Flights
Air Astana to fly non-stop from Almaty to Baku
Air Astana is to introduce a new non-stop service between Almaty and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. From 29th March the new service will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays. The flight time is 3 hours 45 minutes.
A positive audit for Air Astana
After a series of independent service delivery audits by the globally-recognised Airline Star Rating Programme, Skytrax Research, Air Astana has announced that it has achieved an overall rating of 3-Stars, with its short haul Business Class being rated as 4-Star.
Air France tests out ‘smartboarding’ system
Starting on Tuesday, 17 March and up to the end of 2009, Air France will be asking those Flying Blue customers who travel most frequently from Paris to Amsterdam to test the new automated boarding system, smartboarding.
Air France KLM expand paperless boarding service
Starting today, Air France and KLM are extending their electronic boarding pass service. The airlines have now introduced the service on most of the European and French domestic destinations.
Air France welcomes first Boeing 777 freighter
Air France has welcomed the arrival of its first Boeing 777 freighter, registered under F-GUOC. Air France has ordered five of these aircraft to replace its 747 freighters.
airBaltic to launch direct flights to Dushanbe
On June 1st of this year, the Latvian airline airBaltic will launch direct flights from Riga to the capital city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. airBaltic is the only EU airline to fly to Dushanbe.
airBaltic transit passengers increase in Riga
The number of airBaltic passengers travelling from Vilnius and Tallinn to Riga and the on to final destinations in Europe and Asia has increased several times over during the early part of this year.
Austrian ranked amongst most reliable airlines
The Austrian Airlines Group once again achieved exceptional figures in its punctuality and flight reliability in 2008: compared to all AEA (Association of European Airlines) member airlines, the ‘red-white-red’ carrier took leading placings in all segments, and was judged to have performed far better than many other renowned airlines.
bmibaby showcases top Easter events
With the Easter holidays fast approaching, parents will be scratching their heads thinking of ways to entertain their children over the break, whilst others will be looking for ideas on how to spend the bank holiday.
Hot holiday trends for summer
bmibaby is reporting a peak in bookings for summer sun destinations, giving a taster of which routes will be hot for summer 2009 from East Midlands, Birmingham International, Manchester and Cardiff International Airport. The top three destinations for the summer are Malaga, Palma and Faro, Portugal.
bmi continues to restructure
Following a restructure of its UK sales team, bmi has announced that Julie Jones has been appointed Head of Business Sales. The restructure combines Business Trade and Corporate Sales into a single Business Sales team, headed up by Julie Jones, formerly Head of Corporate Sales.
bmi rolls out Chauffeur Drive on key business routes
Complimentary Chauffeur Drive for selected Business Class fares is now available on three additional bmi routes from London Heathrow. Six routes now offer the service, with a seventh, Kiev to follow later this month when the new route commences.
BA enhances travel experience with spa treatments
British Airways has teamed up with leading skincare expert Elemis to offer customers a spa treatment as part of their travel experience. Two large Elemis Travel Spas and one slightly smaller one are housed in the British Airways Galleries lounges in Terminal 5. New York's JFK will also have an Elemis Travel Spa.
easyJet announces new charity partner
easyJet has chosen the Alzheimer’s Society as its charity partner for 2009, following a vote amongst its 7,000 members of staff from across Europe. The partnership will raise money to support people with dementia and their carers.
Ski weekends snowball in popularity
Europe’s best snowfall for years has seen ski-weekends peak in popularity this winter, despite predictions that people would curb their holiday travel during the recession. Cash-strapped Brits are choosing to cut winter holidays short and slope off on ski weekends, rather than miss out on the best snow and skiing conditions in years.