| Qatar Airways launches mobile phone website
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| Doha : Qatar Airways has partnered with Mobiqa, a mobile content optimisation company, to launch a mobile version of the Qatar Airways website. The new mobile website enables travellers to easily access the most popular services of qatarairways.com through their internet-enabled mobile device.
The new website provides convenient access to online functions such as flight check-in, flight status information, seat selection, travel information and important information about Qatar Airways. Users. More...
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| Thai Airways Q2 Net Profit Beats Forecasts
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Babgkok : Thai Airways has reported a better-than-expected second-quarter net profit recently as foreign exchange gains helped to offset lower passenger numbers during mass street protests.
The state-controlled carrier earned a net THB1.55 billion baht (US$48.63 million) in the April-June quarter, against a THB5.40 billion net loss a year earlier, when it had foreign exchange losses and falling passenger numbers due to political unrest and the H1N1 flu outbreak.
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| Jet Airways beats Kingfisher Airlines in fuel payment delays
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Mumbai : Contrary to popular perception, it is not Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines which owes the most money to public sector oil companies. According to the information given by junior petroleum minister Jitin Prasada, Jet Airways topped the list of debtors with total obligations of Rs960 crore at the end of June. The Naresh Goyal firm was followed closely by Mallya's Kingfisher with a net outstanding obligations of Rs814 crore.
The numbers also showed that the so-cal. More...
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| Malaysia Airlines offers more direct flights to Sydney and Brisbane
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines will offer 2 additional direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney and 3 new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane effective October 31, 2010.
The 2 new flights to Sydney will depart every Tuesday and Thursday at 9.00am and arrive at 7.55pm. Collectively, MAS will offer 14 weekly flights to Sydney.
Customers will also enjoy 5 weekly flights to Brisbane except for Tuesday and Thursday. The 3 additional flights will depart Kuala Lumpur eve. More...
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| AI plans to hire 10 midsize A330s, lease out six Boeing B777s
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New Delhi : Faced with rising maintenance costs and a delay in delivery of aircraft, Air India is looking to lease out six of its large Boeing B777 aircraft as well as hire at least 10 midsize Airbus A330 planes. A final decision will be taken soon after a government committee finishes studying the proposal.
Chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav confirmed there is a proposal from the airline's engineering department asking for midsize aircraft, given delays in the . More...
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| Gulf Air reduces fleet age with Airbus A320
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Manama : Gulf Air's fleet renewal strategy has been reinforced with the delivery of a new Airbus A320-200 last month.
The national carrier has introduced 10 aircraft into its fleet over the past year, including eight of the A320-200s and two Embraer E170-ARs. "We are delighted to be on-track with our aircraft re-fleeting programme," said chief executive officer, Samer Majali. "A core proposition of our new strategy is to increase our regional strength and position. In ord. More...
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| Cathay Pacific to enhance inflight internet and entertainment with panasonic avionics
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Hong Kong : Cathay Pacific and Panasonic Avionics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the provision of full broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft.
While final terms are still being negotiated, the MoU allows the parties to immediately begin developing the plan to provide connectivity for passengers together with promotional, sponsorship and e-commerce opportunities for Cathay Pacific partner brands.
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| Emirates to launch second daily flights to Houston and LA
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Dubai : Emirates, the Dubai-based international carrier, has announced the launch of its second daily flights to Los Angeles and Houston.
The award-winning airline, which recorded a significant increase in revenue for the Americas in 2009-10, will soon offer over 15,000 seats on 98 return flights per week to the US.
Starting October 31 for Los Angeles and Nov 1 for Houston, Emirates will fly non-stop to both cities twice a day on Boeing 777 aircraft. The services will p. More...
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| AirAsia sells more than five lakh seats in 24 hours
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Kuala Lumpur : AirAsia says it has sold more than 500,000 seats in just 24 hours, a new record for the low cost airline.
AirAsia sold the record-breaking 538,000 seats in mid-August, the first day of its Mind Blowing Fare campaign, which offers fares from RM1 for domestic and international flights. The airline comfortably beat its previous record of 390,000 seats sold in a day, achieved when it ran its Free Seats campaign across the entire AirAsia Group (AirAsia Berhad, I. More...
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| Singapore Airlines to fly with electronic magazines
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Singapore : Singapore Airlines said recently that it is to introduce an electronic version of its inflight magazines as part of its plans for paperless planes.
The carrier said it had engaged SmarttPapers Aviation Ltd to convert three magazines -- SilverKris, KrisShop and KrisWorld -- into digital format and integrate them into the inflight entertainment system.
Two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will begin to offer the new feature from Saturday. The digital magazines will . More...
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| Etihad Airways signs Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador
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Abu Dhabi : Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the signing of internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning actress from India, Katrina Kaif, as the airline's new brand ambassador.
Having won numerous national and international awards, Katrina has greatly contributed to the Indian film industry and is one of India's most sought-after actresses.
Etihad Airways and Katrina Kaif will work on a series of initiatives to promote t. More...
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| Turkish Air Grounds Overweight Staff
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Ankara: Turkish Airlines has grounded 28 flight attendants for being overweight and given them six months to slim down or face reassignment, a local newspaper said.
The employees, 13 of whom are women, are on unpaid leave until they lose weight, Haber Turk daily said, citing a statement from state-run Turkish Airlines. All of them previously had been warned to shape up, it added.
"Weight and height are important factors at all airlines. These criteria are important bot. More...
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| JAL to slash more than 19,000 jobs by March 2015
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Tokyo : Japan Airlines, undergoing bankruptcy rehabilitation, plans to cut 19,133 jobs from its workforce of 47,000 by the end of March 2015, according to documents cited by Kyodo News.
JAL filed for bankruptcy under Japan's Corporate Rehabilitation Law in January and is facing an Aug. 31 deadline for filing its official reconstruction plan. Kyodo, citing a final draft of that plan, yesterday unveiled many of the airline's targets for cuts, some of which are more severe t. More...
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| Gulf Air lends a hand to Pakistan flood victims
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| Bahrain : Following the recent unprecedented flood that has been ravaging Pakistan, Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air extended its helping hands by sending a cargo of relief materials to help the people, who have been affected by the devastating floods.
Tens of boxes containing utility items such as blankets, raincoats, first aid kits and other utility items were despatched to Islamabad in Pakistan by a scheduled Gulf Air flight in the presence of Ikramullah Mehsud, Ambassador of Pakistan i. More...
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| United Airways publishes ?Welcome Bangladesh? in-flight magazine
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Dhaka : United Airways (BD) Limited has published "Welcome Bangla-desh," the first in-flight magazine for a private sector airline.
Capt. Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director of the airline formally unveiled the publication at The Westin Dhaka today (August 18, 2010) in presence of representatives from trade partners and members of the print and electronic media.
Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of the inflight magazine spoke on the occasion, among others. . More...
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| BA relaxes "discriminatory" seating policy
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London : British Airways has changed its seating policy for unaccompanied minors after a business travellers sued the airline for making him feel like a paedophile after being seated next to a child he did not know.
Mirko Fischer was travelling from Luxem-bourg to Lon-don when he swapped pla-ces with his pregnant wife so she could have a window seat.
However the 35-year-old hedge fund manager from Luxembourg was told to move seats by cabin crew under an internal ruli. More...
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| KA privatisation set for March 2011
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Kuwait City : The legal transfer of Kuwait Airways to a new private shareholding company is scheduled to be completed by March 1, 2011.
The board of directors of the new company, which will have a capital of KD220m ($769m), will be elected by the country's General Assembly. Once the transfer is completed, the public will be invited to subscribe, according to a source closely involved in the transfer. The government plans to appoint the Citigroup, Ernst and Young, and US-. More...
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| Bereavement
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Dhaka : Atif Rahman (Bipu), son of Rez-aur Rahman, Managing Dir-ector of Bengal Airlift Group and former President of Dhaka Club Ltd and Kou-kab Reza, Senior Teacher of Willes Little Flower School and College, passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore on the morning of August 16. He was forty.
He left behind his wife, a son and a daughter, parents and only younger brother Arif Rahman and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death.
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| China to continue to fight terrorists targeting civil aviation
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Beijing : Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang said on August 30 China would continue to crack down on terrorists and criminals targeting civil aviation.
Zhang made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of an international conference on air law.
The conference will review draft amendments to international conventions on aviation security.
Zhang said as a responsible country, China firmly supports international efforts to combat terrorism and will continue to meet its internat. More...
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| GMG to operate scheduled flights only during hajj period
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Dhaka : Bangladesh's largest private carrier GMG Airlines will operate scheduled flights from Dhaka to Jeddah during the upcoming hajj period.
However, any passenger wishing to perform holy hajj can avail GMG's scheduled flights to Jeddah in this regard.
GMG Airlines will operate six flights from Dhaka to Jeddah in every week.
GMG Airlines has deployed Boeing 767-300 ER Long Range aircraft with seating capacity of 264 in its Dhaka-Jeddah route for carrying passengers.
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