Dubai World Central has announced the signing of separate agreements that will see the development of three international hotels – Aloft, Studio M and Millennium – at DWC. The hotels are scheduled for completion between 2018 and 2019 and will collectively add 1,300 rooms to DWC’s hospitality offering.
Etihad Airways has been promoting its highly-acclaimed brand campaign starring Australian actress Nicole Kidman, the airline’s partnership with Alitalia for the Expo Milano 2015, at Arabian Travel Market. The ground floor of the stand will have a section dedicated to Etihad Airways Partners, showcasing how the group of like-minded airlines is offering air travellers more…
Emirates has expanded the network of destinations served by its highly-popular A380 aircraft with the launch of the first A380 service into Perth, Australia. Perth is the fourth Australian city to welcome a regular Emirates Airbus A380 service, with the revolutionary double-decker aircraft set to transport up to 982 passengers in-bound and outbound daily between…
Kay Kratky is expected to replace Jaan Albrecht as chief executive of Austrian Airlines following his endorsement by the supervisory board of parent Lufthansa. The appointment is expected to be confirmed on May 12th. Albrecht has accepted the job as chief executive of SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines.
Iberia has announced a new partnership agreement with Avis Budget Group, which has become the exclusive car rental partner of the airline’s loyalty programme, Iberia Plus. The partnership launch campaign, We Travel Together, highlights the opportunity for Iberia Plus members to earn Avios for every rental booked.
BREAKING Rome's FCO airport closed until 2 PM due to large fire in terminal 3. All flights cancelled. pic.twitter.com/6khSiQfOLW— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) May 7, 2015 #LATEST: #Fiumicino Airport in #Rome totally closed until 14h00 due to fire in Terminal 3 – via @Agenzia_Ansa #Italy pic.twitter.com/OwH82bD99Q— Rodrigo Barbosa (@RodaLarga) 7 Mai 2015 Despite media reports of Rome…
British Airways customers will be spoilt for choice this winter, with another two new routes launching from Heathrow. From October 25th British Airways will start flying three times a week to Reykjavik in Iceland and twice a week to Salzburg in Austria, from December 5th.
A Saudi Arabian passenger plane landed at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday night for technical maintenance. The aircraft, an Airbus A330, arrived from Brussels with no passengers on board, according to a report in Ynet news Wednesday. The aircraft is owned by a European company and leased to Saudia — Saudi Arabia’s government-owned national airline. מזרי…
A Sussex police spokeswoman said: ‘At 11.45am on Wednesday police went to a Thomas Cook flight which had just been diverted into Gatwick Airport on a flight from Glasgow to Turkey, and arrested a 34-year-old man who was a passenger, on suspicion of being drunk on an aircraft.
The brand new Air France Boeing 777-300ER took off May 4, 2015 at 22:44 from Dakar-Leopold Sedar Senghor to Paris-Charles de Gaulle CDG. After about an hour of flight, the pilot asked if there was a doctor on board. At the end of the flight, passengers understood what happened: a woman had quietly given birth…
