| Virgin Lounge and Extra Flights for Hobart |
Air Travel NewsWednesday, March 21, 2012
As piece of its shove to woo business travellers, Virgin Australia will open a new business class lounge at Hobart airport.
The airline will also provide additional daily service between Hobart and Melbourne by September.
Virgin Australia has said that his aim because flights to Tasmania, which in 2001 was the competition on the market.
"With our worldwide airline coalition partners and the opening of premium services such as business class and airport lounges, they are now able to cater to new markets, with business and high-end leisure travellers," Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti said.
The latest 75-seater lounge will open at the Hobart Airport Domestic fatal in 2013 and will offer business amenities, entertainment and a Luke Mangan-designed buffet, he said.
The airline will also initiate their priority-boarding services, which consist of a divide, dedicated lane at the boarding gate that enables premium visitors to board when they like. The service will be obtainable on all flights departing Hobart from March 23.
Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 yet said its last due to be delivered in may, will be named Hobart's Sandy Bay.
Labels: Australian Business Traveller, Business class, Cheap First Class Thursday, February 16, 2012Hong Kong Airlines is showcasing the world's first all-business class A330-200 aircraft at an exclusive media tour hosted concomitantly in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing to announce Hong Kong Airlines' new routes and in-flight services. The latter features as culinary consultants, famous Hong Kong chef chow chunk and Michelin-starred British chef Jason Atherton. The aircraft included the airlines' exclusive Club Premier and Club Classic seating. The Club Premier section offers only 34 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration with flat-bed seats that are totally horizontal when fully reclined and gauge an overall length of 6 feet one inch. The guild Classic section offers 82 seats in a 2-2-2 design, where the seat pitch (seat-to-seat distance) measures a generous 51" while the seat cushion width is a comfortable 22". Mr. Stanley Kan, Director of Hong Kong Airlines' Service Delivery Department, said, "Both of the 2 cabin sections have been engineered with the newest concepts for most favorable in-flight comfort. The seats are so ergonomically-designed and the configuration so considerately devised that each and every passenger will be able to enjoy maximum privacy - be it for WIFI connectivity, in-flight Sky bar pick-me-up or individual in-flight entertainment, making long-haul flight tedium a thing of the past." Business travellers are particularly worried about connectivity during long flights. Hong Kong Airlines offers passengers the On-air in-flight connectivity services for prompt and fast Smartphone, tablet and notebook computer and internet accessibility through WIFI. Passengers can also buy, at any time on the internet, value-added in-flight WIFI services. On-air Chief administrative Officer, Mr. Ian Dawkins, said, "On-air is the first provider to be able to offer in-flight internet access over China, meaning passengers can now stay online in Chinese airspace. It also means we now provide 95% service availability on the routes our customer airlines fly, cementing On Air's position as the global in-flight connectivity service provider." A VIP air travel experience isn't complete without outstanding in-flight dining. Hong Kong Airlines has selected local celebrity Chinese chef Chow Chung and Michelin-starred British chef Jason Atherton as consultants. They will be helping Hong Kong Airlines to design special menus for discriminating travellers. Labels: Australian Business Traveller, Business class, Hong Kong Airlines Thursday, November 17, 2011Hawaii's biggest carrier will be introduction nonstop flights among Honolulu and New York City opening in June 2012. Daily service among Honolulu International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport will begin June 4, Hawaiian Airlines announced Wednesday. Now, Continental Airlines offers the only nonstop flight among the Aloha State and the East Coast with a daily flight that serves Honolulu and Newark, N.J. Hawaiian, which provides service among the islands and the West Coast, has been increasing in Asia. Labels: Australian Business Traveller, Business Class Air, Hawaiian Airlines Monday, May 9, 2011Emirates is adding a third daily flight to its Sydney-Dubai route so travellers can make faster connections to Europe, an airline speaker confirmed to Australian Business Traveller today. ![]() The early-morning flight EK415 (leaving Sydney at 0600) is specifically scheduled to arrive into Dubai at 1330 for same-day connections to London, Munich, Paris, Rome, Milan, Zurich, Athens and Moscow. In the return direction, the flight leaves Dubai at a connection-convenient 0140 to arrive in Sydney at 2230. Distinct Emirates' Daily Airbus A380 Flight to Sydney which extends to Auckland, the new flights won't cross the Tasman before returning to Dubai. Business travellers from provincial Australia have particular reason to celebrate. Emirates will put up connecting passengers in first and business class overnight at the Stamford Plaza hotel at Sydney Airport so they can be sure to make the early flight to Dubai. Emirates will use stretched Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the route, with 12 first class suites, 42 angled lie-flat business class seats, and 304 seats in a 3-4-3 economy class arrangement at the back of the plane. Labels: Australian Business Traveller, business flights to sydney |


