Effective 2 September 2010, Malaysia Airlines will mount two additional flights between Kuala Lumpur and Yangon, resulting in seven flights weekly.
The flight, which takes approximately 2 hours 45 minutes, will operate every Tuesday and Thursday, departing Kuala Lumpur at 10.05 am to arrive in Yangon at 11.15 am. From Yangon, the flight will depart at 12.15pm to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 4.30pm.
Malaysia Airlines’ Senior General Manager Commercial Strategy Dr. Amin Khan said, “For the period...
Virgin Blue Holdings Limited and Etihad Airways PJSC signed an agreement establishing a commercial partnership that will enable Virgin Blue’s international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and the two airlines to offer a joint network of more than 100 destinations from October 1, 2010.
Together, Etihad and V Australia will move towards a total of 27 weekly services between Abu Dhabi and Australia – including double-daily services between Abu Dhabi and Sydney,...
American Airlines, a subsidiary of AMR Corporation, announced that Kurt Stache will assume the role of Vice President – International and Derek DeCross will replace Stache as Vice President and General Sales Manager. In addition, Maya Leibman will take over the position of President – AAdvantage.
Stache will be based in London and will be responsible for American's business in the Atlantic and Pacific regions. He will report to Tom Horton, President of AMR and American. He has served in...
Asiana Airlines (President & CEO: Young-doo Yoon) along with KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) installed solar powered streetlights at, World Cultural Heritage appointed by UNESCO, Angkor Wat. The streetlights have been installed to protect the visual aspects of the site and provide safety towards tourists visiting.
The official ceremony was held on the 19th of August at 9a.m. (local time) at the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road that KOICA built last May. Asiana Airlines...
Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty program of Etihad Airways, has launched a new program called IndiaConnect, an exclusive club designed to offer a wide range of benefits to Etihad Guest members travelling to and from India.
Once registered at etihadindiaconnect.com, Etihad Guest members will be able to access a number of exclusive benefits, including:
∙ travel offers on Etihad Airways Indian routes; and
∙ discounts and special deals with a variety of partners in India and relevant...
Qantas today announced that it would introduce Premium Economy on its Tokyo and Frankfurt services.
Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said Qantas would retrofit six two class Boeing 747s to include 40 Premium Economy seats with the new offering to be available on the Tokyo route from October 2010 and the Frankfurt route from February next year.
“Qantas first introduced Premium Economy in 2008 and customer feedback for the product has been extremely positive. Our customers enjoy...
S7 Airlines, the largest domestic airline in Russia, announces renewal of flights to Georgia.
The first flight of S7 Airlines after discontinuation of air traffic between Russia and Georgia en route Moscow (Domodedovo Airport) — Tbilisi will be operated on the 23rd of August, 2010.
Renewal of flights to Georgia became possible for S7 Airlines after obtaining a permit from aviation authorities of both countries. S7 Airlines obtained a permit to operate flights under the equal terms with...
Starting from 31 October 2010, Air France will offer a new flight to Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Located just 30 minutes from the centre of Tokyo, this airport is the main connecting hub for domestic flights in Japan.
The new service will be operated by Japan Airlines, on a code-share basis with Air France. This flight complements the 4 daily AIR FRANCE and KLM flights connecting Paris, Amsterdam and Tokyo-Narita.
Monday 23 August 2010
More than 5 daily flights to Tokyo
Starting from 31 October...
Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A380, announced Hong Kong as the newest destination for its super-jumbo.
Emirates has a total of 12 A380s in service with 78 on order and Hong Kong will become the Dubai-based global airline’s 11th A380 destination.
Starting on 1st October, Emirates’ A380 will operate daily from Dubai as EK384 via Bangkok with the return flight operating as EK385.
Richard Jewsbury, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Far East and...
2010 will be a year of expansion for ANA, with the opening of the new international terminal in October and the start of international scheduled flights operations from Haneda Airport.
As previously announced, ANA will launch new routes that connect Haneda to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Singapore, Bangkok, and Taipei (Songshan) as well as Beijing, Shanghai (Hongqiao), Hong Kong, and Seoul (Gimpo), which we currently operate. ANA’s new network and services from Haneda Airport will provide easy...
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