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  • News: Routes Europe sees its strongest airline attendance to this point

    In six weeks time, Europe’s aviation community will meet at Routes Europe, happening 12-14 May. Over 100 Airlines are expected to wait Routes Europe in 2013 and already almost 200 airline delegates representing 96 carriers have registered to wait the development confirming that this year is determined to be the most important gathering yet of Europe’s key decision makers.

    Now in its 8th year, Routes Europe is the one network planning forum for the full European region and the 2013 event, hosted by Budapest Airport, will happen in Budapest, the pretty historic capital of Hungary. Routes Europe brings together over 800 delegates from airports, airlines, tourism authorities and other industry stakeholders from across Europe to speak about air service development.

    “The large collection of airlines and the seniority of the delegates attending Routes Europe in Budapest, demonstrates the price that the development can offer to Europe’s largest airlines,” says Paul Winfield , Airline Relations Director for Routes. “Being in a position to source key data and intelligence for brand spanking new routes, and having the ability to meet their existing partners to be sure the success of existing routes under one roof is invaluable,” he added.

    The Less costly and Regional sectors could be well represented in Budapest with Cheap Carriers easyJet, Norwegian, Wizz Air, Germanwings, Air Berlin, Volotea and Vueling amongst those registered to wait, including senior representatives from airlines corresponding to Wizz Air, whose CEO, Josef Varadi will attend, and Jet2.com’s recently appointed CEO, Steve Heapy . The regional market can be well served by carriers including Skywork Airlines, Cityjet, Darwin Airline, Eurolot, Flybe, Blue Islands and TAROM.

    For airports wishing to fulfill with European network carriers, attendees include Air France, British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa, SAS, CSA Czech Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Swiss International Airlines, whilst out of region presence comes from American Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Air Transat, Etihad Airways and Emirates. The CIS market is likewise well represented with confirmed attendance from Aeroflot, S7, Rossiya and UTAir. The development may also see a primary time attendance from Reykjavik based WOW Air in conjunction with out of region carriers UPS, SriLankan Airlines and Nordwind.

    In addition to the Face-to-Face meetings on the core of the development there’ll be a powerful programme of airline briefings occurring in Budapest including Lufthansa delivered by Director of Network Planning, Dr Sebastien Hollmeier and CCO of Darwin Airline, Christian Schneider amongst others.

    Routes Europe continues to grow at a huge rate in relation to airline participation with airlines afforded the time and selection to satisfy airports, not only to speak about potential new air service development but additionally to satisfy existing airports to debate route performance.

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  • Paradise Island Resort named as World Travel Awards Indian Ocean host

    Paradise Island Resort & Spa, a destination renowned for its luxury and luxury, is to host the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ the area Travel Awards on May 12th 2013. The destination is about at the island Lankanfinolhu, located in North Male Atoll, and a quick fifteen-minute speedboat ride from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.

  • News: New Bruges & Amsterdam Crystal Cruise goes off the beaten path

    This summer, Crystal Cruises is returning to Bruges and Amsterdam for the primary time in years, with a brand new, seven-day itinerary from London.  The June 8, Crystal Serenity voyage offers luxurious access to 2 of Northern Europe’s most charming, historic, and rancid-the-beaten-cruise-path cities.  Greater than a dozen new Crystal Adventures through the cruise showcase the area’s artistic history, culinary delicacies, and colourful man-made and natural surroundings.

    Bruges—accessed via the gateway port of Zeebrugge—is some of the region’s most well liked Medieval destinations, rich in French and Flemish influence.  With colorful flowers blooming, centuries-old whitewashed almshouses, and picturesque Markt and Burg market squares, town really involves life in the summertime months.  On Crystal Adventures, travelers can walk the bustling cobblestone streets, sail the meandering canals (called reien), find out about the excellent War in Flanders, taste local Belgian chocolate and beer, or even road-trip to Brussels.

    In Amsterdam, an overnight in port allows guests to milk the long Northern European days and endlessly entertaining beauty, from people-watching at a “brown cafe” to the cutting-edge street art of graffiti artists, sketch artists, and performers.  Crystal Adventures take guests to windmills, coastal resorts and villages, the Hague, the Heineken brewery, a 125 year-old diamond factory, a celeb-shaped fort, local cheese farm, tulip-filled flower market and auction, museums packed with works of Dutch masters like Van Gogh and Rembrandt, a Delft pottery workshop, city tours via boat and bicycle, Anne Frank ‘s house, and on a tutorial exploration of Amsterdam’s environmental innovations, from eco-friendly boats to block and dike engineering.

    Also new, a two-day Overland Adventure from Zeebrugge takes guests to a mixture of Liege, Brussels, Bastogne, Delft, the Hague, and more, with a five-star hotel and 3-course meals along the way in which.

    Additional calls in Oslo, Norway; Helsingborg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark (overnight) offer travelers a deeper glimpse into Scandinavian culture, spectacular summer landscapes, and historic landmarks from centuries of sea-faring.  Shore excursions include multiple explorations of Oslo’s art scene, Olympic wheelbob-ing, visits to castles and royal residences, and amusement park rides on the famed Tivoli Gardens.
    If booked by April 30, all inclusive, cruise only fares begin at $2,885 per guest, with attractive air add-ons available.

    Crystal Cruises’ passion for creating unique luxury experiences both on land and at sea have helped earn the corporate top ratings from international travelers for 2 decades.

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  • News: Travelport cements operator partnership in Yemen

    Travelport, a number one provider of critical transaction processing solutions and information to companies operating within the global travel industry, has announced the renewal of its long-term Operator Agreement with Universal Travel & Tourism (UT&T) in Yemen.

    The new multi-year agreement affirms that UT&T – which has 12 offices across Yemen covering all major cities – will remain Travelport’s distributor of Galileo technology and services to travel agencies within the country, cementing its successful, long-standing partnership with the GDS provider.

    “We are delighted to continue our mutually-beneficial relationship with UT&T in Yemen,” said Rabih Saab, President and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Travelport. “During their time as Travelport’s distributor partner, UT&T has built up a high-quality track record of effectively delivering our services to the travel agent community, and we glance forward to sharing their continued success.”

    “We have enjoyed a highly successful partnership with Travelport over several years and continue to determine a robust future for Galileo in Yemen,” commented Omar Mohammed Omar, Vp and Managing Director, UT&T. “We now look ahead to working closely with Travelport to take their business in Yemen to the following stage during the winning combination of leading edge technology, unrivalled customer service and a deep understanding of the local travel industry.”
    Under the brand new agreement, Galileo customers in Yemen will continue to learn from UT&T’s regional expertise and Travelport’s latest products and solutions including Travelport Smartpoint – the following generation booking tool, which has gained great popularity among travel agents around the Middle East and Africa.

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  • News: Finishing touches put to British Airways’ first A380

    MSN95, British Airways’ first A380 double-decker superjumbo has emerged from the most important paint hangar on the earth after being emblazoned with the airline’s famous red, white and blue livery.

    Twenty-four painters at Airbus’ Hamburg hangar spent two weeks on eight movable platforms as much as 30 metres from the floor applying five coats of red, white and blue gloss paint to the massive aircraft.

    The work was conducted by hand using spray guns, traditional paint rollers and small paint brushes.

    The specialists, who spent three years training to be told the right way to paint an A380, used 2,300 litres of paint to hide a place of three,500 square metres.

    Although the complete weight of the five layers of paint covering the aircraft weighs around 650kg, the paint applied isn’t any thicker than a human hair.

    One of the foremost challenging aspects for the Airbus team was painting the ten,000 black and white dots at the tailfin of the aircraft.

    Christoph Hettwer, senior manager Airbus A380 paintshop, said: “This was a tough task – you’ll be able to imagine someone needed to peel off the thousands of little dots from a stencil – but now it’s finished it looks great”.

    The A380 now has all of its cabins installed and can be flown to Airbus’ headquarters in Toulouse, where it should begin its final stage of checks before being handed over to British Airways in July.

    Inspecting the aircraft, James Lewis, British Airways’ A380 build manager, said, “This is essentially the mostsome of the most exciting project I’ve ever been focused on, and it’s been a privilege for me to look at this aircraft evolve.

    The excitement at Airbus and British Airways is building as we get nearer to taking delivery of the A380 this summer. We can’t watch for our customers to experience our wonderful new aircraft.”

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