Busiest summer yet for Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways enjoyed the busiest summer in its four-year history this year, carrying more than 1.6 million passengers between June and August.

August 1st was the busiest day of all for the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, with a record 20,721 ...

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Posted by Kate at 10:56, 9 September 2008

Continental to launch extra flights from London to New York

Continental Airlines has announced that it will add a third daily service to its schedule of flights from London Heathrow to New York.

The carrier will launch the new non-stop flight between its Newark Airport hub in New ...

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Posted by Mike at 17:15, 9 September 2008

Finnair lounge reopened in Helsinki

Finnair has announced that its Silver Wings lounge has been reopened at Helsinki Airport.

The lounge, which is based in the Schengen area of the airport, has been relaunched following redecoration work over the summer.

Located above the departure gates ...

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Posted by Clare at 14:44, 10 September 2008

UK flights more punctual in Q2

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released punctuality figures relating to UK flights in the second quarter of this year, revealing that overall on-time rates improved on the previous year.

Some 69 per cent of flights operated on time – defined ...

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Posted by Merv at 16:48, 10 September 2008

Dubai hotel group picks up travel awards

Dubai-based hospitality group Jumeirah has had a number of its properties recognised in the 2008 Conde Nast readers' travel awards.

Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai was voted the fourth best overseas business hotel worldwide, while the Madinat Jumeirah was ...

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Posted by Andrea at 17:25, 10 September 2008

Caribbean tourism looks to entice visitors

Tourism officials in the Caribbean are setting to work on initiatives to entice visitors back to the holiday hotspot and erase the negative images of the recent storms that swept through the region.

Between them, hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike, ...

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Posted by Penny at 11:24, 11 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

Travel 'no 1 ambition for retirees'

Going travelling is the top priority for people in retirement, according to a new survey.

Scottish Widows carried out research that found that nearly half (45 per cent) of people go travelling during their post-work years, making it the most ...

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Posted by Andrea at 11:43, 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

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

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