British Airways is reinstating its Heathrow-Inverness service this week almost 20 years after it ceased operations on the route. The new daily service, which ended in 1997, will connect Inverness and the Highlands to London.
Inverness joins Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle with an air service into Heathrow and access to BA’s worldwide network.
Valid from now until 14th June 2016, Virgin Atlantic is offering customers who purchase a Premium Economy ticket the chance to upgrade to Upper Class free-of-charge. This will also enable travellers the opportunity to try, if they haven’t before, Virgin’s Upper Class Wing at Heathrow and their Clubhouses.
Please feel free to contact us to discuss the offer in more detail and the chance to fly Upper Class!
Peter Smith, Club Chairman, writes … it gives me great pleasure to confirm that Global Travel Management (GTM) have once again agreed to be the lead sponsor for W&HCC Colts. This is the 5th year that GTM have been Colts sponsors, as well as being the lead sponsor for the fantastically successful Bedser Festival in 2015. Our relationship with Scott, Natalie and everyone at GTM continues to go from strength to strength. With their support we can continue to offer our colts quality coaching and regularly updated training equipment. We are immensely grateful for their support and it fills me with pride to know that GTM place such a high value on their local community as we do as a cricket club.
Scott Pawley, Managing Director of GTM added: “The training that W&HCC gives their Colts is an incredibly high standard and with so little access to cricket training for youngsters I’m really pleased that Global Travel Management can give its support. I’m a great believer in the importance of sport of any kind, especially when you’re young – not only is it fun, but it’s invaluable because it provides so many lessons in life that just can’t be found in a classroom.”
British Airways has recently announced the details of two new long-haul routes from London Gatwick airport.
Cape Town operations will commence on 24 November 2016 for the winter schedule. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777ER in a three class configuration, offering 48 Club World seats, 24 World Traveller Plus & 203 World Travellers seats. Services will operate thrice weekly on Monday, Thursday & Saturday (to Cape Town) and Tuesday, Friday & Sunday on the return leg.
Gatwick to New York JFK services will commence on 1st May 2016. Again the aircraft type offering three cabins is as above / as per Cape Town. However, services to JFK will be daily, departing at 1640 arriving 1930, and returning from Kennedy at 2200 arriving 10am the next day.
British Airways is once again running its Upgrade to First campaign which also includes On Business fares. Passengers can upgrade from Club World to First one-way for no extra cost and, also, receive the eligible Avios & Tier Points for the cabin in which they actually fly.
Furthermore, bookings can currently be made at BA’s semi-restricted fare types (booked in R, D & C classes), between now and 14th June. All travel must be completed by 8th September 2016. Passengers can buy as many upgrade eligible tickets as they wish, however, tickets can only be purchased via a Travel Management Company.
The first flight to depart from Brussels Zaventem Airport since the terrorist attack on 22nd March took off yesterday. Services are slowly returning to normal, however, the airport will not reach full operational capacity for sometime to come.
There are also additional security measures in place for departing passengers and we strongly recommend that you read these on the following web site: https://www.brusselsairport2203.be/en/
Should you have any further questions, or concerns, however, please do not hesitate to contact us (GTM).
Over the past few days Brussels Airport has carried out a detailed analysis of the affected building’s infrastructure. However, and at present, no dates for a partial re-commencement of flights has been given.
Some airlines have advised that their services to/from Brussels Airport will remain non-operational until Friday 1st April. Flights for the 2nd & 3rd April are currently being reviewed.
We will continue to post updates as soon as we are notified. Please note that flights to/from Liege and Charleroi are operating as are Eurostar’s services into the Belgian capital.
Please note that Brussels Airport will remain closed today and tomorrow – Thursday 24th and Friday 25th. This is due to the on-going forensic investigation and until this is complete the airport operator cannot access the terminal building to assess the damage.
We (GTM) are following the Brussels Airport web site for the latest updates and will post these as we know more.
Please note that Brussels Zaventem Airport will remain closed tomorrow – Thursday 24th March. As we receive updates from the various airlines operating to and from the airport we will update our web site again accordingly.
Eurostar has been operating a normal service today, however, passengers who are due to travel up to the 29th March may exchange their tickets should they wish to do so.
Please feel free to contact us should you have any concerns regarding your travel plans.
As per media reports this morning, Tuesday 22nd March, there have been two explosions at Brussels Zaventem Airport. Currently the airport is being evacuated and all flights have been grounded. The Belgian authorities are advising passengers not to travel to the airport until further notice.
