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Jet2.com has announced the launch of a new base at East Midlands Airport, creating more than 130,000 seats, seven new direct seat-only destinations and 250 new jobs for the region.

NCL has opened a reservations waiting list for Norwegian Epic?s first transatlantic sailing ? and agents can add their customers by calling a dedicated phone line or registering themselves and their guests online at www.ncl.co.uk.

Eastern Airways is to launch two new direct services to Bergen from Aberdeen and Newcastle on 5 October 2009.

A new hotel-only booking engine for travel agents is being launched this week by flight and long-haul travel specialist The Holiday Team.

ABTA estimates that 1.9 million Brits will leave the country during the Bank Holiday weekend (28-31 August 2009) in what has been a bumper late booking market.

ABTA is calling on people to write to their MPs and sign an online No. 10 e-petition to stop the Government drastically increasing taxes on long haul flights later this year.

Flybe has introduced a baggage script for Amadeus agents which streamlines and simplifies the current manual intervention for pre-payment of hold baggage.

Delta Air Lines has launched its new full-flat seat that will become the standard in its BusinessElite? class on international flights served with Boeing 767-400 aircraft.