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London gains non-stop Taiwan service

9. March 2010

The first non-stop flights between London and Taipei in Taiwan are to be introduced at the end of the month. China Airlines is to start the service three times a week from March 28. The carrier is to use an Airbus A340 on the route with 30 seats in business class and 246 in economy. The new [...]

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Emirates pushes deeper into Africa

9. March 2010

Emirates will launch direct services to Senegal – the Dubai-based airline’s 106th international destination - in September. Dakar is the airline’s third new African destination in less than 12 months, after Durban and Luanda joined the network in late 2009. Emirates will fly non-stop to Dakar five times a week, operating an Airbus A340-300 aircraft, in a [...]

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BA expands Spanish network from City Airport

3. March 2010

Year-round flights between London City Airport and Barcelona are being re-introduced by British Airways. The previously summer-only service resumes at the end of the month and will continue through the summer and winter. An extra Saturday morning service will be introduced in May, bringing the total number of flights to seven a week. The expanded Barcelona capacity comes in [...]

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New route for BA business class offshoot

10. February 2010

Washington DC is being added as the second US city served by British Airways all business class offshoot OpenSkies. The airline is to fly to the US city from Paris Orly starting on May 3. This is in addition to 17 flights a week between New York Newark and the French capital. The airline will use a Boeing 757 aircraft fitted with 72 business class [...]

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Seychelles gains additional London flight

29. January 2010

A third weekly flight from London to Mahe is being added by Air Seychelles this summer. The airline is starting a weekly Tuesday service from Gatwick starting on April 20. This will be in addition to the existing two flights a week on Fridays and Sundays from Heathrow. The carrier’s UK sales and marketing manager Carol Tumber said: [...]

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Boost in London-New York flights

29. January 2010

Increased frequency between Heathrow and New York is being scheduled by Continental Airlines. The carrier is also introducing flat bed seats in its business class cabin. An early-evening departure from London to New York/Newark will be introduced from March 28 for the first time. This fourth daily flight will be supplemented by a fifth daily service in [...]

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BA warns of ‘massive disruption’

14. December 2009

British Airways faces “massive disruption” over the busy festive travel period after cabin crew voted to take strike action. Disruption is due to begin on December 22 and run until January 2. Cabin crew voted by nine to one in favour of the strike action, with more than an 80% turnout. The airline, responding to the result of the ballot by [...]

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Qatar Airways: Quickest to London

8. December 2009

First there was Emirates. Then there was Etihad. Now a third Middle East carrier, Qatar Airways, has entered the Australian market and will be seeking to lure business away from Qantas and Singapore Airlines on the kangaroo route to the UK and Europe. The new Melbourne-Doha route signals the beginning of Qatar Airways’ operations to [...]

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The next flight is leaving for….Iraq

4. December 2009

Flights to Iraq are to be operated from Birmingham Airport. Weekly departures on an alternate basis will run to the cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah via Stockholm by Swedish travel operator Aer Olympic, which already serves Iraq fom Gatwick. The new route provides the Midlands’ Iraqi-Kurdish population with a direct link to the region. Flights depart Birmingham [...]

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Emirates adds Amsterdam

4. December 2009

Emirates is to launch flights to Amsterdam from May 1, 2010. The daily, non-stop service from Dubai will be operated with a combination of 777-200LR and 777-300ER aircraft, with a three-class configuration and the newest version of ICE, the in-flight entertainment system. Emirates will be the only airline offering first class accommodation on the route. This is the [...]

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