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Emirates’ new First Class configuration revealed?0
- Airline News, Airline Revenue, Emirates, Etihad, Singapore Airlines
- May 23, 2017
The configuration for the much anticipated new Emirates First Class product may have been revealed. Seat maps on the carrier’s daily Dubai – Seattle Boeing 777-300ER operated services (EK229/EK230) show a different seating configuration from 01 December 2017. The present First Class product on the Emirates Boeing 777-300ERs/200LRs feature 8 Suites in a 1 x
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Alaska Airlines will offer flights from Boeing’s iconic Paine Field 0
- AHB Original Articles, Airline News, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Uncategorized
- May 18, 2017
Alaska Airlines will launch regular scheduled flights late 2018 from Everett’s Paine Field in Washington State. Apart from giving residents another alternative to using Seattle’s Sea-Tac (Seattle-Tacoma) International Airport, this is great news for aviation geeks as it is Boeing’s main production factory for aircraft such as the 747 and 777. Alaska Airlines CEO Brad
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Southwest Airlines migrates to new reservation system 0
- AHB Original Articles, Airline News, Airline Resource Management, Airline Revenue, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, QANTAS, Southwest
- May 9, 2017
Southwest Airlines migrated to a new reservations system on Tuesday, 08 May 2017. America’s original low-cost carrier will use the Amadeus Altéa platform to perform its reservation and check-in functions. This system is used by major airlines such as QANTAS, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. The Madrid-based Amadeus in fact has over 100 airlines
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Cathay Pacific looks set to add Christchurch 0
- Air New Zealand, Airline News, Airline Revenue, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Australia
- February 21, 2017
Cathay Pacific is likely to announce service to Christchurch, New Zealand. This would be the carrier’s second station in New Zealand after Auckland. According to sources at Cathay Pacific, the new service from Hong Kong to Christchurch would be season operating from October to March during the Southern Hemisphere summer. Flights will operate four times
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Tigerair Australia permanently cancels all Bali flights 0
- Airline News, Airline Revenue, Virgin Australia
- February 3, 2017
Tigerair Australia has communicated that it will permanently discontinue its Australia to Denpasar Bali flights. Virgin Australia’s wholly owned subsidiary was forced to suspend flights earlier in January at the request of the Indonesian authorities due to licencing issues. Tigerair used Virgin Australia 737 aircraft for the services from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to Australia.
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Japan Airlines introduces 787-9 services to Sydney 0
- Airline News, Airline Revenue, Japan Airlines
- January 20, 2017
Japan Airlines will finally offer 787-9 service on its daily Tokyo Narita to Sydney service effective 26 March 2017. The airline presently offers a four class configured Boeing 777-300ER. The change to 787 will mean First Class will no longer be offered to Sydney. Japan Airlines’ 787-9 a configured in Business, Premium Economy and Economy
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