Vesta's Corner
Pink planes at Liverpool UK - A new Liverpool based carrier plans to introduce a service designed specifically to appeal to women. Fly Pink hopes to launch this service from Liverpool to Paris later this year using Fokker 100 equipment and will offer passengers complimentary pink champagne and free manicures in the departure lounge plus complimentary gourmet cuisine on board.
This week's postcard sent to me by one of the NetLetter readers - February 2005
2005-06-12 Chateau du Haut Koenigsbourg Altitude 757m Albert Sorignet Take care
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Star Alliance News
With the arrival of its latest B777-229ER, Austrian Airlines has broken its tradition of naming their aircraft after Austrian cities, regions and foreign destinations. OE-LPD was christened "Spirit of Austria" at a recent naming ceremony. |
Air Canada News
Air Canada has introduced paperless boarding passes for customers who check in using a PDA or cell phone. The service allows the option of receiving an electronic boarding pass in the form of an SMS text message that the customer shows to airport security screening personnel and Air Canada gate agents in lieu of a paper boarding pass. The mobile service currently is available for boarding domestic Canada flights and those to international (non-US) destinations, including connecting flights, from 60 airports across Canada served by Air Canada and Jazz. Vancouver Service Improved - new non-stop seasonal services from Vancouver to Ixtapa and Los Cabos in Mexico will also be introduced. Previously annouunced new routes this winter include new non-stop service from Vancouver to Sydney Australia with new Boeing 777 aircraft. Details of the Vancouver improvements include a) on December 1st Jazz will launch seasonal flights to Yellowknife with 50-seat CRJ aircraft, complementing daily flights from Edmonton and Calgary. b) on December 14th the new Vancouver-Sydney 777 service will begin. c) new seasonal Vancouver to Los Cabos and Ixtapa flights will be offered weekly starting December 21st and 22nd respectively using 120-seat A319 aircraft. This winter, Air Canada will continue its daily non-stop service to Sacramento launched this past summer and Vancouver-Tokyo service will increase to a total of nine flights each week. Edmonton Service Improved -from Edmonton Air Canada continues to offer the only daily non-stop flights to London-LHR, up from three flights per week laast winter. This winter the airline will increase daily flights from Edmonton to Ottawa, Winnipeg, Fort McMurray and Vancouver. (Source www.yyznews.com ) |
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Terry's Travel Tips
A new tourist attraction in Barbados - The Concorde experience, Barbados' latest visitor attraction officially opened recently. The facility offers the rare opportunity to experience being one of the privileged few that traveled on the luxury Concorde.
The 30 year old aircraft G-BOAC c/n 212 is hangared at the Grantly Adams International Airport. |