Ryanair has announced that they from November 4 will close its base at Valencia Airport. The closing will mean the axing of 70 weekly flights, affecting around 750,000 passengers yearly, and just about 750 jobs. The closing of the base comes after a dispute with local authorities concerning the allocation of marketing funds.

American AirTran Airways has announced a sale which is included all of the destinations in the carrier’s network. One-way tickets are available from $ 49 (ca. € 38), excluding taxes. Destinations include cities all over the US, e.g. Atlanta, Boston, New York and Orlando. Travel until February 11, 2009. Book by November 11.

Aer Lingus is offering fares on sale, where you only need to pay the taxes. Travel from Irish bases at Dublin and Cork to destinations as Amsterdam, Paris and Prague. Travel between November 4 and December 18 and again from January 12 to February 12, 2009.

Delta Air Lines will add nine new routes to the Caribbean and Latin America this December. New flights will be launched from Atlanta to Tegucigalpa in Honduras, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Manaus and Recife-Fortaleza in Brazil and Santiago in the Dominican Republic. From New York JFK the carrier will launch flights to Buenos Aires in Brazil and Bogota in Columbia, while Nashville will get a new route to Cancun in Mexico. Besides, Delta Air Lines plans to increase frequency on already existing routes to Latin America and the Caribbean from its base at Atlanta.