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Lufthansa is expanding its premium First Class offering with the “Suite Plus,” a separate double cabin with ceiling-high walls, an utterly closable door, a huge table, and two wide chairs that can be merged into a comfortable double bed if required. Lufthansa is creating a new benchmark in luxury and uniqueness within its most sophisticated […]
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Lufthansa will deploy its newest aircraft, the Airbus A350, on the direct route from Munich to Hong Kong next month. The German national carrier will take delivery of its fourth and fifth A350-900s on 12 August and 2 September 2017 respectively, and these two aircraft will fly to Hong Kong alternately. The A350’s maiden flight
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VENESSA KOO has become senior vice president of development & technical services for the Regent Hotels Group. She returns to the hotel group, having worked at the Regent Taipei in the 1990s. Most recently she was vice president of development for AccorHotels for Southeast and Northeast Asia. VISHAL SINHA has been appointed as Carlson Wagonlit
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IndiGo boosts domestic network Where? Delhi to Chennai (both India) When? Daily, effective immediately Who? IndiGo Why? India’s largest domestic carrier, in terms of market share, connects two of the country’s largest cities Anything else? Delhi is the busiest route from Chennai Airport, with flights by three airlines handling more than 575,000 passengers in the
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Passengers may not need to manually check in for their flights in future, following the development of a new tool by Lufthansa. The European carrier’s “Innovation Hub” has launched AirlineCheckins.com, a new online system that automatically checks-in travellers for flights with more than 100 airlines. The Lufthansa Innovation Hub tested the service last year on
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Amadeus creates new payment tool for airport ancillaries Amadeus has teamed up with Ingenico to launch ‘Amadeus Airport Pay’, a new wireless payment solution that accepts card payments for ancillary services. The new system can be used by airlines to take payments from passengers at the airport for any additional product or service, such as
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Lufthansa has reaffirmed the importance of Hong Kong to its expansion plans in Asia Pacific. In his first briefing with media this week, the group’s newly-appointed senior director of sales for Greater China, Veli Polat, identified Hong Kong as a key hub not only Lufthansa, but also for Austrian Airlines and SWISS. This has been
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BA gets biometric boarding gates British Airways has become the first UK airline to introduce automated biometric airport technology, with the launch of self-service boarding gates at London Heathrow T5. Following a trial, the first three boarding gates for UK domestic flights are now open, allowing travellers to scan their own boarding pass in order
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Lufthansa’s third Airbus A350 aircraft – and the second to be deployed to India – has been delivered to the airline. The new long-haul jet touched down at Munich Airport recently, and is scheduled to be deployed on the airline’s route to Mumbai from 15 April. Lufthansa’s first A350 entered service earlier this year on
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Lufthansa will provide a further boost to Thailand’s inbound tourism market this winter, with the deployment of its largest airline, the Airbus A380, on the Frankfurt-Bangkok route. Effective 29 October 2017, Lufthansa will operate daily A380 flights to the Thai capital, replacing the Boeing 747-400 that currently serves the route. This will lead to a
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