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LoganAir announces summer 2024 schedule to Donegal – Business Traveller
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LoganAir announces summer 2024 schedule to Donegal – Business Traveller

Loganair is set to increase its summer schedule between Glasgow and Donegal for summer 2024 following strong passenger demand. The regional carrier relaunched flights between the two destinations in July this year, after a hiatus since 2021. Running from April to October next year, the Scottish airline will operate four flights per week, up from this year’s schedule of three flights per week. The UK’s largest regional airline remains the only carrier offering a direct air link between the UK and Donegal. The summer schedule will launch on 5 April, 2024, operated by the ATR-42 aircraft, and will run on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Outbound fares start from £76 and will include a 15kg luggage allowance, inflight refreshments, and a mandatory carbon offset charge as part of t...
In County Donegal, Ireland, a Tiny Inn Offers a Hyper-Local Travel Experience
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In County Donegal, Ireland, a Tiny Inn Offers a Hyper-Local Travel Experience

The back story of Breac House, a tiny hotel in northwest Ireland’s County Donegal, sounds like a cautionary tale: Two city-slickers, accountants from Dublin, who’d never worked at a hotel or served a scone, decide to open a custom-built, designer property on a remote, windswept peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Cue the wizened locals ready to fleece them, the natural and man-made catastrophes, and you have all the makings of a bad sitcom, with Monocle meets Fawlty Towers as the log line.The reality is different: Cathrine Burke, 51, and Niall Campbell, 51, have managed to create a remarkable hotel, not by flying in a starchitect from London, stocking the place with fancy products and serving globalized cuisine, but by staying resolutely Donegal. Their guiding principle in se...