Flying again …

Yes, tomorow at 17.20 I am taking off for Cagliari, in Sardinia (never say that Sardinia is Italy because Sardinians will not like it! ). Im going there with a good friend of mine, Iela. She was in Berlin with me. Why we are going? Because it is a youth exchange programme on Journalism and we are just happy to be involved in a non-formal education project.

Still with all this excitement … I still have not packed the things I’ll be carrying with me, I have not made the few sandwiches we will take with us and I still have to complete a raport for my job (God knows when this last thing will happen).

Anyway…I am optimistic. Even I know I’ll use Alitalia services again I am still optimistic.

This is all now …I am just going to pack some things!

LOGAN - the “car” is flying

I found an interesting fact about our Renault Logan Romanian car. It’s flying! Kidding! But still… read the next rows.

Loganair began in 1962 as the air taxi service of the Logan Construction Company Ltd, operating a single Piper Aztec from Edinburgh. Almost immediately, it was apparent that there was a demand for scheduled services in addition to the primary role as an air taxi, and as such Loganair’s fleet grew. As the network expanded to take in more remote islands and communities, Loganair’s scheduled network began to emerge.

In 1964 Loganair mounted an inter-island scheduled network in Orkney and a similar network in Shetland commenced in 1970, and the strong association with these island communities continues today. Air ambulance services were established in 1967 covering Coll, Colonsay, Oronsay, Mull and Oban, and Loganair is proud to maintain the relationship with the Scottish Ambulance Service, and to continually provide air ambulance cover with dedicated Britten Norman Islander aircraft at Glasgow, Kirkwall and Lerwick.

SkyEurope - first company to abolish fuel surcharge

Have you saw any add with flights with small prices for a round trip?
Have you checked the website of that company and you found out a huge price?
Then you know that there was a fuel surcharge of 30-40 euro/passenger/segment… so60-80 euros more at the total price.

Now, SkyEurope announced that they will cut the fuel surcharge tax and they will add just the airport taxes to the fare of the ticket. SkyEurope Airlines will also cut all additional passenger fees or reservation charges as they become part of the passenger base fare. The only applicable remaining cost on top of the airfare is the net airport departure tax and government tax (only if applicable).

So, a flight Bucharest Baneasa - Bratislava International - Bucharest Baneasa will cost (at the minimum fare basis) 54.74 EURO:
- 14 euro the outbound fare basis
-  6 euro outbound airport tax
-  4 euro outbound Government tax
- 14 euro return fare basis
- 12,74 euro retun airport taxes

SkyEurope ready to use the first Boeing 737-700 New Generation

SkyEurope Airlines, revealed the first photos of its brand new Boeing 737- 700 NG aircraft just after leaving the paint shop, before getting delivered to SkyEurope.

With the introduction of the Next Generation aircraft, SkyEurope has upgraded its branding and created a new livery design for its aircraft. The fresh, young and dynamic, yet elegant design in blue and red will soon reach the European skies to enter in scheduled service.

SkyEurope its flying from Bucharest to Bratislava - 4 times a week.
From Bratislava passengers can choose the bus transfer to Vienna (60 Km away from Slovakian capital) or the plane transfer to Kosice (at the Polish border).

New low cost airline over the Italian sky

OnAir is the newest low cost company flying from Italy to Europe. OnAir starts flying from April 10th. The tickets will be available on their website www.flyonair.it starting tomorow, March 8th.
The single information available at this moment is that the company will start with just three routes:
Pescara - Charleroi
Pescara - Paris CDG
Pescara - Timisoara

More information coming soon.

Update: Pescara - Aeroporto Internazionale d’Abruzzo: http://www.abruzzo-airport.it/ita/

Cosmote Romania rocks!

Ok people … This offer beats everything on the market.
COSMOTE launches 2000 on-net monthly minutes extra option for just €3 per month.

COSMOTE Romania introduces a revolutionary offer on the Romanian market: 2000 on-net monthly minutes for just €3 per month for Cartela COSMOTE, the first extra option for with talk time included to all COSMOTE numbers. This innovative offer allows both existing and new Cartela COSMOTE users to talk up to 2000 minutes (over 33 hours of airtime) per month for a whole year beginning with the activation date within the COSMOTE network for the lowest monthly charge of €3. Thanks to COSMOTE’s innovative offer, mobile users can enjoy a unique voice-based extra option for the first time in the Romanian market.

How to take advantage of the revolutionary 2000 minutes extra option:
Step 1: Acquire a Cartela COSMOTE between 2 and 31 March, 2006, from any of our 9.000 points of sale nationwide, including Germanos, Romtelecom and own COSMOTE shops
Step 2: Activate the 2000 minutes extra option by sending a blank SMS or by calling ‘2000’ (€3 will be automatically charged) between 2 and 31 March, 2006
Step 3: Talk for up to 2000 minutes (over 33 hours) per month with any COSMOTE number any time during the day or night. The 2000 minutes extra option will be automatically activated every month for just €3 during the next 12 months.

The 2000 minute per month extra option is a unique offer on the prepaid market and a powerful complementary tool in addition to the existing COSMOTE SMS extra-option of €1.5 for 100 SMS messages monthly.