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Wednesday 23, March 2011
Smile High Gig sets new Guinness World Records title
British Airways has set a new Guinness World Records title with comedians Dara O Briain, Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson, for hosting the ‘highest stand-up comedy gig in the world’.
Wednesday 23, March 2011
Iberia makes tests during flights to optimize routes and save fuel
Iberia has carried out its first tests during flights as part of the DORIS (Dynamic Optimization of the Route In Flight) program, whose aim is to optimize routes between Europe and North America, improving the efficiency of North Atlantic air space, thanks to improvements in communications and to flight plans that are modified after takeoff, and take into account the latest weather conditions.
Thursday 17, March 2011
Situation in Japan: Air France fully mobilized
As soon as disaster struck Japan on 11 March 2011, Air France teams in Tokyo and Paris-Charles de Gaulle worked round the clock to enable a rapid resumption of flights to and from Tokyo and adapt the airline’s capacities to deal with the strong demand for flights to Europe.
Thursday 17, March 2011
Air France in top rankings
The American magazine Fortune has ranked the Air France-KLM group fifth among the most admired airlines in the world. On Facebook, Air France has recently become the European airline with the largest number of fans.
Thursday 17, March 2011
easyJet joins Nectar loyalty programme
Nectar points will be able to be exchanged for easyJet flights, following the creation of a new partnership between the UK's largest loyalty programme and the UK's largest airline. The initiative is backed by Nectar founding partner, Sainsbury's.
Thursday 17, March 2011
Air Partner - Update on International Evacuations
In a period when far-reaching and unprecedented political upheaval has coincided with devastating natural disasters, British firm Air Partner, a leading provider of private aviation services to industry, commerce and governments worldwide, has been working around the clock to organise humanitarian aid flights and to evacuate more than 12,000 people from across the world in just six weeks.
Tuesday 8, March 2011
All-girl crews for International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, a fully female crew will operate flight AF 188 between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Hong Kong. The crew on board a B777-300 will comprise 18 women altogether.
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