Category - Transportation

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Turkish Airlines and social media phenomenon have taken off for Somalia

7 years ago

Turkish Airlines, flying to more countries than any other airline in the world, this time has taken off for an important journey in the name of humanity. Call for action to Turkish Airlines by the social media phenomenon and online celebrities, while immensely resonates throughout the globe, has become a huge hope for the people of Somalia. Started by Jerome Jarre, the French social media celebrity and his five friends, the social media campaign on Twitter hashtags #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia...

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Canadian airport leaders gather in Ottawa

7 years ago

Senior executives from more than two dozen airports across the country are in Ottawa today to meet with parliamentarians and highlight the important role airports play in Canada’s economy. “Airports provide connections for passengers and cargo across Canada and around the world, resulting in greater global reach and increased business, export, tax revenues, tourism and job opportunities for Canada,” said Daniel-Robert Gooch, president of the Canadian Airports Council (CAC)...

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Vancouver International Airport develops next-generation BorderXpress kiosks

7 years ago

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) today announced its proprietary line of self-serve border control solutions, BorderXpress, has been expanded to meet the requirements of Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) new Primary Inspection Kiosk (PIK) program. Under the PIK program, the CBSA is expanding its use of border kiosks at Canadian airports, and will now offer selfservice options to an increased number of incoming international travelers. “Border clearance kiosks are the way of the future...

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Viking Line signs shipbuilding contract with Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry

7 years ago

Today Viking Line signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with the Chinese company Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. concerning a new passenger cruise ship for the Turku (Finland)–Aland Islands–Stockholm (Sweden) route, delivery in 2020. A final agreement is subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of both the buyer and the seller, as well as financial arrangements entered. The total contract amount is about 194 million euros. The agreement also includes an option on another vessel...

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Tourisme Montréal relaunching Passeport MTL

7 years ago

Tourisme Montréal is relaunching Passeport MTL, a single card for discovering Montréal’s top attractions. The card gives users access to 23 attractions and unlimited public transportation using the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) network, which includes the 747 bus that runs between Montréal-Trudeau airport and downtown. Valid until March 31, 2018, Passeport MTL represents more than $300 in admissions to the following attractions: • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts • Pointe-à-Callière...

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Alaska Airlines announces new long-haul service from Portland and Los Angeles

7 years ago

Alaska Airlines and Virgin America today announces new daily, nonstop service between Portland, Oregon, and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) beginning Nov. 6; Portland and Detroit beginning Aug. 30; and Los Angeles and Philadelphia beginning Sept. 1. “Alaska Airlines continues to expand service from our West Coast hubs by adding convenient, nonstop flights to popular destinations like New York City, Philadelphia and Detroit,” said John Kirby, vice president of capacity...

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Sabre to provide consulting services to AFRAA member airlines

7 years ago

Sabre Corporation, a global technology provider to the travel and tourism industry, will provide consulting services to several of its member airlines through a new agreement with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Ten carriers will take part in Sabre’s consulting program – including Rwandair, South African Airways and Royal Air Maroc – which will include a comprehensive analysis of the airlines’ brands and customer satisfaction and will provide each airline with a Net...

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Budapest Airport boosts business with the Balkans

7 years ago

Budapest Airport has welcomed five strategically important new connections with Wizz Air, the ultra-low-cost carrier now linking the Hungarian gateway to five capitals in the Balkans region: Skopje (Macedonia), Podgorica (Montenegro), Tirana (Albania), Pristina (Kosovo) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Speaking at today’s press conference, Jost Lammers, CEO, Budapest Airport said: “The launch of Wizz Air’s latest links is a significant step in re-establishing good connections between...

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Airways New Zealand marks 30 years of operations

7 years ago

Airways New Zealand is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The air navigation services provider (ANSP) was one of New Zealand’s first State Owned Enterprises and one of the first ANSPs to corporatise globally. Formerly the Civil Aviation Division of the Ministry of Transport, Airways started its new life as an SOE in April 1987. “The move put Airways at the cutting edge of change and is something that many of our counterparts are only considering now,” CEO Ed Sims says. “Since then we have kept...

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Extremely successful year: Vietjet reports 2016 revenue and profit

7 years ago

Vietjet (VJC – HOSE) announces its consolidated financial statements of 2016, audited by KPMG International Auditing Company. Following the international standard initial public offering procedures (Reg-S), Vietjet released financial statements in compliance to the Vietnamese Accounting Standards (VAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). According to the audited report, Vietjet enjoyed an extremely successful year in 2016 netting the highest recorded revenue and profit...

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Hahn Air Group: Successful first quarter 2017

7 years ago

Hahn Air announced that in the first quarter of this year it has already integrated eleven new carriers into its global network of more than 300 air, rail and shuttle partners. With its ticketing solutions, the German IATA airline facilitates global business between travel agencies and airlines. Its global infrastructure consisting of connections to all major Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and memberships in almost all Billing and Settlement Plans (BSPs) enables 100,000 travel agencies...

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Qatar Airways quadruple winner at TravelPlus Airline Amenity Bag Awards

7 years ago

Qatar Airways excelled in four categories of the TravelPlus Airline Amenity Bag Awards held in Hamburg, Germany last night. The airline’s new range of on-board products won the awards for First Class Female Amenity Kit, Business Class Middle East Amenity Kit, Children’s Goody Bag (over six years old) and Sleeper Suit / Pyjamas at the prestigious industry event. Mr. Rossen Dimitrov, Qatar Airways Senior Vice President Customer Experience, said: “Receiving four gold awards for our new range of on...

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TAP launches new branded fare concept for intercontinental flights

7 years ago

TAP Portugal has introduced a new branded fare structure aimed at offering customers more freedom of choice when purchasing tickets for intercontinental flights. Similar to the new branded fares that launched September for Europe and North Africa, customers can now select the products, throughout the entire TAP network, that best meet their travel needs, in a simple and transparent way, and pay only the price corresponding to the products they most value. There are four fare brand options...

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The Crystal Cabin Awards presented in Hamburg for the 11th time

7 years ago

The Crystal Cabin Awards were presented in Hamburg for the 11th time on Tuesday evening. The winners of the most famous and prestigious international prize for aircraft interiors, Delta Air Lines, Diehl, Global Eagle Entertainment, Vanema, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) and twice Airbus, received their trophies in the Ball Room of the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski. More exciting than ever before – with Bombardier, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, three international...

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British Airways launches nonstop London-New Orleans service

7 years ago

British Airways – the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom (based on fleet size), has begun nonstop service from London to New Orleans. Currently the airline flies the London-New Orleans route four days per week, but it has announced that starting October 30th, 2017, the service will increase to five times per week. This new, international nonstop flight will depart from London-Heathrow Airport and fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, connecting...

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Nevis to welcome Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises’ guests starting November

7 years ago

The Nevis Tourism Authority is pleased to announce with Cruise Global that starting November, 2017, Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises’, luxury yacht, Crystal Esprit will call in Nevis. Guests aboard the luxury yacht will visit the charming island on their 14-day sailings for the next two years. The agreement was solidified jointly between John Stoll, Vice President, Land Programs, Crystal, Claudius Docekal, Vice President of Deployment, Crystal and the Honorable Mark Brantley, Minister of...

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Avianca Brasil announces launch of Miami-Sao Paulo service

7 years ago

Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S.A. (Avianca Brasil) has announced that it will launch daily passenger service between Miami International Airport and Sao Paulo on June 23, 2017. The flights will be served by Airbus A330-200 aircraft that seat 238 passengers. Miami will be the first U.S. destination and only the second outside of Brazil for the airline, which has operated freighter service at MIA since 2015. Avianca Brasil, which has been a scheduled carrier since 2002, currently serves 22 destinations...

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Cologne Bonn marks SkyWork’s fifth anniversary

7 years ago

Five years ago SkyWork Airlines commenced operations from Cologne Bonn Airport to Berne. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the launch, the German airport has marked the success and continuity of the route to the Swiss airline’s base. Having carried more than 60,000 passengers on the service since the inaugural flight on 25 March 2012, SkyWork has operated almost 3,600 flights on the airport pair, Cologne Bonn’s only link to Switzerland’s capital city.

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Heathrow: More trade links to Chinese economic powerhouse

7 years ago

China Southern Airlines has confirmed a second daily departure between Heathrow and Guangzhou starting the 1st of June of this year. The airline’s twice daily service, the only direct connection between the UK and southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, is strategically important for a global, outward looking Britain. The new service will use a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and will lower transfer times to China Southern Airlines’ network of over 120 destinations in China, Japan & Korea, South East...

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Cologne Bonn Airport connects to Košice

7 years ago

Cologne Bonn Airport has announced today that Wizz Air will be adding a new service to Košice from the German gateway this summer. Having just celebrated the start of the ultra-low-cost carrier’s (ULCC) new links to Craiova and Tuzla last week, Wizz Air has confirmed a twice-weekly connection to Slovakia, set to commence from 25 June. Adding its ninth service from Cologne Bonn, the ULCC faces no direct competition on the airport pair as it launches the airport’s first connection to Slovakia...

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Pure Grenada celebrates 30-year partnership with British Airways

7 years ago

On April 1st, 2017 the number 30 held much significance in Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean. British Airways (BA) and Grenada celebrated 30 years of partnership and for three hotels their 30 year commitment to service excellence was also celebrated. A short commemoration ceremony was held at the Maurice Bishop International Airport along with a special treat for visitors arriving on British Airways; sweet steel pan music and refreshing local beverages. In 1987, then Minister of Tourism...

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Boeing signs first significant deal with Iranian airline under Trump regime

7 years ago

Boeing has signed a $3.4 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines to supply 30 737 MAX aircraft to the carrier. It’s the first Boeing deal with Tehran since President Donald Trump took office pledging to take a harder stance with the country. Aseman is owned by Iran’s civil service pension fund and operates as a private company. It is the third-largest carrier in Iran. The 30 jets are to be delivered as part of a larger deal, which implies a possible delivery of another 30 planes to...

Voronezh

298 destinations, 120 countries, latest new destination for Turkish Airlines is Voronezeh, Russia

7 years ago

By launching flights to Voronezh, Turkish Airlines adds another destination to existing services to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Rostov, Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Ufa, and Stavropol. Due to the carrier’ capacity increase strategy on its Russia flights, round-trip services between Istanbul and Voronezh will be operated as 3 times per week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, beginning from today. Voronezh is a city and the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia, straddling the Voronezh...

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Brussels Airlines launches Mumbai-Brussels service

7 years ago

Brussels Airlines – the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium – based and headquartered at Brussels Airport, has launched a new service that links Mumbai, India, with Brussels, Belgium. Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, formerly known as Sahar International Airport, is the primary international airport serving the Mumbai Metropolitan Area. Brussels is an important hub in the heart of Europe. The service will operate five times a week and will cater to...

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Air Canada announces departure of Klaus Goersch

7 years ago

Klaus Goersch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Air Canada has resigned effective April 30, 2017. He will continue to lead Air Canada’s operations until his departure. The Corporation will announce his successor in due course. Air Canada is Canada’s largest domestic and international airline serving more than 200 airports on six continents. Canada’s flag carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and in 2016 served close to 45 million...

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Benchmark names new GM at The Mayfair Hotel, Los Angeles

7 years ago

BENCHMARK. a global hospitality company, has named Matina Lapanaitis general manager for The Mayfair Hotel, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located in Los Angeles, California. Greg Champion, BENCHMARK’s president, made the announcement. “I am pleased to announce Matina’s newest position within our company, said Mr. Champion. “She brings strong managerial skills and significant local and regional market experience to her new role as general manager of The Mayfair Hotel.” A seasoned...

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Airline Quality Rating announcement to reveal best US carriers

7 years ago

When it comes to four key performance factors tied to customer satisfaction, American-based airlines appear to be heading in the right direction, according to preliminary results of the Airline Quality Rating (AQR), the longest running, most comprehensive study of the performance quality of the 12 largest airlines in the United States. Full results of the 27th annual AQR, which is conducted by researchers Dr. Dean Headley at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University and...

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TAP Portugal now features Michelin stars onboard

7 years ago

TAP Portugal is collaborating with five Chefs with Michelin stars who, along with TAP’s cuisine consultant Chef Vítor Sobral, will introduce the “Taste the Stars” program to further enhance its customers’ travel experience. The addition of the country’s most renowned Chefs takes TAP’s mission to share Portuguese flavors to new heights. Starting in September, inflight meals will include a creation from one of the five Michelin star chefs who have accepted the challenge to promote the best of...

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Union Pacific is safest US railroad second year in a row

7 years ago

Union Pacific became the safest US railroad and achieved its best annual employee safety performance in the company’s 154-year history in 2016. This marks the second consecutive year Union Pacific was the top-performing railroad in employee safety. Union Pacific’s safety improved 11 percent with a 0.78 reportable injury rate in 2016, compared to 0.88 in 2015. Reportable injury rates represent the number of reportable injuries submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration per...

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Etihad Airways: Ban? What ban? US bookings remain “healthy”

7 years ago

One airline from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Etihad Airways, says bookings to the US are ‘strong’ despite the ban on the use of electronic equipment in passenger cabins imposed by the White House on planes flying from the Middle East. “Bookings to US destinations remain healthy, and customer feedback to the initiatives taken by Etihad Airways to provide for their business and entertainment needs has been very positive,” said an Etihad spokesman, as quoted by Reuters. Last month...