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Iberia's cell phone check-in service was launched in another ten European cities in January, enabling Iberia passengers to use their cell phone to check in for flights departing from the airports of Valencia, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseilles, Nice, Strasburg, Toulouse, Bologna, Turin, and Oporto. The time-saving service was first introduced in Barcelona's El Prat airport in September, 2009, and now it has been installed in 35 cities. Each day more than 1,500 Iberia passengers use the service, and a...
IndiGo, India’s largest carrier is further enhancing its customer experience with the launch of twelve new flights on its network. Effective February 01, IndiGo will operate fourth daily and direct flights between Lucknow and Delhi, and a direct flight between Lucknow to Bengaluru , Lucknow to Goa via Delhi and Ahemdabad. The new flights are designed to cater to business and leisure travelers who are constantly on the lookout for new and affordable flying options. These new services will...
Lufthansa is resuming flights to Tripoli on 2 February. The Libyan capital will be served thrice weekly – on Mondays, Thursday and Sundays – from Frankfurt. Flight LH1312, operated by an Airbus A319, will depart from Frankfurt in the morning hours on those days, landing in Tripoli three hours later. The return flight as LH 1313 will depart from Tripoli in the afternoon. Last year Lufthansa temporarily suspended flights to and from Libya because of the political unrest in the country.
Aer Arann announced the addition of 2 new Aer Lingus Regional routes and increased frequencies on 9 of its existing routes as it unveiled details of its summer flight schedule. The two new Aer Lingus Regional routes which will be operated by Aer Arann under its franchise agreement with Aer Lingus are Dublin-Bournemouth effective from 1st May and Shannon-Rennes effective from 9th June. The new Dublin-Bournemouth Aer Lingus Regional service will operate 6 times a week; every day except Saturday....
United Continental Holdings announced plans to launch year-round and seasonal service on several new routes to begin in the summer of 2012. “We continue to capitalize on the combined resources of United and Continental to create a network that gives our customers more flights to the places they want to go,” said James Starnes, United’s director of domestic planning. “The flexibility of our fleet allows us to put the right aircraft in the right markets to serve new communities and to add...
Following last week's cease of operations by Spanair, Iberia is increasing its supply of flights and/or seats on several of the routes on which it had coincided with the carrier: Madrid-Barcelona: Iberia has added three daily flights, which will be expanded to four in the summer season for a daily total of nearly 70. Madrid-Bilbao: An increase in seat supply of up to 31% in the busiest months, with one extra daily flight and larger aircraft at peak travel times. For now Iberia will operate 11...
AirAsia X, the Malaysian based long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia will increase its flight frequency to Tokyo (Haneda), Japan from its current three flights to six flights weekly effective from 23 March, 2012. From 22 June, 2012, AirAsia X will operate daily flights from the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur to the Japanese capital. In addition, AirAsia X currently flies four times weekly to Osaka (Kansai). The increase in frequency is part of the airline's realignment plan...
“KLM constantly adapts its sales assortment on board to the wishes of its passengers,” says Paul Elich, Executive Vice President of KLM Inflight Services. “By buying alcohol and cigarettes on board, passengers no longer have to carry heavy bags around the airport. It makes no difference to the weight on board.” The assortment will include Courvoisier XO and Johnny Walker Black. The bottles will be delivered on board in sealed plastic bags. The cigarettes in the assortment are Marlboro Red and...
Reflecting its commitment to growth in the long-haul market, this year Iberia is to increase the number of seats available on its flights between Madrid and San José, in Costa Rica, by 5.5% to more than 234,000. The Spanish airline will operate more flights to the Costa Rican capital using larger aircraft, the A340-600s that have 100 seats more than the aircraft usually operated on the route. Flights are timed for convenient connections to/from Iberia's 32 destinations in Spain, 40 in the rest...
American Airlines today announced changes to its spring and summer schedule that will expand the airline's presence in Brazil. Beginning in December, American's route between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Sao Paulo (GRU) will operate with the new state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300ER, making Brazil the first market for the new aircraft. Further emphasizing American's commitment to Latin America, the airline will increase its service between DFW and Sao Paulo beginning in June. In 2010, American...
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