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TAP Portugal ramping up Vienna frequencies and its baggage allowance

In the 2014 summer flight schedule, TAP will ramp up its Vienna-Lisbon route (each Tue/Fri/Sat/Sun) by a second flight. Also the Munich destination will be served from Lisbon in the future three times a day on Mon/Tue/Thu/Fr/Sat, respectively. In early January, TAP relaxed its baggage allowances for the African destinations of Luanda, Maputo, the Cape […]

Austrian sending text messages in case of delay

In the case of delay (from 30 minutes) or flights being cancelled, flight passengers will, via the new Austrian “yourUpdate” service, automatically receive a text or an e-mail with information on the current flight status and contact details for changing flight reservations without having to register. For this, all that passengers have to do is […]

New Lufthansa lounge in New York

In December, Lufthansa opened a new Premium Lounge at Newark Airport southwest of New York City which is connected non-stop by Lufthansa ex Frankfurt, Munich and Düsseldorf. Together with Swiss flights from Zurich and Austrian flights from Vienna, the Lufthansa Group thus offers close to 30 non-stop flights per week to Newark. Also other Star […]

Emirates ramps up capacities to Dubai

Ex Vienna, A-380 flights for Emirates will continue to be denied; yet from 16 January 2014, more passengers can be shipped to Dubai. Using a bigger Boeing 777-300ER plane, 96 seats will be added per flight. Emirates is serving the route to Munich already now with an A380 plane and will double capacities on the […]

EU relaxing rules for using electronic devices on board

Already now, passengers on US flights are again allowed to make more extensive use of their electronic devices. Now, also the EU has relaxed its rules, allowing for smartphones, tablets and similar devices to remain switched on in airplane mode during take-off and landing. Making telephone calls during flights is still a no-go. The new […]

US Airways – switch to Oneworld

The merger of US Airways and American Airlines has now been finalized. On 31 March 2014, US Airways will switch from Star Alliance to Oneworld of which American Airlines is a founding member. All regional subsidiaries operating under the US Airways Express brand will switch as well.

Austrian to significantly ramp up US flights

With the start of the 2014 summer season, Austrian Airlines intends to boost its offer for US-bound flights. On top of the daily flights from Vienna to New York JFK, there shall be five flights per week to Newark as of 2nd July. Newark airport does not only boast a relatively swift connection to Manhattan, […]

Lufthansa & Austrian charging fees for seat reservations

Lufthansa and also Austrian Airlines are going to introduce fees for seat reservations in their lowest booking classes as of 26 November 2013. On European flights passengers holding an Austrian Airlines redticket will be charged € 10,- with a Lufthansa ticket € 20. -. For long distance tickets Austrian will demand € 20, – in […]

Convenient travelling with Aeroflot

The Russian airline Aeroflot offers three flights per day from Vienna to Moscow (Sheremetyevo) and back. The Aeroexpress takes passengers from the airport to the Moscow city center in a mere 35 minutes. For long-haul travelers, Aeroflot offers favorably-priced connections via Moscow to Russia, China and the whole South-East Asian region. On top of that, […]

More flexible short-haul flights at British Airways

British Airways is introducing a new semi-flexible tariff option (Semi-Flex Fare) for its entire network of short-haul flights as well as favorably-priced fares for passengers with hand baggage. The offer is valid for all BA flights within Europe, ex and to the three London airports as well as for British domestic flights. With the semi-flex […]