Civair, the South African carrier, has uncovered its intentions to start a service on the route from London Stansted to Cape Town. This is great news for passengers as lots of airlines are decreasing the number of routes served from major airports of England and with the introduction of this route, passengers would find it easy to travel to South African city of Cape Town.

While speaking to Business Day, the carrier's chief executive Andy Cluver predicted that the company would gain regulatory permission to fly three times per week on the route.

The planned connection includes a stop-off at Barcelona, which makes Civair the first South African carrier to offer a direct link to Spain, which could further open some new opportunities.

Cardiff International Airport is getting ready for the start of air travel services on a new Barcelona route, which is scheduled to be launched for the first time on the 24th May. Lots of airlines are starting new flights to Spain and now bmibaby will be offering services to Barcelona, which is a very good chance for the passengers to visit Spanish country.

The new Barcelona service is being offered by the low cost carrier, bmibaby, and during its first week of its launch the carrier will serve more than 370 travellers. So, if you would like, you can book a ticket for this flight.

Until the 18th of June, the route will be operated with two times a week service and the carrier will then increase the frequency to a three flights per week, thanks to an additional flight operated on Wednesday.

Ramblers Holidays has announced an interesting short holiday package stretching over 5-days to Catalonia. This wonderful destination is located at just two hours from Barcelona very near to the borders of Andorra and France. Beginning at a small village of Estamariu located on the southern edge of the Pyrenees, the walks amble through some of the interesting local hamlets and the Cadi-Moixeró National Park.

This place is a home to vultures, golden eagles, red deer and lammergeyers. Yet another place of interest occurring on the way is Romanesque Seu de Urgel, a wonderful town located in the Catalan Pyrenees featuring an attractive open-air market.

With departures on 11th June 2008, the prices per person start from £562. This rate includes all transfers, half-board accommodation for 4 nights in the rustic and charming 3-star Cal Teixidó in Estamariu on bed and breakfast along with one bottle of Cava, a fruit basket and 3 evening meals as complementary. Over and above, a 25-minute massage will be offered for guests free of cost during their stay.

Bank holiday is the ideal time to getaway with a mini-break. Flight Centre's travel specialists have announced six fantastic deals exclusively planned for spring bank holiday. These short-haul deals ensure that the traveling time is minimum, offering enough time to relax at some of the most exciting destinations. Visit www.flightcentre.co.uk to book for these deals before 15th April.

'A cracking trip to Krakow' offers the stunning locations of the old town, cathedral and castle to relax at this beautiful city of Poland. The price of £239 per person is valid for travel on 23rd May including two nights in a 3-star hotel and return flights.

'Enjoy spring in Prague' is an excellent package to this cosmopolitan city priced at £245 per person including return flights and bread and breakfast accommodation in a 3-star hotel, with the offer valid for travel on 25th May.

Book a late hotel retreat this Easter with the online hotel booking specialist, Hotelopia: visit www.hotelopia.co.uk, and find out thousands of options available for destinations in Europe starting from £15 per head for a night.

Some of the available options are:

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Despite the growth of holiday markets and the emergence of new destinations, Spain continues to attract great numbers of British holidaymakers. Based on a survey report released by Holidays-Direct.co.uk, an online travel agency, Barcelona is listed as one of the topmost choice besides some other favourite locations at Spain. In addition, there are also a range of new city break destinations emerging throughout Spain.

With most Brits choosing their holiday destination only four weeks prior to booking their trips, Holidays-Direct.co.uk says that most of them look for destinations in Spain with city breaks in Barcelona. Some of the other notable favorites for Brits are Greece, Lanzarote and Tenerife, while the other favorite city breaks are Venice, Dublin and Rome.

Jon Pearce, Holidays-Direct.co.uk personnel remarks, "We all know that Brits love holidays in Spain, they have been a favourite for years, as have holidays in Greece. There are plenty of cheap holidays available in both destinations. The other top 10 holiday destinations are the Spanish islands (the Canaries and Balearics) as well as the Caribbean, Tunisia and Sharm el Sheikh."

Announcing a brand new service between Aer Lingus Group plc is to operate a brand new daily service connecting Belfast International and Paris, Charles de Gaulle with effect from 30th March. The one-way fares for this service will be as low as £25 including taxes and charges. This a very good news for passengers looking to fly to Paris.

From today, bookings can be made through the airline's website www.aerlingus.com.

Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus CEO commented, "Our market research has shown strong demand for Paris, Charles de Gaulle while Northern Ireland is increasingly popular with French visitors. We are delighted to be able to capitalise on this demand by launching Aer Lingus' low-cost, superior service offering on this route."

According to a report published by the Telegraph, this year can see the launch of a brand new low-cost airline connecting Stansted Airport and Cape Town. This would be a great news for passengers, as in the last year, Cape Town has received a major boost in tourism and lots of people are looking to avail the offers of low-fare air flights to visit Cape Town. If some airlines could offer these low-fare flights to their passengers, this route can be a major success in the coming time.

The new airline is to be called Redair. Interestingly, this new airline is the creation of Andy Cluver, a South African aviation entrepreneur, who is currently operating a helicopter service to transport visitors across the Table Mountain. Perhaps, some new offers will also be made by the owner of the airlines.

Redair has plans to offer five return flights every week between Stansted and Cape Town. The prices for flights to Cape Town will start from £142 for a one-way trip excluding tax. In addition, the airline will also fly its services linking Cape Town and Barcelona and Malaga.

When looking for a hotel or hostel online for your city break, you are always confuse as where to choose, where's best to go or how close you are to essential sights? EnGrande, Barcelona-based online reservations master provides budget hotels, hostels, bed & breakfasts and private apartments in a variety of key European cities having London, Paris, Prague and Berlin. It costs 30 euros per person per night and an impressive Search-by-Map facility is provided to their reservations websites.

The customers can directly look for the accommodations best suitable for them with the presence of attractions like clearly, briefly and immediately bookable. Originally piloted on the company's Rome reservations website, Rome30.com, the Search-By-Map facility has been made available throughout the EnGrande portfolio.

Visitors wishing to celebrate New Year in Paris can straight away approach cool accommodation options near the Champs Elysées on Paris35.com. Just check whether it is available and reserve it simply by choosing the establishment preferring to the one shown on the map.

To provide drivers with the latest travel and traffic information from the nearby M23 and M25 motorways, digital screens have been set up at Gatwick Airport. This would be immense importance to the drivers to plan their timing and journey routes in order to avoid traffic. The airport has certainly provided a good option to the drivers and passengers also.

The traffic and travel information will be provided directly by the Highways Agency website, and live cameras and the National Traffic Control Centre in Birmingham--a substantial amount of information would be provided.

The information will help drivers in planning their journey accordingly so as to and avoid potential delays and reach the airport and from airport in time. In total, there are 4 digital screens which are placed at the two parking pay stations, and the valet parking and car hire regions.

Birmingham welcomed over 30 million visitors last year, and is the city which can provide up to 17 million seats a year to see performances.

The cultural resurgence of Birmingham is thanks to world class settings, outstanding performers and creative artists who have practiced and work in the city.

The city is home to establishments such as Birmingham Royal Ballet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and venues like the £35m renovated Town Hall and the nation's busiest theatre outside the West End Birmingham Hippodrome.

To provide disabled travellers an ease to access the facilities at the airport, an assistance programme has been rolled out by Birmingham International Airport.

The airport has developed new assistance regions in Terminal 1 as well as Terminal 2. The airport has also purchased equipment to provide assistance to travellers with disabilities and reduced mobility.

The new assistance points are also accessible in the car park areas and the transport interchange at Birmingham International rail station.