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Frontier Airlines today announced that it will expand its existing nonstop service between Denver (DEN) and New York LaGuardia (LGA) in 2012. Beginning March 25, the airline will increase its schedule to include three flights year-round, and beginning April 16, it will launch a fourth flight that will operate six days each week during the summer season. Service on the route will be provided on Airbus 319 and 320 aircraft, with 30 and 36 STRETCH seats respectively, offering up to 7 inches of...
TAP will start operating four flights per week between Lisbon and Turin from 3 June 2012. Turin is the capital of the Piedmont region of Italy and is a major cultural and business centre in North East Italy. Its airport serves a region with more than 4.5 million inhabitants. With the launch of the new route to Turin, in summer 2012 TAP will be operating a total of 93 flights per week between Portugal and Italy, offering direct flights to five cities in the country. Currently TAP flies between...
Etihad Airways has launched non-stop flights from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf in Germany. Greeted by a traditional water cannon salute on arrival, the inaugural flight, EY 23 touched down at the North Rhine Westphalia airport at 6:25am on Friday 16 December. Etihad will initially operate four weekly return services to Düsseldorf, rising to a daily operation already in April 2012. The route is being served by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, in a three-class configuration, offering eight Diamond First...
Virgin Australia group of airlines is collaborating with industry leader, Lufthansa Systems, to develop a state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system using Wi-Fi technology delivered to personal, hand-held devices on its aircraft. Group Executive Product and Guest Services, Martin Daley, said the two companies had signed a letter of intent to produce and install the initial systems, known as BoardConnect, from mid-2012. “This system, considered to be at the leading edge of inflight...
Etihad Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Hainan Airlines of China. It is the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s first codeshare with a Chinese carrier and its 35th with world airlines. Subject to regulatory approvals, from 10 January 2012, Hainan Airline’s will place its ‘HU’ code on Etihad Airways flights between Abu Dhabi and the airline’s three gateway cities in China: Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai. The arrangement will extend to Etihad Airways flights beyond Abu Dhabi to Khartoum...
S7 Airlines announced the opening of its own flights from Moscow to Valencia (Spain) in the summer season 2012. Valencia is going to be the third city in Spain you can travel to by flights of S7 Airlines. Today our company already performs flights to the capital of Spain, Madrid, as well as to the popular tourist resort of Alicante. Flights to Valencia will be made on Saturdays beginning from June 02, 2012. The flight will depart from the Moscow Domodedovo airport at 16:50, arriving in Valencia...
Emirates will add an additional five weekly flights to Paris by the end of 2012. The increase in flights is in direct response to strong passenger demand on the route. Effective 25th March, the current double-daily Charles de Gaulle service will be supplemented by an additional four frequencies, increasing to five extra weekly flights in the winter 2012 schedule. The four extra flights from March will operate on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The new EK 071 will depart Dubai at...
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, will launch a new service to Salzburg from Luton Airport this weekend. The inaugural easyJet flight to Salzburg will depart from Luton on Saturday (17th December) and will fly twice weekly, with fares starting from £27.99 (one way including taxes). Salzburg is not only one of the finest European destinations for alpine skiers, but also one of the most intriguing historically. The city is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and also the setting for the...
Air New Zealand and ANA will establish a closer partnership in Japan from March 25 next year providing travellers on both airlines with improved access to destinations in Japan and New Zealand. Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe and Mr Shinichiro Ito, President and CEO of ANA signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a Star Alliance CEO meeting in Ethiopia today to develop the partnership covering areas such as code share and ground handling services in Japan. The partnership will give Air New Zealand...
South African Airways (SAA) will start flying non-stop to Beijing, China, for the first time in the history of the airline, from January next year. The inaugural flight is scheduled to leave Johannesburg, South Africa, on 31 January, and is set to arrive in Beijing, China, on 1 February. SAA says passenger may begin booking these flights immediately. “SAA is most pleased to introduce non-stop flights to Beijing, China. This new route is in line with SAA’s strategy to expand its network to Asia...
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