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S’pore to be Qatar’s 2nd A350 XWB destination

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Qatar Airways is to launch an additional daily flight to Singapore from 1 June 2015, as part of its global expansion drive and to cater to the increase in passenger demand. The airline has also announced that it will be operating the new additional flight and the existing two daily flights to Singapore with its third, fourth and fifth A350 XWB aircraft, commencing service in June, July and August 2015. With this, Qatar Airways will become the first airline to operate the A350 XWB to … [Read more...] about S’pore to be Qatar’s 2nd A350 XWB destination

Cathay to launch new service to Dùsseldorf

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Cathay Pacific Airways announced an expansion of its presence in Europe with a service to Düsseldorf beginning 1 September 2015 (subject to government approval). Düsseldorf will become the airline’s second destination in Germany, after Frankfurt, and marks the latest enhancement to its Europe network following the launch of Manchester in December 2014 and Zurich, which will commence operations in March. Cathay Pacific will operate the new service using a B777-300ER aircraft. … [Read more...] about Cathay to launch new service to Dùsseldorf

SITA appoints new sales VP for Northern Europe

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Air transport IT specialist SITA named Murray Smyth vice-president sales for Northern Europe, based in London. An aviation industry veteran, Smyth has more than 25 years of airline, travel, IT services and consulting expertise. Before this, Smyth founded and led the Airline and Travel Services Business Unit at IBS, a Dubai-based software provider and systems integrator. In this role, he successfully led the design, development and marketing of new solutions to improve customer sales, … [Read more...] about SITA appoints new sales VP for Northern Europe

SWISS renames its European subsidiary

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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has renamed its Swiss European Air Lines subsidiary, the operator of its Avro RJ100 fleet. The company will now be known as Swiss Global Air Lines. The renaming has been prompted by the planned integration of the new long-haul Boeing 777-300ERs into the company’s aircraft fleet. Both Swiss International Air Lines and Swiss Global Air Lines will operate under the SWISS brand. Once the corresponding commercial and operating licences have been duly … [Read more...] about SWISS renames its European subsidiary

S'pore to be Qatar’s 2nd A350 XWB destination

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Qatar Airways is to launch an additional daily flight to Singapore from 1 June 2015, as part of its global expansion drive and to cater to the increase in passenger demand. The airline has also announced that it will be operating the new additional flight and the existing two daily flights to Singapore with its third, fourth and fifth A350 XWB aircraft, commencing service in June, July and August 2015. With this, Qatar Airways will become the first airline to operate the A350 XWB to … [Read more...] about S'pore to be Qatar’s 2nd A350 XWB destination

Cathay to launch new service to Dùsseldorf

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Cathay Pacific Airways announced an expansion of its presence in Europe with a service to Düsseldorf beginning 1 September 2015 (subject to government approval). Düsseldorf will become the airline’s second destination in Germany, after Frankfurt, and marks the latest enhancement to its Europe network following the launch of Manchester in December 2014 and Zurich, which will commence operations in March. Cathay Pacific will operate the new service using a B777-300ER aircraft. … [Read more...] about Cathay to launch new service to Dùsseldorf