Etihad Airways and Sabre Airline Solutions have signed a ten-year technology deal worth more than a billion US dollars, providing the airline access to integrated software across reservations, inventory, marketing, planning, eCommerce, distribution and departure control operations.

Air New Zealand has won the recent Government tender to operate flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Norfolk Island.

Expenditure on first- and business-class air travel rose by 9.1 percent and 5.4 percent respectively in the third quarter of 2011, while spending on luxury hotel accommodation grew by only 2,2 percent, a study has revealed.

Travellers with an Etihad Airways boarding pass from December 2011 or January 2012 flights will receive complimentary admission to see the biggest names in golf playing in Abu Dhabi.

Saturday 10 December 2011, saw the inaugural flight of Island Hoppers new P750 XSTOL, turbine powered aircraft flying passengers directly to Savusavu in the North.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) is set to be the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight using biofuels, to support the Company’s Travel Green initiative as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

Emirates today announced in a commitment to the Australian market it will begin operating and A380 daily service from Dubai into Melbourne and onto Auckland, giving passengers more opportunity to travel on the state-of-the-art aircraft.

Agents lose out as consumers receive a ‘OneUp’ from Air New Zealand with the airline extending a trial that offers upgrades to passengers booking long haul trips via the carrier’s online site, contact centre or Air New Zealand Holiday store.

Qantas and the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) have finally achieved a proposed agreement for around 1,600 of the airlines engineers.

One of the first airlines to offer wireless internet onboard back in 2004, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is once again stepping up its customer experience, allowing passengers to connect with SASWiFi to surf the internet and use their GSM phones onboard.

In response to the increase in Australians travelling overseas, Jetstar has announced its plans to add 28,000 extra seats to popular routes including Phuket, Bali, and Honolulu.

Spanish airline Iberia was forced to ground one-third of its fleet on Sunday following the first of two days of planned industrial action by pilots fearing job cuts with the formation of the carrier’s new budget airline, Iberia Express.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has commenced non-stop flights from its home base in Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf, Germany.

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced a partnership with Avis EMEA which will enable members of its loyalty program, Etihad Guest, to earn Etihad Guest Miles when they rent cars from Avis.

Virgin Atlantic will be offering passengers traditional Christmas dinners on all flights to and from the UK on 24th 25th and 26th December.

In an attempt to cut further losses Malaysia Airlines as part of its ‘route rationalisation exercise’ plans to withdraw eight loss-making routes beginning 06 January next year.

Etihad Airways has agreed it will pay USD95 million to increase its stake in German carrier airberlin to 29.21 percent, making it the carriers largest single shareholder.

Airbus delivered its 7,000th aircraft, an A321, to United States-based US Airways which operates the largest fleet of Airbus aircraft in the world.

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KLM “NEW TRAVEL IN STYLE TO EUROPE” Special Business Class fares and “NEW TWO TO TANGO” Business Class Companion fares.

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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed a codeshare agreement with Hainan Airlines of China. It is the Abu Dhabi-based airline?s first codeshare with a Chinese carrier and its 35th with world airlines.

Air New Zealand has revealed the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted completely black.

Kingfisher Airlines will become part of oneworld® with effect from Friday 10 February 2012, adding India's leading carrier to the premier global airline alliance.