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29 November 2011

Sidestep the Strike – Blink and You’re There

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On Wednesday this week, a public sector strike will cause massive disruption for those entering the UK as the UK Border Agency walk out.

Avoid all the queues by Blinking into London Blackbushe Airport, getting on the road within minutes of landing.

Blackbushe is just 45 minutes to 1 hour from central London. We can even organise a car to be waiting on the tarmac when you land.

ONE-WAY INTO LONDON BLACKBUSHE FROM
Paris Le Bourget (LFPB/LBG) €3,600
Geneva (LSGG/GVA) €5,800
Zurich (LSZH/ZRH) €5,800
Milan Linate (LIML/LIN) €7,200
Nice (LFMN/NCE) €7,600

Notes:

  • Fares are valid only from the airports specified into Blink’s hub at London Blackbushe.
  • Total price includes all landing and handling fees and overnight charges where applicable.
  • Fares valid from 29 November 2011 – 2 December 2011 inclusive.
  • Fares are valid during standard airport opening hours. Requests that fall outside standard airport opening hours may be subject to extension fees or additional overnight charges, which are not included
  • All fares are subject to availability of aircraft and crew at the time of booking

What to do next

Please contact Blink Flight Services to book or learn more about this special offer.

Online: Complete this form

Phone: +44 (0)20 7199 1400 or +41 (0)22 592 75 77

Email: blink@flyblink.com
28 November 2011

Blink to the Alps with our ski season deals

This ski season we’re offering incredible fares for long weekend (Friday – Monday) return journeys direct to the most convenient Alpine airports like Sion, Samedan, Chambéry, and St. Gallen Altenrhein. We offer a significant saving to regular jet charter so check out the prices below and start planning your trip by booking online.

Long weekend return (Friday – Monday) fares

Fly from these airports… …to these ski destinations
Sion Samedan Chambéry St. Gallen Altenrhein
London Blackbushe €9,250 €9,950 €10,200 €8,500
Paris Le Bourget €7,950 €8,950 €9,000 €7,500
Nice Cote d’Azur €7,250 €8,000 €8,100 €7,550

Pricing Details

  • Total price includes all landing and handling fees and overnight charges where applicable. De-icing is not included. Blink De-Icing Insurance is available.
  • Fares valid for weekend (Friday-Monday) stays of up to 3 nights.  Trips can also be taken during the week if preferred, up to 3 nights.
  • Prices guaranteed for the entire 2011-2012 ski season: 1 Dec 2011 – 30 April 2012.
  • Fares are valid during standard airport opening hours. Requests that fall outside standard airport opening hours may be subject to extension fees or additional overnight charges, which are not included.
  • Diversion protected: if bad weather closes your chosen airport, we will fly you to the nearest open alternative at no extra cost.  Please note Geneva cannot be used as a diversion at weekends.
  • Ski flights are available from other origins across Europe. Contact Blink to request pricing or price online.
  • All fares are subject to availability of aircraft and crew at the time of booking.

Spend more time skiing and less time travelling

Blinking to the Alps is so much faster than travelling on a commercial airline. Flying direct to the mountains means you can sometimes be on the slopes within minutes of landing. We can save you over 6 hours of wasted travel time per weekend trip when flying to popular ski resorts from London:

  • Central London to Verbier: Blink saves you 3 hours and 10 minutes each way
  • Central London to St. Moritz: Blink saves you 3 hours and 15 minutes each way
  • Central London to Megeve: Blink saves you 2 hours and 5 minutes each way

(Time saved assumes departure from London Blackbushe)

What to do next

Please contact Blink Flight Services to book or learn more about this special offer.

Online: Complete this form

Phone: +44 (0)20 7199 1400 or +41 (0)22 592 75 77

Email: blink@flyblink.com
21 November 2011

Blink to Europe’s Magical Christmas Markets

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At Blink we love Christmas.  So we’re getting into the festive mood by offering you some special fares to the most magical christmas markets in Europe.  Jump on your personal Blink Jet for two nights at any of these stunning markets and stuff your stockings with the finest gifts Europe has to offer!

London Blackbushe to TWO-NIGHT STAY
Ostend-Bruges (EBOS/OST) €4,600
Cologne (EDDK/CGN) €6,200
Baden-Baden (EDSB/FKB) €6,800
Basel Mulhouse (LFSB/MLH) €8,100
Munich (EDDM/MUC) €8,500
Vienna (LOWW/VIE) €10,800
Geneva to TWO-NIGHT STAY
Baden-Baden (EDSB/FKB) €4,600
Cologne (EDDK/CGN) €6,000
Munich (EDDM/MUC) €6,000
Ostend-Bruges (EBOS/OST) €6,900
Vienna (LOWW/VIE) €7,900
London Blackbushe (EGLK/BBS) €9,000

Notes:

  • Fares are valid only from Blink hubs at Blackbushe and Geneva.
  • Total price includes all landing and handling fees and overnight charges where applicable.
  • Fares valid from 21 November 2011 – 31 December 2011 inclusive, although be sure to check the specific schedule for each market as some are not open throughout all of December
  • Fares are valid during standard airport opening hours. Requests that fall outside standard airport opening hours may be subject to extension fees or additional overnight charges, which are not included
  • All fares are subject to availability of aircraft and crew at the time of booking
Please contact Blink Flight Services to book or learn more about this special offer.

Online: Complete this form

Phone: +44 (0)20 7199 1400 or +41 (0)22 592 75 77

Email: blink@flyblink.com
02 October 2010

Fare Sale: Get Inspired at Frieze Art Fair

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Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London. Over 170 art galleries from around the world are being featured, providing a unique opportunity to see and buy work by leading and new artists showcased to an international audience.

Get inspired by this eclectic mix of art work including specially commissioned artists’ projects, an annual curatorial programme, an artist-led education schedule as well as a programme of talks. Although staged for the purpose of selling work, the fair has become a cultural entertainment for tens of thousands of visitors each year. Don’t miss it!

Blink is offering special all-inclusive day return and one night stay fares from Geneva, Zurich, the Channel Islands, and Nice/Cannes.

Fares to London Day Return One Night Stay
from Geneva €4,909 €6,479
from Zurich €5,639 €6,619
from the Channel Islands £3,249 £3,899
from Nice/Cannes €6,789 €7,919

Notes:

  • Fares are valid from Geneva, Zurich, Jersey, Guernsey, Nice, and Cannes Mandelieu airports only. Fares are valid only to Blink’s London hub airports, in Blackbushe, Farnborough, and Luton.
  • Total price includes all landing and handling fees and overnight charges where applicable
  • Fares valid from 14-17 October 2010 inclusive
  • Fares are valid during standard airport opening hours. Requests that fall outside standard airport opening hours may be subject to extension fees or additional overnight charges, which are not included
  • All fares are subject to availability of aircraft and crew at the time of booking

Please contact Blink Flight Services to book or learn more about this special offer.
Online: Complete this form
Phone: +44 (0)20 7199 1400 or +41 (0)22 592 75 77
Email: blink@flyblink.com
24 August 2010

Summer in the Skies

This summer has been the busiest yet for Blink.  We’ve flown to all the corners of Europe, and set up summer bases in the the south of France, Sardinia, and the Balaerics to better serve your flight requests.  Our crew have been snapping away everywhere they go, which allows us to share with you some of the views you can enjoy at 41,000 feet onboard Blink.


Click on any of the images to find out more about where they were taken.

25 June 2010

Postcard – Tunis, Tunisia

Blink’s first flight to Tunisia – Sat 12 June 2010

 

Captain Dave Stoddart and First Officer Lee Barringer piloted Blink’s first flight to Tunisia.  They sent this postcard upon arrival in Ibiza.

We departed Geneva late morning with a planned flight time just under 2 hours and good weather forecast for the whole journey. Our route took us over the Alps and the Cote d’Azur, passing down the west coast of Corsica then down the length of Sardinia, overflying Cagliari and finally on towards the coastline of Tunisia.

It was a fairly typical hazy north African day but we had excellent views of some large resort hotels to the north of Tunis as we made our descent towards the airport about 30 miles further south. The runway in use for landing required us to fly over the top of the airport and then turn back and land towards the north. Air traffic control was as good as anywhere in Europe and the airport itself is well equipped with two long runways. Although neither of us had been to Tunis before, all the procedures for our approach and landing were as one would expect of modern airport. After landing, we were guided around to the general aviation terminal and promptly met by our handling agents, who then supplied us with fuel for the following day’s flight.

Although we only had a brief night in Tunis, the impression is of a relaxed and easygoing culture with a hint of its colonial French past. Most people we engaged with spoke good English and were very friendly. Tunisia in general seems fairly westernised and has a large established tourist industry spread over several resort areas, each of which is served by a modern airport. These include the island of Djerba in the south, Sfax and Monastir on the central east coast and brand new airport at Sousse about 200 km south of Tunis.

We departed the following morning for Ibiza, which took us west along the north coast of Algeria for about an hour before turning towards the Balearics.

Again, we had an enjoyable flight and the views from the Mustang at 40000 feet were superb.

Fly direct with Blink

Our seasonal bases open up even more destinations that we have yet to fly to.  Whether you want to explore North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco) or island hop between Corfu, Mykonos, and Cyprus, Blink can fly you there direct.  Search all our airports by visiting www.flyblink.com/airports.

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Book online: www.flyblink.com/book.  If you’d like to discuss your itinerary in more detail, email Blink Flight Services at blink@flyblink.com or phone them at +44 (0)20 7199 1400.

03 June 2010

Blink summer bases – an expanded network

A pan-European network of bases from London to Sardinia

We’re going to make the most of the sunshine by opening new bases for the summer season.

From June until October, Blink aircraft and crew will be regularly based across 7 bases

Customers will be able to fly at the shortest notice directly from these locations. And with our planes there, ready and waiting, our prices will get even better value, as we’ll not have to position any resources from our nearest permanent base in Geneva.

What’s more, our seasonal bases will bring many new non-stop Blink destinations into our network, adding to the 600 we already cover across Western and Northern Europe. Fly non-stop, for example, from Nice to Athens, Thessaloniki or Bucharest, or from Ibiza non-stop to Casablanca and Marrakesh.

Look out for our monthly fare promotions to qualify for the best deals.  If we’ve got a plane on the ground, we should be ready to go within 2 hours of your call.

01 June 2010

A long hot summer

Discover your passions

We’re fingers crossed that England gets some sunshine this summer – not least so that we get blue skies at Blackbushe, our aircraft operating headquarters and primary UK base, just down the M3 from London.  But even if the UK gets another wash-out, you can be sure of finding hot weather somewhere in Europe – even last week it was 30 degrees plus in the shade in Greece, Portugal and Spain. And Blink plans to get you there and to many other hot spots the next few months, with a seasonal programme of great fares to more than 200 summer airports.

Blink’s summer bases

Our fleet of 7 mustangs is already busy at work helping customers get the summer breaks to which they’ve been looking forward since last September. Whether it’s a weekend city break, a day at the seaside, a glamorous wedding or the first of long lazy days at the villa, Blink is delighted to get your summer started.

Escape with Blink

Every month, we’ll be advertising special promotional fares, some to everybody’s favourite hot spots, others to more exotic destinations off the beaten path. From our bases in London and Geneva, Blink and we’ll get you anywhere from Malaga to Malta, Dubrovnik to Stockholm.

28 May 2010
Posted in: Destinations

Airport in Focus: Jersey

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. Seen from the sea at high tide.

The home of legendary TV detective Bergerac, the bailiwick of Jersey is an island with more than 1,000 years of history, a possession of the British crown but independent from the United Kingdom. 118 square miles, with a population of 88,000, Jersey has a GDP of more than £40,000 per head. As a tax haven less than 300 miles from London and Paris, it hosts a flourishing industry of fiduciary and trust experts. For them and their clients, air transportation links between the island and the major cities of Europe are essential. Yet it remains relatively poorly connected.

Poor air connections

Geneva, for example has just two flights a week to Jersey and Guernsey, and the return trips are often routed via Zurich. A day trip is almost impossible to make, and for busy financiers, a 3 day investment is a major disincentive to go at all. For that reason, the Channel Islands have a high density of jet owners.

Fly direct with Blink

But even flying privately, access is problematic; the islands are frequently fog-bound and the wet weather restrictions are severe for larger jet aircraft. Small aircraft with superior short runway performance have best access, though pilots still require specific certification.

Blink has both – which is why one of our 3 permanant European bases for our Cessna Mustang fleet is located right here in the islands.

Book now

Contact Blink Flight Services to book your next flight direct into Jersey .  Email them at blink@flyblink.com or phone them at +44 (0)20 7199 1400.

10 May 2010

Airport focus: In and out of Lugano

Known as the ‘Monte Carlo of Switzerland’, Lugano is located in the south of Switzerland and on the border with Italy. The city is situated on its own lake and lies between the legendary Lake Maggiore and Lake Como. In short, Lugano is the gateway to Europe’s most beautiful and glamourous lake-side destinations, from Bellagio to Villa d’Este, from Varenna to Isola Bella. A popular retreat for aristocrats and celebrities since Roman times, the lakes provide the most exclusive of romantic getaways. The only issue is how to get there without getting caught up in the crowd.

Fly direct with Blink

You could take a commercial airline to Milan and drive there…if you’re willing to put up with the airport scrum, the frequently delayed schedules, the potential lost bags, and then the 2 hour drive, traffic permitting. Or fly right there to Lugano, on one of the few jets capable of accesssing the city’s mountain-enclosed airport – Blink’s Mustang. Our aircraft’s best-in-class runway performance, and our captains’ superior training, can get a full complement of 4 passengers and luggage in and out all year long. A couple of hours from London, an hour from Paris, less from Geneva, and we’ll bring you here to explore more.

Book now

Contact Blink Flight Services to book your next flight direct into Lugano.  Email them at blink@flyblink.com or phone them at +44 (0)20 7199 1400.