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No free seat reservation at Lufthansa and Austrian

In future, all Economy Class guests must pay for a seat reservation on long-distance flights of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines. This applies for tickets issued from 21 March 2017. From this date, a fee of EUR 25 is charged for a seat, passengers with feeder or continuing flights pay an additional EUR 10. For European […]

More Vienna-Moscow flights with Aeroflot

Aeroflot has started a fourth flight to its Moscow-Vienna-Moscow service with an Airbus 320. The afternoon flight departs Vienna at 4:05 PM (arriving in Moscow at 8:45 PM). The flight takes off from Moscow at 2:10 PM and lands in Vienna at 3:00 PM. A Rail & Fly Program will also be offered by the Austrian […]

London Gatwick Airport: Relocation to the new South Terminal

British Airways flights are now handled by the new “London Gatwick South Terminal”. The “Gatwick South Terminal” was extensively renovated and the new British Airways check-in counters are now located in zones A and C. In addition to the 12 self-service luggage counters, a designated premium check-in area in zone A is available to customers. […]

Eurowings from Munich

After starting up in Salzburg, from the end of March, Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings now intends to start flying also from Munich. They will be offering 32 European flights, including six flights weekly from Munich to Amsterdam, Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Geneva and London/Stansted, as well as five flights weekly to Basel, Edinburgh, Nice and Rome. […]

Emirates open access to Premium lounges in Dubai

Economy Class passengers who are members of the Emirates frequent flyer programme “Skywards” are now given access to the Premium lounges at Dubai International Airport. This also applies for fellow travellers. A visit in the Business Class lounge costs USD 100 per person, or USD 200 in the First Class lounge. After entering the lounges, […]

BlueBiz without Alitalia and Baggage Changes

Please be aware that since January 1st, 2017, Alitalia is no longer a member of the BlueBiz Program and there is no longer free baggage with KLM. The first piece of baggage will no longer be free to BlueBiz passengers on European KLM flights after the introduction of Branded Fares in April 2017. Branded Fares […]

Austrian: New Self-Service Baggage Drop-off in Vienna

At Vienna Airport, passengers can now drop off their baggage independently (at one of the 16 new self-service baggage drop-off counters in Terminal 3) or print out baggage labels before even leaving home. Passengers can choose whether they want to bring their baggage to the counter as usual or check it in themselves. The check-in […]

NIKI Shares go to Etihad Airways. What next?

“Yes, we’re flying!” is the message from the current joint (for the time being) advertising campaign by Air Berlin & NIKI – but they are set to go their separate ways. Who is going to fly where? Air Berlin will serve as a network carrier within Germany, flying to the big cities of Europe and […]

United Airlines Introduces New Basic Economy Fares

United Airlines is introducing new basic economy fares. As is commonplace on other airlines, this involves certain restrictions on hand baggage, seat selection and boarding. Customers with basic economy tickets will only have their seat automatically allocated to them at check-in on their day of departure. Passengers with the new fare will only be able […]

Free High-Speed Wi-Fi on City Airport Train

Passengers travelling on the City Airport Train (CAT) can now also stay online during their journey: The trains between Wien-Mitte (Central Vienna) and Vienna Airport stations now offer a free Wi-Fi connection with no limit on the volume of data used. With this new onboard provision, the premium airport rail service now features an unbroken […]