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Ethiopian Airlines opts for Dreamliner

Starting May 2015, Ethiopian Airlines will fly with the most modern airplane, the Dreamliner Boeing 787, from Vienna to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. This route will be operated non-stop every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and offers passengers many transfer possibilities within Africa. The Dreamliner Boeing 787-8 requires 20 percent less fuel compared to […]

Miami new long distance destination with Austrian

Austrian Airlines is including a new long distance destination in its North America flight plan. Starting the 16th of October 2015, a non-stop flight from Vienna to Miami will be offered five times per week. The planned flight schedule is as follows: every Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday Vienna-Miami 09:55-15:20/ Miami-Vienna 17:10-08:50.

New One-Way-Tariff by Airberlin

Airberlin has been offering its individual tariff concept ‘FlyDeal’, ‘FlyClassic’ and ‘FlyFlexx’ for some time now. As of the 5th of May, a new tariff – the ‘JustFly’ –  will be added for one-way routes with no hand luggage (starting € 44,00). Additional services can be booked to the ‘JustFly’ tariff.  The ‘FlyFlex+’ tariff offers […]

The transfer of LH routes to Germanwings has been completed

With the beginning of the year, the route Düsseldorf –Zürich has been transferred from Lufthansa to Germanwings, bringing the total number of transferred routes from LH to Germanwings to 115 routes and implying that one of LH’s largest structural projects has been completed on time.

Air France – First Flight with the new “Designer Suites”

The new ‘La Premiere-Cabin’ was officially opened for flights from Paris CDG to Singapore and Jakarta. Passengers can enjoy an almost complete private space on those ‘Designer Suites’. Each suite is furnished with thick curtains and a complete flat bed with mattress. Each passenger has access to a personal 24-inch-HD Touchscreen inspired by the Tablet-Navigation […]

Aegean Airlines increases connections to Austria

Aegean Airlines – a member of Star Alliance – increased its summer schedule with additional routes to Vienna adding 34 destinations within Greece and 100 international destinations in 42 countries. Starting the 29th of March 2015, a daily connection from Vienna to Athens will be launched: departure in Vienna at 11:00 a.m. and arrival in Athens […]

With NIKI from Vienna to Bratislava

Starting October 2015, NIKI wants to launch the world shortest flight between 2 countries, in 20 minutes from Vienna to Bratislava. The two airports are 47 Kilometres apart; by car one needs approximately one hour for this route.  A flight altitude of only 1.500 above sea level will allow passengers a good view of the […]

Austrian cancels free newspapers in economy class

Free newspapers on Austrian flights will only be available to passengers flying on an Austrian myHoliday flight as well business class passengers. All passengers with economy tickets have to give up on this service in the future, except those who have access to a lounge from where they can take newspapers with them on board.

WLAN on Air Berlin

The airberlin group has already equipped the first airplanes in its fleet with the new WiFi-Service ‘airberlin connect’. On NIKI’s new connection from Vienna to Abu Dhabi, guests can already connect their devices on board to the Wifi-Service from Panasonic. In addition, travelers on short and medium haul flights can access the entertainment package including […]

Fight cancellations due to strikes – how to prevent chaos

The year 2014 unfortunately witnessed numerous airline strikes. It is becoming more common for airline unions to announce such strikes at short notice, making it more difficult for travel agencies to notify travelers in a timely manner. An official press announcement on Sunday for a strike on Monday – as it was the case with […]