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Emirates Holidays inks deal with TUI India
Emirates Holidays and TUI India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which TUI India will be the Preferred Agent for Emirates Holidays in India. The MoU announced by Mr. Marc Bennett, Divisional Senior Vice President - Emirates ...…
American flyers willing to pay more for personal space
As summer travel season approaches, Americans planning vacations – particularly those planning on flying – have a lot of decisions ahead. With the increasing “a la carte”-ization of air travel, flyers are faced with an ever increasing num...…
KLM adds Russian and Norwegian to its social media service
Today, KLM starts servicing customers in Russian and Norwegian on social media. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines customers can now post their travel-related questions in no less than nine languages on Facebook and Twitter. Customers can approach KLM’s ...…
Flight attendants protest at Charlotte Airport against knives in passenger cabin
Flight Attendants have held a press conference (Thursday, May 16) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to continue to engage the traveling public in efforts to keep the aircraft cabin free of knives that have been used as weapons. Acc...…
Dubai Airports to upgrade runways in 2014
Dubai Airports will conduct an extensive runway enhancement project at Dubai International (DXB) during an 80 day period commencing May 1, 2014. To safeguard service levels while the work is taking place, scheduled passenger flights at its hub a...…
Virgin America partners with Silvercar
Virgin America has partnered with Silvercar, the company revolutionizing the car rental experience with its fleet of WiFi-enabled, premium Audi A4s, to offer Virgin America’s Elevate members a seamless and connected travel experience from air t...…
LOT and Rainbow Tours sign a contract for charter flights
LOT Polish Airlines and the tour operator Rainbow Tours have signed a contract for charter flights from Warsaw to the most popular tourist destinations in the world, among others, to the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. The agreement will ensure the...…
Air India revises free baggage allowance and excess baggage rates
Air India has revised passengers free baggage allowance for travel on domestic sectors with effect immediately. The free baggage allowance for travel in the top four fare levels of economy class will be 20 Kgs and for all other fare levels…
Virgin America taps app-based car rental service – Silvercar
Virgin America, the award-winning California-based airline, announces today that it has partnered with Silvercar, the company revolutionizing the car rental experience with its fleet of WiFi-enabled, premium Audi A4s, to offer Virgin America’s ...…
Jet2.com announces further route expansion at Glasgow Airport
Jet2.com has further grown its number of destinations available from Glasgow Airport with the launch of two new routes for summer 2014- the Greek Island of Zante and the Catalan city of Reus. These two new additions, along with the launch…
EU threatens to get tough on aviation emissions
Officials at the European Commission have ten Chinese and Indian airlines are facing the prospect of exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions. The airlines include Ai...…
Terrorists allowed on US planes following witness protection slip up
A report from the United States department of justice has revealed terrorists on witness protection were allowed on board flights as their new identities were not added to the US no-fly list. The Witness Security Program, organised by the departm...…
Heathrow sticks to guns on third runway
Heathrow has told the Airports Commission that there is no quick or easy solution to ease the UK’s lack of hub airport capacity. Physical and planning constraints mean short-term solutions to increase flights and generate growth and jobs are l...…
JetBlue expands Emirates codeshare deal
JetBlue Airways and Emirates, the Dubai-based carrier, have announced intent to expand their current partnership to include bilateral codesharing, pending FAA and DOT regulatory approval. Under the expanded agreement, JetBlue will place its “B...…
Southwest Airlines to launch Boeing 737 MAX 7
Boeing and Southwest Airlines have announced the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family. The Dallas-based carrier and launch customer for the 737 MAX program became the first airline to order the 737…
WTTC calls for further improvements in South American tourism
World Travel & Tourism Council president David Scowsill has praised many of the developments that have taken place in Latin America in recent years and called on the region’s tourism leaders to maintain the momentum. Speaking at the Hotel O...…
WTTC calls on further improvements in South American tourism
World Travel & Tourism Council president David Scowsill has praised many of the developments that have taken place in Latin America in recent years and called on the region’s tourism leaders to maintain the momentum. Speaking at the Hotel O...…
Norwegian adds Fuerteventura to Gatwick route network
Fuerteventura is the latest destination to be added to Norwegian’s growing route network from Gatwick Airport. Flights to the popular Spanish Canary Island start up on October 30th. Norwegian will fly twice a week between London Gatwick and...…
Marseille-Provence Airport takes up Routes Europe mantel
img src="/images/sized/images/uploads/transport/Generic-Airline-250x175.jpg" alt="Marseille-Provence Airport takes up Routes Europe mantel" width="250" height="175" class="" /> After a successful Routes Europe event in Budapest, which, with 1...…
Sabre launches pre-paid baggage services for Air France-KLM
Sabre, a global technology company, has started selling pre-paid baggage for Air France-KLM. The airline has chosen to sell this ancillary product through Sabre using industry technology standards developed by ATPCo and IATA. The electronic misc...…
Etihad Airways’ maiden Amsterdam flight takes off
The inaugural flight of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has taken off for the Netherlands’ capital, Amsterdam. Flight EY77, carrying the KL code of Dutch national carrier, KLM, departed Abu Dhabi airport on sch...…
Air Tickets to implement Travelport Net Fare Manager
Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry, today announced that Air Tickets® has become the first customer in its Asia Pacific region to implement Travelport Net Fare Mana...…
Kenya Airways Pride Centre granted new IATA Certification
The new certification from the association designates the centre as an IATA Approved Training School, allowing it to deliver endorsed training programmes in the field of Dangerous Goods Regulations to shippers, freight forwarders, airlines and go...…
Qatar Airways brings Dreamliner back to UK
Qatar Airways has resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner services from London Heathrow after a worldwide grounding of the aircraft in January. The Doha-based carrier was the first to launch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from the UK in December, and to...…
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