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United Airlines announced plans to launch daily, nonstop flights between its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, and Istanbul, effective July 1, 2012, subject to government approval. Westbound service from Istanbul begins July 2. Istanbul will be the 76th international destination that United serves from New York/Newark and the 37th city in United’s trans-Atlantic route network. With service to points in the Americas, Europe and Asia, United offers more flights from the New York...
Jetstar Japan has announced it expects take to the skies ahead of schedule on 3 July 2012, flying initially to five major Japanese cities. The launch network of Tokyo (Narita), Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa will be serviced by an initial fleet of three new A320 aircraft. Tokyo (Narita) has been confirmed as Jetstar Japan’s first base, with the airline now on track to be the first LCC to fly domestically from the nation’s capital. Fares and schedules will be announced soon. Jetstar Group...
easyJet announced that flights from London to Iceland will continue to operate throughout the winter 2012 schedule. easyJet’s commitment to a full year service from London Luton Airport to Reykjavik is in response the passenger demand on the route. More than 8.000 seats have been sold so far, well in advance of the inaugural flight on 27 March 2012. Tickets for the winter season, which will start in October 2012 will be available from mid March on easyJet.com. Flights will continue to operate...
Wizz Air announced that it would bring a sixth aircraft to its base in Budapest and will open 10 new routes in the coming months, bringing the total to 33 destinations served. This latest phase of the airline’s recent expansion in the Hungarian capital increases capacity to over 2.5 million seats a year. The sixth in a series of recently announced additional aircraft will begin operating as of early April 2012, with new routes to Malaga (Spain), Bucharest and Cluj (Romania), Warsaw (Poland),...
Ryanair announced it would open 8 routes from Warsaw to Brussels, Budapest, Dublin, London, Milan, Oslo, Rome and Stockholm as soon as Warsaw’s new Modlin airport opens on 16 July 2012. These 8 new Warsaw routes will deliver 700,000 passengers p.a.
Emirates launched its new Dallas/Fort Worth service. It is the fifth gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the fourth new route to join the airline’s international network so far in 2012. Emirates will serve Dallas/Fort Worth daily with a Boeing 777 aircraft offering the highest standards of passenger comfort, including private suites in First Class, lie-flat beds in Business Class and generously-sized Economy Class seats. EK221 leaves Dubai daily at 0245hrs, arriving at Dallas/Fort...
Etihad Airways announced the launch of flights to Lagos, the airline’s first destination in West Africa, from July 1, subject to regulatory approvals. The direct flights will link Abu Dhabi and Lagos six times a week and will be operated by a two class A330-200 aircraft with 22 Pearl Business class and 240 Coral Economy seats. Lagos becomes the 83rd destination in Etihad Airways’ global network and the return flights will create a new link between Nigeria, Africa’s third largest economy, and...
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.
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