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Vietnam Airways will have competition this winter from upstart local airline Bamboo Airways. Passengers across London and the South-East will benefit from a new connection from Gatwick to Asia this winter, with Bamboo Airways launching flights to the popular Vietnamese destination Ho Chi Minh City better known as Saigon. From there, passengers will also be […]
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British Airways (BA) is to return to Hong Kong and Tokyo. Haneda (HND), Tokyo’s main airport, nine miles across Tokyo Bay and on the metro network, will see BA returning on an initial four days a week basis from Sunday 13 November. The route will be flown by a three-class Boeing 787-9. Flight time outbound
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Today (19 September) sees the grand opening of Marriott’s new World Headquarters at Bethesda, Maryland, just northwest of Washington, DC. The 21-storey, 785,000sq ft facility is home to corporate associates supporting over 8,100 hotels in 139 countries and territories. The Grand Opening will include an initiation of Marriott associates representing its 30 global brands; remarks
In conjunction with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic plus the airline community at Heathrow, there is an operational change of aircraft movements today (Monday, 19 September) in respect of the Queen’s funeral. As a mark of respect for the solemnity of this sad and exceptional occasion, Heathrow Airport will stop all departures and arrivals for
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Montreal-based Air Canada has signed a purchase agreement for 30 electric-hybrid aircraft under development by Heart Aerospace of Sweden. The aircraft is not expected to enter service until 2028. Under the agreement, Air Canada has also acquired a US$5m equity stake in Heart Aerospace. Called the ES-30 aircraft, and having a 30-passenger capacity, it will
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The energy price shock and recession will delay a post-Covid recovery this winter and through next year, Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, has warned. But in spite of this Ryanair will “steam ahead in what is a favourable market for us”, he insisted. Speaking as Ryanair unveiled its largest-ever winter schedule from the UK last
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Following confirmation that Eurostar is not going to stop at Ashford and Ebbsfleet stations in Kent ‘in the immediate future’ the popular family trips direct to the Paris Disneyland are to be culled from 23 June 2023 with no resumption date mentioned. In a statement, Eurostar says that it is possible to travel to the
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Hyatt has opened its first property under its Hyatt Place brand in Nanchong, a city located in the northeast of China’s Sichuan province. The 276-room Hyatt Place Nanchong Gaoping is located on the 29th to 43rd floors of the Chuanbei Financial Center by the Jialing River. Guest rooms feature separate spaces to sleep and work,
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The ubiquitous taxi service still wants you to get from A to B but in a new way. Customers will now be able to book and hire a vehicle through the Uber app, picking their self-driven ride up at hundreds of participating locations. The new package, a partnership with rental operator CarTrawler, went online last
On Saturday (27 August) the UK Foreign Office lifted its advice against travel to Sri Lanka with a state of emergency in the country coming to an end. This does of course not mean a rush of tourists to the lovely island. TUI has further extended its suspension of holidays due to the “ongoing political