| Qatar Airways To Increase Hong Kong Flights - Launches Promotion |
Air Travel NewsFriday, October 7, 2011Qatar Airways is escalating flights on its Hong Kong - Doha route. Presently served daily, the route will obtain an extra 4 flights, increasing frequency to 11 flights per week from December 2, 2011. In order to celebrate the extra flights,Qatar Airways has launched a promotion that enables travelers to fly to 29 destinations in Europe from Hong Kong via its Doha hub. Upto November 20, 2011, clients can enjoy Economy Class fares to one of 29 destinations in Europe from HK$ 2,500 and Business Class fares from HK$16,000, by booking return ticket through qatarairways.com/hk, Qatar Airways ticketing office as well as travel agency partners. The promotion provides lengthy travel validity through to 31 March 2012. The 29 destinations in Europe comprises Ankara, Athens, Baku, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Venice, Vienna and Zurich. Labels: Destinations, Europe, Qatar Airways Monday, December 27, 2010
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will commence operating a scheduled service to Xiamen International Airport - making it the first airline to provide direct flights between Xiamen and Europe.
![]() The statement was made at a latest press conference in Xiamen, at which vice-mayor Pan Shijian of Xiamen and Peter Hartman, the president and CEO of KLM signed a co-operation agreement.At the press conference, Hartman pointed out that this is the seventh destination in China for KLM and offers the airline the biggest destination portfolio for greater China (The Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan) with 43 flights a week. The new service will function 3 times a week.Flight KL883 will depart from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, returning from Xiamen the next day. The return flight, KL884, will leave from Xiamen International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving in Amsterdam on the same day. Flights will be operated with Boeing 777-200ER equipment, which can seat up to 318 passengers 35 in business class as well as 283 in economy class. Labels: Europe, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Xiamen Tuesday, March 23, 2010Employees of Lufthansa, Air France and TAP Air Portugal have announced plans to strike against what they say are unreasonable conditions concerning jobs and operational ambiance. Airline officials however counter, saying they are streamlining cost-cutting measures in order for their companies to endure. ![]() Air France will begin the strike this March 28, 2010 when crews on short as well as medium haul flights intend to walk off the job.The mass action, which takes place just days in advance of Air France’s summer schedule on April 1, could last four days if both parties fail to reach an agreement. If talks continue to be at deadlock before March 28 ; in the midst of the second British Airways strike , all services serving France, Europe, Moscow, North Africa and Israel will be terribly affected. ![]() Pilots of TAP Air Portugal are intending to stop work between March 26 and 31 to protest what their union, Civil Aviation Pilots, believe are intolerable tactics by airline officials to lessen operational costs, yet expecting pilot efficiency to remain soaring. ![]() Their counterparts at Lufthansa, who temporarily planned a four-day strike in February after bringing operations to a standstill for 24 hours, will recommence their fight from April 13 to 16, saying discussions with management have not reached anywhere. Pilots said the dates were selected so as not to interrupt the vacation plans of customers during the Easter holidays. Labels: Air France, Business class flights, Europe, Lufthansa, TAP Air Portugal |





