The Bank of Ireland Business Lounge at Belfast International Airport is currently closed for refurbishment until Tuesday 18 November.

The viewing gallery has also been closed during this refurbishment.

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The recent Northern Ireland Travel Awards saw three awards going to airlines at Belfast International Airport.

easyJet was awarded the best low fare airline for the second year running, while Continental Airlines collected the best worldwide airline award and Thomas Cook Airlines won best charter airline.

It is now ten years since easyJet first started flying from Belfast International to London Luton airport and the airline now flies to around 20 destinations.

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Jet2.com has announced the expansion of its Belfast base with the addition of two new routes.

The new Belfast flights to Dubrovnik and Newquay will commence on 2 May and 24 May respectively.

The airline expects the expansion to create around 50 new jobs.

Announcing the plans Philip Meeson, Jet2.com boss, said: “This isn’t the end of our plans for Belfast next Summer, there’s still more to come and we’re committed to offering the people of Northern Ireland fun, exciting and diverse leisure destinations.”

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Aer Lingus has just taken its half millionth booking for flights from Belfast International Airport.

The milestone was reached as the airline celebrated its first anniversary at Belfast – its first base outside the Republic of Ireland.

Since establishing itself at the airport, the airline has introduced eleven routes including the recently announced winter flights to Lanzarote, Munich and Milan.

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Travellers caught out by the collapse of Zoom Airlines seeking alternative routes to Canada from Belfast International airport may like to know that the following services are available:

• FlyGlobespan flights to Toronto Hamilton airport – Sundays
• Air Transat/Canadian Affair flights to Toronto Pearson airport – Tuesdays

Alternatively connecting flights to Canada are available:

• via Continental’s daily flights from Belfast to New York, Newark
• from London Heathrow with BA and Air Canada
• from Amsterdam Schipol with KLM to Toronto and Vancouver

Zoom Airlines Inc and Zoom Airlines Ltd, the Canadian and UK airlines announced the suspension of all flights on Thursday after the companies failed to secure financing.

In an announcement on their website, Hugh and John Boyle, the founders of Zoom, said “We deeply regret the fact that we have been forced to cease all Zoom operations. It is a tragic day for our passengers and more than 600 staff.

“We have done everything we can to support the airline and left no stone unturned to secure a re-financing package that would have kept our aircraft flying.”

Zoom operated flights from London Gatwick to New York, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego and Bermuda, plus flights to Canada from Gatwick, Bristol airport, Cardiff airport, Belfast airport, Manchester airport and Glasgow airport.

The Civil Aviation Authority, operator of the ATOL protection scheme, has issued advice for Zoom Airline customers at the CAA’s website.

Belfast International Airport has introduced new reduced mobility facilities ahead of the EU legislation which comes into force on 26 July.

The new legislation makes airport operators fully responsible for all reduced mobility services on the ground at airports.

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easyJet is to scrap winter flights from Belfast International Airport to Berlin.

The airline is blaming lack of demand rather than the high cost of oil for its decision, however, last month Flybe cited soaring oil costs for cancelling its Belfast City Airport to Paris service.

Jet2.com has announced that it is to introduce two new routes from Belfast International Airport.

The new Belfast flights will operate to Jersey and Menorca and mark the airline’s commitment to Belfast – Jet2.com now offers 13 routes from the airport.

The new Jersey service will commence on 23 May 2009, while flights to Menorca will start on 19 June 2009.

Belfast International Airport is bracing itself for a record summer as more than 1.2 million passengers are expected to pass through the airport.

With Belfast flights available to more than 100 worldwide destinations including North America, Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean the airport expects to handle more than 5.5 million passengers this year.

Belfast International managing director John Doran said, “This year’s figures are extremely encouraging against what is a testing time for all involved in the travel trade throughout Northern Ireland. The choice and availability of destinations on offer to local passengers is better than ever with a number of new, exciting locations available on the route network served by Belfast International.”

“We are also seeing an increase in passengers from the border counties who are travelling to Belfast International as opposed to Dublin airport in ever-increasing numbers because of the strength of the euro, not only to secure substantial savings, but also to avail of the increased range of destination choice available to holiday venues like Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean - and even North America where the savings against the dollar are even more pronounced - as well as experiencing a more relaxed environment for departing and returning.”