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Tuesday, February 9, 2010


  OpenSkies launches New Route between Washington D.C. and Paris

OpenSkies, the exclusive all business class airline of British Airways', announced lately it will commence a new service between Washington Dulles International Airport and Paris Orly Airport from May 3rd,2010. This route adds to OpenSkies' recognized New York to Paris route and brings the "more for less" OpenSkies experience, where high standards and service are offered at an invincible value to travelers flying from and through Washington D.C. to Paris.

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Dale Moss, Chief Executive Officer of OpenSkies conveyed that the escalating status of Washington D.C. has created a demand for exclusive, finest travel options at competitive rates. By presenting superior value than conventional business class, OpenSkies will offer the Washington D.C. metro area with a novel and enhanced way to travel to Paris in style.

Washington D.C. metro area travelers can now benefit from the OpenSkies special flight experience for some of the cheap business class fares available, with in-flight services together with four-course dining, on-demand video and helpful service in a soothing environment.OpenSkies offers the benefit of being a part of the world class frequent flier program called "British Airways Executive Club," a customer-loyalty program that enables travelers to accrue miles on both OpenSkies and British Airways and to gain from its several advantages beyond mileage.

OpenSkiesWith a capacity of 72 passengers, OpenSkies offers every customer additional convenience, comfort and personalized service. Passengers enjoy additional room, as each plane features two cabins without middle seats in a 2x2 seat configuration, which guarantees a window or aisle each time.Every OpenSkies flight provides 2 options of seating : business bed(BIZ BED) or business seat(BIZ SEAT):

*BIZ BED is a private cabin with 12 seats and is the lone business class existing that offers seats that change to completely flat beds (180 degree recline) on this route. Electronically controlled, these seats are prepared with universal power outlets and in addition hold individual entertainment systems.

*BIZ SEAT is a roomy cabin with 60 wide seats that recline to 140 degrees with a 52 inch seat pitch. They are also set with universal outlets for personal computers and electronics and supply power for the video-on-demand entertainment systems.

OpenSkies proffers passengers with the perfect comfort and quality of a luxury airline without the connected cost for business travel

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Monday, January 18, 2010


  Business travel assessment offers new optimism for decade's start

Based on a new survey, more than a quarter of business travel buyers conveyed they had additional money to spend in 2010 and more than a third will book extra trips. Some 1400 business travel managers lately surveyed by the Business Travel and Meetings Show discovered a hopeful outlook for the beginning of the new decade, with 76% of those polled stating they thought the recession would finish by the end of the year.


David Chapple
Statistics showed 27% of budgets will be increased for 2010 and 35% of buyers will arrange extra trips. Four in ten buyers will handle the same amount of trips in 2010 and only a quarter will formulate fewer bookings. However an enormous 81% said they had little choice but to implement stricter pricing policies, with 44% confirming they will book lower class airline tickets and 22% lesser quality accommodation. Meanwhile 46% plan to increase their use of video conferencing.

Business Travel & Meetings Show events director David Chapple stated that the business travel industry has gone through a very rough ride over the last 18 months, so these survey results are a much desired sparkle of optimism as the whole world enters a new decade.

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Monday, January 4, 2010


  Singapore Airlines to recommence all-business flights to New York on a daily business

Singapore AirlinesSingapore Airlines resumes daily all business class flights to New York on January 18 as demand for the service begins to pick up.

Singapore Airlines in February reduced the frequency of the 100 seat Airbus A345 trips to five times a week, as fewer people sought premium travel as a result of the global economic slowdown.

A spokeswoman for the airline, that is reputed in the industry for its business and first class services to North America and Europe conveyed that there is increased demand, and that's why the flights are escalating.

Regional aviation analyst Jim Wong of Nomura Securities in Hong Kong stated that SIA's recent progress reflected a better trend as Asian economies lead the rest of the world in recuperating from the crisis.

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Saturday, August 29, 2009


  Record profit for Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia AirlinesMalaysia Airlines (MAS) recorded its maximum ever quarterly net profit inspite of the constant crash in the airline industry because of the worldwide financial slowdown.Its net profit of RM876 million offset first quarterly losses of RM695 million leading to a first-half net profit of RM181 million, becoming one of the few main airlines to display a profit for the first half of the year. MAS had applied extremely forceful sales campaigns in order to deal with the worst ever crisis that struck the airline industry. Load factors later improved to 66 per cent in the second quarter in comparison to 56 per cent in the first quarter.

The airline will persist to focus on increasing sales .Additionally, an advertising blitz comprising of around 15 sales campaigns has been considered for Malaysia and another 30 for the worldwide market.Datuk Seri Idris Jala,CEO of MAS stated that Malaysia Airlines will focus mainly on top line growth and improvement.He however refused to divulge the volume of the advertising campaign budget,mentioning that these were trade secrets.

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Friday, July 17, 2009


  AirIndia cancels two flights, reschedules five for bandh

Air India-Executive ClassAirIndia has cancelled two flights from N S C Bose International Airport here and rescheduled five others in view of the 12-hour WestBengal bandh by Congress tomorrow.

Airport authorities sources said, IC 229 Kolkata-Guwahati and IC 211 Kolkata-Aizawl flights which depart at noon have been cancelled.

IC 253 Kolkata-Silchar flight will leave at 10 am instead of 1 pm, while IC 201 Kolkata-New Delhi will leave at 7 pm instead of 5 pm, they said, adding IC 765 Kolkata-Chennai will leave at 7 pm instead of 6.30 pm.

The two others rescheduled are IC 771 Kolkata-Bangalore flight which will leave at 7.30 pm instead of 6 pm and IC 2727 Kolkata-Agartala flight which will leave at 9.45 am on Saturday instead of 5 pm tomorrow.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009


  Ethiopian Airlines Wins the 2009 Airline of the Year Award

Ethiopian AirlinesEthiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has been named the 'Airline of the Year 2009' at the African Business Awards organized by the London-based African Business and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC).The award was presented to Ethiopian Airlines at the African Business Awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Ballroom, in London on July 06, 2009. According to the 2009 judging panels of the African Business Awards, the winners of the Airline of the Year 2009 were chosen from a pool of nominees based on "solid financial results coupled with distinctive customer service, punctuality and innovative products and services for consumers, especially in opening new routes."

After receiving the award, Mr. Yeneneh Tekelyes, Director for Advertising and Promotions of Ethiopian Airlines said, "While we rejoice for winning the award, the recognition of our overall excellence among other African Airlines motivates and encourages us to provide and deliver even more products and better services."

The award organizer, IC Publications has over 40 years' experience in publishing magazines, newsletters, country supplements, industry reports and market intelligence on Africa and the Middle East.

Present at this festive and memorable African night were prominent government leaders including H.E Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and several other ministers from different African countries.

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