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Flyglobespan to expand transatlantic services
Scottish web-based airline Flyglobespan is adding a series of transatlantic flights from UK airports in May.
It will launch a daily service from Liverpool to New York, using a two-class service – no-frills economy and premium economy.
From Glasgow, it is adding a daily Boston service (also two-class) and daily flights to Toronto.
It is also launching daily Toronto flights from Manchester and London Stansted and a weekly flight from Robin Hood Airport.
All Toronto flights will be operated with a three-class service – economy, economy premier service and business class.
A spokesman for the airline said more flights would be added next year but these would not be announced at this time.
Flyglobespan, a subsidiary of The Globespan Group,
launched in April 2002 and is one of Britain’s fastest growing airlines.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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