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Norwegian Air Expands And Offers US To Paris Flights For $175 One Way

 Source :TRAVEL ROB, www.travelgumbo.com

 

Norwegian Air Shuttle is expanding it's trans-Atlantic routes again and is now offering routes to Paris from New York, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale. It launches those flights July 29 and will they be on 787's . Some initial sales prices in the fall are on sale at $175 one way.

Hurry this sale ends Feb 21st.

WOW: Icelandic Discounter Known For $99 Fares To fly To L.A., San Francisco

A rendering of an Airbus A330 in the colors of WOW Air. (Photo: WOW Air)

The Icelandic discounter that’s made headlines by offering $99 one-way fares to Europe is expanding its U.S. footprint.

WOW Air announced on Monday that it will begin flying to the West Coast of the United States next summer, launching nonstop service from both San Francisco and Los Angeles to its main hub near Reykjavik. WOW did not reveal a precise launch date, saying ticket sales would begin in January.

The new routes would give WOW six destinations in North America, including four in the USA. WOW’s existing U.S. cities are Baltimore/Washington and Boston. WOW will launch service to the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto in May.

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WOW Air offers $99 fares to Europe; What's the catch?

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Iceland's WOW air adds Boston, BWI; $228 to Europe

“We are thrilled to add Los Angeles and San Francisco to our fast growing network. This is a game-changer for WOW air as we cement ourselves as the industry leader in the ultra-low-cost long haul category,” Skúli Mogensen, WOW’s founder and CEO, says in a statement.

WOW, which launched commercial service in 2011, has so far operated a fleet of Airbus A320 and A321 narrowbody planes. But to add the long-haul routes between Iceland and the U.S. West Coast, WOW will add three Airbus A330-300 widebody jets to its fleet. The airline will fly the aircraft with 340 seats in an all-economy class configuration.

“With the addition of these long-range A330-300 aircraft to our fleet, we will be able to offer fares from Europe to the West Coast of the United States far cheaper than our competitors whilst maintaining great service with a smile, as we did with our routes to Boston, Baltimore/Washington D.C., Toronto and Montreal,” Mogensen says.

As for the new California routes, WOW plans to fly to San Francisco five days a week and to Los Angeles four times a week.

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WOW Air CEO bullish on U.S. market

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WOW Air expands to Canada, rolls out $75 flights to Iceland

WOW announced in 2014 that it would begin flying from the U.S. in 2015 with flights from Baltimore/Washington and Boston. The carrier generated headlines by selling flights on those routes for as low as $228 round-trip — including taxes — for flights to Iceland on connecting itineraries to destinations like London, Paris and Amsterdam.

Still, as an "ultra" low-cost carrier, WOW's customers will likely find it difficult to avoid paying additional charges. WOW charges for everything from checking a bag (starts at $48) to requesting an advance seat assignment ($3 to $38 per flight). Small carry-on bags are free, but bags weighing more than 11 pounds will cost at least $29 to bring on board.

And, while the carrier's previous $99 sale fares to Europe drew much attention, WOW's return flights to the U.S. were offered at higher prices. Still, round-trip fares were available for anywhere from $228 to $350 and up during those recent sales from BWI and Boston.

Source: Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

Airberlin Welcomes A New Season With “Fall” Fare Specials As Low As $599 Round-Trip To Europe From The US

Fall is here and leaves are dropping as well as fares with airberlin’s sale from now through October 19, 2015. Flights to Europe can be booked from New York for as little as $599 including all fees and taxes for a roundtrip ticket to the Nordic countries as well as from $629 from Chicago to Poland. In addition fares start from $749 from Miami to Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Flights are available from November 1^st, 2015 until March 27^th, 2016 or from March 28^th through April 14, 2016. Fares vary depending on dates of travel and destination.

airberlin offers a wide array of European destinations from its U.S. gateways that include Chicago, Miami and New York. The sale can be booked online at airberlin.com, through the airline’s service center at 1-866-266-5588 or through your travel agent. In addition, as a member of oneworld^® travelers will be able to accrue and redeem mileage with any airberlin oneworld partner such as American Airlines. Certain rules and restrictions apply which can be viewed on airberlin.com.

For more information visit airberlin.com.

About airberlin

airberlin is one of the leading airlines in Europe and flies to 138 destinations worldwide each year. The second largest airline in Germany carried more than 31.7 million passengers in 2014. airberlin offers a global route network through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% share in airberlin, and through membership of the oneworld^® airline alliance. topbonus, the frequent flyer program of airberlin is one of the leading programs in Europe with more than 3.8 million members. The airline with the award-winning service operates codeshare flights worldwide with 22 airlines. The fleet is among the most modern and eco-efficient in Europe. Together with other airlines, airberlin belongs to Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand with which Etihad has been uniting shared activities since the end of 2014.

You Can Buy A ticket From The U.S. To Europe And Iceland Right now For $99!

The Icelandic low-cost airline WOW Air has launched another $99 sale on flights for travel to Europe this fall and winter.

The temperatures may be dropping in Europe as autumn arrives, but so too are the airfares. Iceland-based airline WOW Air just announced a special sale, with airfares as low as $99 for one-way travel from Boston or Baltimore-Washington airports to Reykjavik, Iceland, or $149 each way to Copenhagen, London (Gatwick), Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin this fall and winter.

Flights are operated by Airbus A321 aircraft to Reykjavik-Keflavik Airport in Iceland, where travelers then connect and continue on to destinations in Europe. WOW, which has been flying between Iceland and Europe since 2011 and began low-fare flights from the U.S. last March, is famous for these $99 deals.

Fare specials advertised at $99 include taxes, fees, and a carry-on allowance of 5 kg (11 lbs) or less. WOW’s status as an ultra-low-cost airline means their flight prices are “unbundled” (aka "a la carte") and passengers must pay extra for additional luggage allowance, checked bags, in-flight meals, extra legroom, and even seat assignments.

Source: www.cntraveler.com

British Airways Offers Vacation Package Sale

With the summer weather soon turning into brisk fall, British Airways has announced a flight plus hotel all inclusive sale to celebrate the changing seasons and inspire customers to travel this fall and winter.

The packages to Europe are from select US and Canada cities, with pricing based on a 5-night stay in the listed hotels, roundtrip air and all taxes, fees and charges.

Destinations include London, Paris, Dublin, Barcelona and Rome; all inclusive sale prices begin from: NYC-Dublin $575; LA-Dublin $829 for fall and NYC - London $975, LA-London $1,049 for winter.

With money saved on flights and hotel, travelers can book must-see excursions at discounted prices throughba.com in select European cities:

• London: Sightseeing pass– Discover more while paying less with this sightseeing pass which will give travelers entry to 70 top London attractions, including the Tower of London, London Zoo and Windsor Castle.


• Paris: Seine River Cruise – Enjoy a cruise along the Seine River and discover famous city landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum and Notre Dame Cathedral.


• Dublin: Dublin Historical Walking Tour – Few cities wear history on its sleeve like Dublin does! The Historical Walking Tour has been acclaimed as a must-do tour for any visitor to Dublin, with stops including Trinity College, Old Irish Parliament, Dublin Castle, City Hall, and the Medieval and Viking quarter.

Visit http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/offers/take-up-travel for more details on the vacation package, including terms and conditions. Hurry, this offer ends September 16.

You Can Book A $99 Flight From The U.S. To Paris Right Now!

$99 one-way airfares from the U.S. to Europe may sound too good to be true but, today with WOW Air, that price is very real thanks to a sale on their newest routes to Paris and Amsterdam.

Just announced today, Icelandic airline WOW Air will begin flights from Boston and Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Paris and Amsterdam on October 1, 2015. From Boston, WOW will fly to Amsterdam three times a week and to Paris six days a week. From BWI, WOW will fly to Amsterdam two times a week and to Paris five times a week.

These flights will be operated by Airbus A321 aircraft to Reykjavik-Keflavik Airport in Iceland, where travelers will connect and continue on to Paris or Amsterdam. WOW, which launched its US website in fall 2014 and began low-fare flights from the U.S. last March, is famous for its $99 deals. WOW already operates its connecting flight service from Boston and BWI to Copenhagen, London (Gatwick), Dublin, and Berlin.

Fare specials advertised at $99 include taxes, fees, and a carry-on allowance of 5kg (11lbs) or less. WOW’s status as an ultra-low-cost airline means their flight prices are “unbundled” and passengers must pay extra for additional luggage allowance, checked bags, in-flight meals, extra legroom, and even seat assignments. Check out our look at the airline’s history and newest aircraft.

Having flown WOW—read a recent review—we like their new A321 interiors (with under-seat power outlets, but no on-demand entertainment), smiling cabin crew, affordable fares that save money for spending at the destination, and the particularly Icelandic quirks that set them apart (think mustaches printed on the mirrors in the bathrooms). On the other hand, the airline’s restrictive carry-on bag policy—each passenger is allowed only one bag, no additional “personal item”—and pre-dawn layover in Reykjavik before any airport facilities open can make it a more frustrating experience.

Although the airline is new to the U.S., WOW has been flying between Iceland and Europe since 2011 and is completely in line with international safety, training, and maintenance standards. The old adage of “you get what you pay for” is only true in that a $99 flight on WOW does involve the earlier mentioned mild inconveniences along the way. For $99 to Paris to Amsterdam, however, it’s hard to complain.

To get these deals, visit WOW Air’s U.S. website and book as soon as possible, for travel from October through December 2015 and January through March 2016.

Source: www.cntraveler.com

Air France Introduces Limited Low Price Flights To 20 Destinations

Air France is introducing Oh La La, a proactive campaign supplying customers with limited time low price flights to 20 destinations around the world. Leaving from main US ports including JFK, ATL, BOS and LAX, Air France is inviting passengers to explore the globe and indulge in cultures different from their own.

Travelers who have dreamt of exploring England and possibly catching a peak of the Queen on her terrace at Buckingham Palace can now take advantage of Air France’s discounted fares. Others looking for a bit more adventure, such as taking a tour of the Amsterdam Dungeon, will also enjoy Air France’s discounted fares, now with flights from New York to Amsterdam for $850.

Advanced purchases for these flights should be made 28 days prior to the departure date. With Oh La La there are no weekend surcharges. These fares are valid from August 23^rd through December 10^th. From October 25^th until the end of the promotion travelers flying out of NYC and Boston can subtract $25 from flight fares, $75 from flights out of Los Angeles and $100 from flights out of Atlanta.

Below you will find a chart with the special fares included in Air France’s new Oh La La campaign:

Origin	Destination	Price
JFK	CDG	$850
JFK	AMS	$850
JFK	BCN	$850
JFK	BRU	$850
JFK	FRA	$850
JFK	LHR	$850
JFK	MAD	$850
JFK	NCE	$850
JFK	FCO	$850
BOS	LHR	$950
BOS	NCE	$950
BOS	CDG	$950
BOS	FCO	$950
ATL	AMS	$1150
ATL	CDG	$1150
ATL	BCN	$1150
LAX	AMS	$1150
LAX	CDG	$1150
LAX	LHR	$1150

Travelers can go to Air France’s website to book tickets: http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/resainfovol/meilleuresoffres/ohlala-deals.htm

Wow Air Is Offering Flights To Europe As Low As $99, Seeking To Be The Low Cost Leader

Wow Air is on a mission to make flying to Europe cheaper, forever. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Wow Air, the roughly three-year old discount air carrier, is going where few other ultra low cost airlines have gone: across the Atlantic. And if all goes according to plan, it's going to do it much cheaper than anyone else.

The budget airline, which is based in Iceland, announced last week that it will begin flying passengers non-stop from both Boston and Baltimore to Reykjavik, Iceland for as little as $99 each way. The airline will also offer one-stop flights from the two U.S. cities to London and Copenhagen, starting at $228 for a round trip. The airline will begin offering the flights next March. 

"Paying even $200 for a one-way flight to, say, London, is unheard of," said Tom Parsons, the CEO of bestfares.com, which tracks airline pricing. "It just doesn't exist."

The incredibly low ticket prices are real, but don't expect them to last forever. "Those are definitely opening, introductory fares," said Skuli Mogensen, Wow Air's chief executive. "On an occasional basis we hope to be able to introduce similar fares, but those very aggressive. We wouldn't be talking if I had introduced prices more commonly seen in the market, would we?"

But the airline's commitment is to offer the cheapest ticket for every route the airline flies, including transatlantic routes, Mogensen said. The prices Wow Air offers will vary by season, and depend on a number of other factors, including fuel prices and flight vacancies.

Wow Air's cheapest transatlantic offerings, by month, looked something like this on Tuesday afternoon, according to the airlines' website. 

By comparison, the average price of a round-trip plane ticket between Boston and Reykjavik in March of 2015 is just under $600, by Parson's estimate. A single stop round-trip ticket between Boston and London runs about $770, while a non-stop ticket costs roughly $800.

How does Wow Air expect to pull this off? For one, by operating like all other ultra discount carries. A ticket on Wow Air will come with little more than a seat, mini-tray table, and 11 pound carry-on. Everything else will cost extra. A carry-on will cost an extra $29 when booked online, or an additional $48 when done so at the airport. Checked luggage will set one back a bit more—an extra $48 online or $67 at check-in. And extra leg room, pre-assigned seats, and, of course, food will rack up the bill, too.

But unlike Spirit Airlines, which is famous for squeezing passengers' knees, Wow Air won't skimp quite as much on leg room. The seat pitch, the distance between two seats, is between 30 and 36 inches on the Airbus A320 aircrafts flown by the airline, said Svanhvít Fridriksdóttir, Wow Air's director of communications. Most pitch sizes are about 31 inches, and many discount carrier pitch sizes are less than 30 inches. Spirit Airlines', for instance, is 28 inches.

Wow Air also expects to save money by operating as efficiently as possible. The company relies heavily on online sales and marketing, for instance, which allows it to skip the cost of middlemen. It also operates few airplanes—only four currently—but maximizes their utility. "We have extremely good aircraft utilization," said Mogensen. "Within one 24-hour cycle, a single airplane will fly from Iceland to Boston, back to Iceland, and continue to London, and then back to Iceland, each time full of passengers."

Wow Air plans to fly all of these routes in 2015. (Source: Wow Air)

And Wow Air expects to fill all of its planes, a feat few if any airlines operating transatlantic routes have managed. "Our assumption is that we will fill every plane, and we price accordingly," said Mogensen.

But Wow Air's biggest advantage might be its headquarters. Iceland is ideal, because it gives airplanes a midpoint where they can stop to refuel. That allows the airline to fly passengers to and from Europe in smaller planes, which it can more consistently fill with passengers. It also helps the airline save money on fuel. "About 40 percent of the fuel airplanes carry is used to ferry the fuel to the final destination," said Bob Mann, an aviation industry analyst at R.W. Mann and Co. Consulting. "As you go shorter and shorter distances, you can ferry less fuel, and save money."

Convincing customers to travel with a stop over might be difficult, but if it means hundreds in savings it's hard to believe it won't be possible.

Still, the small Icelandic airline faces what some industry experts believe is a steep uphill battle. Wow Air isn't, after all, the first airline to try operating cheap transatlantic flights. Low-cost air travel pioneer Freddie Laker tried unsuccessfully to do it in the late 1970s with Laker Airways; the airline closed in the early 1980s after it couldn't stay afloat. More recently, Norwegian.com, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, began offering affordable transatlantic flights this summer. The pitch was London-New York flights for $241. But the flights haven't been as cheap as advertised, and the routes have been stricken with delays, according to Mann. "Norwegian has had huge difficulties," he said. "All across the summer it has been running relays for its transatlantic flights to and from New York."

The biggest obstacle to discount long distance air travel might simply be that long trips could strip an airline like Wow Air of the efficiency on which it so heavily relies. Despite Wow Air's advantage of being able to stop in Iceland, the nearly 5.5-hour flight between Boston and Reykjavik is still long by budget airline standards.  

A comparatively small fleet becomes a competitive disadvantage as soon as there's a delay. "Once it starts to get off-schedule, they'll never get it back on schedule unless they start cancelling flights," said Mann. Likely for that very reason, low cost carriers have soared domestically, but shied away from routes between North America and Europe. Discount airlines currently control nearly a third of the airline market in North America, and more than third of it in Europe, but only about 1 percent of the market for transatlantic travel.

Convincing customers to travel with a stop over might be difficult, but if it means hundreds in savings it's hard to believe it won't be possible.

Still, the small Icelandic airline faces what some industry experts believe is a steep uphill battle. Wow Air isn't, after all, the first airline to try operating cheap transatlantic flights. Low-cost air travel pioneer Freddie Laker tried unsuccessfully to do it in the late 1970s with Laker Airways; the airline closed in the early 1980s after it couldn't stay afloat. More recently, Norwegian.com, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, began offering affordable transatlantic flights this summer. The pitch was London-New York flights for $241. But the flights haven't been as cheap as advertised, and the routes have been stricken with delays, according to Mann. "Norwegian has had huge difficulties," he said. "All across the summer it has been running relays for its transatlantic flights to and from New York."

The biggest obstacle to discount long distance air travel might simply be that long trips could strip an airline like Wow Air of the efficiency on which it so heavily relies. Despite Wow Air's advantage of being able to stop in Iceland, the nearly 5.5-hour flight between Boston and Reykjavik is still long by budget airline standards.  

A comparatively small fleet becomes a competitive disadvantage as soon as there's a delay. "Once it starts to get off-schedule, they'll never get it back on schedule unless they start cancelling flights," said Mann. Likely for that very reason, low cost carriers have soared domestically, but shied away from routes between North America and Europe. Discount airlines currently control nearly a third of the airline market in North America, and more than third of it in Europe, but only about 1 percent of the market for transatlantic travel.

Contributed by Roberto A. Ferdman, www.thewashingtonpost.com

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Airberlin Celebrates The Fall Of The Berlin Wall With Lower Fares, As Low As $469 Round Trip To Europe From US

airberlin, Germany’s second largest airline has announced lower fares for travel from October 27^th through December 14^th, 2014 and January 12^th through March 15^th, 2014. The sale kicks off on October 10^th and is valid until October 21^st, 2014. Fares start as low as $469* for a round-trip ticket from New York (JFK) to Stockholm for example and additional fare specials from Miami and Chicago to many other destinations throughout Europe are also available, such as from Miami to Krakow from $899* or from Chicago to Vienna from $649*.

This year Germany’s capital Berlin will commemorate the fall of the wall with a light installation that will trace the entire former route of the wall. The light installation features a balloon release which takes place on November 9^th, 2014. Travelers can also take advantage of the magic of the Christmas markets throughout Europe that begin in late November and are open through Christmas day.

Flight guests will enjoy airberlin’s in-flight service featuring a selection of free meal and beverage service throughout the flight, on-demand entertainment systems and much more. And as a member of oneworld^® airline alliance guests can take advantage of redeeming and accruing miles with any oneworld member airline.

To book this sale visit airberlin.com, contact the airline’s call center at 1-866-266-5588 or a travel agent.

*Additional fees and surcharges may apply.

airberlin is one of the leading airlines in Europe and flies to 171 destinations worldwide each year. The second largest airline in Germany carried more than 31.5 million passengers in 2013. airberlin offers a global route network through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% share in airberlin, and through membership of the oneworld airline alliance. The airline with the award-winning service operates codeshare flights worldwide with
18 airlines. The fleet has an average age of five years and is among the most modern and eco-efficient in Europe.