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TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways (LCC:NYSE) customers will once again have convenient access to the "Gateway to the West of Ireland" when the airline resumes daily non-stop service from its international gateway at Philadelphia to Shannon, Ireland on May 22, 2013 after a nearly four-year hiatus. The airline will operate flights to Shannon on 176-seat dual-class Boeing 757-200 aircraft until Sept. 3, 2013. The seasonal service complements US Airways' existing...
HARMONDSWORTH, England, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- All companies in the customer service arena want to recognise their customers, and a new system developed by British Airways is set to take that recognition to a whole new level, even enabling its staff to put a face to the name before the customer sets foot in the airport. The programme, known as 'Know Me', has been developed over several years and is now beginning to be rolled out. Its purpose is to collate a...
LONDON, October 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox & Kings Launches 2013 Europe Brochure with New Group Tours, Extra Private Journeys and Additional Tailor-made Ideas The world's longest established travel company, Cox & Kings, has seen its European travel programme steadily expand over the last few years and 2012 has seen passenger numbers increase by almost 30% compared with 2011. Its Europe brochure for 2013 builds on this trend by...
CRAWLEY, England, October 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways has launched a whole host of great value winter sun holidays to book until October 24. Destinations include: Barbados, St Kitts, Tobago, Grenada, St Lucia in the Caribbean; Miami, Orlando and Phoenix in the USA, Bermuda, Dubai and the Maldives, as well as closer to home, Malaga, Faro and newly launched Alicante, plus many others, based on departure dates up to March 31, 2013. In the Caribbean,...
TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) will conduct a live audio webcast of its third quarter 2012 financial results conference call with the financial community on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120103/LA28814LOGO) The webcast will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at the company's website, www.usairways.com. Listeners to the webcast will need a current version...
TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Airways (NYSE: LCC) Education Foundation, which provides college scholarships to dependents of US Airways employees and awards annual grants to non-profit organizations with qualifying children's educational programs, awarded $170,000 in grants as part of its 2012 Community Education Grant Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120103/LA28814LOGO) The Education Foundation awarded grants of $10,000 each to five...
NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qatar Airways is to join oneworld(®), adding one of the world's fastest growing and most highly rated airlines to the world's leading quality airline alliance. Its election as a oneworld member designate was announced today at a press conference in New York - home of oneworld's central alliance management office - with senior executives of Qatar Airways and the alliance's established member airlines in attendance. Qatar Airways, named Airline...
CRAWLEY, England, October 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways has launched a new online deposit payments service for customers booking their holiday package on ba.com. Customers who book "Flight+Hotel" or "Flight+Car" holidays are able to pay a deposit from as little as GBP150 per booking when they book and the remaining balance 10 weeks before departure. Claire Bentley, managing director, British Airways Holidays, commented: "Following customer feedback, we are...
TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways' (NYSE: LCC) employees around the world will "BE PINK" today to kick off the airline's partnership with the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (MSABC). Throughout the month of October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, US Airways employees will show their support of breast cancer programs through special BE PINK uniform pieces and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks in Charlotte,...
CARDIFF, Wales, October 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Initiative brings world-leading technical training from Heathrow to South Wales British Airways and the University of Glamorgan have signed a landmark agreement to combine technical training for one of the world's leading airlines with the enhanced career prospects of a university degree. Under the new initiative, to be accredited by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), engineers will graduate from Glamorgan with a BSc...
