Business Travel Tips

Air France has launched Airbus A380 flights between Paris and Tokyo, its 3rd route served by A380.

Initially, the Air France A380 will serve Tokyo thrice a week — Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays — but will increase this frequency to daily from October 4, 2010.
Schedule
Paris-Tokyo (D - A) 1:30 PM - 08:10 AM following day

Tokyo-Paris flights depart on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The service will become daily from October 5, 2010.
Schedule
Tokyo-Paris (D - A) 11:50 AM - 5:15 PM

Lufthansa has launched a Frankfurt - Beijing route served by A380. The service will operate once a week.
Schedule
Frankfurt - Beijing (D - A) 5:20 PM - 08:30 AM on Thursday
Beijing - Frankfurt (D - A) 10:30 PM - 02:30 PM the same day.

Emirates has launched self-service check-in kiosks at a couple of Dubai’s metro stations including Mall of the Emirates, Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall and Financial Centre.
With this new service, Emirates passengers can now get their boarding pass and travel directly to Emirates Terminal 3 on the metro at Terminal 3 station.

Passengers can check-in, select their seats and print their own boarding pass, without waiting in line at the airport. In order to access the service, they only need the reservation code or the ticket number, or their Emirates’ Skywards membership number.

Passengers, who are allowed to carry up to two luggage pieces each on the metro — with first piece not exceeding 81cm x 58cm x 30cm size, and the second not exceeding 55cm x 38cm x 20cm size — should do check-in at the metro stations at least two hours prior to the flight’s departure time.
Once arrived at the airport, passengers carrying only hand-luggage can proceed directly to immigration, while passengers with baggage can check-in their luggage at dedicated baggage drop counters.

American Airlines announced it will add daily nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and three new destinations including Cincinnati (CVG), Norfolk (ORF), and Indianapolis (IND), beginning November 18.

The service will be operated by the the regional affiliate American Eagle with 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jets.

Below are the schedule for this new service American Eagle service from New York JFK.

The schedule for flights between New York JFK and Norfolk (all times local) is:

The schedule for flights between New York JFK and Cincinnati (all times local) is:

The schedule for flights between New York JFK and Indianapolis (all times local) is:

(source)

Europe’s third-biggest low-cost carrier Air Berlin will join the oneworld® global alliance.
First big low-cost carrier to join one of the three large global airline alliances, Air Berlin will develop co-operative agreements with group members American Airlines and Finnair.

The partnerships with American and Finnair will provide codeshare flights to 15 additional U.S. destinations as well as on routes to points in Europe and Asia.

Air Berlin is Germany’s second-biggest carrier and offers service to Germany from a number of North American airports including Fort Myers, Miami, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, and Vancouver. (source)

Turkish Airlines will start nonstop service between Los Angeles International (LAX) and Istanbul, beginning March 3, 2011.

The Turkish carrier is already operating flights to four other North American destinations, including Chicago, New York, Toronto and Washington.

Also it plans to start service to Washington Dulles.(source)

Turkish Airlines is a Star-Alliance member.