Jet Airways has announced a code share agreement with Thalys high speed rail which operates direct train service from Brussels to Paris covering the distance in just under 2 hrs. The airline plans to expand the code-share to other cities in near future. One can now directly book their travel upto Paris from any of…
British Airways announced today its plans to spend more than £5 billion on customer products and services over the next five years. The funds will be allocated for the following activities: Purchase of new aircrafts. New World Traveller and World Traveller Plus cabins. A revamped First Class. Significant improvements at the facilities at the Gatwick…
Star Alliance member SAS is offering Eurobonus points at 40% discount. These points do not count towards upgrade to the higher membership level in the Eurobonus program. There is no limit as to how many you can Buy and Gift. The catch here is that to be able to buy or receive points, there need to…
Etihad Airways recently announced that they have entered into a marketing agreement with Malaysia Airlines where by Etihad Guests can now earn and redeem miles on Etihad marketed Malaysia Airlines flights, also to celebrate the launch of their partnership Etihad is offering 2,000 bonus miles for the first eligible flight on Malaysia Airlines between 15 September and…
As i had blogged earlier Singapore Air was taking off its A380 from the SIN-MEL route and replacing it with a Boeing 747-400, and from today’s announcement it seems the A380 will go to the SIN-FRA-JFK which was previously serviced using a Boeing 747-400. This aircraft swap will result in a 25%capacity increase on the SIN-FRA-JFK…
Earlier this week Google launched its flight search , the groundwork for this feature had been laid by Google’s acquisition of ITA Software earlier this year. Immediately after the acquisition it was pretty clear that eventually this product will be integrated into the Google search functionality, the search results had already started showing the flight data but now…
As per Kingfisher’s annual report for the year ended March 31, 2011, the airline is in dire need of funds to keep going. Saddled with huge debt and mounting losses, the airline has been finding it tough to raise money in the current market conditions. The airline had planned to raise $250-$350 million through an issue…
Ever since Qantas announced that it intended to setup a new airline which would cater to the premium traffic in Asia there have been hundreds of name floating around for the same with the most popular one being “Qantasia”. Earlier this week in a quick application to the Australian Intellectual Property regulator, Qantas has managed…
American Express just announced that it will be adding Virgin America to it’s Membership Rewards program. Beginning October 5, 2011 AMEX card members who are registered for the Membership Rewards program will be able to redeem their Membership Reward points for Virgin America Elevate points. The exact details of the tie-up are awaited. This is…
As i had blogged earlier, Singapore airlines has been on a aircraft changing spree on many of it’s routes, now i hear that the new changes are going to happen on the Melbourne route. The exact reason behind these changes on this route are still unknown. I do find the change a little bit odd…
Via Flyertalk I know this offer has been around for a while now but still worth it to grab some free Aeroplan miles Home Hardware is giving away 100 Aeroplan miles for registering up with them with a valid Canadian postal code (it needs that to identify the nearest Home Hardware store for you). The…
Miles and More is offering 2000 award miles on enrollment for people with an Indian address. (Which get credited to your account once you take your first flight with Lufthansa and it’s affiliates) : Thanks to AJ for pointing this out The link for the same is here. They are also running a Quiz in…