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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines signs with Xiamen Airlines for the maintenance of General Electric GEnx engines on Xiamen Airlines’ new Boeing 787s

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today signed a ten-year contract with Xiamen Airlines for the maintenance of the General Electric GEnx engines on Xiamen Airlines’ new Boeing 787s. Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 2016-Apr-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is a fully certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) organisation for the 787… Read the full press release

SAS reports 2.3 million scheduled passengers in March

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• Scheduled traffic (RPK) increased 4% and the capacity (ASK) was up 6.8%. • The load factor decreased 2 p.u. to 71.4%. • SAS carried 2.3 million scheduled passengers in March, down 6.1%. • The preliminary currency adjusted yield and PASK were down 14% and 16% in March 2016. The nominal yield and PASK were… Read the full press release

UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) decision on changes to departure routes from Birmingham Airport

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today announced its decision on changes to departure routes from Birmingham Airport.   As a result of the extension of the airport’s runway in 2014 new routes were required for departing aircraft. The airport consulted with the local community and other interested parties on several… Read the full press release

Oman Air continues recruitment of young Omani citizens to its cabin crew teams

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Oman Air’s Cabin Crew Recruitment Shows Unwavering Commitment To Omanization Muscat, Oman, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman’s national carrier, is reaffirming its commitment to Omanisation through its continuing recruitment to its cabin crew teams of young Omani citizens. Omanisation is the Sultanate’s policy of providing employment and career… Read the full press release

Ukraine International Airlines will start again non-stop scheduled flights between Kiev and Dusseldorf

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KIEV, UKRAINE, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Within the period of Winter 2016/2017 Schedule Ukraine International Airlines will be operating non-stop scheduled flights between Kiev and Dusseldorf. Tickets are already available on UIA official website, at the carrier`s Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorized travel agencies. Within the period of October 30 – December… Read the full press release

Ukraine International Airlines resumes Kiev – Brussels – Kiev non-stop scheduled flights

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KIEV, UKRAINE, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Starting April 6, 2016, Ukraine International Airlines resume PS145 Kiev – Brussels and PS146 Brussels – Kiev non-stop scheduled flights. Brussels Zaventem International Airport resumes its operations. Therefore, UIA resumes services to the capital of Belgium according to the Summer 2016 Schedule. Passengers of the cancelled flights on… Read the full press release

airberlin’s accumulated capacity utilization rate up by 0.1 percentage points to 83.4 percent in yearly comparison

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BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Despite a capacity reduction of 5.7 percent in March 2016, airberlin’s capacity utilization rate (RPK/ASK) showed only a slight decrease of 1 percentage point to 85.4 percent in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year. airberlin’s accumulated capacity utilization rate increased by 0.1 percentage points… Read the full press release

Oliver Lackmann to succeed Thomas Suritsch as Managing Director of the Austrian airline NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH

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BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Effective as of April 15th, 2016, Oliver Lackmann will take over the role as Managing Director of the Austrian airline NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH, following Thomas Suritsch, who will leave the company for health reasons. Captain Oliver Lackmann served as Chief Flight Operations Officer and Accountable Manager of airberlin… Read the full press release

AEGEAN resumes daily morning flights to/from Brussels on April 8

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Kifissia, Greece, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — On Friday April 8th AEGEAN will re-start daily morning flights to/from Brussels with the following schedule: Flight Route Time (Local) A3 620 Athens – Brussels 08:55 -11:20 A3 621 Brussels – Athens 12:05 -16:15 Please note that for the period 05-07April AEGEAN will operate flights to/from Lille as… Read the full press release

Lufthansa Group to adopt Amadeus Altéa Departure Control Flight Management

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This new contract sees the Lufthansa Group adopt the full Amadeus Altéa Suite across its network carriers. MADRID, Spain, 2016-Apr-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Ensuring a stable and safe load control – or in other words, that the weight and balance of the aircraft is optimised – is one of the main operational challenges airlines… Read the full press release

Travelport-connected travel agencies will continue to have access to easyJet’s content thanks to new long-term agreement

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Langley, U.K., 2016-Apr-06 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, and Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform, have announced a new long-term agreement. This new agreement means that Travelport-connected travel agencies will continue to have access to easyJet’s content through the Travel Commerce Platform. In addition, easyJet will continue to use Travelport’s Rich… Read the full press release

Wizz Air Holdings Plc announces passenger statistics for March 2016

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WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 21% Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for March 2016. In March 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its customer offering and network with the following announcements: The arrival… Read the full press release

Singapore Airlines expands codeshare agreement with Lufthansa Group

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SINGAPORE, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Lufthansa Group are expanding their codeshare agreement to provide customers more benefits through enhanced connections and new codeshare destinations. The expanded codeshare ties will provide SIA customers convenient access to over 20 new routes on Lufthansa- and Swiss-operated flights, to and from points in… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines to start new nonstop service from Oakland International Airport to Long Beach (LGB) beginning June 5

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Flights Surge in Bay to Basin Corridor by Way of OAK Oakland, CA, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — As it welcomes the former Long Beach Airport Director, Bryant Francis, to take its helm, Oakland International Airport (OAK) announces that service to Long Beach (LGB) will increase to include four new peak daily nonstops on Southwest. … Read the full press release

airberlin to operate more flights from Berlin to the Dominican Republic and the USA this coming winter

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The premium airline develops its USA and Caribbean services from Berlin and Dusseldorf BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin will dramatically expand its range of long-haul flights this coming winter (2016/17). Germany’s second-largest airline will base an additional type A330-200 aircraft at Berlin Tegel, with 19 seats in the exclusive FullFlat Business… Read the full press release

Bombardier’s annual and special shareholders meeting will be held on April 29, 2016 in Mirabel, Québec

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Showcasing Bombardier’s innovative products and state-of-the-art facility Montréal, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier announced today that its annual and special meeting of shareholders will take place at its cutting-edge Commercial Aircraft facility in Mirabel, Québec on April 29, 2016 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). “This will be an exciting opportunity for Bombardier’s shareholders to walk… Read the full press release

Bombardier Business Aircraft to deliver 20 Challenger 350 aircraft to an undisclosed customer

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Montréal, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Business Aircraft announced today that it has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 aircraft. For competitive reasons, the customer will remain undisclosed at this time. Based on the 2016 list prices for standard-equipped aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $534 million US. “With its… Read the full press release

Korean Air to launch new flight services from Incheon International Airport in Seoul to Okinawa, Japan

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Seoul, South Korea, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Korean Air has announced today that it will launch new flight services from Incheon International Airport in Seoul to Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, from May 5th, 2016 which will be the 16th destination in Japan for the carrier. Korean Air will operate daily flights on Incheon-Okinawa route,… Read the full press release

Boutique Air released summer schedule for flights from Silver CIty, NM to Albuquerque, NM and Phoenix, AZ

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Boutique Air Announces New Summer Schedule for Silver City Carrier to offer fares starting at $59 to Albuquerque, $79 to Phoenix SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Boutique Air released the summer schedule for flights from Grant County Airport (SVC) in Silver CIty, NM to Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) in Albuquerque, NM and… Read the full press release

British Airways to launch new service to Alicante (Spain) from London City this summer

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — British Airways is to launch a new leisure service to Alicante from London City to cover the busy holiday season this summer. The new flights to the heart of Spain’s Costa Blanca will operate four times a week for 10 weeks from the end of June. It will be… Read the full press release

British Airways introduces multiple mobile boarding passes for families and friends travelling together

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Boarding British Airways flights has just got easier for families and friends travelling together thanks to the introduction of multiple mobile boarding passes. Previously, each person had to each carry their own smartphone to show their mobile boarding pass to go through security or board a flight. But now… Read the full press release

Spirit Airlines announces the appointment of Myrna M. Soto as its newest board member

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MIRAMAR, Fla., 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ:SAVE) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Myrna M. Soto as its newest board member, effective March 29, 2016. “We are looking forward to Myrna becoming a member of our board,” said Spirit’s Chairman of the Board, Mac Gardner. “Myrna’s expertise in… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines announces new service linking Long Beach Airport and Oakland starting June 5, 2016

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DALLAS, TX, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announced new service linking Long Beach Airport (LGB) and Oakland with four flights a day in each direction beginning Sunday, June 5, 2016.  Southwest® announced the news aboard the iconic RMS Queen Mary with Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and other representatives of Long Beach government, business, and… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways inaugurated its fourth United Kingdom gateway with direct flights between Doha and Birmingham

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Inaugural flight demonstrates airline’s long-term commitment to the United Kingdom 73 flights per week now operate between the United Kingdom and Qatar Qatar Airways already serves London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh non-stop from Doha DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has today inaugurated the airline’s fourth United Kingdom (U.K.) gateway, with direct… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways signs pledge to drive development and commercialisation of sustainable aviation biofuels

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Airline signs industry sustainable pledge to develop biofuel DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has signed a pledge to support the airline industry’s commitment to sustainable aviation fuels.  As a member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), a world-leading environmental research programme, the pledge unites Qatar’s national airline with industry… Read the full press release

Alaska Air Group to announce its first quarter 2016 financial results on April 21, 2016

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SEATTLE, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its first quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday, April 21, 2016. A conference call is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time/11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to… Read the full press release

Alaska Airlines to form wholly owned subsidiary called McGee Air Services

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Company to provide industry leading ground handling, aircraft cleaning and airport mobility services SEATTLE, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Alaska Airlines, Inc. today announced the company plans to form a wholly owned subsidiary called McGee Air Services, a dedicated airline services company that combines deep industry experience with a singular focus on providing best-in-class… Read the full press release

VisitScotland: Air France and Glasgow Airport celebrated start of new Paris to Glasgow route

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Edinburgh, Scotland, Country, 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — This morning (30 March 2016) Air France and Glasgow Airport celebrated the start of the new Glasgow to Paris – Charles de Gaulle route. On board the official inaugural Air France flight from Paris, which was greeted by a water cannon salute upon arrival, were Henri de… Read the full press release

Cessna Aircraft Company delivers Canadian registered Cessna Citation CJ3+ aircraft to fractional operator AirSprint Inc.

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WICHITA, Kan., 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, this week delivered a Canadian registered Cessna Citation CJ3+ aircraft to fractional operator AirSprint Inc.. “With more than 150 Cessna Citation light jets in the region, the CJ-series has proven to be the light jet… Read the full press release

Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand, Textron Aviation Inc. and Textron Systems to present at FIDAE 2016 in Santiago, Chile, March 29-April 3, 2016

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Fort Worth, Texas, 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand, Textron Aviation Inc. and Textron Systems, all businesses of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), have announced their plans for the 19th edition of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE 2016) in Santiago, Chile, held March 29 through April 3, 2016. Textron will be… Read the full press release