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Virgin axes four long-haul routes to focus on transatlantic services
Rebekah Commane
Virgin Atlantic is to stop four London routes to Tokyo, Cape Town, Mumbai and Vancouver from next month. However, the airline will add up to five daily transatlantic flights in 2015 and introduce a series of other measures. The airline will maintain its Johannesburg and Delhi services, as well as flights to other destinations in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Chief executive Craig Kreeger said: “Our ambition is to be profitable for the long term, earn
Number of extra 500
Malaysia Airlines and tourist board offer free stopover nights in KL
Malaysia Airlines and Tourism Malaysia are offering a free one- night stopover in Kuala Lumpur. The offer is valid for two adult passengers travelling together from the UK or Ireland to destinations across Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Australia and New Zealand. It applies to bookings made between August 22 and September 30 for departures between September 15 this year and June 30, 2015. First and Business Class passengers are entitled to one free night at the five-star Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur, while all passengers can choose from the Berjaya Times Square Hotel or the Sama- Sama Hotel at Kuala Lumpur International airport. The complimentary nights
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flights planned by Virgin for next summer
competitive returns, and invest those into providing the very best experience for our customers on the routes they most want to fly. “Transatlantic flying has always been at the heart of our network and our most financially successful region.”
• An additional daily Heathrow-New York
The proposed changes include: • A new daily Heathrow-Detroit service.
• An additional daily Heathrow- Los Angeles service. • An additional daily Heathrow- Atlanta service during the summer. • An additional summer service
JFK service.
Shangri-La hotel, Kuala Lumpur
for all three properties are on a room-only basis. Travellers can take up the free
stay on either the outbound or return leg of the journey. Agents can book the offer for
clients by calling the Malaysia Airlines’ reservations team on 0871 423 9090 or emailing
stopover@uk.malaysiaairlines.com
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