The Saint Lucia Tourist Board announced that United Airlines will launch weekly, non-stop service from Newark/New York to Saint Lucia on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft for the added convenience of travelers in the Northeast. Departing Saturdays from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), the new service will commence on …
On April 22nd, Hainan Airlines was honored as the SKYTRAX Five-Star Airline for the third time in a row. Speaking about the award at a Beijing press conference, Hainan Airlines Chairman Chen Ming launched the airline’s new tagline, ” Cherished Experience “. On the occasion of Hainan Airlines’ 20th anniversary, the event highlighted the carrier, …
Air Canada has announced that its current seasonal service between Toronto and Dublin, Ireland will be converted to year-round service operated by its new leisure carrier, Air Canada rouge, beginning in 2014. Air Canada will operate the route this year from May 17 through to September 30, 2013 and Air Canada rouge will commence year-round …
On April 22 JetBlue Airways launched New York’s only nonstop service to city of Albuquerque. Dave Barger, JetBlue’s President and CEO, was joined by Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry during the inaugural flight’s departure ceremony at Kennedy International Airport. “Today we’re happy to announce that JetBlue now serves Albuquerque International with the only daily nonstop service …
Virgin America celebrated the launch of its new daily nonstop flight service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) with a red carpet welcome for guests onboard its inaugural flight. The three daily roundtrip flights will add to the airline’s existing service from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to …
SAA receives two major honours: most on-time airline in the world and Best Business Class product South African Airways (SAA) has received two major endorsements from respected industry experts. In the first, SAA topped the list of the most on-time airlines in the world in a report produced by an independent entity, FlightStats, Inc., the …
South African Airways (SAA) was honored with the “Top Producing Airline” award at the 4th Annual South African Tourism Ubuntu Awards in New York City on April 15. The Ubuntu Awards celebrate travel providers that excel at promoting travel to South Africa. The airline was recognized for contributing to the growth of travel to the …
Etihad Airways has named Fareportal, a full service travel agency, as one of the airline’s top producer in sales in 2012. This honor was given to one of the top three rated online travel agencies, CheapOair under the Fareportal portfolio. “We are very proud of this accomplishment,” said Sam Jain, CEO of Fareportal. “We are …
South African Airways (SAA) and Jet Airways have announced a code share agreement that will enable seamless air travel connectivity to several business centres in India and South Africa. Tickets went on sale on April 16, 2013 with travel effective April 18, 2013. Under the arrangement South African Airways will code share on Jet Airways’ …
SATA Airlines will again offer Bay Area travelers direct flights to Terceira Island, Azores-Portugal beginning on June 5 from Oakland International Airport. All SATA flights connect with inter-island flights in the Azores and to Lisbon. SATA is also offering new connections from San Francisco International Airport, via Virgin America, to Portugal. The weekly Terceira flight …