New winter and summer 2010 destinations are being added from Leeds/Bradford airport by Thomas Cook Airlines.
Sharm El Sheikh and Monastir in Tunisia will be offered this winter while the Egyptian Red Sea resort and Antalya will be introduce for next summer.
Winter flights to Sharm El Sheikh will run between November 3 and April 27 while Monastir will be served between November 1 and 22 and March 7 to April 25.
Summer services to Antalya in Turkey and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt will operate between May 4 and October 26.
Thomas Cook Airlines also runs winter flights from Leeds/Bradford to Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Larnaca, Las Palmas and Tenerife.
The summer 2010 network adds Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Crete, Dalaman, Faro, Ibiza, Malaga, Malta, Menorca, Palma Rhodes and Zante.
You can book your flights on the Thomas Cook website >>
Amman, Jordan from £379pp
Cairo, Egypt from £299pp
St Petersburg, Russia from £199pp
Bucharest, Romania from £149pp
Moscow, Russia from £199pp
We would like to let you know some fantastic news, today (28th August 2009) Jet2.com announced the launch of a brand new base at East Midlands Airport, creating over 130,000 seats, seven new direct destinations and 250 new jobs for the region.
The airline will offer low fare destinations from East Midlands Airport to Lanzarote, Corfu, Dalaman, Heraklion, Paphos, Tenerife and Sharm El Sheikh which are available to book today for departures from May 2010, with starting fares from £59.99 one way including taxes.
It will also be possible to book package tours through Jet2holidays.com to these destinations from £269 per person for seven nights. This will extend Jet2.com’s catchment area further into Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and surrounding areas.
Ian Doubtfire, Managing Director at Jet2.com said, “At a time when many competitors are cutting services and closing bases, we are increasing ours with our ambitious expansion into the Midlands which will be our seventh base to date within the UK.”
Seven new routes and starting fares from East Midlands Airport for summer 2010 are:
• Lanzarote, Arrecife from £59.99 one way including taxes, departing 20th May 2010
• Turkey, Dalaman from £69.99 one way including taxes, departing 21st May 2010
• Corfu from £59.99 one way including taxes, departing 24th May 2010
• Greece, Heraklion from £69.99 one way including taxes, departing 25th May 2010
• Cyprus, Paphos from £69.99 one way including taxes, departing 23rd May 2010
• Tenerife from £59.99 one way including taxes, departing 21st May 2010
• Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh from £79.99 one way including taxes, departing 27th May 2010
Tickets are on sale from today at the Jet2 website>> or Jet2 Holidays>>
Must be booked by 15 August 2009
Amman, Jordan from £359
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Dubai, UAE from £369
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Cairo, Egypt from £299
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Istanbul, Turkey from £169
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Volunteer divers from dive centres in Sharm el Sheikh took part in an underwater clean up at Ras Mohammed marine park earlier this month.
The 120 divers covered one kilometre of reef, from Jackfish Alley to Eel Garden, and collected 150kg of rubbish from the popular dive site.
Most of the rubbish was fishing line, but other items included ropes, anchors, small bricks, tins and glass bottles. All the divers were given guidance on what to take and what to leave, and the safest and most environmentally-friendly way to remove fishing line.
Dr Mohammed Salem, the director of the National Park South Sinai Protectorates office said: ‘This is one of the most important coral reef areas for spawning of many species. Spawning depends on the health of the reef, as there is a relationship between feeding habitats and spawning events. We hope to see many more such clean-ups across the whole of the South Sinai.’
The clean-up event was the first in a series of projects run by the Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS) and National Parks of Egypt.
