As we commence the new year, Tarom Romanian’s SmartMiles program will be introducing two new features. Though details have yet to be finalized, the program will begin to offer “package”… Continue Reading
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Qatar: New Emirates Credit Card Launched
Standard Chartered, Qatar’s first bank, has teamed up with MasterCard and Emirates to launch a co-branded Standard Chartered Skywards credit card. The credit card gives the cardholder one Skywards… Continue Reading
Lithuania: Amber Miles Reaches Its Fifth Year
Congratulations are due to the Lithuanian Airlines Amber Miles program, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. Though the airline itself was launched in 1991 (LAL was the first airline of a… Continue Reading
Lebanon: Middle East Airlines Upgrades Web Presence
Members of Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles program will be pleased to note that the airline’s Web site has recently been improved to allow online account monitoring. Members logging in to http://www.mea.com.lb/cedarmiles… Continue Reading
Germany: Miles & More Welcomes New Partners
Lufthansa’s Miles & More has been busy of late, particularly in the partnership department. Though the proposed partnership with Shanghai Airlines has been postponed to March, German domestic… Continue Reading
France: Air France Teams Up With the American Red Cross
Air France has signed a three-year agreement with the American Red Cross to form a partnership helping the U.S.-based agency carry out its Measles Initiative, a five-year program to vaccinate 200 million… Continue Reading
Europe: BA/Iberia Link Approved
A commercial alliance between British Airways and Iberia has won antitrust immunity from the European Commission, and a Brussels regulator told the Financial Times that a similar agreement between Alitalia… Continue Reading
China: Sky Pearl Club Has a Birthday Party
China Southern celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Sky Pearl Club with an anniversary party in Guangzhou on Dec. 1. Held at Harmony Bay — the airline’s master planned community in Hudau… Continue Reading
Australia: Traveling MPs Hoard Frequent Flyer Points
Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper has reported that despite an unofficial policy encouraging government workers to use frequent flyer points for official travel, only six of the 226 Australian… Continue Reading
Intelligence – December, 22 2003
Alitalia and Air France merging? As early as next year, says one executive. We can't help but think that the food served onboard those flights would be just one fantastic result. Continue Reading