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Ryanair To Reduce UK Winter Flights
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2010From November 2010, Ryanair will be cutting their winter flight program by at least 16%, including the loss of two Stansted flights and approximately 2 million passengers. The main cutbacks are the two Stansted flights, reducing Ryaniars presence at the airport to 22 aircraft, and a loss of around 1...
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Southern Hemisphere Ski Season Opens
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010This week is the start of the Southern Hemisphere ski season. The Resort of El Colardo, part of Chile's Three Valleys, was the first to open on Thursday, with the linked resorts of La Parva and Valle Nevado expected to follow shortly. In the last seven days the resort has received 54cm of...
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New Russian Resorts to take on the Alps
Date Posted: 24 May 2010With skiing become ever more popular in Russia the government have announced a £10 billion project to build five new resorts by 2020. The funding, twice that ear-marked for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, is aimed at bringing mass tourism to the Northern Causasus mountains. Currently around 4,...
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Obergurgl an ideal family skiing destination
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2009Inexperienced skiers looking for a destination to enhance their confidence and skills may want to head to Obergurgl in Austria, it has been suggested.According to the Daily Telegraph, the destination is usually covered in snow for half of the year between November and May and is often on the quieter...
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Skiers flock to Aspen for Winter X Games 13
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2009Ski enthusiasts from around the globe are set to descend on Aspen later this month for the annual Winter X Games 13, which kick off on January 22nd.The three-day event will see some of the world's best winter sports athletes battle it our against each other to win a number of medals and prizes.Takin...