Air Vanuatu announces additional NZ flights
Vanuatu is back open for business with works completed at Port Vila International airport and the national carrier announcing additional flights from Auckland.
“Due to strong demand Air Vanuatu will be adding a fourth weekly flight from Auckland to Port Vila,” chief executive officer Joseph Laloyer said.
The airline has also increased flights from Sydney and Brisbane and is seeing solid forward bookings.
“The Vanuatu Tourism Office has launched a new campaign to encourage Kiwis to ‘discover what matters’ in Vanuatu. It showcases what’s great about Vanuatu and what matters most,” Mr. Laloyer said.
SKYTRAX Awards Prestigious 5-Star Ranking to EVA Air
SKYTRAX, an international air transport standards and quality rating organization, awarded EVA Air its prestigious 5-Star Airline Ranking during a special ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, 15 June, 2016. SKYTRAX CEO Edward Plaisted presented the award to EVA Chairman Steve Lin while Taiwan’s Chief Secretary of the Civil Aeronautics Administration Mr. Yang Gwo-Feng witnessed the event. Travelers can learn more about EVA’s constant commitment quality services and safety at www.evaair.com.
Visit Argentina Air pass
The Visit Argentina Air Pass is for Domestic Argentina, any AR flights within Argentina. Flights operated by AR and AU in Economy Class travel for one way, return, circle trip or open jaw journeys.
Not valid on flights number AR 7000-7999. May not be used for individual inclusive-tours or groups. For Sales and ticketing anywhere, except Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile or Venezuela.
Domestic routes included in Visit Argentina 2016 Program. Minimum: 3 (three) flight coupons. Maximum: 12 (twelve) flight coupons between. Once issued the purchase of additional coupons is not allowed (even if maximum of 12 coupons has not been reached).
For more details, visit your GDS or Consolidator Website.
Solomon Airlines, Air Nuigini and Air Vanuatu tripartite
Effective 01 July 2016, Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu will commence operation of a long awaited codeshare service linking all three destinations.
The new service will operate from Port Moresby to Honiara on Fridays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Ex-Honiara the codeshare service will operate from Honiara to Port Moresby on Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The codeshare also extends to a weekly Honiara-Port Vila-Honiara service into Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila, operating ex-Honiara on Tuesdays and returning to Honiara on Wednesdays.
Air New Zealand scoops Airline of the Year awards
Air New Zealand has been named both International Airline of the Year and Domestic Airline of the Year at the fifth annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards.
The awards recognise businesses that lead their respective industries in customer satisfaction and are determined by the feedback of more than 13,000 New Zealand consumers through the Roy Morgan Single Source survey carried out throughout the year.
Air New Zealand General Manager Customer Experience Carrie Hurihanganui says the awards reaffirm the relentless focus the airline places on customer experience.
Visit Japan’s Kyushu region – with oneworld’s newest fare
oneworld has added a third alliance fare for travel around Japan – this time focusing on the Kyushu region, and offering attractive savings on usual prices.
Kyushu, which means “Nine Provinces”, is the country’s third largest island and the most southwesterly of its main islands. As an early centre of Japanese civilization, it offers many historic treasures, natural beauty with famous hot springs, and modern cities, like Fukuoka and Nagasaki.
Besides Fukuoka and Nagasaki, oneworld serves five other airports on the island – Kagoshima, Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Oita.
The oneworld Visit Japan Kyushu Pass provides visitors to the country with an easy, flexible and attractively priced way to explore this region.
