Flights
Air France and Vietnam Airlines sign code-share
Air France has just signed a code-share agreement with Vietnam Airlines so that, starting 3 July 2010 its customers can fly nonstop from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City three times a week.
Air France makes first green transatlantic flight
The first transatlantic flight, optimized from start to finish for reduced noise and emissions levels, was operated yesterday.
airBaltic offers over 100 routes for summer
airBaltic will enter the summer season with over 100 routes in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. From its home base in Riga airBaltic will serve 80 destinations in the summer season.
airBaltic starts Vilnius to Hamburg flights
On March 30, the Latvian national airline, airBaltic will start operating flights on the route from Vilnius to Hamburg, Germany.
airBaltic hosts ‘tweet-up’ at route Inauguration
On March 31, airBaltic invited the airline’s most active social media fans to report live on Twitter from the inauguration ceremonies of the new Tallinn-Tampere route.
airBaltic to display EU flag on its aircraft
The Latvian national airline airBaltic has started painting European Union flags on its aircraft following a support vote for the move among the airline's fans in social media.
Flybe turns up the heat for summer
Flybe is now operating its 2010 Summer Schedule, with a choice of 190 routes across the UK and Europe including Croatia, France, Portugal and Spain that features 24 brand new services to top summer sun destinations available across the network.
Flybe celebrates first Hannover flight from Newcastle
Flybe marked the inaugural flight of its new Newcastle to Hannover service on March 31st with a specially German-themed event featuring traditional costumes and authentic German apple cake cuisine that was served to passengers on the debut flight.
Gulf Air launches services to Alexandria and Aleppo
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will be launching services two new destinations, Alexandria and Aleppo, from June 2010.
Gulf Air and Jet Airways enter codeshare agreement
National carrier Gulf Air has entered into a codeshare agreement with Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline enhancing network connectivity on services between Bahrain and India.
Gulf Air honours senior employees
As part of its ongoing 60th anniversary celebrations, national carrier Gulf Air honoured a group of senior most employees, who have been with the company over 36 years.
Iceland Airwaves gets new management
Iceland Music Export (IMX) has today made a five year agreement with Icelandair regarding Iceland Airwaves.
Lufthansa flies German team to Johannesburg
The Lufthansa A380 will celebrate its first long-haul flight in style with an array of special guests on board. The special flight operated by Lufthansa’s new flagship on Sunday, 6 June, will be carrying the German team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Lufthansa introduces Munich to Riyadh route
Lufthansa is launching new flights from Munich to Riyadh. From 26 April 2010, the Saudi Arabian capital will be served thrice weekly in addition to the daily flight already operated by Lufthansa from Frankfurt.
Book today to see Iceland’s erupting volcano
Iceland’s reputation as the land of fire and ice has rarely been on such grand display than the past several days. Since 21st March, the Fimmvorduhals volcano near the Eyjafjallajokul glacier has been erupting, putting on a magnificent light display.