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information, a currency converter and Senses Spa, a fine-dining restaurant and a
real-time flight departures and arrivals. business centre. The airline will move from
TAP Portugal and South African Airways Terminal 3 to Terminal 4 at the same time.
are already promoting their mobile services–
mobile.flytap.com and mobile.flysaa.com, NEW ROUTES.
respectively. More developments are in the In the winter sun market, Monarch has
pipeline, such as online check-in with seat announced new year-round services to Gran
maps and mobile boarding passes. Canaria and Fuerteventura. From October
Air Malta has made it possible for 19, it will fly once a week from Birmingham
passengers to check in on their mobile and once or twice a week from Gatwick and
phone for flights out of Malta International Manchester to Gran Canaria. From October
Airport. They can choose their seats and 21, it will fly once a week from Birmingham,
have their bar-coded boarding pass delivered Gatwick and Luton and up to twice a week
to their mobile via mobile-airmalta.com. from Manchester, to Fuerteventura.
Tel Aviv, gateway to Eilat, is gaining many
ADDED-VALUE OFFERS. extra seats this winter: easyJet introduces
Several airlines are giving passengers a six-times-a-week flight from Luton on
added-value at the moment, including a November 2, while Jet2.com will increase
free Copenhagen City Card from SAS when from one to two flights a week next year on
return flights to the city are booked, until its Manchester-Tel Aviv route.
the end of October. The card is valid for 23 In Europe, Iceland Express is to fly
hours and is worth £27. Clients can use it from Birmingham to Reykjavik from next
for free airport transfers on the Copenhagen summer, after the success of its Gatwick-
Metro, and free admission to 62 attractions. Reykjavik route, and BMI will end its
Jet Airways and Jetlite are offering passen- Heathrow-Palma and Heathrow-Venice
gers discounts at selected restaurants, shops, routes this winter. Germanwings will fly
hotels and car rental outlets in India on from Manchester to Cologne/Bonn for the
production of their boarding card. The offer first time, beginning in October. Summer
includes brands such as Marriott, Domino’s schedules for 2010 have also been unveiled,
Pizza and Avis, and ends on October 15. with Flybe putting 300,000 of its domestic
Eager to promote travel to Australasia as and European seats on sale at £29.99 for
well as New Zealand, Air New Zealand is travel between March 28 and June 30, 2010.
offering passengers an onward flight to In Latin America, Air Europa is reintro-
Australia for just £54 when buying a return ducing three weekly flights from London to
flight to New Zealand. Clients can fly on to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, via Madrid, from
Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, November 3, 2009. Services from London to
Cairns or the Gold Coast, but bookings must Buenos Aires via Madrid are being increased
be made by October 9. to once a day. Aerolineas Argentinas has
announced new flights from Buenos Aires to
NEW PRODUCT. Uruguay’s fashionable Punte del Este. The
One of Japan Airlines’ aircraft flying out of non-stop route begins on December 13.
Heathrow has been branded as an Eco Jet, Gearing up for next year’s World Cup,
painted with green livery, which the carrier Etihad and Emirates have added new South
hopes will highlight its commitment to African destinations. Fellow Middle Eastern
environmental issues. carrier Qatar Airways is launching two new
Ethiopian Airlines claims to be the first routes to India (Amritsar and Goa) in October
African airline to have ordered B787 and this year, and will fly to Australia for the
B777-200LR aircraft. It also plans to add 12 first time – to Melbourne from December 6.
Airbus A350-900s, which it says will make it
one of the youngest, greenest fleets in Africa.
Korean Air begins upgrading its cabin
facilities this month, replacing 9,720 seats at
a cost of $200 million. Kosmo Suite (first
class), Prestige Sleeper (prestige class) and
New Economy (economy class) seats will be
fitted to 32 mid and long-haul aircraft. Audio
video on demand will be fitted in all classes.
Etihad is opening a premium lounge at
Heathrow this month. The lounge has spa
treatment rooms with therapists from Six Etihad is opening a premium lounge at Heathrow
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