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Some may see it as a gamble, but Ryanair believe they are on to a winner, being the first European carrier to allow passengers to use their mobile phones during their flight. In a recent poll, conducted by the Sunday Times, 90% of passengers were against the introduction of in-flight mobile calls.

However, Ryanair see this as a valuable income stream, which will further allow them to discount flight tickets. Calls will cost between £1.50-£3.00 per minute and to send and receive text messages passengers will be charged £0.40p

Ryanair are Europe’s largest budget carrier, offering cheap flights to numerous destinations across the continent.

If you are looking for a cheap flight to New Zealand then you may be in luck. For a limited time only, Cathay Pacific are offering flights from London Heathrow to Auckland from just £534. This price is available in economy class on flights between April 20th and June 11th.

For those only wishing to travel as far as Australia, Catahy Pacific are offering cheap flights to Sydney or Adelaide from just £529 in economy.

For further information visit www.cathaypacific.co.uk

Budget airline BMI Baby are reacting to positive customer demand by adding more cheap flights to the Mediterranean from Manchester, Birmingham and East Midlands airports.

Additional flights to Mahon and Almeria are available from East Midlands, whilst Birmingham sees more flights to Murcia, Mahon and Faro. Manchester Airport will benefit from increased flights to Palma.

These additional flights will carry up to 2000 extra passengers per week, and will mean that BMI Baby will be the largest low cost airline flying out of East Midlands Airport.

You may recall reading that after a fall out with the Fuerteventura Tourist Board Ryanair have taken the decision to withdraw all flights to the island. The gap left by Ryanair looks to have been quickly filled by the relative newcomer Kiss Flights (www.kissflights.com), to the delight of those searching for a cheap flight to the country.

Kiss Flights already offer cheap flights into the neighbouring islands of Lanzarote and Tenerife and are rapidly increasing the destinations available.

Operating from 3 UK airports, London Gatwick, Manchester and Bristol Kiss Flights also fly to destinations across Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Cyprus, in addition to the Canary Islands.

Kiss Flights operate with either Viking or Pegasus Airlines. Peace of mind is offered to customers making a booking with Kiss Flights, as they are fully ABTA bonded.

Passengers looking for cheap flights out of Gatwick may find they benefit from the price war which has erupted between Aer Lingus and EasyJet.

EasyJet appears to have fired the first shot, directly competing with the Irish national carrier, by opening up new, daily routes to Munich, Vienna and Zurich.

To counter-attack this, Aer Lingus are offering a wide range of bargain flights from just £10 (inclusive of taxes and charges) one-way flights for the forthcoming summer period to destinations such as Knock, Munich, Nice and Vienna. £30 one-way flights are available with Aer Lingus to Faro and Malaga.