Category Archives: Flights

Jet Airways and JetKonnect to close all domestic check-in counters 45 minutes prior departure to enhance on-time performance

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Extends uniform check–in-counter closure 45 minutes prior to departure, across all airports in India MUMBAI,  2014-04-14 — /Travel PR News/ — On-time performance is fast emerging as a critical service parameter for our guests. In view of the above, Jet Airways and JetKonnect today announced that, it would uniformly close all domestic check-in counters 45 minutes… Read the full press release

Leeds Bradford Airport launched application to share live flight information via Twitter

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LEEDS, UK, 2014-04-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Leeds Bradford Airport has launched an application which shares live flight information via Twitter, a handy tool which communicates arrival and departure information directly to the Twitter user. The application has been developed by KMP Digitata on behalf of Leeds Bradford Airport to enhance the customer experience by making… Read the full press release

London Gatwick reported 2.7 million passengers in March 2014, increase of 5.1% YoY

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• Passenger numbers for the 12 months ending 31 March 2014 up 4.8% • Over 2.7 million passengers passed through London Gatwick in March – up 5.1% on the prior year March 2014 traffic performance summary   Month   Moving Annual Total         Growth   Apr-13 Apr-12 Growth     Mar-14 Mar-13… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines made its first revenue flight with Boeing 737-800 equipped with Aviation Partner’s Boeing Split Scimitar Winglets

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DALLAS, 2014-04-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines today operates its first revenue flight utilizing a Boeing 737-800 equipped with Aviation Partner’s Boeing Split Scimitar Winglets. The newly designed winglet differs than those currently installed on the carrier’s fleet of Boeing 737s, with aerodynamic scimitar tips and a large ventral strake on the bottom of the blended… Read the full press release

IATA calls on governments to ratify important changes to the Tokyo Convention 1963

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Geneva, 2014-04-11 — /Travel PR News/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments to ratify important changes to the Tokyo Convention 1963 which were agreed at a diplomatic conference in Montreal last week. The Tokyo Convention provides the legal framework for dealing with passengers whose unruly or disruptive behavior leads to physical… Read the full press release

Air Seychelles reports US$3 million net profit for 2013, up 171 per cent YoY

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Second year of net profit, up 171 per cent from US$1.1 million to US$3 million Total revenue up 107 per cent to US$88.7 million Passenger numbers  total 352,474 Cargo tonnage up by 159 per cent to 5,529  tonnes Second Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft added to international fleet Weekly international services increased 100 per cent to… Read the full press release

Cathay Pacific Airways to launch four-times-weekly service to Manchester from 8 December 2014

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HONG KONG, 2014-04-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Cathay Pacific Airways today announced that it will launch a four-times-weekly service to Manchester in the UK with effect from 8 December 2014 (subject to government approval). Tickets for the service are open for sale today. Located in north-west England, Manchester is a regional transport and business hub… Read the full press release

Chicago Department of Aviation: SAS marks its 50th anniversary of air service between Copenhagen and Chicago

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CHICAGO, 2014-04-11 — /Travel PR News/ —  This month, SAS​ is celebrating 50 years of air service between Copenhagen and Chicago. SAS launched the Copenhagen to Chicago route with a maiden flight to O’Hare International Airport on April 2, 1964. Captain Jens Mueller flew passengers and crew in a DC-8-33 to Chicago via Montreal, sowing the seeds for a successful… Read the full press release

George Best Belfast City Airport: Aer Lingus Schools’ Art Competition 2014 winners announced

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BELFAST, 2014-04-11 — /Travel PR News/ — The results of the Aer Lingus Art for School’s Competition 2014 are finally in! The winning school is Mossley Primary School and the winning design was submitted by primary six pupil, Lewis Jackson. Now in its seventh year, the Aer Lingus Schools’ Art Competition was run in association with… Read the full press release

Lufthansa Group reports 22 million passengers in the first quarter, up 0.5 per cent vs. same period last year

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Number of passengers carried by Lufthansa, Germanwings, Swiss and Austrian Airlines up 0.5 per cent / Lufthansa Cargo boosts sales and load factor Cologne, Germany, 2014-04-10 — /Travel PR News/ — The airlines in the Lufthansa Group carried a total of 21.7 million passengers in the first quarter, 0.5 per cent more than in the same period… Read the full press release

Lufthansa now offers biweekly service between Frankfurt and Lublin in eastern Poland

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Cologne, Germany, 2014-04-10 — /Travel PR News/ — Lufthansa is expanding its capacities to Poland. On 3 July the airline will be linking Frankfurt Airport with Lublin in eastern Poland for the first time. The university and market town is Lufthansa’s eighth destination in Poland. Flights will be offered on Thursdays and Sundays in an Airbus… Read the full press release

Knowsley Engineering Apprentices first to participate in new Apprenticeship programme run by Liverpool John Lennon Airport

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LIVERPOOL, 2014-04-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Two young Engineering Apprentices from Knowsley are the first to participate in a new Apprenticeship programme being run by Liverpool John Lennon Airport, having been selected from a number of applicants keen to seek a career at the Airport. Laurence Corris aged 19 and Jordan Metcalf aged 16, applied… Read the full press release

The Iberia Group to offer five new destinations: Santo Domingo, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Athens and Stockholm

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Iberia has decided to operate the routes that are profitable in the long term, after reviewing the current situation of the airline and the market. This has been made possible thanks to agreements reached by Iberia with all its trade unions, which have allowed it to establish the necessary foundations to reduce its cost base… Read the full press release

Shannon Airport won ‘Highly Commended’ award for Airports under 4m passengers at the Routes Europe Airport Marketing Awards

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Shannon, Ireland, 2014-04-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Shannon Airport’s route promotion endeavours have won international recognition again as it claimed the ‘Highly Commended’ award for Airports under 4m passengers at the Routes Europe Airport Marketing Awards in Marseille. The only Irish airport shortlisted for what are the most prestigious awards in the aviation industry in Europe,… Read the full press release

Shannon Airport: 1,000 plus seats made available for the Munster match on Shannon-Marseille route

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Shannon, Ireland, 2014-04-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Shannon Airport is today delighted to confirm that over 1,000 seats have been made available on chartered flights to carry fans to and from Marseille for the eagerly awaited April 27th Heineken Cup semi-final clash with Toulon in the Stade Velodrome. Charter services put on include the team flight… Read the full press release

Vienna Airport: Air Algérie now offers two flights per week from Vienna to the Algerian capital

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Vienna, 2014-04-7 — /Travel PR News/ — 2 April 2014 marked the start of direct flights to Algiers from Vienna Airport: Air Algérie now offers two flights per week from Vienna to the Algerian capital. This new connection was inaugurated yesterday by His Excellency Mohamed Benhocine, the Ambassador of the People’s Democratic of Algeria, Mohamed Salah… Read the full press release

Aeroflot adds Sukhoi Superjet 100 to its fleet named after Soviet pilot Dmitry Barilov

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Moscow, 2014-04-7 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot has taken delivery of its seventh full-specification Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100). The plane has been named in honour of Dmitry Barilov, a Soviet pilot and the founder of the Barilov dynasty, well-known in Aeroflot. The aircraft was delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturer. The new SSJ-100 (registration… Read the full press release

Norwegian reported over 1.8 million passengers in March 2014, up 25 percent compared to the same month last year

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Fornebu, Norway, 2014-04-4 — /Travel PR News/ — Norwegian carried more than 1.8 million passengers in March 2014, an increase of 25 percent compared to the same month last year. The capacity growth was 51 percent, in absolute terms the highest capacity growth in a single month. In March, 1,805,551 passengers flew with Norwegian. This is an… Read the full press release

Wizz Air halves its Belgrade capacity after the airport increased charges by 40%

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Over 130,000 seats and over 700 flights lost in 2014 BELGRADE, 2014-04-4 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced the halving of its Belgrade capacity with the closure of low fare services to Oslo Torp and Brussels Charleroi and the reduction of flight frequencies to… Read the full press release

Aeroflot adds new Boeing 777-300ER named after the famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov

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Moscow, 2014-04-4 — /Travel PR News/ — The 777-300ER is configured in a three-class arrangement, with business-, economy- and comfort-class cabins. Aeroflot’s comfort class has been designed with a focus on price and quality, and includes a number of attractive features such as increased leg room, an upgraded on-board menu, additional baggage room and more Aeroflot Bonus reward miles.  This is the sixth aircraft out of an order for… Read the full press release

Iconic British jewellery retailer Links of London opened its first compact store at London City Airport

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LONDON, 2014-04-4 — /Travel PR News/ — The store offers a wide selection of women’s jewellery collections, men’s and women’s watches, cufflinks and men’s accessories.  With 60 per cent of LCY’s passengers travelling on business and earning an average annual salary of £100,000, the store is expected to prove popular with those looking for luxury gifts… Read the full press release

Airport Council International names Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the busiest airport in the world, 16 years in a row

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Airport Council International’s passenger results for 2013 released this week ATLANTA, 2014-04-4 — /Travel PR News/ — For the 16th year in a row, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been named the busiest airport in the world, according to the 2013 passenger results released this week by Airport Council International (ACI). In 2013, 94.4 million passengers… Read the full press release

Leeds Bradford Airport: Scandinavian Airline announced twice weekly service between Leeds and Copenhagen

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LEEDS, UK, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Customers checked in for Scandinavian Airline’s new direct flight to Copenhagen yesterday as Leeds Bradford Airport celebrated the start of the new twice weekly service.  With a flight time of just one hour 40 minutes, prices start from just £66 one way or £119 return, including all taxes… Read the full press release

Lufthansa adds Bristol to its global network from 4 April with codeshare agreement with bmi regional

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Move Opens Up Lufthansa Network to Business & Leisure Travellers Codeshare on twice daily Frankfurt, daily Munich flights* Boost to South West Commerce & Tourism Bristol, UK, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Thanks to a new codeshare agreement with bmi regional, the UK’s most punctual scheduled airline for nine consecutive years, German airline Lufthansa is adding Bristol… Read the full press release

Air France launched three flights per week from Paris to Brasilia, Brazil

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• Three weekly flights to Brasilia on depature from Paris-Charles de Gaulle • Even more destinations in Brazil thanks to an exclusive code-share agreement with the Brazilian airline GOL PARIS, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Air France launched a new service to Brasilia, its third destination in Brazil after Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brasilia… Read the full press release

Aer Lingus Regional to start seven flights per week on Bristol-Shannon route

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Bristol passengers now have direct access to one of Ireland’s key tourist and business hubs; Seven flights per week; 20,000 passengers to be flown in first year and 35,000 in 2015; Bristol-Shannon route is key element to airline’s growth success. Bristol, UK, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Aer Lingus Regional today launched its new route from Bristol… Read the full press release

Ethiopian Airlines starts daily direct services to Shanghai, China as of 29 March 2014

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable Airline in Africa, is pleased to announce the commencement of daily services to Shanghai, China as of 29 March 2014. Ethiopian operates the Shanghai flight using its B787 Dreamliner with 24 Cloud Nine Business Class and 246 Economy Class seats. Shanghai… Read the full press release

IATA: Global passenger traffic results for February shows demand growth of 5.4% compared to February 2013

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Geneva, 2014-04-3 — /Travel PR News/ —The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing demand growth of 5.4% compared to February 2013. Although this represented a slowdown compared to the January traffic increase of 8.2%, cumulative traffic growth for the first two months of 2014 was 6.9%, which compares… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways to provide real time and decision-relevant information to pilots with the launch of its iPad App QLOUD

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Programme to be rolled out to all 2,500 Qatar Airways pilots by Autumn 2014 Application saves paper, reduces costs and is extremely convenient DOHA, Qatar, 2014-04-2 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has begun the rollout of QLOUD, an internally developed mobility application for iPads, which will provide real time and decision-relevant information to the… Read the full press release