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Air France to cut long-haul services
AIR FRANCE WILL REDUCE ITS LONG-HAUL capacity by “around 10 per cent” during the next two
years.The airline will lose 14 aircraft, down from 107 in operation this summer, to 93 in summer 2017. Five routes will close and 35 weekly frequencies will be cancelled by 2017. A statement said: “The schedule modifications will focus on routes where losses are highest, serving principally Asia and the Middle East... The [fleet] adjustment will mainly be made via the accelerated retirement of A340s, which will not be replaced by B787s as had been initially planned.” Air France said the decision would result in about 2,900 job losses.
airfrance.com
Lufthansa to offer web
access on short flights LUFTHANSA PASSENGERS WILL SOON be able to access broadband internet on short- and medium-haul flights.
The first aircraft to be fitted will take to the skies in early summer next year. It is expected to be available on all short- and medium-haul aircraft from 2017. The service, devised with Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom, will offer coverage via a wireless network accessible from one’s own devices. Passengers will be able to run streaming programmes, and send and receive text messages, the latter by using their own mobile data allowance.
Pricing is likely to be linked to ticket price and cabin class. Phone calls will not be allowed.
lufthansa.com
JFK’s TWA Flight Centre to become hotel
NEW YORK JFK AIRPORT IS FINALLY SET to gain an on-site hotel, following the approval for a 505-room property in the facility’s legendary TWA Flight Centre building. The TWA Flight Centre Hotel at JFK International Airport is to open in 2018 and will have more than 3,700 sqm of meeting space, as well as restaurants, a spa and an observation deck. The Flight Centre, which originally opened in 1962 and is now integrated within Jet Blue’s Terminal 5, last served as a terminal more than a decade ago.
Hilton London Bankside now open
HILTON HOTELS AND RESORTS has launched the Hilton London Bankside. Located on Great Suffolk Street, near the Tate Modern, it has 292 rooms starting from 30 sqm and offering free wifi. Facilities include an executive lounge, pool and more than 1,000 sqm of meeting space, including the 750-capacity Bankside ballroom. There is also a grill restaurant (OXBO Bankside) and a bar (the Distillery, pictured).
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