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Air France-KLM unveils refurbished Air-Rail Terminal at Brussels-South station – Business Traveller

3Apr

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Air France-KLM unveils refurbished Air-Rail Terminal at Brussels-South station – Business Traveller

Air France and KLM have opened a fully refurbished Air-Rail Terminal at Brussels-South (also known as Bruxelles-Midi or Brussel-Zuid). The revamped facility is open daily between 0530 and 1830, and comes ahead of a seventh daily high-speed rail service being added between Brussels-South and Paris CDG this summer. The group’s Air&Rail offering enables customers to purchase combined train and air travel under one booking, with a guaranteed seat on the next available flight or train if either service is delayed. Flying Blue members also earn miles on the rail section of the booking, and elite members get benefits including priority check-in, additional luggage allowance, and access to the Eurostar lounge at Brussels-South. Air France and KLM have offered integrated air-rail services for...

Revamped Gatwick airport station to open on 21 November – Business Traveller

10Nov

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Revamped Gatwick airport station to open on 21 November – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport will unveil its upgraded station facilities later this month. The £250 million project has included the creation of a second concourse and airport entrance, with eight new escalators, five new lifts, four new stairways and widened platforms. The existing station concourse has also been expanded, with new customer information systems, more ticket gates, and a dedicated passenger assistance point. When the upgraded facilities open on Tuesday 21 November, the new concourse will act as the entrance for people accessing the airport terminal, with the existing concourse being used for those exiting. Rail operator Govia Thameslink – which operates Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services through the airport – said that the upgrades would result in “easier journeys from ...

Latest KLM Delft house celebrates oldest station building in the Netherlands – Business Traveller

9Oct

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Latest KLM Delft house celebrates oldest station building in the Netherlands – Business Traveller

KLM has unveiled its latest Delftware miniature house, as the Dutch carrier celebrates its 104th anniversary. Every year since the 1950s KLM has produced a new miniature to coincide with the carrier’s birthday on 7 October, which it offers to passengers on intercontinental flights – filled with Bols Dutch genever. In recent years the carrier has commissioned replicas of the 800-year-old Die Mariaen building located in the city of Den Bosch, Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam, and the Ecury family home on Aruba. KLM unveils Aruba Delft house to celebrate 103rd anniversary This year KLM the station building in Valkenburg aan de Geul in the province of Limburg, which is nearly 170 years old. The station is a national heritage site owned by NS Dutch Railways and railway management company ProR...

Whitbread planning hotel development next to London’s Fenchurch Street station – Business Traveller

3Oct

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Whitbread planning hotel development next to London’s Fenchurch Street station – Business Traveller

Whitbread has announced plans for its latest City of London hotel, following the acquisition of an office building next to Fenchurch Street station. Premier Inn’s owner has acquired the 1970s New London House building on London Street for £56.5 million, and plans to convert it into a hotel-led mixed use development. Whitbread will now seek planning consent from the City of London Corporation to repurpose and extend the building – which currently comprises a podium and tower structure. Aside from a new hotel the group plans to develop “a mix of complementary uses on Crutched Friars and London Street together with new public spaces”. New London House is situated adjacent to Fenchurch Street station – which operates rail services towards east London and south Essex, and is also close to exi...

Milan Bergamo begins work on airport rail station – Business Traveller

19Jul

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Milan Bergamo begins work on airport rail station – Business Traveller

The airport is also building a new northern taxiway, which will increase capacity by 35 per cent, alongside the addition of three new aircraft stands. Ryanair is the biggest carrier at Milan Bergamo, serving the airport from UK destinations including Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London Stansted, Manchester and Newacastle. EasyJet also operates flights to Bergamo from Gatwick. Milan Bergamo is one of three airports in the Milan area, the others being Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate. The airport recently recorded its busiest ever day, welcoming 50,242 passengers on June 11. Commenting on the news Giacomo Cattaneo, director of commercial aviation, SACBO, said: “We have been working continuously to ensure the airport’s infrastructure development allows us to hand...