TOPFLIGHT has announced some great news for Northern Ireland holidaymakers - direct flights from Belfast to
Italy and Sicily this summer, and its biggest ever summer holiday programme.
New destinations, new flights and new resorts were announced at a special launch of the biggest ever
summer programme from the company, one of Ireland's fastest growing tour operators for quality holidays to
Europe - summer and winter.
Lanzarote is the newest destination to be added to an ever-growing number of destinations and Topflight has
put together some great family offers.
There are expanded programmes into Italy, Croatia and Portugal, with new resorts on Lake Garda and in Capri,
which offer the traveller opportunities to tailor-make their holidays.
These can range from Weddings and Honeymoons to activity holidays such as golf, water-sports and
cycling and specialist holidays such as wine trips, historical tours and music and opera tours.
New flights from Belfast, Dublin and Cork to a number of destinations were also announced giving the
consumer even more choice. Now Topflight is Ireland's largest operator in the burgeoning Italian market, as well as offering
excellent programmes into popular European destinations such as Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal,
Costa del Sol and Austria and now Lanzarote, new for Summer 2005.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of rish people travelling to Italy and Sicily for a
variety of different style holidays, so it made sense, aid the company, to introduce new charter airlinks
from Belfast to Italy and Sicily this summer.
Tony Collins, Managing Director of Topflight, said: Basically, Italy has so much to offer.
"For one, Italy offers visitors everything from beathtaking mountain scenery to sunny beaches, from
vibrant cities with famous museums and stunning achitecture to ancient ruins and of course its world
renowned cuisine and culture.
"Then its proximity is a factor - only a twp and a half hour flight. And now, with our new flights direct
from Belfast to Verona and Naples, our Northern Ireland clients have even more choice, as well as our
full summer charter programme from Dublin to all our other destinations."
This year Topflight introduced some new resorts suchas the romantic island of Capri, off the Amalfi Coast,
and the charming villages of Torbole and Rivoltella el Garda in the popular Lake Garda region.
There's also an expanded selection of accommodation in Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, Lido di Jesolo and Tscany making your final holiday decision a littlemore difficult but equally making it more fun.
Holiday prices for a two-centre holiday taking in Lidodi Jesolo followed by a stay in the medieval town of
Riva, known as the pearl of Lake Garda, starts from
1,009 Euro for two weeks.
A one-week sun holiday with half board accommodationin a four star hotel at Sorrento starts from 929 Euro
while a three night city break to Venice starts at 499Euro.
Whatever the holiday Topflight's staff can giveknowledgeable and helpful advice to their clients
before and during their holiday.A copy of the Italy & Sicily Summer 2005 brochure may
be obtained from your local travel agent or by callingTopflight.