Star Alliance creates themed Round-the-World fares
Round-the-World fares aren’t really new…you could go all the way back to Magellan for that…but the big airline alliances have made it easier to book
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Round-the-World fares aren’t really new…you could go all the way back to Magellan for that…but the big airline alliances have made it easier to book
Star Alliance has begun to extend its reach to more places by inviting a select group of smaller and low-cost carriers to its network as
Azul’s colorful livery stands out on the taxiway Photo: JOcchialini Azul, Brazil’s #3 airline is #1 in news these days. The
United Airlines and Air China, both Star Alliance members, have expanded their codeshare agreement, opening up 22 new routes to codesharing. Codesharing allows an airline
Panama’s Copa Airlines is adding San Francisco as its 12th U.S. destination, connecting California to its “Hub of the Americas” in Panama City. From there,
Air India has become the first airline in India to join one of the global alliances, giving it connections to many more cities and routes through partners such as Lufthansa and United. That’s good news for Air India, which has been criticized recently…
Well, not really, but Star Alliance (includes United, Lufthansa and more) has revised its pricing for round-the-world fares so that there are now 14 different categories, spread over three classes. The big news is that for economy (7 fares) there are…
Now the American Airlines and USAir have closed their merger, they’ve begun rolling out more details of the merger planning. Scott Kirby, who was USAir president and is now president of AA, announced dates for joint operations, for aligning loyalty…
United has said it’s thinking about the Boeing 777x, a 400+ seat version of Boeing’s biggest 2-engine plane to compete with Mideast-based airlines that just ordered 225 of them. United’s Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, is also buying some. …
United Airlines has released a new award chart that bumps up the miles required for nearly all business and first-class awards, and (for the first time) makes flights on its Star Alliance partner airlines cost more miles than on United. Details HERE
Round-the-World fares aren’t really new…you could go all the way back to Magellan for that…but the big airline alliances have
Star Alliance has begun to extend its reach to more places by inviting a select group of smaller and low-cost
Azul’s colorful livery stands out on the taxiway Photo: JOcchialini Azul, Brazil’s #3 airline is #1
United Airlines and Air China, both Star Alliance members, have expanded their codeshare agreement, opening up 22 new routes to
Panama’s Copa Airlines is adding San Francisco as its 12th U.S. destination, connecting California to its “Hub of the Americas”
Air India has become the first airline in India to join one of the global alliances, giving it connections to many more cities and routes through partners such as Lufthansa and United. That’s good news for Air India, which has been criticized recently…
Well, not really, but Star Alliance (includes United, Lufthansa and more) has revised its pricing for round-the-world fares so that there are now 14 different categories, spread over three classes. The big news is that for economy (7 fares) there are…
Now the American Airlines and USAir have closed their merger, they’ve begun rolling out more details of the merger planning. Scott Kirby, who was USAir president and is now president of AA, announced dates for joint operations, for aligning loyalty…
United has said it’s thinking about the Boeing 777x, a 400+ seat version of Boeing’s biggest 2-engine plane to compete with Mideast-based airlines that just ordered 225 of them. United’s Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, is also buying some. …
United Airlines has released a new award chart that bumps up the miles required for nearly all business and first-class awards, and (for the first time) makes flights on its Star Alliance partner airlines cost more miles than on United. Details HERE