Strong Passenger Traffic in the First Quarter – Group Airports Achieve Positive Results FRANKFURT, 2015-4-16 — /Travel PR News/ — Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 4.6 million passengers in March 2015, representing an increase of 2.5 percent year-on-year and a new March monthly record. During the reporting month, FRA was affected by the Lufthansa pilot… Read the full press release
Fraport AG’s Supervisory Board Reconfirms Decision for New Terminal in Southern Part of FRA – Construction to Begin in Late 2015 – New Terminal Scheduled to Become Operational in 2022. FRANKFURT, 2015-4-16 — /Travel PR News/ — Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has announced its final decision to commence construction of the… Read the full press release
Automation expedites international arrival process SAN FRANCISCO, 2015-4-16 — /Travel PR News/ — The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is hosting a media event to highlight the launch of Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks in the U.S. Customs arrival facility. The APC kiosks will allow eligible passengers to enjoy an expedited arrival process at SFO, and this… Read the full press release
LONDON, 2015-4-16 — /Travel PR News/ — British Airways will be offering a record 26,000 seats from London City to Ibiza next winter. With a climate several degrees warmer than the UK and year-round leisure activities, the third largest of the Balearic Islands has proved so popular with British travellers that British Airways has made… Read the full press release
easyJet launches a new and innovative update to its award-winning app LONDON, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is today launching a new and innovative update to its award-winning app which is designed to provide helpful and timely guidance, directions and essential travel updates to passengers travelling from Gatwick Airport. easyJet’s… Read the full press release
BRISTOL, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — More than 40 local young people, aged seven to 16, from charity Kids Company were specially selected for light aircraft flights over their home town as part of the Airbus sponsored ‘Air Smiles Day’ held at Bristol and Wessex Flying Club, Bristol Airport on Saturday. Airbus teamed up… Read the full press release
South African Airways Technical acknowledged for maintenance excellence JOHANNESBURG, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — South African Airways Technical (SAAT), the biggest Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Organisation (MRO) on the African continent, has been acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost facilities when it comes to line maintenance. SAAT has now been shortlisted in the category… Read the full press release
Montreal, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched the IATA Standard Safety Assessment (ISSA) for airlines not eligible for the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). ISSA is a voluntary safety audit program aligned with global best practices and created primarily for airlines that operate aircraft which have a lower maximum… Read the full press release
The promotion highlights Dior’s world of fragrances to international passengers with a collection of 12 authentic, elegant fragrance creations for men and women Passengers are invited to have the Dior bottles they buy personally engraved DOHA, Qatar, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has unveiled an exclusive 180-square metre Dior Les Parfums podium with… Read the full press release
CBS Highlights 5-Star Service, Convenience, and Compliments On-time Percentage Doha, QATAR, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has been named the “World’s Most Dependable Airline” in a comprehensive study of all major carriers, published by CBS MoneyWatch and conducted by recognised travel site, WanderBat. Qatar Airways was chosen to lead a select list of 22… Read the full press release
Airline continues its brand evolution; seats to be installed on -800 and MAX aircraft deliveries beginning mid-2016 DALLAS, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines® (NYSE: LUV) has selected the Customer seats for its future Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX aircraft deliveries. The carrier, in partnership with Boeing, will be the first to roll out… Read the full press release
Carrier to add third nonstop destination in Mexico for Denver Customers DALLAS, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines® (NYSE: LUV) today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide daily, nonstop service between Denver International Airport (DEN) and Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, beginning in November 2015, subject… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2015-4-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Let’s go to Prague and Billund! On 13th April, Roxana Rosenlöcher and Christof Lutz, both flight attendants with airberlin, welcomed two new destinations to the airberlin route network. The Czech capital, Prague, is now served up to three times a day from Berlin-Tegel, and there’s also a daily… Read the full press release
TORONTO, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national airline of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has converted options on two Q400 NextGenairliners to a firm order. Air Côte d’Ivoire’s two options were acquired under a contract announced on December 18, 2013 that also included a… Read the full press release
Montréal, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier announced today the appointment of Peter Likoray as Senior Vice President of Sales for Business Aircraft. This appointment is effective immediately. “With over 25 years of experience in the industry and a proven track record at Bombardier Business Aircraft, Peter brings the perfect blend of business acumen,… Read the full press release
The UK airport sector believes that passenger growth will continue over the course of 2015. LONDON, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — With the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recently reporting that passenger numbers in 2014 were up 4.4% to 238 million, compared to 228 million in 2013, a new Airport Operators Association (AOA) survey responded… Read the full press release
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas’ First Lounge spa provider Aurora Spa, has developed an exclusive ASPAR product range for Qantas customers visiting its First Lounges. Launching today in all Qantas First Lounges (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Los Angeles), the bespoke range includes a hand wash, hand and body cream,… Read the full press release
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — QantasLink today celebrated its inaugural flight between Whyalla and Adelaide, providing customers with more travel options as part of its growth strategy in South Australia. QantasLink now offers a double-daily service on its 50-seat Q300 aircraft, providing 1300 seats a week – more than 65,000 seats… Read the full press release
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce looks back on the eight decades since Qantas began flying internationally. New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 2015-4-14 — /Travel PR News/ — On 17 April 1935, Qantas’ first international passenger flight took off from Brisbane for Singapore. Fast forward to 2015 and Qantas is a global airline with 30,000 employees and 300 aircraft,… Read the full press release
Gatwick announces that it expects to serve more than 40 million passengers next year – a decade ahead of DfT predictions made in its January 2013 UK Aviation Forecast Record breaking traffic figures announced for March with 2.96 million passengers travelling through the airport – an increase of 9.2 per cent compared to the previous… Read the full press release
MUNICH, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Munich Airport posted strong gains in passenger numbers and airfreight in the first quarter of 2015. The approximately 8.7 million passengers handled in the first three months of the year represent a new first-quarter record for the airport. The number of take-offs and landings, at 87,240, was 0.9… Read the full press release
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has ranked 6th among 22 most dependable Airlines around the world. The ranking was made after a serious assessment in three areas: On-time performance, low costs to check bags, average age of an airline… Read the full press release
Johannesburg, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Africa’s leading carrier, South African Airways (SAA), will be assisting in bringing a vast selection of exhibitors, visitors and hosted buyers from around the world to Africa’s largest inbound and outbound show, WTM® Africa, next week in Cape Town. WTM® Africa 2015 is the leading business-to-business exhibition on the… Read the full press release
PARIS, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Since 7 April 2015, Air France’s new travel cabins have been serving Douala (Cameroon) and Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), the first African destinations to benefit from these cabins. Customers can fly off to Douala and Malabo as a continuation of the service, on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, on… Read the full press release
Joint Release with Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee SINGAPORE, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Singapore Airlines (SIA) is further strengthening its support for sports and tourism by sponsoring the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Singapore from 5 to 16 June 2015. As the Official Airline Partner for the 28th SEA Games,… Read the full press release
Daily return flights from New Delhi New Delhi, 2015-4-13 — /Travel PR News/ — At 6.45 pm today, Vistara took its inaugural flight from New Delhi to Pune. With the addition of Pune in Vistara’s route network, customers can now travel from Delhi to seven destinations- Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Hyderabad, Guwahati & Bagdogra and vice… Read the full press release
Enable customers to check flight status and check-in at boarding the gate TOKYO, 2015-4-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) today announced it has developed an app for Apple Watch that will make it even more convenient for customers to obtain important travel information, check flight status on the go and check-in at the… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2015-4-9 — /Travel PR News/ — In March 2015, airberlin welcomed 2,294,498 passengers on board. The number of passengers transported thus increased by 1.6 percent over the corresponding month of the previous year. During the month of March, airberlin’s passengers traveled a total of 3.768 billion kilometers (RPK) within airberlin’s global flight route network…. Read the full press release
New cooperation with Lindt BERLIN, 2015-4-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Legend has it that they have saved quite a few relationships – the chocolate hearts from airberlin: “Quite often they are used as last-minute presents on special occasions such as Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, or they sweeten up late working hours. Our frequent… Read the full press release
DUBAI, U.A.E., 2015-4-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, will soon be adding the popular Indonesian Island of Bali to its Asia Pacific network, opening up a new trade lane between the island and the cargo carrier’s network of more than 140 destinations. Bali will become Emirates SkyCargo’ s 2nd… Read the full press release