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London’s Supper Clubs Offer Travelers a Chance to Meet People

26Dec

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London’s Supper Clubs Offer Travelers a Chance to Meet People

Alone in London with a day to kill, Jon Martin was hungry for an off-the-cuff adventure when he decided to show up for a meal at a stranger’s home.A writer from North Carolina, Mr. Martin, 36, was finishing up a trip to Europe and had just parted ways with a friend. Sick of restaurant-hopping, he was browsing the event site DesignMyNight when he stumbled across the Fengzhen supper club, a twice-a-month event promising a home-cooked Chinese and Southeast Asian feast.He found himself taking a southbound train to the end of the line and knocking on the door of a terrace house, where he joined 11 strangers to eat a 10-course meal prepared by Jay Zhang. The host, a hairstylist by trade, was leaning into another passion that evening: taking strangers through an indulgent culinary experience.The...

American Airlines to offer high-speed wifi on 500 regional aircraft – Business Traveller

2Dec

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American Airlines to offer high-speed wifi on 500 regional aircraft – Business Traveller

American Airlines is set to install high-speed wifi on nearly 500 regional aircraft, with the rollout starting early next year. American Airlines already offers wifi on 900 mainline aircraft, but will extend the same high-speed connectivity to its regional aircraft over the next two years. The carrier is purchasing new technology from provider Intelsat, whose Electronically Steered Array (ESA) antenna will allow “regional aircraft to match fast wifi speeds that are currently available on American’s mainline aircraft”. Customers will be able to stream content, browse the internet, check their emails and log onto a VPN while inflight. Ultimately, American plans to bring the total number of satellite-connected aircraft to more than 1,400. Earlier this year American became the first airline ...

ITA Airways to offer fully flat business class on Heathrow-Rome route – Business Traveller

30Nov

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ITA Airways to offer fully flat business class on Heathrow-Rome route – Business Traveller

ITA Airways has announced plans to temporarily serve its Rome Fiumicino-London Heathrow route with the carrier’s new A321neo. The aircraft will operate daily flights on the route between 1 December and the end of January, departing Rome at 1400 and arriving into Heathrow at 1630, before returning at 1700 and landing back into the Italian capital at 2100. ITA’s A321neo is configured in three classes, with 12 business class seats offering a fully flat bed, a further 12 premium economy seats, and 141 economy seats (12 of which are designated as Comfort Economy). In addition to Heathrow the aircraft will also operate thrice daily flights between Rome and Paris CDG during the busy festive period between 22 December and 9 January. The airline had originally intended to roster the A321neo on it...

Emirates to offer luggage and accessories made out of upcycled aircraft interiors – Business Traveller

10Nov

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Emirates to offer luggage and accessories made out of upcycled aircraft interiors – Business Traveller

Emirates has announced plans to launch a range of luggage and accessories made out of repurposed parts of the carrier’s A380 and 777 aircraft. The limited-edition range includes suitcases, backpacks, handbags, cardholders, toiletry bags, belts and shoes, with all proceeds going to the Emirates Airline Foundation. Materials used to make the products includes leather from couches in the Emirates A380 onboard lounge, to seatbelts, aluminium headrest and fur from the Captains seat. The materials have been recovered as part of the retrofit of 120 of Emirates’ A380 and 777 aircraft, described by the carrier as “the largest known fleet retrofit project”. Emirates to carry out “largest known fleet retrofit” project So far 14,000kg of materials have been recovered from 16 retrofitted aircraft, w...

Iberia to offer 454 weekly flights to Latin America and the US in summer 2024 – Business Traveller

2Nov

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Iberia to offer 454 weekly flights to Latin America and the US in summer 2024 – Business Traveller

Iberia has outlined plans for long-haul transatlantic services next summer, including a record 328 weekly flights to Latin America. The carrier will further increase frequencies to the United States in summer 2024, with a total of 126 weekly flights to eight destinations. New York and Miami will both see twice daily services from Madrid, alongside daily flights to Chicago, Boston and Dallas, four-times-weekly seasonal services to Washington DC, and thrice weekly seasonal flights to San Francisco. And the carrier’s five-times-weekly service to Los Angeles will increase to daily between June and September 2024, with all of the frequencies being operated by Iberia’s A350 aircraft. Meanwhile LEVEL – the low-cost IAG subsidiary whose flights are operated by Iberia – will offer five US routes ...

British Airways launches double Avios offer – Business Traveller

28Oct

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British Airways launches double Avios offer – Business Traveller

Executive Club members can currently collect double Avios on up to ten flight and holiday bookings. The new offer is valid for bookings made by 21 November and travel completed by 14 January, 2024. The new Avios earning system for BA flights recently took effect, which sees members collect between 6 and 9 Avios per qualifying £1 spent, depending on elite status. British Airways to change ways of earning Avios from October Under the offer this will be doubled on new flight bookings made under the promotional period, meaning Blue members will earn 12 Avios per £1 spent, with Bronze members getting 14 Avios per £1 spent, Silver members collecting 16 Avios per £1 spent, and Gold members earning 18 Avios per £1 spent. Under the new earning system members earn Avios on the base fare and carri...

SWISS to offer expanded premium economy cabin on A350s – Business Traveller

18Sep

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SWISS to offer expanded premium economy cabin on A350s – Business Traveller

SWISS has confirmed the layout for its forthcoming Airbus A350 aircraft, including an expanded premium economy cabin. The carrier is expected to begin taking delivery of the first of five A350s from 2025, replacing its existing fleet of four A340 aircraft. The A350s will offer a total of 242 seats – 156 in economy, 38 in premium economy, 45 in business class, and three first class suites. The premium economy cabin is significantly larger than that already offered on SWISS’ Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A340-300 aircraft, which feature 24 and 21 premium economy seats respectively. The airline said it was “responding to the growing demand for air travel in the premium segment, particularly among leisure travellers”. The expanded premium economy cabin comes at the expense of the carrier’s fir...

Finnair to offer new cabins on flights to Tokyo Narita, Seoul, Osaka and LA – Business Traveller

30Jul

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Finnair to offer new cabins on flights to Tokyo Narita, Seoul, Osaka and LA – Business Traveller

Finnair has announced plans to further roll out its new premium economy and business class cabins this summer. The flag carrier launched its innovative new business class seat in early 2022, alongside the airline’s first premium economy cabin. The seats are being fitted across Finnair’s fleet of A350 and A330 aircraft, as part of a €200 million investment programme which also includes a refresh of the carrier’s economy cabins. Finnair launches new business and premium economy seating From 1 August the new cabins will be available on routes from Helsinki to Tokyo Narita and Los Angeles, followed by Seoul from 1 September, and Osaka from 13 September. LA will be the last of Finnair’s US routes to benefit from the new seats, joining Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York JFK and Seattle. In tota...

British Airways Holidays further extends double tier points offer – Business Traveller

24Jul

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British Airways Holidays further extends double tier points offer – Business Traveller

British Airways has once again extended its double tier points offer on flights taken as part of selected package holidays. The carrier first launched the offer in 2021 to encourage customers to book during the Covid pandemic, but has extended the promotion several times, most recently in May of this year. The offer is now valid for travel up until 31 December, 2024, for customers booking a minimum five-night package (flight and hotel or flight and car hire). Note that bookings must originate in the UK to be eligible for the double tier points, and the terms and conditions for the offer stipulate that the hotel/car element of the package must be used (hotel occupied and or car rental hired) for the full booked duration. A reminder for those readers still holding British Airways eVouchers...