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Jet2 adds new services to Vienna from Birmingham and Manchester

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have expanded their City Breaks program for Winter 23/24, by announcing it will operate services to Vienna from Birmingham (exclusive route) and Manchester Airports for the full Winter 23/24 season, increasing the number of city break destinations on sale this winter to 12. In addition, the companies have introduced new services to Prague (exclusive route) and Krakow from East Midlands Airport, seeing these two routes extended across the whole of winter. 

In addition, Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have launched a spectacular new Christmas Markets destination for Winter 23/24 from Edinburgh Airport, with customers and independent travel agents in Scotland now able to book festive flights and trips to Prague.

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks will operate two weekly dedicated services (Thursday and Sunday) to this magical Christmas destination from 30th November to 17th December 2023. 

As a result of these new services, a choice of 12 leisure city break destinations are now on sale with Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks for Winter 23/24 – Athens, Barcelona, Berlin (Christmas Market destination only), Budapest, Cologne (Christmas Market destination only), Copenhagen (Christmas Market destination only), Krakow, Paris, Prague, Rome, Venice, and Vienna. The unrivalled program is on sale from all ten UK bases – Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle International, and London Stansted Airports, meaning it is truly jam-packed with choice when it comes to booking or visiting world-famous capitals, cultural centres, and historical gems.

The new flights and city breaks added are as follows: 

Birmingham Airport

  • Up to two new weekly services (Monday and Friday) to Vienna between 10th November 2023 and 29th April 2024.

East Midlands Airport

  • Up to two new weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) to Krakow from 9th November 2023 to 19th May 2024.
  • Addition of up to two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) to Prague from 10th November 2023 to 20th May 2024.

Edinburgh Airport

  • Launch of new Christmas Market destination to Prague, means two weekly dedicated services (Thursday and Sunday) to this magical Christmas destination from 30th November to 17th December 2023. 

Manchester Airport 

  • Introduction of up to two weekly services (Monday and Friday) to Vienna from 29th September 2023 to 20th May 2024.

Birmingham Airport partners with Kuehne+Nagel to expand air cargo

Kuehne + Nagel (Atlas Air) Boeing 747-8F N862GT (msn 67149) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 959339.

Kuehne+Nagel, a global logistics company, and the Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) have announced details of a new partnership that will expand business opportunities for both the company and the region. This is the first time the BAA is partnering with a logistics company and the first time Kuehne+Nagel is establishing a presence at a secondary airport in North America. This partnership allows both organizations to better meet the cargo needs of businesses in the region and helps position Birmingham as an important part of the cargo market in the Southeastern corridor of the U.S. Kuehne+Nagel will begin operating weekly international cargo flights into BHM starting in April 2023.  

This new partnership represents a new era of business development at the airport and positions the Birmingham Airport Authority to build on its role as an important center for business growth in the region and in the state of Alabama. 

Last year, the Birmingham Airport Authority completed design work on a new $25 million Air Cargo facility. In May, BHM will break ground on the new facility. Initially, Kuehne+Nagel will operate from Kaiser Aircraft Industries’ hangar on the airfield, then move into the new Air Cargo facility at BHM upon completion. Construction is anticipated to take about 10 months.

Kuehne+Nagel will begin operations at BHM on April 2, 2023 with an inaugural flight that will arrive from Stuttgart, Germany, marking the first cargo flight from Stuttgart, Germany to the eastern U.S. 

Top Copyright Photo: Kuehne + Nagel (Atlas Air) Boeing 747-8F N862GT (msn 67149) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 959339.

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