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Since the beginning of July, Finnish high-speed trains between Helsinki and St. Petersburg provide improved services in the First Class. These Allegrotrains, that operate between Helsinki and St. Petersburg have extended their personal service and enlarged the customer’s choice.
The UAE airline took home the honors for “Best First Class Meals” in the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Over the past two years, Etihad has recruited chefs from the world’s top restaurants.
Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, is set to begin three-flights-a-week to Ethiopia’s capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, on September 18, 2013. The new service from Doha to Addis Ababa will be operated with an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 132 seats in Economy and 12 in Business Class.
All flights on the Doha – Istanbul routes will be operated with a modern Airbus A330, featuring a two-class configuration, including up to 24 seats in Business Class and up to 258 seats in Economy Class.
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, unveiled new expansion plans for Eastern Europe today, with the launch of daily services to Kyiv Boryspil International Airport in Kiev from 16th January 2014, marking its first route to the Ukraine.
Air China, the exclusive national flag carrier for the People’s Republic of China, begins its four weekly nonstop services between Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) in Beijing, China and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.
Project documentation of the Moscow – Kazan high-speed rail line wil be completed by the first quarter of 2015, according to recent statements of Russia’s Ministry of Transport.
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines will be subject of a three-week government investigation after one of its passenger jets crash landed in San Francisco, officials said Monday.
Air passengers in China experience the world’s most disrupted travel plans, according to a report which names two of the country’s major airports and its leading airlines among the most delayed.
Transaero Airlines and UTair Aviation have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation aimed at the development of both domestic and international passenger and air cargo markets.
BA and JAL entered into a joint business arrangement in October 2012, providing their customers with better connectivity between Europe and Japan, increased flight choices and enhanced frequent flyer benefits.
On Monday, Virgin Australia announced that pets would now be included in the airline’s Velocity frequent flier program. In a press release, the airline stated that two-legged frequent fliers would earn up to 300 points each time their dog or cat flew with them.
Passengers who travel with bags that are larger than the new size but meet the old requirements will not have to pay to have them checked in but may have their bags stored in the aircraft’s hold, meaning they would have to wait for them to appear in baggage reclaim.
According to the statistics of the TCH, Transaero demonstrated the highest rate of growth in terms of passenger traffic and RPKs among Russia’s top five carriers in May.
Passengers flying British Airways will be among the first to be able to check their email and call their loved ones to let them know they’ve arrived soon after their plane lands.
