Flights
Monty puts kids on the fairway to heaven
Colin Montgomerie got a glimpse of the future as a group of young apprentices were treated to master class from the Ryder Cup captain. The Scot took a break from the BMW International Open in Germany to host the Emirates Airline Golf Clinic for some starlets dreaming of one day lining up in the European team to face the U.S in the sport’s greatest team event.
Emirates Aviation College holds graduation ceremony
Helping to develop future business leaders, the Emirates Aviation College – Aerospace and Academic Studies has held their 17th graduation ceremony under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates airline and Group.
Emirates to offer complete World Cup travel solution
Brazil posted a warning shot to the superpowers of soccer last month as they began the countdown to FIFA World Cup 2010 by showing remarkable resolve to triumph in the Confederations Cup final.
Emirates advances in West Asia
Effective from the start of this month, Emirates airline will step up its presence in West Asia with additional services to Colombo, and Malé from its home base in Dubai. The expansion also signals the resumption of Emirates’ flights on the Malé -Colombo route.
Emirates goes the extra mile for businesses
Emirates airline is going the extra mile to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the economic challenges currently gripping businesses across the globe.
Ryanair extends passenger poll
Ryanair today extended its ‘free standing-flights’ online poll to Tuesday 21st July after 50,000 votes were cast in just five days. Ryanair hopes to poll over 100,000 passengers to find out if they would be willing to stand on one hour flights if it meant the fare was free.
Gulf Air marks inaugural Alexandria flight
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, held an event at the Four Seasons Hotel to mark its inaugural flight to Alexandria.
Gulf Air reinforces commitment to employee development
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, in its continuous stride towards strengthening its in-house people skills, has embarked on several new initiatives recently. As part of these initiatives, the airline has launched several training programmes in association with leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company.
Gulf Air appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Air, Bahrain's national carrier, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the airline as it enters the next phase of its realignment strategy.
Tree house fun at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Waiting for connecting flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is more fun than ever. Young travellers can get rid of their energy in the new Kids Forest in the middle of the airport. There are real tree houses, slides, climbing frames, and all sorts of play items.
Lufthansa wins renowned red dot design award
Lufthansa’s new inflight tableware for Economy Class has been named the “best of the best” in the “product design - tableware” category at the 2010 red dot design awards. The “Leaves” design beat more than 3,200 other entries submitted by about 1,400 companies from 49 countries.
Lufthansa offers ultimate comfort in Munich
As of now, First Class passengers and HON Circle members will find an even more calming and relaxing environment at the First Class Lounge in Terminal 2.
Delta AirElite launches carbon offset program
Delta AirElite Business Jets announced a comprehensive effort to offset the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of its headquarters offices in Cincinnati and a complementary initiative to help address the CO2 emissions associated with customer travel.
Monarch rolls out online check-in overseas
Award-winning low fares airline Monarch is expanding its successful online check-in facility, with the service now available to passengers travelling on scheduled flights from overseas airports*.
Ryanair carries double the number of BA passengers
Ryanair has announced that it carried twice the worldwide traffic of British Airways in June as 5.8million passengers travelled on Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares (up 13%) while BA carried just 2.9 million passenger (down 5%) in June.