AVIATION NEWS YOU CAN USE
lift long-haul links
However, new destinations keep being added. Emirates will launch a daily
service from Dubai to Yangon (Burma) and on to Hanoi from August 3, with ample opportunities to connect to the service from the UK. The Dubai carrier operates five services a day from Heathrow, three from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham, two from Glasgow and one from Newcastle. Air Astana will increase the
frequency of services from Heathrow to Astana from June 2 and offer weekly connections to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator. The Kazakh carrier will operate to Astana four times a
week, up from three, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Passengers departing Heathrow on Saturday will have a short connection in Astana before flying on to Ulan Bator, and Air Astana is offering a complimentary overnight stay in Astana, including breakfast, on the return from Ulan Bator on Mondays. Economy return fares from London to the Mongolian city start at £494. Also just announced is the
launch of a three-times-a-week Shaheen Air link from Manchester to Islamabad (Pakistan) on
March 15, with fares from £540.
emirates.com airastana.com shaheenair.com
Virgin unveils fam trip prize to mark launch of daily Chicago flights
Virgin Atlantic is offering agents the chance to win a place on a fam trip to Chicago at the end of April when the carrier begins its daily summer schedule to the city. The airline launches direct
Heathrow-Chicago flights on April 27. Agents who make bookings on the route before April 22 will go into a prize draw to join the fam to Chicago and Illinois on April 27 to May 1. You can enter as many times as you book Virgin flights to Chicago, with a single entry for Economy bookings, two entries per Premium Economy booking and three for Upper Class. The winner will be picked
CHICAGO: Agents can win a fam trip to the Windy City with Virgin
AGENT INCENTIVE
at random. Simply log on to
vsflyinghub.com to log sales. Alternatively, you can enter the competition by completing one of the Enjoy Illinois training modules at the Online Travel Training site (
onlinetraveltraining.com). The fam will be hosted by Enjoy Illinois, Chicago O’Hare airport
and Choose Chicago.
vsflyinghub.com
3 March 2016
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