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Emirates Airlines eyeing for Additional Flights to Australia
Since the current deal between the UAE and Australia allow the phased growth of Emirates’ services ends next year, negotiations on a new air services agreement between the two countries are expected to begin soon. Emirates already seems to have started a drive to boost flights to Australia. At present the Dubai carrier operates 70 flights a week frequency to Australia (up from 49 in 2007), which is due to grow to a 84-flights ceiling by the...
Airline Financial News
Air France-KLM reported traffic down during December
Air France-KLM has reported that its traffic in December 2009 decreased 4.6% to 16.07 billion revenue pax-kilometers, compared to 16.84 billion revenue pax-kilometers in December 2008. The airline’s capacity decreased 5.5% to 20.16 billion available seat-kilometers, compared to 21.35 billion available seat-kilometers in December 2008. Load factor for the month of December 2009 was 79.7%, compared to 78.9% for the same month of 2008. Air France-KLM...
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Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Signs Hotel in Chongqing
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement with Chongqing Guest House Co. Ltd. to manage a hotel in Chongqing that is scheduled to open in late 2011. The 469-room Shangri-La hotel will occupy the first 28 floors of a new 58-storey landmark building, a multi-purpose complex incorporating office space and retail outlets.
Designed by East China Architectural Design Institute, the hotel will be located in the central business district, 45 minutes...
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Winter Sale for Africa offered by Virgin Atlantic
Leading global premium airline, Virgin Atlantic, is celebrating the Africa Winter sale, offering its worldwide customers some of the best fares on the airline’s services from London Heathrow UK airport. Running till February 9th, the promotion is valid on most of the flights through 2010 and allows Virgin Atlantic’ customers to book a return economy and premium economy classes fare from London (Heathrow) only. Based on round trip adult fares and...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 8th, 2010 | 12 views |
No Comments The third largest city of Australia, Brisbane is “The New World City”, a city that reflects our high expectations from the future of cosmopolitan metropolis. It’s a positive attitude and creative confidence that makes Brisbane a genuine new-world city. Also, even though Brisbane is rapidly developing and forward-thinking, which otherwise transforms cities into a machine world and people into...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 8th, 2010 | 31 views |
No Comments Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement with Chongqing Guest House Co. Ltd. to manage a hotel in Chongqing that is scheduled to open in late 2011. The 469-room Shangri-La hotel will occupy the first 28 floors of a new 58-storey landmark building, a multi-purpose complex incorporating office space and retail outlets.
Designed by East China Architectural Design Institute, the hotel will...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 8th, 2010 | 55 views |
No Comments Since the current deal between the UAE and Australia allow the phased growth of Emirates’ services ends next year, negotiations on a new air services agreement between the two countries are expected to begin soon. Emirates already seems to have started a drive to boost flights to Australia. At present the Dubai carrier operates 70 flights a week frequency to Australia (up from 49 in 2007), which...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 6th, 2010 | 37 views |
No Comments If your holiday plan includes making every one happy, Australia is just the right place to go. From beaches to deserts, it is a unique country with all kinds of habitats, creatures and experiences. And as far as finding cheap flights to Australia is concerned, with the globalization and the speed with which the world has transformed into a global village, finding cheap flights to Australia is just...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 5th, 2010 | 40 views |
No Comments If you are planning to book cheap flights to Perth then you will be pleased to hear that Qantas has announced that it is increasing the number of flights between Perth and other towns in Western Australia. Qantas Airways has revealed that it is planning to run a greater number of services between the coastal city and the towns of Karratha, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland. The airline will also expand its...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 5th, 2010 | 44 views |
No Comments Festivals, food, arts & culture, shopping and sports, this is Adelaide – Australian city where there is always something on. This vibrant festival city is bursting with things to see and do- and one trip is never enough. It’s a pretty place, laid out on either side of the Torrens River, ringed with green belt of parks and set against the rolling hills of the Mount Lofty ranges. This is exactly...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 5th, 2010 | 39 views |
No Comments After the launch of its flights to Melbourne, Qatar Airways has moved its regional office for pacific from Tokyo to Melbourne. Moving of its hub will allow travelers more convenient access to more than 80 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America.
Melbourne was the airline’s 85th destination and the carrier has said it plans to launch flights to Sydney or Perth...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 4th, 2010 | 50 views |
No Comments An agreement between Amadeus and Air France – KLM has been finalised to extend their full content distribution agreement until December 2013. This agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to more than 74.8 million seats and 90,000 flights operated annually by Air France and KLM. The full content agreement also includes...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 4th, 2010 | 39 views |
No Comments Initial support given to a five year extension of the joint services agreement (JSA) between Qantas Airways and British Airways by The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), after issuing a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the deal.
The agreement, which has been in operation for 14 years, allows the two companies to coordinate commercial arrangements between their...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 3rd, 2010 | 42 views |
No Comments Cape Town’s annual arts festival is one of the greatest attractions for those visiting South Africa. This unique, colorful and electrifying festival is known world wide to set Cape Town alight with the best in South African and international music, performing arts, comedy, spoken word and visual arts. The most interesting fact is that, as music and dancing is a part of Culture and tradition in...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 3rd, 2010 | 39 views |
No Comments If you have been checking fares for Melbourne or cheap flights to Melbourne in recent times, you may already know that the competition between Arabian Airlines such as Emirates, Qatar, and European airlines such as Qantas and British Airways is on its peak. The benefit, is of course to the travelers for know you can find cheap tickets to Melbourne from London UK with all 4 & 5 star alliance airways...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 3rd, 2010 | 52 views |
No Comments easyJet launches the first new route of 2010, including London Gatwick to Hamburg and Dusseldorf starting today. In the coming six months, easyJet is launching over 70 new routes across its European network. The addition of these new services means the airline will now offer choice of over 500 routes connecting nearly 120 key airports in 28 countries across Europe, North Africa and Middle East.
Andy...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 2nd, 2010 | 45 views |
No Comments The first time I read about the “Blue Mountains” was in the book by famous author “Paulo Coelho”, the book is called “Like the flowing river”. It comprises of some articles and short stories. The author described the story of this beautiful “Blue Mountains” park, that according to his guide the three mountains called three sisters were the daughters of a shepherd who kept roaming in...
Posted by mkmajeed on February 2nd, 2010 | 68 views |
No Comments The union Unite is due to go to the High Court in a bid to overturn changes to their pay and working conditions that sparked an acrimonious dispute.
The British Airways’ cabin crew union is seeking a permanent injunction in the High Court to prevent imposition of the changes. Unite claims it was not properly consulted on the changes, which include a pay freeze this year, a switch to part-time...
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