Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Oct-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe has just stepped into the 4th year of its presence in Kosice and today (06/10/2016) celebrates a major milestone of carrying 444,444 passengers on its Kosice routes. The first WIZZ flight took off from Kosice in September 2013… Read the full press release
Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Oct-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today (05/10/2016) announced it will begin base operations at Chisinau International Airport with one A320 aircraft and add two new routes to Europe from March 2017. Wizz Air will launch new twice-weekly services from Chisinau to Berlin Schönefeld… Read the full press release
Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today (05/10/2016) announced a new route from Kyiv to Bratislava (Slovakia). The new services will commence on 17 December and will be operated with two weekly flights, on Tuesdays and Saturdays**. Tickets are already on sale at wizzair.com… Read the full press release
Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and Romania’s largest airline, today (05/10/2016) celebrates a major milestone of 2 million passengers to and from Targu Mures as well as 10 years of presence at the Transylvania International Airport. The first WIZZ flight took off… Read the full press release
Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today (04/10/2016) announces passenger statistics for September 2016. In September 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its network and strengthen its customer offering with the following announcements: The openning of Wizz Air’s 25th operating… Read the full press release
SINGAPORE, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Singapore Airlines and Air Mauritius have signed a codeshare agreement to provide customers more choice and convenience when travelling to Mauritius. Under the agreement, Singapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Air Mauritius-operated flights between Singapore and Mauritius. Air Mauritius currently operates three flights per week… Read the full press release
Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal honored with “The Iconic Indian Award (Aviation)” by Bharat International Tourism Bazaar (BITB / ITB Berlin) Mumbai, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Jet Airways’ Chairman Mr. Naresh Goyal receives “The Iconic Indian Award (Aviation)” from the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Delhi, Mr. Najeeb Jung and Hon’ble Chief Minister of… Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Yesterday (2016/10/06) evening, another Embraer aircraft took off on its initial flight OS 657 from Vienna to Chişinău, the capital city of the Republic of Moldova. This jet is the first aircraft in the Austrian Airlines fleet bearing both the new red-white-red Austrian Airlines livery as well as the… Read the full press release
Moscow, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot, Russian flagship carrier, today (06 October 2016) brings its customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient. Aeroflot website payment page will feature Apple Pay as a new way to pay for the airline’s services…. Read the full press release
AMSTERDAM, 2016-Oct-11 — /Travel PR News/ — SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has introduced an online, retroactive credit tool to make it easier for frequent flyers to keep their account balances up-to-date. Already available across most of SkyTeam’s 20 members, the tool works in real-time to validate retroactive requests for eligible flights in a matter… Read the full press release
Toronto, ON, 2016-Oct-10 — /Travel PR News/ — Canada’s #1 vacation company, Sunwing, announces the launch of the new Sunwing Café on board menu developed in partnership with Food Network Celebrity Chef, Lynn Crawford. In response to feedback from customers to have a wider variety of fresh and affordably-priced meal options to suit their individual… Read the full press release
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, 2016-Oct-10 — /Travel PR News/ — Each nominee was put forward by one of the travel bloggers who recently completed their own Round the World trip with Star Alliance. With a brief to select an individual or charity “deserving” of a Round the World trip, the bloggers researched and ultimately proposed individuals who… Read the full press release
DAYTONA BEACH, FL, 2016-Oct-08 — /Travel PR News/ — In a continuing effort to find solutions for the national professional pilot supply shortage, as well as support Florida’s aviation economy and future, the State of Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida’s hometown airline Silver Airways are partnering to offer financial assistance, additional training opportunities and a… Read the full press release
Toronto, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today (September 27, 2016) the delivery of the Tanzanian Government Flight Agency’s two Q400 turboprops. The aircraft, which were newly delivered with a 76-seat, dual-lavatory configuration, will be operated by Air Tanzania, the national airline of the United Republic of Tanzania. The delivery of… Read the full press release
Aberdeen, Scotland, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Latvian low-cost airline Air Baltic today (5 October) announced its return to Aberdeen International Airport with a route to Riga for summer 2017. The airline, which hasn’t flown from Aberdeen since September 2014, will operate three flights a week to the Latvian capital from May to September next… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Germany’s second-largest airline company, while reducing capacity by 3.2 percent, significantly increased its load factor in September by 1.5 percentage points to 88.1 percent as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The accumulated load factor increased by 0.1 percentage points to 84.9 percent, remaining stable… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin has reached an agreement with Vereinigung Cockpit, the ver.di collective bargaining committee for cabin crew and the general works council to immediately implement urgent measures that will help stabilise flight operations and reduce inconvenience to its passengers. Significant flight cancellations at TUIfly have affected many airberlin flights… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Members of the Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) group of airlines are cooperating with airberlin to help the airline overcome operational disruption. Significant flight cancellations at TUIfly have affected many airberlin flights which are operated by TUIfly under a wet-lease agreement. EAP includes airberlin, Etihad Airways, Alitalia, Air Serbia,… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Air Berlin PLC has decided to join discussions that Etihad Airways has entered into with TUI AG regarding the creation of a strong European leisure airline group, focused on point-to-point flying to connect key tourist markets. Air Berlin PLC’s discussions are focused on contributing the touristic operations of… Read the full press release
Longer-term agreement provides component support for the airline’s growing fleet of Q400 aircraft until December 2025 Jazz now the largest customer of the Q400 aircraft Smart Parts program Montréal, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Jazz Aviation LP (“Jazz”) of Halifax, Nova Scotia announced today that the airline has extended its… Read the full press release
With the Global 6000 aircraft’s exceptional long-range performance, today’s announcement confirms Zetta Jet as a leading private jet operator in Asia Aircraft features Bombardier’s new cabin management system for Global 5000 and Global 6000 jets Passengers will enjoy world’s fastest Ka-band high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi service Montréal, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — An additional Bombardier… Read the full press release
The 21st century jetliner will operate from airBaltic’s base in Riga, Latvia flying short and long haul destination flights Bombardier’s second CS300 flight test vehicle configured with a full interior will follow airBaltic operational practices Montréal, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its CS300 jetliner, the second CS300 flight… Read the full press release
Tanzania Government Flight Agency takes delivery of two new Q400 aircraft for operation by the national airline of the United Republic of Tanzania The Q400 turboprop continues to maintain strong market share in its class in Africa TORONTO, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today the delivery of the Tanzanian Government Flight… Read the full press release
Qantas donates 35 tonnes of food, signs up as ongoing OzHarvest food donor SYDNEY, Australia, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas has signed up as an ongoing food donor of Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, OzHarvest, after a successful one year trial that resulted in 35 tonnes of food being redistributed to people in… Read the full press release
SYDNEY, Australia, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas and Airbnb have come together in a world-first partnership to give Qantas Frequent Flyer members the opportunity to earn Qantas Points when they book their Airbnb accommodation through qantas.com. Australia’s national carrier and the accommodation leader have partnered to reward Qantas Frequent Flyer’s 11.4 million members with… Read the full press release
SYDNEY, Australia, 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas Freight and the Australia Post Group today announced a five-year extension of their international mail air freight agreement. This agreement sees Qantas Freight handle 12,000 tonnes of mail and parcels out of Australia each year. The Australia Post Group is the nation’s largest user of air freight… Read the full press release
WICHITA, Kan., 2016-Oct-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that it has recently delivered the 5,000th Citation light business jet, a Citation M2, to Helitrip Charter LLP, which is leasing the aircraft to Catreus Ltd., an established charter operator based in the U.K…. Read the full press release
TOKYO, 2016-Oct-05 — /Travel PR News/ — ANA HOLDINGS (hereafter ANA HD) is pleased to announce it has been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index. This index is part of the internationally recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Indices* (DJSI), which track the stock performance of the world’s leading companies in terms of economic, environmental… Read the full press release
Japan’s SKYTRAX five-star airline also announces it will become one of XPRIZE’s Foundation Partners to further its mission to inspire and bring people together LOS ANGELES, 2016-Oct-05 — /Travel PR News/ — ANA, Japan’s largest airline, had their Avatar XPRIZE selected as a top prize concept at XPRIZE’s inaugural Visioneers event, which was held in Los… Read the full press release
Airline welcomes designs with the inspiration of Hawaii Grand Prize winner will receive ANA roundtrip tickets between Tokyo and Honolulu TOKYO, 2016-Oct-05 — /Travel PR News/ — ANA, Japan’s largest airline, will upgrade the aircraft on its Tokyo-Honolulu route to the spacious, double-decker Airbus A380 starting in spring 2019. To commemorate the deployment of these three… Read the full press release