NEWS — SPECIAL REPORT
Air Canada’s Maple Leaf lounge is one of four
Star Alliance member lounges at Terminal 2
ove ‘unqualified success’
He adds: “You will see changes in economic models and you will see joint ventures, but alliances are alive and well and that is proved by Terminal 2.”
Next steps As chairman of Star Alliance’s UK Steering Committee, Schumacher will have a crucial role to play in ensuring that the positive momentum generated by the opening of Terminal 2 continues. A celebration event is being planned for the trade towards the end of the year, when the
final carrier has moved in. And representatives of all the member airlines are in discussions about how best to ensure the alliance’s use of Terminal 2 is understood by the trade and customers alike. “The move has been an unqualified success, but we can’t assume that because we have lived and breathed it for the past year or more the job is done,” he says. “We have a state-of-the-art
facility which is the equal of anything in the world, and we need to ensure we continue to get that message out.”
WIN! TICKETS TO EXPERIENCE TERMINAL 2 FOR YOURSELF
To celebrate 23 members of Star Alliance coming together under one roof at Terminal 2, Travel Weekly has teamed up with the airlines for an amazing ticket giveaway. Each of the airlines has
provided a pair of tickets, with each pair being up for grabs for four weeks from the date the carrier starts flying from Terminal 2. Tickets to Bangkok with THAI and to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines are currently on offer, with tickets to Scandinavia, Singapore, Addis Ababa and Cairo becoming available this month. The final competitions launch throughout October, when another 10 Star Alliance members will move in to Terminal 2.
Bob Schumacher in United’s Global First Lounge at Terminal 2
TO ENTER To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer some simple questions at
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The winners of the first ticket giveaways were: n Neil Torbell, Freeway Travel – two tickets to Tokyo with ANA n Claire Whittington, STA Travel – two tickets to New York with United n Pauline Westgarth, Travel Counsellors – two tickets to Vancouver with Air Canada
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