Qatar Airways today announced its expansion programme was continuing with vigour with plans to launch six new routes in Europe and Asia from October 2010. The Doha-based airline will phase in the route expansion over a four-month period with daily flights to Phuket – after Bangkok, its second destination in Thailand – kicking off the [...]

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Singapore Airlines will be mounting additional flights over the coming days to help clear the backlog of customers affected by the recent closure of European airspace. The following is a list of additional flights and their respective departure details. Singapore – Manchester: Flight Number SQ8318 / Departure time 2330 hrs / Date(s) of operation 23 [...]

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Singapore Airlines will be introducing new cabin products on some of its Boeing 777-200 aircraft from later this month. A total of 11 B777-200s will be refitted with the Airline’s most recent cabin offerings, to provide additional space, comfort and greater product consistency across the fleet. The refitted B777-200s will be configured with 38 Business [...]

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Firefly is picking up its new year’s pace from where it left last year by increasing the frequency of flights from Subang to Singapore to cater to the current high demand on that route. 

The new 5th frequency flight is now open for sale and the service will commence
from 28 March 2010, Firefly said in [...]

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Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of scheduled services to Australia following the airline’s inaugural flight into Melbourne on 6 December 2009 night. The new Doha – Melbourne route signals the beginning of Qatar Airways’ operations to Australia, and adds another continent to the airline’s rapidly expanding global network. Melbourne becomes the award-winning airline’s 85th [...]

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Thai Airways International Public Company Limited is offering Royal First Class service for the first time to Dubai in the Middle East, starting from 1 December 2009 utilizing Airbus 340-600 aircraft. Mr. Pruet Boobphakam, Executive Vice President, Commercial Department, said that Thai Airways International has always enjoyed loyal support from Arab and expatriate communities, where [...]

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The Air France A380, registration F-GHJA, arrived at New York’s J.F. Kennedy airport after the maiden flight between Europe and the United States for this type of aircraftt. The proceeds of the auction of seats on the two inaugural Paris-New York-Paris flights finally reached 300,000 euros, more than expected. The amount will thus finance 5 [...]

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Most of the world’s leading airport operators (80%) intend to make passenger self-service the primary channel for check-in, according to a new global survey launched today. And 52% rated the introduction of “electronic documents” as the technology which will have the most significant impact at airports in the near future, initially driven by the adoption [...]

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Air France is taking delivery of its first Airbus A380, the world’s largest airliner, which can carry 538 passengers over 13,000 km. Three of the twelve pla­nes on order will be delivered to Air France between now and spring 2010, to be closely followed by a fourth. Starting on 23 November 2009, the Air France [...]

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Emirates airline has teamed up with Starwood Hotels around the world to offer its First and Business class passengers travelling from Dubai a complimentary hotel stay. Incorporating 69 exciting Emirates destinations, the promotion rewards First and Business class passengers with excellent complimentary accommodation in some of the world’s most sought after cities including Sydney, New [...]

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