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Continental Airlines‘ ‘OnePass ‘loyalty program will be phased out and moved into United’s ‘Mileage Plus’ plan later this year, United Continental Holdings Inc. said Wednesday.

Continental’s ‘OnePass’ loyalty program will end on Dec. 31. United will automatically enroll OnePass members in ‘Mileage Plus ‘and deposit their miles into Mileage Plus accounts.

‘OnePass’ member activity this year will be fully recognized in ‘Mileage Plus’ next year. ‘OnePass’-branded credit cards will continue to earn miles and benefits in the ‘Mileage Plus’ program.

source: boston.com

Lufthansa will be offering a free mobile application (app) for all iPad users – with numerous functionalities and services centred on flying with Lufthansa. Individual  functions have been tailored to iPad specifics, giving iPad users a totally new experience.

The central feature of the iPad app is an interactive world map for users to finger-tap intuitively and explore the entire Lufthansa route network.

“‘Utilisation of these services and flight bookings on smartphones and tablet computers, like the iPad is coming increasingly to the fore in online sales'” emphasised Marcus Casey, Head of Online Sales at  Lufthansa.

source: webwire.com

Ryanair celebrated IATA confirmation that it is the world’s favourite airline after IATA stats for 2010 showed Ryanair carried more international passengers than any other airline.

Ryanair carried 71.2m international passengers last year, 62 million more than Aer Lingus,  almost 30m more than second placed Lufthansa (44.6m) and almost 10m more than easyjet (37m) and British Airways (26m) combined.

source: The FINANCIAL

Budget airline Flybe has laid down a marker in its quest to dominate Europe’s regional routes by acquiring a Finnish regional carrier in a €25m (£22.7m) deal.

Exeter-based Flybe has bought Finnish Commuter Airlines in a joint venture with Finnair, Finland’s national carrier.

The deal came a day after Flybe announced a pre-tax loss of £4.3m last year following last April’s Icelandic volcano eruption and severe winter weather.

source: Guardian.co.uk