Air France has taken delivery of their first A350-900, it is the first of 28 on order. The first jet was handed over to Anne Rigail, Air France’s Chief Executive Officer, and Benjamin Smith, Air France-KLM Group Chief Executive Officer during a ceremony held in Toulouse, France. The new Airbus A350 The new aircraft is […]
Saudi Arabia is launching a new visa regime for 49 countries. The Muslim kingdom, relatively closed off for decades, has in recent years relaxed strict social codes. They stopped segregating men and women in public places and requiring women to wear all-covering black robes or abayas. How to apply Visas will be available online, with […]
XL Airways have announced that the airline so far has been unable to get an investor. As a result, XL will temporarily suspend its operations, as it tries to sort out the situation. What happened to XL Airways? XL Airways France was founded in 1995. They were first known as ‘Star Airlines’ until 2006. They […]
– Air France/KLM Flying Blue has changed their award booking prices (there was no award chart before either) – biggest surprise Air France First Class seems now bookable by any Flying Blue member (elite status was required before) Airports with low fuel surcharges such as Hong Kong and Sao Paulo come out at 320,000 miles […]
Over the weekend we alerted all Mighty Travels subscribers about an Air France First Class fare from Istanbul to San Jose, CR and Sao Paulo that we found. It was bookable for several more destinations on the Air France website and several OTA websites (like Priceline). The first travelers are now onto their journey and […]
– Orbitz is handing out $25 for any MGM hotel bookings and $75 for Punta Cana packages MGM hotels can be really cheap for intra-week, off-season stays – I found $68 rates right away. Of course there is a $39 resort fee – so this just offsets the fee. – TSA Pre has gown to […]
– Etihad’s equity investments are likely the airline industry’s worst in decades – Air Seychelles has given up on long-haul operations As of April 24, Air Seychelles will suspend all flights to Paris, the French capital and Antananarivo, Madagascar. The national carrier faces more international competition. British Airways is expected to start operating to Seychelles […]
For my first United Basic Economy flight, I chose the San Francisco to Salt Lake City route. United operates the route with Embraer and Bombardier aircraft to connect their Denver and San Francisco hubs (with stops in Aspen). Booking United Basic Economy I booked my tickets via Orbitz, which simply mentioned the cabin item restriction […]
After deplaning from my prior Saudia flight from Kochi, I followed the rather flimsy signs towards transit. An overly sleepy single attendant manned the security checkpoint and mentioned that he expected just four (!) other transit passengers within the hour. Not a busy day then! Riyadh Airport has two terminals that are interconnected behind security with […]
– Saudia Arabia seems to be serious about issuing tourist visas next year Initially the talk was just of the ‘special tourist zones’ near the Read Sea but it now seems to plan a wider e-visa similar to what Bahrain does for most countries (some countries like the US get a visa on arrival as […]