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Qantas receives first A380

Qantas, the national airline of Australia, has taken delivery of the first of its 20 Airbus A380 aircraft.

Geoff Dixon, the airline's chief executive officer, said the aircraft marked the beginning of a new era for Qantas, which ...

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Posted by Andrew at 16:43, 22 September 2008

Singapore Airlines receives sixth A380

Singapore Airlines has received its sixth Airbus A380, meaning it can operate a second daily A380 flight to Singapore from London Heathrow.

The airline received its sixth A380 from Airbus on September 18th following a flight from the ...

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Posted by Paul at 17:08, 19 September 2008

American Airlines serves up Caribbean flavours

American Airlines has announced that first and business class passengers on its Caribbean flights will soon be enjoying a range of local flavours with its new inflight meals.

From this week, the airline will serve up Caribbean ...

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Posted by Andrea at 13:42, 18 September 2008

Edinburgh Airport launches new check-in facility

Edinburgh Airport has opened a number of new self-service check-in facilities for passengers flying with Air France, Flybe and KLM.

Ten new kiosks have been installed by airport operator BAA in order to increase check-in capacity at ...

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Posted by Andrea at 09:18, 17 September 2008

Birmingham Airport sees busiest month ever

Birmingham Airport has announced that August 2008 was its busiest month since operations began in 1939.

Some 1,079,970 people travelled through Birmingham Airport last month, surpassing the previous highest figure achieved in August 2005.

During the month, 741,445 scheduled passengers and ...

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Posted by Mike at 10:40, 16 September 2008

Severe limitations to Eurostar this week

More people could be on the lookout for cross-Channel flights this week after Eurostar confirmed that it would be operating a "very restricted timetable" between September 14th and 21st.

Following a fire on 12 September in the north tunnel that runs ...

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Posted by Andrew at 15:35, 15 September 2008

Swiss improves flights from Manchester

Swiss has announced plans to improve its offering of flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich in Switzerland.

The airline announced that, from October 26th, it will operate its thrice-daily service between the two cities with an Airbus ...

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Posted by Teddie at 15:33, 15 September 2008

Airlines offer help to stranded XL passengers

A number of airlines and tour operators have organised additional services to help people stranded following the collapse of the XL Leisure Group.

Bmi is among the airlines using its aircraft to help XL passengers, putting on extra services including ...

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Posted by Andrea at 14:48, 12 September 2008

British Airways to open new Terminal 5 lounge

British Airways has announced that it is to open its sixth lounge at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 next week.

The Galleries lounge in the terminal's satellite B building will be operational from Wednesday September 17th.

People catching British Airways ...

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Posted by Merv at 12:31, 12 September 2008

America's travel industry leaders recognised

The leading members of the travel industries in North America and Central America were recognised recently in the regional section of the 2008 World Travel Awards.

At an event held in Orlando, Florida the winners included American ...

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Posted by Clare at 14:12, 11 September 2008

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