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Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars at the Academy Awards, leading to a surge in box office sales last week as worldwide sales passed the $200 million mark.
Now Emirates Airline passengers will be able to see the film in the air, ahead of many people who have yet to see it at the cinema.
The popularity of ski weekends has snowballed this year according to new figures from low fares airline easyJet.
The newly released figures show that the number of passengers flying from the UK to airports in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps for the weekend have increased by more than 16 per cent this season.
The increase in the number of Brits taking short skiing holidays has been helped by the exceptional snowfall in Europe this winter. Budget airline easyJet believes that cash-strapped Brits are choosing to cut their winter holidays short and slope off on ski weekends, rather than miss out on the best snowboarding and skiing conditions in many years.
New bargain flights to Kuala Lumpur from Stansted airport will be launched on Wednesday.
Tickets for the flights with low cost airline AirAsiaX went on sale in November with prices from just £99. Fares for under £50 are expected to be available.
The five times a week service to Kuala Lumpur will be operated by an Airbus A340 capable of holding up to 286 passengers. One of the most exciting aspects of the new service is that it will open up the possibility of bargain flights to Australia.
AirAsiaX already operates low cost flights between KL and Australia, with services to both Melbourne and Brisbane. Many of the passengers who fly from Stansted to Kuala Lumpur are expected to take connecting flights on to Australia.
Aviation regulator the CAA is to be given a new primary duty to promote the interests of passengers at UK airports.
Under the plans, air passengers will get a new champion, Passenger Focus, to represent them in the same way that rail and bus users do.
The Civil Aviation Authority will also be given a new secondary duty to ensure that airports meet their environmental obligations. Rather than being asked to develop its own environmental policies, the CAA will be asked to ensure that the economic regulation of airports is consistent with existing environmental obligations placed on airports.
Low cost airline easyJet has reported healthy passenger loads for February.
During February easyJet planes flew at 87% capacity, an increase of 2.4% compared to February 2008.
The figures suggest that easyJet’s strategy of withdrawing lower yielding flights this winter is paying off. In common with many other airlines, easyJet has cut flights in response to the worldwide recession.
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