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Malaysia Airlines to launch Amritsar service – Business Traveller
28Aug By adminNo Comments
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Malaysia Airlines to launch Amritsar service – Business Traveller

Malaysia Airlines plans to launch service between its Kuala Lumpur hub and Amritsar in India’s Northern Punjab region. In its latest schedule update, oneworld member Malaysia Airlines has filed two weekly frequencies on Kuala Lumpur-Amritsar. The route is currently scheduled to launch on 10 November and operate every Monday and Friday from the Malaysian capital. The outbound MH206 service will depart KL at 2300 and arrive in Amritsar at 0230 the following morning. The inbound MH207 flight will leave Amritsar every Tuesday and Saturday at 0330 and arrive back in KL at 1145. Malaysia Airlines plans to operate Boeing 737-800 aircraft on these six-hour flights. These feature 16 business class recliners in a 2-2 configuration, and 144 economy class seats in a 3-3 layout. Kuala Lumpur-Amr...
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Skyscanner commits to India with launch of new Hindi product
24Aug By adminNo Comments
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Skyscanner commits to India with launch of new Hindi product

Global travel marketplace Skyscanner is launching a new Hindi language experience across its products and services as part of the company’s commitment to the India market. Hindi is the third most widely spoken language globally, and the number of internet users accessing content in Hindi is also rising. With the India travel market projected to reach US$ 125 billion by FY27 and Indians increasingly preferring to book travel online, the introduction of a new localised experience will benefit travellers and partners alike in metro cities as well as Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across the country. India’s domestic and international air travel continues to showcase a strong recovery, surpassing pre-covid levels. This is reflective of travel demand on Skyscanner, with the company observing the hi...
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EasyJet to launch flights from London Luton to Cairo – Business Traveller
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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EasyJet to launch flights from London Luton to Cairo – Business Traveller

Easyjet has announced a new year-round route from London Luton to Egypt’s capital. This will be the first time that the low-cost carrier will operate to Cairo, with existing routes to Sharm-el-Sheikh and Hurghada in Egypt. The three-times-weekly service will take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, beginning on 31 October, 2023. This comes after competitor WizzAir announced plans to launch a three-times-weekly service from Luton to Giza in Cairo on 30 October. Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said: “We are delighted to be launching flights for the very first time to Cairo which further strengthens our unrivalled short-haul network from the UK and this continues to demonstrate our confidence in the resilient strength of demand for travel from the UK. “The new route from L...
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Delta to launch flights from Minneapolis St-Paul to Dublin – Business Traveller
19Aug By adminNo Comments
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Delta to launch flights from Minneapolis St-Paul to Dublin – Business Traveller

Delta has announced plans for a new seasonal route between Minneapolis St-Paul and Dublin for summer 2024. The five-times-weekly service will launch on 9 May next year, with Boeing 767-300 flights departing Minneapolis at 2120, and returning from Dublin at 1200. Delta will go head-to-head with Aer Lingus on the Minneapolis St-Paul – Dublin route, with the Irish carrier this week having announced plans to resume flights to the US city from 29 April, 2024. Aer Lingus to launch Dublin-Denver route The new routes will add to Delta’s existing seasonal services to Dublin from Atlanta and Boston, as well as the carrier’s year-round route from New York JFK. Delta operates more than 330 peak day flights to 120 destinations from Minneapolis St-Paul, and recently opened a nature-inspired Sky Club ...
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Norse Atlantic delays launch of Caribbean routes from Gatwick to December – Business Traveller
10Aug By adminNo Comments
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Norse Atlantic delays launch of Caribbean routes from Gatwick to December – Business Traveller

Norse Atlantic Airways has confirmed that its new routes from Gatwick to Barbados and Jamaica have been delayed until the start of December. Earlier this year the low-cost carrier announced plans for three new Caribbean services from the end of October, including daily flights to Barbados, a four-times-weekly route to Montego Bay, and three flights per week to Kingston. Norse Atlantic to launch routes from Gatwick to Barbados, Kingston and Montego Bay But Business Traveller’s Alex McWhirter posted on our forum that Norse Atlantic’s reservations system was now showing the routes as being pushed back until 1 December, and the carrier has now confirmed the news, citing “commercial reasons”. The news follows the airline’s recent announcement of two new transatlantic routes to Miami Internat...
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Thai Airways to launch Istanbul route as part of JV with Turkish Airlines – Business Traveller
8Aug By adminNo Comments
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Thai Airways to launch Istanbul route as part of JV with Turkish Airlines – Business Traveller

Star Alliance founding member Thai Airways (THAI) will launch daily flights between its Bangkok base and Istanbul from December. THAI’s Istanbul flights will complement Turkish Airlines’ Bangkok flights, which will continue operating multiple times a day. THAI’s Istanbul launch is part of a joint venture MOU signed between the Thai flag carrier and Turkish Airlines this week that seeks “to maximize the synergies that this strategic partnership offers to both airlines”. “This cooperation would enhance the efficiencies of THAI and Turkish Airlines in terms of connectivity and route network. Our customers will be able to conveniently travel between Thailand and Türkiye as well as on to Europe and other points in Asia, making full use of the extensive networks offered by THAI and Turkish ...
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Hotel Ibis Limited comes together with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to launch Ramada by Wyndham Cox’s Bazar Kolatoli Beach
4Aug By adminNo Comments
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Hotel Ibis Limited comes together with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to launch Ramada by Wyndham Cox’s Bazar Kolatoli Beach

Hotel Ibis Limited, a hotel development company in Bangladesh announced the signing of Ramada by Wyndham Cox’s Bazar Kolatoli Beach under a franchise agreement with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Cox’s Bazar is the prime beach and tourist town in Bangladesh, situated alongside the beach of the Bay of Bengal, boasting a 120 Km unbroken coastline , reachable through motor transport. This town is situated in the Chittagong Division in south-eastern Bangladesh, beside ‘Myanmar (Burma)’. Located about 150 kilometres south of Chittagong Metropolitan city, Cox’s Bazar is connected both by air and road with the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka and the prime port city Chittagong. With direct beachfront access to the famous Kolatoli Beach, guests can enjoy magnificent sunsets over the Bay of Bengal fro...
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British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin – Business Traveller
3Aug By adminNo Comments
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British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin – Business Traveller

British Airways has announced a raft of short-haul additions and extensions for the coming winter period. The carrier will launch a three-times-weekly service between Heathrow and Riga starting from 29 October, followed by 12 weekly flights from Heathrow to Cologne from 30 October, and three flights per week from Heathrow to Belgrade on 31 October. Cologne is currently served by Eurowings from Heathrow, and Ryanair from Stansted – British Airways launched flights to the airport from Gatwick in 2018, but these have not operated since the start of the pandemic. Meanwhile Riga is served by airBaltic from Gatwick, and Ryanair from Stansted, while Belgrade is served by Air Serbia from Heathrow, and Wizz Air from Luton. BA will also launch flights from Heathrow to Turin on 10 December, complem...
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Etihad to launch flights to Boston – Business Traveller
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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Etihad to launch flights to Boston – Business Traveller

Etihad Airways has announced plans to operate a four-times-weekly service to Boston from 31 March 2024. This marks the carrier’s fourth destination in the United States, joining Chicago, New York and Washington, along with services to Toronto in Canada. The new service will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, using its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which is configured with business and economy cabins. Tickets are available to book now at etihad.com. Flight times are as follows: EY 147 departs Abu Dhabi at 0310, arrives at Boston Logan International at 0855 EY 148 departs Boston at 1555, arrives at Abu Dhabi at 1200 the following day The airline will also offer connections to cities throughout North America thanks to the carrier’s partnership with JetBlue. Antonoaldo Neves,...
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