Category Archives: Airlines

Thai Airways International (THAI) announced special domestic “Summer Holidays 2014” promotions

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Bangkok, 2014-03-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Thai Airways International (THAI) is offering special domestic “Summer Holidays 2014” promotions for customers to take advantage of one-way domestic fares on Thai Airways International and THAI Smile flights in Economy Class. Route Starting Price Per Person /One-Way On Weekdays(Mon –Thu) Starting Price Per Person /One-Way On Weekends(Fri –… Read the full press release

Mark Kiehl to join Mineta San José International Airport as Air Service Development Manager starting April 1, 2014

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Mark Kiehl Brings Broad Aviation Industry Experience to Silicon Valley’s Airport San José, Calif., 2014-03-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Mark Kiehl will join Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) as Air Service Development Manager starting April 1, 2014. Kiehl will manage SJC’s air service development program, to include attracting new and retaining existing domestic and international… Read the full press release

Philippine Airlines Express flights to Dubai to temporarily land Al Maktoum International Airport starting May 1, 2014

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MANILA, Philippines, 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — PAL  Express  flights  to  Dubai  — 2P 658/659 will temporarily land at Al Maktoum  International Airport (airport code: DWC) starting May 1, 2014 to give  way to the refurbishment of the runway of Dubai International Airport (airport code: DXB). Al  Maktoum  International  Airport  is  a  short  distance from… Read the full press release

flydubai announced direct flights to Moscow at the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT)

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Airline announces the further expansion of its network in Russia at the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT) Dubai, UAE, 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Dubai-based flydubai today announced the launch of daily flights to Moscow, to start in September 2014, during the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT). Commenting on the launch, flydubai’s Chief… Read the full press release

Wizz Air Ukraine to stimulate air travel with 20% lower fares

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Kiev, Ukraine, 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Ukraine announced today that it would react to changing travel demand in Ukraine by cutting fares and adjusting its network and capacity plan. To stimulate air travel in an environment of lower market demand the airline has cut fares sharply – on average by 20%* – in… Read the full press release

Wizz Air to open its Riga base with one new Airbus A320 on 19 June 2014

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Riga, Latvia, 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, today announced that it will open its Riga base with one new Airbus A320 on 19 June 2014. Coinciding with the delivery of the aircraft the airline will start operating 4 new routes from Riga to Barcelona, Doncaster… Read the full press release

Hawaiian Airlines to resume daily nonstop wide-body service between Mineta San José International Airport and Honolulu International Airport

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Hawaiian Also Serves Maui with Daily Nonstop Wide-Body Service San José, Calif., 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Hawaiian Airlines will resume year-round daily nonstop wide-body service between Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) and Honolulu International Airport (HNL), with the first flight arriving SJC on May 16, 2014. This flight offers travelers easy connections via… Read the full press release

Bristol Airport staff ran for charity in support of Macmillan Cancer Support

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Bristol, UK, 2014-03-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Macmillan Cancer Support benefits from ‘runway run’ Over 100 Bristol Airport staff took to the runway on Wednesday 19 March as part of a charity event which raised more than £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The ‘runway run’ took place after the evening’s last scheduled flight movement at 22:30… Read the full press release

Eastern Airways expanded the size of its Saab 2000 fleet to nine aircraft

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Humberside Airport, Kirmington, UK, 2014-03-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Eastern Airways is expanding the size of its Saab 2000 fleet to nine with the introduction of an extra aircraft. The regional airline, which provides a comprehensive domestic network of scheduled services, and is the UK’s leading provider of fixed wing air services for the oil and… Read the full press release

Japan Airlines and JetBlue Airways to further expand their codeshare cooperation starting March 30, 2014

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TOKYO, 2014-03-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) and JetBlue Airways have agreed to further expand their codeshare cooperation starting March 30, 2014, resulting in an increase in the number of JAL codeshare flights available on U.S. domestic routes operated by JetBlue. Sales and reservations for the newest codeshare flights will be available from March 25, 2014. JAL also recently announced the… Read the full press release

Cape Town International Airport hosted seminar to share retail business opportunities with over 400 business owners and entrepreneurs

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Cape Town, 2014-03-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Cape Town International Airport hosted a day-long seminar today, to share retail business opportunities with emerging and established business owners. The event was held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Woodstock with over 400 business owners, entrepreneurs and members of various organisations such as the Black… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines Cargo the only US airline to earn Diamond Award in the “up to 299,999 tonnes” category in Air Cargo World’s 10th annual Air Cargo Excellence Survey

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Southwest Ranked Best of the Best with Customer Service, Performance, Value, and Technology DALLAS, 2014-03-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines Cargo has once again become the only U.S.-based airline to earn the highly coveted Diamond Award in the “up to 299,999 tonnes” category in Air Cargo World’s tenth annual Air Cargo Excellence Survey. Southwest… Read the full press release

Alaska Airlines leads Electrification Project to save millions in fuel and tons of greenhouse gases at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

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Alaska Airlines Leads the Project with More than 200 New Electric Vehicles Seattle, 2014-03-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Airplanes get most of the attention at an airport, but a new project to convert the rest of the vehicles on the airfield from fossil fuels to electric power is about to save millions of dollars and… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines and Transport Workers Union extends current agreement through November 2015

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DALLAS, 2014-03-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 550, representing the carrier’s 250 Flight Dispatchers, have agreed to amend their collective bargaining agreement, extending their current agreement through November 2015. The contract was previously amendable in November 2014. The Contract, ratified last week, provides opportunities for continued bonuses that are… Read the full press release

Measurement laboratory aboard Lufthansa A340-600 part of significant discovery aimed at protecting the ozone layer

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Measurement laboratory on a Lufthansa A340-600 contributes to an important discovery that will help to protect the ozone layer. Cologne, Germany, 2014-03-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, have made a new discovery that will play a significant role in halting ozone depletion. Their findings were published recently… Read the full press release

Bombardier to hold Investor Day in New York City on Thursday, March 20, 2014

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Montréal, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier will hold an Investor Day in New York City on Thursday, March 20, 2014 for investors and financial analysts. The presentations will start at 8:00 and end at 16:45. For all media, shareholders and other stakeholders, the event will be broadcast live on the internet via the following address: www.ir.bombardier.com…. Read the full press release

Kenya Airways to suspend direct flights between its Nairobi hub and Blantyre in Malawi from March 17 to 29, 2014

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Nairobi, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Kenya Airways wishes to inform its passengers and the general public that it will be suspending direct flights between its Nairobi hub and Blantyre in Malawi from March 17, 2014 to March 29, 2014. This follows closure of the Chileka Airport in Blantyre for maintenance work on the runway…. Read the full press release

Bahrain Airport Company completes two-month internship program for group of university graduates

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Muharraq, Bahrain, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) hosted a ceremony for a group of university graduates who took part in a two-month internship program at the company headquarter in Muharraq. The internship program aimed to offer university students with the opportunity to develop their skills and combine theoretical knowledge with practical work… Read the full press release

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) acquired US component support specialist and Sabena technics subsidiary Barfield

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Amstelveen, Netherlands, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Air France-KLM continues to invest in the high-growth aeronautical maintenance market “With this significant investment, Air France-KLM, the world’s second-ranking multi-product MRO provider, continues to develop its activity on high-growth market segments. This constitutes one of the major lines of development of the Transform 2015 plan and confirms the… Read the full press release

Students played the role of executive directors at Sofia Airport for a day

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SOFIA, Bulgaria, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — The student in his 4th year of studies in the “UNWE”, Ivan Todorov, and the student from 11thgrade of the 130 SOU “Stefan Karadga”, Ivo Ignatov, both played the role of the leading figure of theSofia Airport. They were introduced by the Executive Director Hristo Shterionov at the morning briefing… Read the full press release

oneworld® named Best Airline Alliance 2014 by Air Transport News

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New York City, NY, USA, 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — oneworld® has been named Best Airline Alliance 2014 by specialist website Air Transport News – which means that oneworld now holds an unprecedented eight “best alliance” titles from the world’s various industry award schemes. The latest trophy was presented at a ceremony last night in… Read the full press release

Emirates to sponsor the New York Cosmos for two more years

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DUBAI, U.A.E., 2014-03-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates will sponsor the New York Cosmos for a further two years in a deal announced today at Emirates headquarters in Dubai. Footballing superstar Pelé, who is Honorary President of the club, was present for the announcement at a packed press conference. Although Emirates’ shirt sponsorship only began in… Read the full press release

Eclipse Aerospace to deliver the first Eclipse 550 Twin-Engine Jet in Albuquerque, N.M. following FAA certification

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Albuquerque, NM, 2014-03-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) is proud to announce the first customer delivery of an Eclipse 550 Twin-Engine Jet in Albuquerque, N.M. following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. “This is an exciting day for Eclipse Aerospace and for general aviation,” says Mason Holland, Eclipse Aerospace CEO. “With the Eclipse 550, we’ve… Read the full press release

Vienna Airport reports 1,354,938 passengers in February 2014, up 1.8 % YoY

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VIENNA, 2014-03-14 — /Travel PR News/ — The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in February 2014 rose by 1.8% year-on-year to 1,354,938. Flight movements declined by 2.4%, while maximum take-off weight and cargo increased increased 0.7% and 6.1% over February of the previous year. A comparison between February 2014 and February 2013 shows a… Read the full press release

TravelPRNews.com names the travel managers who lead the airlines’ digital customer service evolution

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., 2014-03-14 — /Travel PR News/ — TravelPRNews.com, a leading travel press release distribution and news-wire service, runs an initiative aimed at discovering and giving greater exposure to travel industry leaders that stay behind any great achievement and success within the travel and leisure industry. Travel intelligence company Skift revealed the names of… Read the full press release

Qantas and Bangkok Airways sign new codeshare agreement

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Sydney, Australia, 2014-3-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas has today announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways which will significantly improve travel options for Qantas customers travelling across South East Asia. From 30 March, Qantas customers will be able to book on Bangkok Airways services from Bangkok and Singapore to six new destinations in Thailand,… Read the full press release

Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana visited Thai Airways International’s boot at the Asia Pavilion at ITB 2014

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Bangkok, 2014-3-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana graciously visited Thai Airways International’s (THAI) booth, set under the theme, “Amaze Your Journey by THAI Legendary Services, THAI Smooth as Silk” at the Asia Pavilion at ITB 2014. HRH Princess Ubolratana was welcomed by Mr. Pricha Nawongs, THAI Area General Manager of Scandinavia,… Read the full press release

Airport City Manchester and BCEG to run investor roadshow in China for £800m landmark development at Manchester Airport, UK

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MANCHESTER, 2014-03-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Airport City Manchester, which has Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) as an equity partner, today announced their plans for an international roadshow across three key cities in mainland China in June this year, following the visit of BCEG’s Managing Director to Manchester Airport to endorse the signing of the… Read the full press release

Victor N. Ferreira Jr. named as new Fire Chief for BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department

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Highly Decorated, 30-Year Fire and Safety Professional Selected to Lead BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department Baltimore/Washington, 2014-03-12 — /Travel PR News/ — International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall) today announced the selection of Victor N. Ferreira, Jr. as the new Fire Chief for the BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department. Ferreira will assume… Read the full press release

Aeroflot Group announced its consolidated IFRS financial results for the twelve months ending 31 December 2013

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Moscow, 2014-03-12 — /Travel PR News/ — JSC Aeroflot (MOEX: AFLT) today announced the consolidated IFRS financial results of Aeroflot Group (the «Group») for the twelve months ending 31 December 2013. Key financial highlights: • Full year 2013 net income increased 41.9% y-o-y to RUB 7,334.7 mln (USD 203.3 mln); • Full year 2013 revenue increased 15.0% y-o-y to RUB 290,955.8… Read the full press release