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Aeroflot’s Summer Offer “Comfort+Business”

With Aeroflot, you can now comfortably fly on selected routes to Asia. Transit passengers, who booked their tickets for a long distance flight in the “comfort class”, automatically receive a free of charge upgrade to the business class on the route Vienna to Moscow (only outbound) – based on availability. This offer is valid until […]

Emirates flies 5 times daily to Singapore starting the 1st of August 2014

Emirates will start increasing the number of its daily connections from Dubai to Singapore to 5 flights starting the 1st of August 2014. With the increased number of flights, Emirates connects the aviation hub Dubai with the metropolis in Asia with 35 flights including 28 non-stop connections. The additional flight leaves Dubai at 21:15h and […]

Electronic devices allowed also on Austrian Airlines flights

Since 1 May 2014, Austrian Airlines passengers will be allowed to use electronic devices such as smartphones or tablets (up to 1 kg) in airplane mode also during take-off and landing. The devices can then be left switched on without interruption during the entire stay on board. Making phone calls on board will be prohibited […]

New Check In Times for KLM in Europe

With the exception of Amsterdam and Tel Aviv, the deadline for check-in for KLM connections is set for 40 minutes prior to flight. The check-in counter for flights within Europe closes 30 minutes before departure in Amsterdam. In Tel Aviv, the deadline for check-in remains 60 minutes prior to set departure times.

The New Queen’s Terminal in London Heathrow

After around 4 years of construction, Terminal 2, named after Queen Elisabeth II, at the London Heathrow Airport was opened. The new building is exclusively used by the 23 Star Alliance airlines, including Austrian, who will be relocating until November 2014. In addition to a modern design, passengers will benefit from orientation help with four […]

Swiss has gone allergy-friendly

Some 30% of the European population currently suffer from allergies or intolerances. As the “world´s first certified allergy-friendly airline“, Swiss has now revised its catering product and offers, as of now, lactose-and/or-gluten-free food & beverages on board of its aircrafts. These special meals can be ordered in all flight classes on Swiss long-haul flights or […]

Austrian Airlines ramping up long-haul frequencies

Austrian Airlines will particularly ramp up America-bound flights starting with its summer flight schedule: for the Chicago and Toronto destinations, the schedule will be changed to offer daily flights, and the daily connections to Washington will be served with bigger aircrafts. Newark, New Jersey, will be operated 5 times a week as of July. The […]

Further Star Alliance airlines to land in Vienna as of this year

As of 1 June, African airline Ethiopian Airlines is going to fly non-stop daily from Addis Ababa to Vienna and then on to Stockholm Arlanda. Yet also Air China will head from Beijing to Vienna. As of 5 May 2014, four flights a week will take off from the Chinese metropolis, with an onward flight […]

Qatar Airways to serve Johannesburg with Dreamliner

As of 1 May 2014, Qatar Airways will tweak flight operations to South Africa by 3 additional frequencies on overall 10 connections per week. With the launch of additional flights, also the fleet’s newest aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, will be introduced on all connections to South Africa. This way, Qatar Airways offers its passengers […]

With airberlin to India as of October

airberlin has ramped up the partnership with Etihad Airways by flights to 6 destinations – Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi will, among others, be served daily via Abu Dhabi. Tickets are bookable as of now. Due to the seven additional frequencies operated between Berlin and Abu Dhabi as of 26 October 2014, Abu Dhabi will serve […]