Deauville

They were ordinary. The young men from afar who clambered ashore on June 6, 1944, into a hail of Nazi gunfire from the Normandy bluffs did not think of themselves as heroes.

Some habits are hard to break — but that doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to travel.  

Travelers' habits are changing — quickly and en masse. People are bypassing big cities in favor of smaller destinations that attract fewer tourists, and outside activities such as hiking and biking are attracting more interest than before.

French billionaire Olivier Dassault, a politician and scion of the Dassault aircraft-making family, was killed in a helicopter crash on March 7.

Dassault, 69 and a father-of-three, died around 6 pm (1700 GMT) when his helicopter crashed near the upmarket coastal resort of Deauville in northwest France, parliamentary and investigation sources told AFP.

The series will be broadcast from the Fox and National Geographic channels. The first season was dedicated to Albert Einstein.

"This is a great commitment to me," said Banderas, a guest at the US film festival in the French city of Deauville, fillming is to start in November and continue until March next year. The first episodes will be broadcast in April or May next year " .

The 43rd edition of France's Deauville American Film Festival opened late on Sept. 1 in the Normandy seaside resort with a tribute to American actress Laura Dern.

The festival, a showcase for American cinema, will run for ten days and offer 14 films in the official competition. Dern appeared on the red carpet in a dress covered in blue and white feathers.

Ryanair, a low-cost airline, will run nine routes from Bournemouth Airport this summer instead of the 16 it ran last year due to the fact that the carrier does not have enough aircraft.

The constraints means that the summer timetable includes destinations such as Palma, Barcelona Girona, Faro, Alicante, Malaga, Murcia, Tenerife, Malta and Gran Canaria.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Aegean Airlines announced on Tuesday it is adding 16 new destinations in 10 new countries to its network next summer, reaching a total of 134 destinations, 34 domestic and 100 abroad in 42 countries.