A round-up of other travel news in brief
Ryanair up 13%
RYANAIR’S passenger numbers grew 13 per cent comparing June 2009 and June 2010, from 5.8 million to 6.7 million. Aer Lingus’s passenger numbers in June were down 8.6 per cent compared to June 2009.
Ryanair said a seat sale it held as soon as the ash cloud lifted contributed to growth, as well as a surge in demand as World Cup teams were knocked out of competition.
Three European airlines said this week that demand on Asian routes boosted air traffic in June.
Air France-KLM said its traffic was up 4.7 per cent as revenue rose in June. SAS and Finnair said passenger traffic rose last month, by 0.4 per cent and 12 per cent year-on-year, respectively. Both said Asian traffic was up 26 per cent in June.
Visit London winner
THE winner of the British Midland International (bmi) and Visit London competition was Conor Kelly, Corcullen, Co Galway. He wins a weekend trip to London with return flights courtesy of bmi.
Mount Juliet winners
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the activity breaks in Mount Juliet. Ger Dowling, Ballintemple, Cork, won a golfing break, Finola Flynn, Firhouse, Dublin won a fishing break and Maud Newman, Blarney, Co Cork won an equestrian break.
86%
The number of Irish holidaymakers who resent paying to check in their baggage according to a survey carried out by Hotels.com