The new partnership between the two carriers, which is expected to drive incremental revenue and new customers to both AirTran Airways and Frontier, consists of three key components which will allow customers to easily book tickets to over 80 destinations from one another’s sites.
source: Earthtimes.org
Qantas will let passengers use mobile phones in the air but only if it is sure the chat and chimes will not drive others to another airline.
South Australian flights next year will be part of a trial to test if passengers want to make and receive calls, emails and text messages – or if they would just like some peace and quiet.
source: News.com.au
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
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
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
New rules apply to European flights allowing passengers to carry small amounts of liquids and toiletries in hand luggage for the first time since last August when a terror plot was unveiled by the police.There will however be a limit of 100ml per container and all the liquid containers and toiletries should fit in a one-liter (20cm x 20cm) re-sealable plastic bag (per passenger). These bags will then be x-rayed separately.
source: ShortNews.com
Air Canada last month began unbundling flight options through its Web site, allowing travelers to customize bookings by “buying added services or, conversely, to save money by declining benefits normally included in their selected fare type.”
While several large carriers in the United States indicated no immediate plans to follow such an unbundled booking model, some in the industry expect selective merchandizing of airfares to accelerate, as carriers seek to differentiate and monetize offerings. Worldspan, the third largest U.S. global distribution system, said it is seeking new technologies to enable carriers to further merchandize their products.
source: BTNonline
Even as Lufthansa Airlines is focused on establishing itself as the global leader in premier and business travel segment, the world’s biggest carrier ” in terms of the scheduled passengers carried ” is not ready to give up the battle with low-cost carriers for attractive short-haul routes.
“A strong brand needs growth and as the foremost part of our strategy we believe in full assortment of services,†Holger Hatty, member of the board of Lufthansa passenger airlines, said.
source: Financial Express
