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n royal offer to canada for agents



Charter carrier RoyalAirlines is offering agents return flights to Canada for £110. Services are from Gatwick, Stansted,Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow to Toronto,Montreal, Vancouver,Calgary, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Trips must be made in September.Bookings can be made through Bluebird Holidays, First Call, First Choice, Transtech and Travelpack.



n virgin freewaydeal at the double



Virgin Atlantic is offering two free economy tickets to new members of its Freeway frequent flyerprogramme. Members must book a return Upper Class trip to gain enough miles to qualify.



n transaer signs up for cubana deal



TransAer has signed a $30m contract to provide Cubana with two Airbus A320s and crew. Aircraft will be painted in joint colours. The contract runs for 18 months.



n heathrow’s bank holiday bonanza



BAA revealed 800,000 passengers passed through the four terminals at Heathrow during last week’s Bank Holidayweekend. The busiest day was Friday, with 210,000 customers at the airport. Popular destinations were unchanged from previous years and included New York, Dublin and Edinburgh.



n all change foralitalia enquiries



Alitalia has moved trade enquiries into KLM and Northwest Airlines’ Norwich call centre. The new number is 0870 600 4343.


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