Ryanair has announced that they will stop operating all flights from Blackpool Airport. From the New Year, the airport has announced that a £ 10 airport development fee will be introduced to all passengers over 16 years old, in order to pay for upgrades to runways, taxi-stops and the apron.

Air Asia X will launch a new route between London Stansted and Kuala Lumpur. The route is set to debut in March 2009, with five weekly flights. The Malaysian low-cost airline will be offering seats from £ 99 (ca. € 118) one-way.

Qantas is offering a selection of reduced fares to the Asia Pacific. Fly Economy Class from London Heathrow to destinations including Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. Travel periods vary from destination to destination. Returns are available from £ 442 (ca. € 527). Book by November 30.

Due to a lack of demand, bmibaby will stop operating five out of their 21 routes from its base at Birmingham International Airport. Routes to Bordeaux, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan and Rome will be suspended between March 29 and October 24, 2009.

U.S. Airways has announced that they will launch a new route, starting in January 2009, between Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio and the Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan National Airport.

bmibaby has unveiled a long-haul sale with flights on sale to Antigua, Barbados and Las Vegas. The sale is available for travel until March 31, 2009, with return journeys on sale from £ 349 (ca. € 417), including taxes. Travel from London Heathrow and Manchester Airports. Book by November 30.

Ryanair has announced the launch of two new Spanish routes. Both flights will operate from London Gatwick Airport, with one flying to Barcelona Giron on a daily basis and the other to Alicante twice daily. The routes are set to be launched on December 18. In other news, the airline announced that they will begin operating a sixth weekly flight between London Gatwick and Düsseldorf on January 7, 2009.

Icelandair is grateful for the Nordic economies helping Iceland on a financial basis, and therefore has launched a sale with 25 % off all Economy Class tickets, as well as some Economy Comfort tickets.

SAS is offering a sale to the Nordic destinations, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Stockholm. Fares are available from £ 56 (ca. € 67) one-way, including taxes and fees. Travel between January 7 and March 29, 2009. Book by December 7.

Ryanair has announced that they will base an additional airline at Brussels Charleroi. From the end of March 2009, they will launch three new flights to Reus, Trieste and Bratislava.

From May 18 2009 Germanwings will begin operating a new route from its base at Cologne-Bonn Airport. The service will run to Lourdes in France on twice weekly ratio.

Aer Arann has announced that they will begin operate a thrice daily service from London City Airport. The route which will begin on January 19, 2009 will fly to the Isle of Man.

Monarch Airlines will begin operating a route between London Gatwick and the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Tobago. The route has formerly been operated by the bankrupted airline XL Airways. The route will begin operating on December 17 on a daily basis.

Due to big progress on the route between Billund and Keflavik in Iceland, Iceland Express has announced that they from the summer of 2009 will launch a seasonal route from Aalborg to Keflavik. The route will be operated one-a-week, while the route from Billund will continue with its two weekly services.

From the start of the summer schedule British Airways will cancel two of their routes to the East. The routes which will cease operating from March 29 2009 are from London Heathrow to Calcutta in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh. They will also half the number of services operating to Tokyo from two to one on a daily basis.

Eastern Airways will from November 28 stop operating their thrice daily operation between London Stansted and Manchester.

SkyEurope has extended its “Big Winter Sale” with fares available from £ 19. Travel from December to February 2009, on the one-way flights, which are including all taxes and charges. Book by Sunday, November 23.

British Airways will add a fourth daily service on its route between London Heathrow and Dubai. From January 2, the British airline will operate the additional daily service five days of the week.

Northwest will close down its routes from London Heathrow to Detroit and Seattle. The closure, set for January 11 2009 for the Detroit route and January 8 2009 for the Seattle route, will come less than a year after the route opened. The closure of this route also marks the 16th route which has stopped operating since fall, representing about 10 per cent off all capacity operating between the two continents. The other airlines having closed routes are Aer Lingus, Air Canada, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Continental, Delta and United Airlines. However, Northwest’s new partner, Delta, will continue operating the route between London Heathrow and Detroit.

Jet2.com has announced that they will launch a new flight from their base at Manchester Airport to Heraklion in Greece. The route will be launched on May 18, 2009.

Emirates has launched an Economy class sale with offers to many destinations from London Heathrow. Outbound travel must commence between April 16 and June 30, 2009. Destinations include Auckland, Mumbai and Sydney. Return flights are available from £ 486 (ca. € 576). Book by November 30.