| Czech Airlines implements online payment of excess baggage |
23.07.2009 |
| Czech Airlines passengers travelling with baggage that does not meet the weight restrictions for complimentary carriage can prepay the excess baggage fee over the Internet. |
| Alitalia widens its international and intercontinental network with 13 new destinations operated in |
23.07.2009 |
| Alitalia widens its international and intercontinental network with 13 new destinations operated in codeshare with Air France/KLM |
| airBaltic increases frequency of flights in the summer season on 5 routes |
23.07.2009 |
| airBaltic has increased the frequency of flights in the summer season of 2009 on the routes from Riga to Dublin, Kaliningrad, Palanga, Tallinn and Vienna. |
| Aeroflot plans with CSA |
13.02.2009 |
| Aeroflot - Russian Airlines officially announces its interest to follow up on the long-standing partnership of the both companies and take part in the privatisation of CSA.
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| IBERIA LAUNCHES FLIGHTS FORM GERMANY TO BARCELONA FLIGHTS AT €64.15 |
03.04.2008 |
| Iberia has launched a special offer for flights from Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin to Barcelona, under code-sharing with the Barcelona-based, low-cost airline Clickair.
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| Iberia adds new Madrid-Algiers frequency Algiers |
12.04.2007 |
| Third weekly return flight to operate on Wednesday, starting April 11th. |
| British Airways To Upgrade Business Class |
14.11.2006 |
| British Airways will spend GBP100 million pounds (USD$190 million) revamping its business class cabins and installing wider beds, its latest salvo in a battle with Virgin Atlantic to woo high-paying passengers.
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| EasyJet To Expand Fleet As Profit Doubles |
14.11.2006 |
| Low-cost airline easyJet posted a 56 percent jump in annual profits on Tuesday and said it would expand its fleet with more Airbus planes as strong demand offsets high fuel costs.
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| Third Annual Expense/Payment Manager Survey: Automated Expense Tool Use On The Rise |
13.11.2006 |
| U.S.-based companies, although still largely reliant on in-house systems for expense management, increasingly are turning away from their homegrown systems in favor of automated, vendor-purchased solutions. While expense solutions in many companies remain tied to other internal software systems, such as SAP and other enterprise resource providers, technological advances in online expense tools have driven down costs and facilitated compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements.
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| Amex Sees Higher '07 Travel Costs |
13.11.2006 |
| With rising prices in air, hotel and car rental spending forecasted for 2007, the cost of a domestic trip that includes all three components will increase approximately $46, or 4.5 percent, while a trip taken internationally will increase $180, or 4.6 percent, from 2006, American Express Business Travel said in its industry forecast for 2007, released late last month. Meanwhile, the travel and card services company saw a third-quarter earnings rise, showing a gain of more than two million cardholders, double-digit percentage T&E spending growth and continued business travel restructuring. Overall, the quarter yielded an 11 percent income hike from continuing operations over the previous year.
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| Air Canada Unbundles Fares |
13.11.2006 |
| Air Canada last month began unbundling flight options through its Web site, allowing travelers to customize bookings by "buying added services or, conversely, to save money by declining benefits normally included in their selected fare type."
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| Alitalia has 3 months to make it or break it |
12.10.2006 |
| Italian flag-carrier Alitalia has got three months to rectify its financial situation before it is forced to declare bankruptcy. Under EU law no state is able to aid an airline even though complaints that the Italian government’s hand-out last year was considered state aid was overruled.
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| Delta Aims To Be First U.S. Airline To Provide Lie-Flat Business Class Seats |
12.10.2006 |
| Delta Air Lines today announced its intention to be the first U.S. carrier to offer lie-flat seats for international business class travel. The carrier will have new lie-flat sleeper suites beginning in 2008, with the delivery of two new long-range Boeing 777s, which at first will serve its longest haul routes. Delta then will install the suites on all of its 777s and 767s by 2010.
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| Congo, Democratic Republic of |
12.10.2006 |
| Warden Message: U.S. Embassy reports possible closure of borders, airports during elections |
| Bangladesh: Update: Thousands of passengers stranded as rail workers strike |
12.10.2006 |
| From news reports: Thousands of passengers were stranded as a strike organized by several rail-workers' unions halted most train traffic in Bangladesh Tuesday.
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| Threat Level Change for the Aviation Sector |
11.08.2006 |
| In response to a serious terrorist threat to international aviation security, the Secretary of Homeland Security has elevated the Homeland Security Advisory System Threat Condition to Severe, or Red, for all commercial flights from the United Kingdom to the United States, and to High, or Orange, for all other international flights and all domestic commercial aviation.
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| Billigflieger Niki startet Frankfurt-Wien-Service |
07.08.2006 |
| Ab Ende Oktober zwei Mal werktäglich mit Airbus A320 |
| Singapore Airlines: Mehr Ziele um weniger Geld |
07.08.2006 |
| Per 19. Juli hat Singapore Airlines die Europa-Ziele Mailand und Barcelona neu ins Streckennetz genommen. |
| Air Transat Service-Nummer |
07.08.2006 |
| Die kanadische Fluggesellschaft Air Transat, die wie berichtet, ab Mai 2007 erstmals von Wien Nonstopflüge nach Kanada durchführen wird, ist ab sofort unter der Service-Nummer: 0820 – 400 125 ab Österreich telefonisch zu erreichen. |
| Belgium: Union workers threaten 14 July national airport strike |
11.07.2006 |
| Union workers on Tuesday were threatening to paralyze traffic at the country's national airport with strike action, demanding airport management offer more overtime pay and better working schedules in new contract talks. |
| Railway workers begin 24-hour strike |
21.06.2006 |
| vItalian state railway workers began a 24-hour strike late Tuesday, according to the Italian railway company Trenitalia. |
| Spain: Iberia airline pilots plan seven-day strike in July |
21.06.2006 |
| From media reports: Sepla pilots' union is planning to stage a seven-day strike in July to protest Iberia airlines' plans to run a low-cost airline.
Reuters reports that the strike will 10-16 July. The union and management are discussing what minimum services will continue to be provided during the strike.
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| Official Travel Advice: U.S. warns its nationals to defer travel to Nepal |
25.04.2006 |
| This Travel Warning is being updated to alert American citizens that, due to ongoing security concerns in Nepal, the U.S. Embassy has been granted ordered departure status. Family members and non-emergency American employees have been ordered to depart Nepal. American citizens are urged to evaluate their personal security posture and consider departing in light of the information noted below. American citizens also are advised that His Majesty's Government of Nepal continues to use curfews to control the growing number of large and widespread demonstrations. The Department of State urges American citizens to defer travel to Nepal. This supersedes the Travel Warning issued on April 12, 2006.
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| Egypt: Update: At least 18 killed, hundreds injured at hotel as three bombs rock Dahab |
25.04.2006 |
| Three bombs rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season Monday night, killing at least 18 people and wounding more 150 at just one hotel, according to police and the doctor who runs Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rescue squad.
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| Keep travel healthy |
13.03.2006 |
| How do I keep from getting sick while travelling?
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| Ryanair chief admits his airline is not really Irish |
13.03.2006 |
| Europe's biggest low-cost airline, Ryanair, has admitted that it is in effect based in Britain, prompting senior regulatory figures to call for it to be brought under the wing of British safety authorities.
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| New business class seat for Finnair |
07.03.2006 |
| Finnair has begun installing more spacious and comfortable business class seats throughout its long-haul fleet. The Helsinki-based airline has already fitted the new lie-flat style seating to a couple of its seven-strong fleet of MD-11 tri-jets. |
| Official Travel Advice: U.S. urges its nationals to defer nonessential travel to Cote d'Ivoire |
07.03.2006 |
| In November 2004, fighting between Ivorian government forces and the New Forces resulted in the deaths of French peacekeepers and an American citizen. The French reaction precipitated widespread rioting, looting, and violence in Abidjan and elsewhere. This violence was directed primarily against the French, but other expatriate and some Ivorian individuals, homes, and businesses were affected. Elections did not take place at the end of October 2005 as scheduled, and after protracted negotiations, the president's term was extended to the end of October 2006. In December 2005, a coalition government, which included the New Forces, was formed and tasked with advancing the peace process and facilitating elections by October 2006.
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| European Online Tools Add Rail, Other Features |
07.03.2006 |
| MARCH 06, 2006 -- Corporate booking tool providers last month introduced several features to improve European self-booking, including the inclusion of more rail content—generally a must-have in Europe. Other features include booking screens that display both air and rail options on the same route, consumer-site-style screens with options prioritized by price, one-way airfares and such tool administration enhancements as profile integration.
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| Air Costs Climbing: U.S., U.K. Statistics Show More Traffic, Higher Prices |
07.03.2006 |
| MARCH 06, 2006 -- Fresh figures show corporate air spending rising on both sides of the Atlantic, as businesses step up the number of flights employees take and pay a higher price per ticket, especially on long-haul routes.
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