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Tuesday, September 29, 2009


  Qatar Airways chosen as the best business class airline in China.

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Qatar Airways has been awarded the Best Business Class Airline in China at the China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards,which was held in Beijing.The airline's Senior Vice President Commercial Operations East Asia & South West Pacific, Marwan Koleilat received the honor from the Vice President of Ctrip.com, Shaw Ding.

The Travel & Meeting Industry Awards is prepared by Travel Weekly China, a chief trade journal in the Chinese travel industry. The award had its debut in 2002 and since then the awards have received extensive appreciation among industry people. Nearly 30,000 readers and subscribers of Travel Weekly China as well as 32,000 enterprises and travel buyers, who attended July's China Incentive and Business Travel Meeting Exhibition (CIBTM), participated in the survey.The eminent panel of judges included 20 peak industry specialists from every section of the travel as well as tourism industry.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker stated that it is a great privilege to receive this award for the best levels of service and hospitality offered by Qatar Airways. The airline at the moment operates 21 flights a week within 4 cities in China -, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong - its Doha hub.Inspite of class of travel, every traveler can benefit from a completely interactive in-flight entertainment system with a preference of hundreds of audio and video on demand options.

Qatar Airways operates a modern fleet of 69 aircraft to 82 chief business and relaxation destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Far East as well as North America.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009


  Air France might get rid of Business Class on Some Routes

Pierre Henri Gourgeon
Air France-KLM has disclosed it might make the traveler cabins on some of its routes merely single-class and it might do away with various destinations as part of a broad reorganization of its medium-haul network and operations to recover its profitability.

Air France-KLM, similar to other European airlines has been affected drastically by a crash in demand for premium class travel as companies and institutions strip off operating expenses in the hard-hitting economic scenario.A spokesperson for the airline confirmed media reports that eradicating business class seats was one of the options to develop yields on the routes to Europe and North Africa.Lately Air France has eradicated premium class cabins on its short-haul operations within France.

Air France-KLM Chief Executive Pierre Henri Gourgeon while presenting the airline's first-quarter results at the end of July, informed analysts the airline would refurbish its medium-haul operations both, with regard to the network as well as product.The spokesperson , stated planned decisions would be taken before the end of 2009 for execution early next year.

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Friday, September 18, 2009


  British Airways provides free business class travel

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British Airways has embarked the second phase of its Face-to-Face campaign at the National Business Travel Association , California.

The airline will reward 100 small as well as medium-sized companies free business class travel to any place on its network throughout 2010. BA has partnered along with Marriott, Regus Office Services and Canon to proffer successful applicants a complete package of products to support their businesses.Successful applicants will be rewarded with 10 roundtrip transatlantic Club World tickets that can be utilized at any time next year.Meanwhile Marriott will grant each business $1,000 towards accommodation in its Courtyard-branded hotels, while Regus will award five Business world gold cards for entrance to airport lounges globally.

Simon Talling-Smith, BA's executive vice-president for the Americas stated that linking people universally is the number one objective of BA and BA has long known that the key in constructing a successful long-term business partnership is by means of face-to-face meetings.He also mentioned that British Airways hopes that the business opportunity grants will definitely help businesses boost their revenues and reach significant milestones in their expansion plans.

British Airways had succeeded in giving away nearly 1000 seats during the first phase of its campaigns

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009


  Lufthansa increases flight service in Bahrain-Frankfurt Route

Lufthansa Business ClassLufthansa German Airlines,one of the world's largest airlines has flights operating in 206 destinations in around 78 countries from its hubs in Frankfurt and Germany.This airline combined with its partners ,serves around 900 destinations in 160 countries. Additionally,their status customers have the privilege of accessing around 800+ Lufthansa and Star Alliance Lounges across the globe.

Lufthansa will increase its flights from Bahrain to Frankfurt from 4 weekly flights to a daily service one, commencing September 22nd.With the introduction of this daily service,passengers benefit from great flexibility as well as the feasibility of a daily link with Lufthansa's Frankfurt hub.

Mr. Stefan Loecherbach, director of Lufthansa and subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines, for Saudi Arabia & Bahrain stated that he was extremely pleased to announce the further development of the Lufthansa Service.He also said that business travelers would benefit greatly from this daily service and we are delighted in providing this. Four of the flights offered will be nonstop operations to Frankfurt, whereas the three supplementary services will be operated with a short midway stop in Dammam. Lufthansa customers have the benefit of a late evening departure on all seven days of the week.

Schaher Murad, Regional Manager for Bahrain and the eastern province of Saudi Arabia,informed that the 737-800 Intercontinental that would be operated on Bahrain-Frankfurt route is of the highest degree of development with regard to its technology,in-flight entertainment as well as comfort in the cabins.

The most beneficial factor above all is the Lufthansa's exclusive Welcome Lounge offered for business class travelers as well as status passengers.The Lounge which was opened in January this year ,caters to the requirements of travelers arriving after a long haul flight journey.It is provided with all the facilities travelers look for to freshen up after a tiresome intercontinental flight journey.

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Monday, September 14, 2009


  One Business - Travel plan scheme offered by South African Airways

South African AirwaysBusiness travellers utilizing South African Airways (SAA) currently have the option of contacting the airline to supply them with a customized travel schedule.The travel management scheme entitled One Business has been planned by SAA in order to support companies whose employees travel often across the globe.SAA stated that "One Business" will assist organizations in order to set aside costs as well as to improve effectiveness.

Mike Re,chief information officer at SAA, stated that in developing this new programme,the fast pace development of travel industry as well as the current global economic scenario was considered. One Business enables organizations to take control of their travel requirements, lessen all inconveniences connected with booking air travel and at the same time manages the cash spent on traveling.

Hopefully organizations can ensure that business travel for their employees is one of the best travel options.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009


  Ethiopian Airlines Gains High Returns

Ethiopian AirlinesBased on a statement released by the Ethiopian Airlines, the company is highly hopeful to be a chief growing power in the African aviation,as it recorded a net profit of ($117 million) in the latest winding fiscal year.The company has witnessed an increase of 32.8% when compared to the previous year. Girma Wake ,Chief executive of the state-owned airliner, stated that the Ethiopian Airlines performance is noteworthy as many airlines across the globe are witnessing a major downward unexpected result in their profits.

Due to universal economic crisis, soaring fuel price and other related challenges, several African airliners have undergone losses due to decline in traffic from abroad.Inspite of the hurdles, CEO Girma Wake stated that the airlines has attained high profits and succeeded in transporting approximately 2.8 million passengers this year,which is a 12.3 percentage increase over the previous year.Girma Wake also stated that the Ethiopian Airlines is extremely confident and is focused on its vision to 2010 to take hold of its chief objectives regardless of any constraints it might have to face in future. Ethiopian Airlines is one of the biggest airlines from the African continent, and one of the the minority flight operators that has made immense profits in the present international financial chaos.

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Friday, September 4, 2009


  Air New Zealand receives TUANZ award

Air New Zealand has won the overall Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) Innovation of the Year Award that occurred at the 2009 TUANZ Innovation Awards.

If there included a theme of the awards, held in partnership with International Data Corporation(IDC) and major sponsor Voco, this year it was that while broadband and telecommunications infrastructure are important, it's the applications which utilize such infrastructure that carry real economic profits.

Air New Zealand was victorious with the "best of the best" award,including the TUANZ Innovation of the Year award, for its ground-breaking electronic domestic boarding solutions, which include its self-service kiosks, RFID ePass token and mPass mobile phone boarding pass.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009


  United Airlines Shifted to Cash Free Environment on Transatlantic, Brazil and Argentina Flights

United AirlinesUnited Airlines announced that from September 2nd,the airline will allow merely credit and debit cards for the majority of on-board purchases on Transatlantic flights as well as on flights to and from Brazil and Argentina.In order to speed up cabin service, offer receipts and boost efficiency, cash will no longer be accepted onboard these flights, apart from duty-free purchases. The carrier initiated the EasyPurchase programme in March and ceased accepting cash on-board flights inside United States and flights to and from Canada, Mexico, Central America as well as the Caribbean from April 2009.

United Airlines will be accepting all chief credit cards, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Diners Club, as well as debit cards with the Visa or MasterCard logos. United Airlines will continue to accept cash in addition to credit and debit cards on flights to and from Asia. Additionally , cash will be the acknowledged form of payment on United Express flights.

Feedback provided by several customers in online surveys established wide acceptance for a cash-free environment. Lynda Coffman, managing director-Onboard Design and Strategy said that passengers welcome the simplicity and the pace with which cashless transactions can be done onboard.

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