Travel News

1. News: Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara welcomes a very special guest this February.

   Marcel Gurk, a talented German freestyle football champion, has become known for his creative skills with a ball. Football freestyle is the art of juggling a football and performing tricks with the ball whilst keeping it in the air using any part of the body, excluding the elbows to the hands.

2. News: Etihad Airways boosts frequency to Frankfurt

   Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is showing it means business by increasing services to Frankfurt, Germany.

3. News: Reaching the flight by train in Italy

   Lufthansa Group this week signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding in Rome together with the Italian state railroad company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (FS). The intention is to negotiate a contract for a cooperation in feeder traffic within Italy in order to link the various modes of transport in a better and more customer-friendly way.

4. News: SWISS extends Premium Economy Class to its Airbus A340 fleet

   Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) embarked on the Premium Economy Class installation programme for its Airbus A340-300 fleet in December 2022

5. News: QATAR AIRWAYS AND AIRBUS REACH AMICABLE SETTLEMENT IN LEGAL DISPUTE

   Qatar Airways and Airbus are pleased to have reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in relation to their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft.

6. News: Virgin Atlantic confirms Shanghai relaunch date

   Virgin Atlantic is to restart its much-anticipated flights to Shanghai, re-establishing essential business and leisure connections between the United Kingdom and China.  The daily service will resume on 01 May 2023, with fares starting from £669 per person.

7. News: BRITISH AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES RESUMPTION OF FLIGHTS TO MAINLAND CHINA

   After a two-year absence, British Airways has announced it will resume flights between the UK and mainland China. Tickets have gone on sale today for flights to Shanghai from 23 April and Beijing from 3 June.

8. News: Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue Austin Celebrates Opening in the Heart of Downtown Austin

   The 246-room lifestyle hotel along with dining concepts Luminaire and Las Bis, led by San Antonio Chef Steve McHugh, open steps from Austin’s Paramount and State Theatres

9. News: Kansas City’s Largest Infrastructure Project Completed on Time and on Budget

   Mayor Quinton Lucas, the Kansas City Aviation Department, and its development partners have announced the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport will open on February 28, 2023—delivering Kansas City’s largest ever infrastructure project on time and on budget.

10. News: Stagecoach Launches UK’s First Fully-Electric City Bus Network in Inverness

    Stagecoach celebrated the launch of the UKs first fully-electric city bus network in Inverness last week, where they were joined by Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth MSP.