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          ILSC CLOSES
          US LANGUAGE
          SCHOOLS, EXPANDS                                 TRAVEL UPDATE
          PATHWAYS
          Global education
                                                                   Norwegian Airlines has expanded
          provider ILSC
                                                                   its long-haul capacity from the UK,
          Education Group www.
                                                                   including to Buenos Aires (Argentina), Fort
          ilsc.com has closed     GlobalFoundations
                                                                   Lauderdale and New York (both USA), and
          its two USA language    www.globalfoundations.           has announced plans to serve Asian routes
          schools in New York     com division, which              such as Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing.
          and San Francisco.      provides fi rst-year
             In a statement, the   foundation courses
                                                                   Eurostar’s direct train service between
          company said they had   on the campuses of               London, UK, and Amsterdam in the
          been “impacted by a     university partners.
                                                                   Netherlands commences this month,
          decline in popularity      “While the market
                                                                   connecting the cities in under four hours
          of the United States    for stand-alone English
          as a standalone ESL     language education has
                                                                   Low-cost carrier Ryanair has launched
          learning destination,   declined in the USA,
                                                                   fl ights to Jordan, with the two airports at
          as demand has shifted   the demand for higher
                                                                   Amman and Aqaba ultimately to be serviced
          to university campus-   education opportunities
                                                                   from 11 European airports.
          based pathway           for international students
          programmes”.            continues to grow,”
                                                                   Westjet has expanded capacity from its
             Any students that    said Linda Chung, Chief
                                                                   Vancouver, Canada, base to a number of
          hadn’t completed        Marketing Offi cer.
                                                                   domestic routes as well as Cancun and Cabo
          courses by the closure     ILSC will continue to
                                                                   San Lucas in Mexico.
          were transferred to     offer junior, language,
          local ELT schools.      pathway and vocational           Sichuan Airlines has commenced service
             Moving forward,      programmes in Canada             from St Petersburg, Russia, to the capital of
          ILSC said it planned    and Australia, and said it       the Chinese province of Sichuan, Chengdu,
          to rapidly expand its   would open new junior
                                                                   with fl ights operating twice a week.
          recently established    summer locations.
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