Dubai-based airline Emirates has become the first airline to allow its passengers to use personal mobiles onboard. Under the deal with telecom company AeroMobile, the airline will introduce the new facility from January 2007 with a Boeing 777.
source: Sawf.org
Continental Airlines Inc. can provide free wireless Internet access to its top customers at Boston’s Logan International Airport despite the objections of the agency that runs the airport, the Federal Communications Commission ruled.
source: The Age
The newest nonstop flight is to operate from Nov. 17 to April 10, three times weekly in each direction.
On days the nonstop flight does not operate, American said it will continue to fly its current schedule to Montevideo via Buenos Aires, Argentina.
source: The Business Journal
Frontier’s “Fly 3 Get 1 Free” deal greatly reduces the usual number of miles required to redeem a free flight. Passengers must belong to ‘Frontier’s EarlyReturns’ loyalty program and fly three roundtrips between LAX and SFO between November 1, 2006 and February 28, 2007 to earn the free LAX-SFO ticket, which must be used by May 31, 2007.
source: Earthtimes.org
Advertising watchdog on Wednesday criticised Irish airline Ryanair for promoting millions of “zero fare” flights that actually cost passengers up to 21.70 pounds.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the low-cost airline should have made clear that people would have to pay taxes and other charges on all tickets.
It upheld a complaint from Ryanair’s rival Monarch Airlines and ordered the Dublin-based company to drop the TV commercials.
source: Reuters
The marriage between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express has resulted in the birth of Brussels Airlines, a new generation of airline. The new product line-up of Brussels Airlines meets the real needs of a new generation of both business and low-cost travellers : flexibility, service and timesaving for the former, and the lowest fare guarantee for the latter.
The new name is a perfect description of Brussels Airlines’ activities, because, from its home base at Brussels Airport, the airline connects the capital of Europe with over 50 European destinations as well as several intercontinental networks.
source: boarding.no
Bmibaby announced last week that travelers can now fly from Birmingham International Airport to Glasgow and Faro as well as Murcia. There will be four flights a week to Murcia and three flights a week to Faro with reduced fares.
source: Costablancaleader.com
The number of passengers flying on Easyjet planes rose 7.3% in October from the month before to 2.935m.
The Luton-based firm said its load factor, which measures how many seats were filled on its planes, fell 2.4 percentage points to 83.2% in October.
source: Moneyweek.com
Portuguese state air carrier TAP-Air Portugal is set to buy its smaller competitor PGA-Portugalia Airlines for 140 million euros, with the acquisition agreement signed Monday in Lisbon.
source: Macauhub
Air China and Shanghai Airlines are expected to join the Star Alliance next year. Star Alliance, which includes Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Singapore Airlines Ltd, projects that China will account for 8.6 pct of the global airline market by 2020.
source: Forbes
