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Transaero Airlines bumps up Murmansk, Eilat connections

2014-10-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Transaero

Operating from Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Flight UN175/176 will connect the two cities three times per week on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 22:45. Scheduled to arrive in Murmansk at 01:25 on the next day, the returns will be from Murmansk on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays at 08:00, with arrival in Moscow at 10:35.

Tags: airlines, Murmansk travel, Russia travel, Russian airlines

Air Lituanica gets there on time – Guaranteed

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Air Lituanica

Air Lituanica wants to become Vilnius Airport’s most punctual air carrier. The airline has announced a guaranteed on-time arrival program that offers free flights to passengers whose flights are late.

Tags: airlines, Lithuania travel, Vilnius flights, Vilnius tourism

Travelport and Alitalia Extend Content Agreement

2014-09-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Travelport logo

Travelport announced today having a renewal of its multi-year content agreement with with Alitalia, Italy’s leading airline. This reneweal enables some 67,000 Travelport-connected agents worldwide to list all of Alitalia’s fares and inventory, including web fares, and ancillary offerings.

Tags: airlines, Alitalia, content, travel content, Travelport

AEGEAN Air Relays Olympic Flame of Hope

2014-09-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Special Olympics Hellas Greek Team before the departure for Brussels.

The “Flame of Hope” has taken off for Brussels via AEGEAN Airlines A3620 after having visited the Greek cities of Komotini, Kavala, Thasos, Thessaloniki and Athens.

Tags: Aegean, airlines, Dimitris Gerogiannis, Greek team, Greek travel, Olympics, Special Olympics

Wizz Air announces new Riga flights

2014-09-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air

Low-cost airline Wizz Air has launched flights from Riga International Airport to Dortmund, Germany as of September 1. The Wednesday and Sunda flights will embark via “Airbus 320” aircraft, according to news from the airline.

Tags: airlines, Riga, Riga flights, Riga travel, Wizz Air

Farelogix Uncorks NDC-Xpress

2014-09-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Farelogix logo

Farelogix has released NDC-Xpress, a platform airlines can use to put into play New Distribution Capability (NDC) version 1.1 down the road. This significant move to make airlines compliant with NDC transactions is big.

Tags: airfares, airlines, airlines tech, fares, travel tech

Abacus Becomes First Foreign GDS in China

2014-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Abacus logo

Abacus, a leading Asia-Pacific leader in travel tech, has announced being the first foreign global distribution system (GDS) to issue airline tickets customized for China.

Tags: Abacus, airlines, China tourists, distribution, flights, GDS, IATA

Flybe Announces Still More Daily Routes for 2014

2014-08-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Flybe jet

Regional airline Flybe has just announced a new daily route in between Manchester and Amsterdam. The new service from Schipol airport is set to beging October 26. The airline has announced one way fares in the range of £39.99.

Tags: airlines, Amsterdam travel, Birmingham flights, Flybe, UK airlines, UK travel

LOT Polish Airlines Offering Insane Dreamliner Flights

2014-08-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

LOT Airline logo

LOT Polish Airlines has just begun offering insane airfares available for purchase today, Aug. 6, through Aug. 20, 2014 for travel from Oct. 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. The flights from LOT’s Chicago and Toronto gateways into Poland include fares available for all service classes aboard the Dreamliners LOT operates on its long-haul flights.

Tags: airlines, Europe flights, LOt airlines, Poland flights, Transatlantic deals, transatlantic flights

EU Sanctions On Russia Provoke Airline Economics War

2014-08-06 by Phil Butler

Vladimir Putin at State Council Presidium meeting on developing social protection system for senior citizens. - Via The Kremlin

This morning business daily Vedomosti has reported, Russia may begin restricting European airlines from flying over Siberia on Asian routes. The move, if enacted, would imposed crippling costs on some European carriers. To make matters worse, the underlying business infrastructure of all countries will certainly be negatively affected.

Tags: airline costs, airlines, Asia flights, British Airways, EU sanctions, Lufthansa, Russia sanctions, Vladimir Putn

Zacks Equity Research Discusses JetBlue & Others’ Revenue

2014-08-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Zacks logo

On Friday, Zacks Equity Research released their latest airline industry analysis, which included news from JetBlue Airways Corp., Delta, Southwest Airlines Co., and American Airlines Group Inc.

Tags: airline industry, airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Zacks

Ryanair Wins Injunction vs eDreams

2014-08-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Ryanair Corporate

An injunction sought by low cost airline champion Ryanair has been granted against travel website eDreams. The online travel agency based in Barcelona, will be stopped from advertising that it offers the ‘guaranteed best price on all flights’ on its German website eDreams.de.

Tags: airfares, airlines, eDreams, OTA's, Ryanair

Gazpromneft-Aero Fuels Still More International Jets

2014-06-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy CJSC Gazpromneft – Aero

In news from the Russia airline industry Gazpromneft-Aero has begun supplying aviation fuel to Meridiana at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. With regular direct flights to Cagliari, Olbia and Naples on Airbus A320 planes, Meridiana is now the 13th airline refuelled by Gazpromneft-Aero at Domodedovo.

Tags: airlines, Gazprom, jet fuel, Russia airlines

Ryanair Catering to Families This Summer

2014-06-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Ryanair Corporate

In news from low cost airline leader Ryanair, the carrier will be introducing a new “family-friendly” service at a special event in London. Discounted charges for various services by the airline were just announced via Travel Mole.

Tags: airlines, Europe airlines, Europe flights, Ryanair

Airberlin May Passengers Up

2014-06-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy airberlin

For May 2014, airberlin ferried a total of 2,971,840 passengers to destinations worldwide. The increase, of +0.5 percent over the same period of 2013, represented equaled a high capacity utilization rate of 79.5 percent. Seat miles/kilometers increased, as did other comparative figures.

Tags: air traffic, airline news, airlines, Europe airlines, Europe flights

Frontier Airlines Tacks on Carry On Charges

2014-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Frontier Airlines

Low cost air carrier Frontier Airlines has cut everything to the bone to provide the lowest possible fares, now the El Cheapo airline has to charge passengers for carry on luggage. As of yesterday all flyers with Frontier will have to spot the carrier a fee of a minumum of $25 bucks for overhead carry-on luggage.

Tags: airline news, airlines, budget airlines, budget carriers, passenger airlines

British Airways Tags Forward3D for Global Paid Search

2014-04-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Forward3D landing page

British Airways has selected Forward3D as their paid search partner after the latter won a marketing pitch.

Tags: airlines, British Airways, Forward3D, paid search, ppc, search

Brandwatch Report on Social Listening a Head Turner for Hospitality

2014-04-15 by Phil Butler

Social Listening & the Tourism Industry: A Snapshot

Brandwatch, the most powerful social media monitoring and analytics tool we’ve found, just released their travel and hospitality report for 2014 – Social Listening & the Tourism Industry: A Snapshot. The detailed report amounts to the first of its kind primer for travel executives to understand the impacts of social media on traveler decision making.

Tags: airlines, Brian Solis, customer experience, hotel metrics, hotels, metrics, Social Listening & the Tourism Industry: A Snapshot, social media, technology, travel agents, What's the Future of Business

Aircraft Interiors Expo 2014 Begins in Hamburg

2014-04-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aircraft Interiors Expo

Beginning today in Hamburg, Germany, the Aircraft Interiors Expo showcases tomorrow’s designs today. Market leaders in design, aeronautics, and consumers line up to check out the latest in aircraft tech.

Tags: aircraft, airline tech, airlines, Aviointeriors, expos, Germany expo

Air Serbia & Bosnia and Herzegovina Airlines Bent on Collaboration

2014-04-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

B&H AIRLINES

News from Bosnia and Herzegovina Airlines and Air Serbia, the two carriers are strengthening their cooperation. The Bosnian airline may be offering flights from its Serbia counterpart soon.

Tags: airlines, Balkan travel, Balkans airlines, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia airlines

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