A new inflight entertainment system has been installed on new aircraft recently received by Qatar Airways.

The Oryx Entertainment service - dubbed Multiplex In The Sky by the carrier - will be gradually rolled out across all of the ...

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UK carrier British Airways has displayed its brand new Club World cabin to travellers in Shanghai.

The new travel class, which will become available on flights to Beijing and Shanghai from London next year, was shown off at ...

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Cabin crew members working for Virgin Atlantic are set to vote on whether to carry out industrial action next month.

Over 3,000 workers are currently being balloted by the Unite union on the possible strike, which may disrupt flights over ...

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Holidaymakers looking for a cheap ski holiday might want to fly to eastern Europe.

According to research from Post Office Travel Services, skiers heading to countries such as Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia are likely to find that ...

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A record number of travellers flew with Silverjet in November, new figures have revealed.

The premium-only airline stated that it had seen a significant number of customers return to buy further flights, with its New York route being ...

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UK carrier bmi has announced that it will begin its transatlantic flights in 2009 - a year after the Europe-USA open skies pact takes effect.

Speaking during an interview at a recent conference, bmi chief executive Nigel Turner said that ...

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Long-haul travel - particularly across the Atlantic - is on the rise, according to one expert.

Donna Casey of airport operator BAA said that particularly popular far-flung destinations include New York, Dubai, Los Angeles, Hong Kong ...

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Holidaymakers in the east Midlands will be able to take advantage of new services to Cologne in Germany from next year.

UK airline bmi has announced that it will be launching the new flights from East Midlands ...

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Demand for flights around the world is still holding firm, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The organisation has published traffic figures for October that reveal international passenger traffic rose by 7.7 per cent compared with the same month ...

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Britons looking to spend time overseas as part of a gap year tend to flock to Africa, according to one expert.

Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, said that destinations such as Ghana and Kenya were particularly popular, partly ...

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