision to achieve carbon-neutral growth on the way to a carbon-free future. Today we have taken a major step forward by committing to a global cap on our emissions in 2020. After this date, aviation’s emissions will not grow even as demand increases. Airlines are the first global industry to make such a bold commitment,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO in his State of the Industry address to 500 of the industry’s top leaders gathered in Kuala Lumpur for the 65th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit.
The commitment to carbon-neutral growth completes a set of three sequential goals for air transport: (1) a 1.5% average annual improvement in fuel efficiency from 2009 to 2020; (2) carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and (3) a 50% absolute reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.
To achieve these goals, all players in the air transport industry are united in their proactive approach to environment. A cross industry four-pillar strategy on climate change that is focused on improved technology, effective operations, efficient infrastructure and positive economic measures is delivering results. In 2009 the carbon footprint of air transport is expected to shrink by 7%. Of this, 5% is due to the recession and 2% is directly related to efficiency gains from IATA’s four-pillar strategy. “No other industry is as united. And no other industry can point to such good results and progress,” said Bisignani.
Bisignani noted that the airlines’ commitment needed to be matched by governments. “We are ambitious, but our success will be contingent on governments acting effectively. ICAO must set binding carbon emissions standards on manufacturers for new aircraft. A legal and fiscal framework to support the availability of sustainable biofuels must be established. And governments must work with air navigation service providers to push forward major infrastructure projects such as a Single European Sky, NextGen in the US or fixing the Pearl River Delta in China,” said Bisignani.
The commitment to carbon-neutral growth by 2020 recognizes that technology, operations and infrastructure improvements alone will not be sufficient to stop growth in air transport’s carbon footprint. “Positive economic measures are needed to bridge the gap until the full benefits of future technologies—including sustainable biofuels—are realized,” said Bisignani.
The timing of the industry commitment to carbon-neutral growth is significant, as governments prepare for the UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen (December 2009) and the post-Kyoto discussions. IATA reiterated its call for a global sectoral approach for aviation in the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Under such an approach, aviation’s emissions would be capped and accounted for globally, not by state. IATA would work with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to ensure compliance. “Airlines should get carbon credits for every cent we pay, whether in taxes, charges or ETS payments. And we should pay only once, not several times” said Bisignani.
“We can be proud of going farther and faster than any other industry. Air transport is a model for environment responsibility for other industries to follow. The challenge will be for governments to catch up,” said Bisignani.

Alghero airport bus connections to Alghero city

Nine-teen bus rides per day connect Alghero Fertilia airport with the city of Alghero. A one-way ride takes about 20 minutes and costs 70 euro cents, to be paid directly to the driver. Bus stops are to the right once you leave the main airport building and are signalled well. Intermeidate stops of the organge Ferrovie della Sardegna busses are Via Vitt. Emanuele,Piazza Porta Terra, Lungomare Barcellona, Stazione Ferroviaria (train station), Via Don Minzoni, Via Liguria, V.le 1° Maggio and Fertilia - Piazza V. Giulia.

Departure times from Alghero city Via Cagliari - Casa del Caffè
05.00 05.40 06.30 07.30 08.30 09.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 13.30 14.30 15.30 16.30 17.30 18.30 19.30 20.30 21.30 22.30

Departure times from Alghero airport (as of June 1st 2009)
05.20 06.00 07.00 08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00


Check out the Alghero airport Official website for up-to date schedules of the Alghero- Alghero Fertilia airport shuttle service.

How to safe space in your hand luggage when travelling with Ryanair

Next time you travel Ryanair, use your beach towel as a super hero outfit and save space!



Ryanair's extra charge for checked luggage can double the price of your discount ticket to Alghero. To avoid this and waiting around in the airport, it’s much better to fly only with hand luggage when you can and use your own body as an extra storage. But watch out that Ryanair might intoduce an extra body weight tax soon!

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