Emirates launched two new daily A380 services – Dubai to Guangzhou, China and Dubai to Moscow, Russia. Flight EK362, which departed Dubai at 10:20, landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on schedule on the evening of 1 October. Arriving a few hours later into Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport was flight EK131. Both Emirates A380-800s were […]
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Qatar Airways’ first flight to Namibia
The capital of Namibia, Windhoek, welcomed the first Qatar Airways flight to arrive at its international airport from Doha, Qatar. Windhoek is the first city in Namibia to be served by Qatar Airways, which will fly to and from the destination four times a week with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Windhoek will be the 23rd destination […]
Aeroflot named Best Airline in Europe
Aeroflot has been named Europe’s best airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Russia & CIS Awards. Russia’s flag carrier also took first place in the Best Business-Class on Mid-Range Flights and Best Airline in Russia and CIS categories, seeing off competition from peers including Air France, KLM, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines. “It is the first […]
Pegasus launches flights to Xinjiang’s Kashgar via Bishkek
(LONDON – 20 September 2016) Pegasus Airlines’ 49 per cent owned Kyrgyz airline, Air Manas, launched its newest route to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s Kashgar on 19 September. Pegasus guests can fly to Kashgar every day of the week with connections from Pegasus’ Istanbul-Bishkek route. Turkey’s leading low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines today flies to 102 […]
Emirates revamps corporate loyalty programme
Emirates has revamped its corporate loyalty programme, Emirates Business Rewards, to provide greater value and added features for customers. The new programme has been simplified and made more competitive to allow for easier redemptions and upgrades even on last minute bookings. One of the biggest features in the newly improved programme is the ability to […]
All Nippon Airways takes winning Japanese dish to 33,000ft
After going head-to-head with six UK chefs, Piero Leone, Head Chef at the Royal Exchange’s Restaurant Sauterelle, has been named the winner of Seven Samurai Chefs, a nationwide challenge run by ANA and the British Hospitality Association (BHA), and judged in part by Japanese chef Yuki Gomi from Yuki’s Kitchen. Challenged with creating a traditional […]
Finnair Offer long haul comfort between Heathrow and Helsinki
Finnair will operate the flagship Airbus A350XWB aircraft on a fifth service between London Heathrow and Helsinki, replacing the current Airbus A320 aircraft on that route. From 5th October 2016 passengers travelling on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday on flights AY832 between London and Helsinki and AY831 between Helsinki and London will be able to […]
Aer Lingus fastest growing carrier between Europe and North America
Irish carrier Aer Lingus has grown faster than any other airline between Europe and North America over the last six years. The airline currently flies to eight North American cities on 10 transatlantic routes, with a further two exciting destinations joining the network next month. Aer Lingus will begin a daily service from Dublin direct to […]
Aeroflot second most-profitable European legacy carrier in 2015
Aeroflot Group reported the second-highest operational profitability among legacy European airline groups in 2015, with an operating margin of 10.6% on operating profit of RUB 44,107 million. Also for 2015, Aeroflot Group’s flagship airline, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, was the fifth-largest airline in Europe by revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), the industry’s main measure of passenger […]
easyJet launches a new service from London Luton Airport to Dubrovnik
Croatian hot spot becomes 52nd destination now offered by easyJet from London Luton this summer easyJet, the UK’s leading airline, has today announced it will launch a new route to Dubrovnik from London Luton Airport. On sale today it will operate twice a week throughout the summer with the first flights commencing on 24th May 2016. The […]
