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25/12/2014

Seasons Greetings from Globelink Travel

24/12/2014

Eid Greetings from Globelink Travel

17/12/2014

• Emirates to Double Barcelona Flights

Emirates has unveiled plans to launch double daily flights to Barcelona, less than three years after it launched its first flights to the vibrant and culturally rich city.

From 2 May 2015 Emirates will add an extra 3,724 seats per week to Barcelona increasing overall capacity by 51%.

The extra flights will be operated by Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a three class configuration, complementing the airline’s already successful daily A380 service.

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16/12/2014

• Garuda Indonesia Gets 5-Star Rating

Skytrax has awarded Garuda Indonesia with its top-tier 5-star rating. The airline rating system assess the standard of an airline's product and service delivery quality, using more than 800 assessment categories, applied across both the onboard and airport environments.

Garuda Indonesia is the seventh airline to earn the prestigious award joining Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Hainan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines.

15/12/2014

• Etihad Airways launches Dallas/Fort Worth flights

Etihad Airways has launched flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, its sixth destination in the USA. The airline has introduced three nonstop flights per week between Dallas/Fort Worth and Abu Dhabi, with plans to launch daily services in the future.

Dallas is also the largest and most important hub for American Airlines, the main US codeshare partner of Etihad Airways.

14/12/2014

• flydubai announces launch of three new routes

In a bid to expand its global network, flydubai announced the launch of three new routes.
→ 10 Jan 2015: Nejran, Saudi Arabia.
→ 05 Mar 2015: Hargeisa, Somaliland.
→ 31 Mar 2015: Chennai, India.

The new services will further expand the carrier’s footprint to 89 destinations in 46 countries.

03/12/2014

• Etihad Airways and SAS to Codeshare

The codeshare agreement reached between SAS and Etihad Airways, which is subject to regulatory approval, will enable both airlines to offer greater connectivity to and from a number of key European cities.

Both airlines will also develop and sign a frequent flyer agreement, which will benefit the members of Etihad Airways’ Etihad Guest and SAS’ EuroBonus loyalty programs.

The new arrangements will start sale starts on Monday, 8 December 2014, and the first travel date is from 19 January 2015.

01/12/2014

• Etihad Airways and Air Seychelles Increases Abu Dhabi - Seychelles Flights

Etihad Airways and Air Seychelles have increased flights between Abu Dhabi and Seychelles. Effective today (1 December 2014), the new schedule will see Etihad Airways add one service per week and Air Seychelles a further two services per week.
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The new schedule will provide an additional 217 weekly connections to key destinations across the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, North Asia, and Australia, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.

01/12/2014

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY
Wishing you all joyous celebrtions!

01/12/2014

• NIKI Launches Vienna - Abu Dhabi Flights

Etihad Airways’ codeshare partner, NIKI has launched flights between Vienna and Abu Dhabi, the first time direct flights have been available between the UAE and Austria’s capital cities.

The daily service is operated using a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft with 12 Business Class and 132 Economy Class seats.

Etihad Airways has placed its ‘EY’ code on the service as part of a codeshare agreement with NIKI. NIKI is the seventh airline to enroll onto the Etihad Partners program, alongside airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, India’s Jet Airways, Darwin Airline, and Etihad Airways.

01/12/2014

GLT Newsletter - Air Travel Updates

Emirates is launching a third daily service to Malé, the capital of Maldives, from today (1 December 2014). The seven new flights a week will be operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in two class (Business and Economy) configuration. Emirates flight EK656 will depart Dubai International Airport at…

30/11/2014

• Emirates to Launch 3rd Daily Flight to Maldives

Emirates will launch a third daily service to Malé, the capital of Maldives, from tomorrow (1 December 2014).

Emirates flight EK656 will depart Dubai International Airport at 02:10 to arrive in Malé at 07:15. The return leg, EK657, will depart Malé International Airport, Hulhulé at 08:45 and arrive in Dubai at 11:55.
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The seven new flights a week will be operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in two class configuration, adding 294 Business Class and 2,702 Economy Class seats each way per week on the route, as well as 23 tonnes of additional capacity for cargo per flight.

30/11/2014

• Gulf Air to Increase Flights to Thiruvananthapuram, India

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is to increase direct services to Trivandrum International Airport. The airline will operate a daily service starting from 5 December 2014 between Bahrain and Thiruvananthapuram.

The two additional weekly frequencies between Bahrain and Thiruvananthapuram will operate on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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20/11/2014

• Qatar Airways to Increase Flights to Istanbul SAW

Qatar Airways is to increase flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport from 29 March 2015. The launch will enable passengers to take advantage of an additional morning connection to Istanbul via Doha.

The new daily flight, operated by a two-class, Airbus A320 aircraft, will depart Doha at 09:45, arriving in Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 14:00. The return will leave Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 15:00 arriving back in Doha at 18:55.
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20/11/2014

• Etihad Airways Launches Flights to San Francisco

Etihad Airways Launches Flights to San FranciscoEtihad Airways has launched daily nonstop flights between Abu Dhabi and San Francisco, the airline’s fifth destination in the U.S..

San Francisco, a global tourism and business centre, is another strong addition to Etihad Airways’ growing U.S. network and provides the first direct link between Abu Dhabi and Northern California.

12/11/2014

• New Record in Global Business Travel Spend

According to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), which released the latest figures from its Business Travel Index (BTI) outlook report on Wednesday, global business travel spend is expected to reach a record US$1.18 trillion by end of 2014, with nearly 40% coming from Asia Pacific.

The study also forecasts China to overtake the US as the world’s number one business travel market by 2016, and other Asia Pacific countries such as India and Indonesia to grow between 11-14% annually over the next five years.

02/10/2014

Wishing you blessings of good luck and fortune, peace and happiness on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. Eid Mubarak!

11/09/2014

• Etihad Opens Abu Dhabi Arrivals Lounge

Etihad Airways has opened a new arrivals lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport, the airline’s first globally.

Located immediately after customs, the new facility features 10 showers, each equipped with luxurious amenities, and passengers can have their suits and dresses steamed by housekeeping while they shower, and returned within 10 minutes. Gents can also freshen up with wet shaves by fully-qualified barbers.

A relaxation area contains comfortable seats, large screen TVs and range of local and international newspapers, magazines and books.

Café style refreshments are served throughout the day, including a breakfast offering in the morning, along with hot and cold beverages, canapés, snacks and sweets.

Guests looking for a quiet and productive space to prepare for meetings can make use of a business facility which contains a large-screen Apple computer, printer, and free broadband and wireless internet connections.

11/09/2014

• Qatar Airways to Launch Non-Stop Flights to Phuket, Thailand

Qatar Airways is to launch non-stop flights to Phuket, Thailand, on 26 October 2014. The airline currently serves the route daily via a linked service through the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

The direct flights to Phuket will be operated with an Airbus A330 in a two class-configuration of 24 seats in Business Class and 236 in Economy.

11/09/2014

• Etihad Airways to Increase Flights to Karachi, Pakistan

Etihad Airways is to add a new daily flight between Abu Dhabi and Karachi from 18 November 2014 to offer a double daily service.

The additional service will be operated by a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft configured to carry 136 passengers, with 16 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Economy Class.

01/09/2014

• flynas to launch Jeddah - Sharjah flights

In response to strong demand, flynas has re-launched operations between two cities with four flights a week starting 16 September 2014.

The service not only eases travel between two cities but also opens numerous connection possibilities, with flynas offering on-going connections to Adana, Cairo, Dammam, Jizan, Antakya, Khartoum, Riyadh, Istanbul and Aswan

26/08/2014

• Qatar Airways to increase flights to Dubai

Effective 26 Oct 2014, Qatar Airways will increase the frequency of its flights on the very popular Doha – Dubai routes with additional daily flights to Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC).

The extra flights will take the airline’s frequency to 14-flights-per-day to DXB and 4-flights-per-day to DWC.

Apart from DXB and DWC, Qatar Airways also currently operates three-flights-a-day to Sharjah (SHJ) and six daily flights to Abu Dhabi (AUH).

19/08/2014

• Qatar Airways launches flights to Asmara

Qatar Airways announced an expansion into Africa with scheduled flights to Eritrea’s capital city Asmara. The new flights will take off from 4 December 2014.

The twice-weekly flights will operate from Doha to Asmara and will be served by an Airbus A320 featuring 12 seats in business class and 132 seats in economy.

11/08/2014

Etihad Airways has suspended all flights to Erbil, Iraq, until further notice.

The decision to suspend the four flights a week passenger service follows advice regarding the possibility of a deteriorating security situation in the region as a result of on-going military conflict between Iraqi security and ISIS forces.

20/07/2014

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18/07/2014

TRAVEL UPDATES: ETIHAD AIRWAYS
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• 6 new routes starting in the first half of 2015: Daily flights will commence to the European capitals of MADRID (Spain) and EDINBURG (Scotland) next year, together with the historic state capital of KOLKATA (India) and one of the most important business and government centres in East Africa, ENTEBBE (Uganda). The Abu Dhabi-based airline will also operate four flights a week to the world-class tourism and economic hub, HONG KONG, and three flights a week to Algeria’s vibrant capital and largest city, ALGIERS.

• New daily non-stop flights between PERTH and Abu Dhabi making it the fourth Australian gateway alongside Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Etihad will operate its Perth route with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 262 seats – 22 seats in Pearl Business Class and 240 in Coral Economy Class.

• New daily non-stop flights between Abu Dhabi and ROME Fiumicino Airport. Etihad Airways’ daily service to Rome is operated using Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a two-class configuration, featuring 22 fully-flat beds in Business Class and 240 seats in Economy Class.

• Etihad Airways will launch daily non-stop flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from 1 June 2015. The non-stop flights will replace the current daily one-stop services which operate via Singapore with a two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

• Etihad Airways has unveiled plans to upgrade its Singapore-Abu Dhabi flights with the introduction of First Class from 01 June 2015.

• Air Malta and Etihad Airways have expanded their codeshare agreement to provide travellers with improved connections between Europe, the GCC region and Australia.

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09/07/2014

VISA UPDATE: Kazakhstan waives visa requirements for nationals of 10 countries including UAE

Kazakhstan is set to unilaterally establish visa-free travel for nationals of 10 countries.

The visa requirements will be eliminated for the citizens of 10 countries with substantial investment activity in Kazakhstan: the United States, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Japan.

07/07/2014

TRAVEL NEWS
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• Emirates to Launch Double Daily Airbus A380 Flights to Mauritius
• Etihad Airways Launches Flights to Yerevan, Armenia
• Qatar Airways Launches Doha - Dallas/Fort Worth Flights

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• Emirates to Launch Double Daily Airbus A380 Flights to Mauritius

Emirates will serve Mauritius with a double daily Airbus A380 service from 1 December 2014.

This second A380, which will operate as flight EK 703/704, replaces the existing Boeing 777 operation and increases Emirates' capacity on the route by 19%, and allows an additional 165 passengers each day to travel to this beautiful island set in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

• Etihad Airways Launches Flights to Yerevan, Armenia

Etihad Airways has launched flights between Abu Dhabi and Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport.

The airline will operate the new route between Abu Dhabi and the capital of the Republic of Armenia four-times-per-week with a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft, configured to carry 136 passengers, with 16 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Economy Class, offering a total of 1,088 seats per week.

• Qatar Airways Launches Doha - Dallas/Fort Worth Flights

Qatar Airways has launched daily, non-stop flights between the newly unveiled Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Along with Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth will serve as a crucial junction between Qatar Airways’ global network, via Doha, and other key destinations across the Southwestern USA, including Austin, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, through its oneworld alliance partners.

12/06/2014

TRAVEL NEWS
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• Qatar Airways Launches Miami Flights
• Etihad Expands Codeshare Agreement with India’s Jet Airways
• Qatar Airways to Launch Direct Flights to Zagreb
• Hotel Development Soars in Saudi Arabia and UAE
• Etihad Airways Launches Daily Los Angeles Flights

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• Qatar Airways Launches Miami Flights

Qatar Airways has launched flights between Doha and Miami International Airport (MIA), the airline’s sixth US gateway.

Qatar Airways' Doha to Miami route is being operated with a Boeing 777-200 in a two-class configuration of 42 seats in Business and 217 seats in Economy.

The aircraft offers seatback TV screens providing passengers with a choice of more than 1,000 audio and video options.
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• Etihad Expands Codeshare Agreement with India’s Jet Airways

Etihad Airway has expanded its codeshare agreement with Jet Airways, offering travellers enhanced connections throughout India, and linking India with even more destinations worldwide.

The two airlines have obtained regulatory approval to codeshare on 43 additional routes, bringing the total number of services in their codeshare agreement to 71.

As part of the expansion, Etihad Airways has placed its ‘EY’ code on domestic services in India for the first time, with the codeshare agreement now including 31 Jet Airways routes from hubs in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore to regional centres in Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Patna, Trivandrum and Vadodara.
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• Qatar Airways to Launch Direct Flights to Zagreb

Qatar Airways is to launch three times weekly non-stop flights between Doha and Zagreb.

The new direct flights, which are scheduled to commence on 1 October 2014, will provide a more convenient alternative to the current daily flights to Zagreb which fly via Budapest before moving onwards to the Croatian capital.

From 1 October, passengers will be able to fly daily directly to Budapest, four times a week to Zagreb via Budapest on a linked flight, and three times a week directly to Zagreb on the delinked flight.
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• Hotel Development Soars in Saudi Arabia and UAE

According to data from STR Global, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are leading the Middle East region in rooms under contract.

The Middle East overall is the fastest growing region in the world, with 99,199 rooms under contract. Existing room supply is expected to grow by 40%.

The overall picture of development in the Middle East shows a clear differentiation between the strongest countries, in terms of supply and rooms under contract. The UAE and Saudi Arabia combined accumulate to 68% of the existing room supply in the Middle East, where STR Global tracks 13 countries. These two countries also account for 70% of rooms in the region’s pipeline.
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• Etihad Airways Launches Daily Los Angeles Flights

Etihad Airways has launched daily flights between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Los Angeles (LAX).

Los Angeles is Etihad Airways’ fourth US destination, joining Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. on the airline’s expanding network. This will increase further on 3 December 2014 with the addition of direct flights to Dallas / Fort Worth.

Travellers and their checked-in baggage flying from Abu Dhabi are processed through all US immigration, customs and agriculture inspections, before boarding the aircraft, eliminating the need to do so on arrival in the US.

• Etihad Airways Launches Daily Abu Dhabi - Los Angeles Flights

08/06/2014

• Unified visa for GCC tourists

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is expected to introduce a unified visa that would allow tourists to visit all six member-countries – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman, as reported by Arab News.

Najeeb Al-Shaamesi, director general of the higher advisory commission at the GCC, mentioned that a consultative committee had stressed the need for a unified GCC tourist visa to promote tourism in the Gulf region.

“The next meeting of the commission, with members of the consultative committee, will approve the final recommendations, which will then be submitted to the GCC leadership for ratification at the summit in the Qatari capital,” said Al-Shaamesi.

A study recently investigated the economic and technical viability of such a visa and recommended that the GCC summit approves it. Once approved, it would allow a tourist to use the visa issued in one GCC nation to visit all the others. High-ranking business leaders and travel and tourism experts welcomed the proposal.