Easter travel pivots
U.K. holidaymakers are cancelling Gulf trips and flooding bookings to Spain, Portugal, Italy and the Caribbean — Mallorca demand has jumped about 40% among British tourists for Easter (travel.yahoo.com) (majorcadailybulletin.com). British Airways has suspended flights to Dubai, Amman, Tel Aviv and Bahrain until June, pushing families toward Western Europe and beach deals (aol.co.uk).
Thomas Cook reported bookings to Portugal rose 42% in the two weeks to March 13, while the Canary Islands saw a 16% uplift over the same period. (travel.yahoo.com) Kuoni told brokers that Caribbean bookings were up about a fifth (20%) in the last week versus a year ago, Africa bookings were up 18%, Europe overall up 16% and Italy bookings jumped 55% year‑on‑week. (travel.yahoo.com) British Airways has extended its regional schedule cuts, cancelling services to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv through May 31 and keeping Doha suspended until April 30, while Abu Dhabi remains off the map until later in the year. (telegraph.co.uk) BA said it added more than 3,300 alternative seats on other routes between March 10–19 and has operated relief flights out of Muscat as it rebooks affected customers. (adept.travel) (euronews.com) Online seller On the Beach suspended its fullI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.
