Business Travel Tips

United Airlines will start daily, nonstop service between New York/Newark Liberty International Airport, and Istanbul, beginning July 2, 2012.

Istanbul will be the 76th international city that United serves from its New York hub.
The airline will initially operate the new route with Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 183 seats.

The new service schedule:
- (flight 904) departure from New York/Newark at 7:27 PM and arrival in Istanbul at 12:20 PM the next day;
- (flight 905) departure from Istanbul at 1:55 PM and arrival at New York/Newark at 6:02 PM.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is continuing to expand TSA Pre™ to additional airlines and airports.

Last week TSA and Department of Homeland Security announced the expansion of TSA Pre™ in 2012 to the following 28 airport locations: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), Denver International Airport (DEN), Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Honolulu International Airport (HNL), Indianapolis International Airport (IND), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Portland International Airport (PDX), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Tampa International Airport (TPA), Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
336,000 passengers have already been screened through a TSA Pre lane at seven pilot locations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, and New York JFK.

TSA Pre™ is a screening concept which enhances security by enabling TSA to focus its efforts on passengers the agency knows less about while providing expedited screening for travelers who volunteer information about themselves prior to flying.
Those who are not familiar with TSA Pre™ can get information here. Individuals interested in participating in the pilot can apply via Global Entry at http://www.globalentry.gov/.

Manchester Airport (MAN), UK, is planning to introduce new trolleys by April, 2012.
The new trolleys will be GPS-enabled, lighter and easier to maneuver.

The airport will charge passengers for using them.

They will pay the fee — £1 or €2 — using coins, that they will be able to get from change machines deployed at trolley stations.

Inbound passengers from international flights who have no cash will be able to pay by credit card at all international arrivals at the airport.

American Airlines will increase flights to Brasil starting June 14.

The number of AA weekly flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Sao Paulo will be increased from seven times a week to 12 beginning June 14. AA will use the new Boeing 777-300ER on the route.

Also, beginning the same day, AA will expand its service between Miami and Brasilia (from five weekly flights to daily) and between Miami and Belo Horizonte (from five weekly flights to daily).

The carrier will also begin in June new service between Miami and Manaus, using the 160-seat Boeing 737-800.

Beginning May 3, 2012, Air Canada will fly three times a day between Toronto Pearson and New York JFK.

Air Canada Express will operate the new service using a 50-seat CRJ regional jet.

By adding JFK service, Air Canada will be the only carrier that operates to all three major New York City area airports.
Also, the carrier announced that it will increase to hourly its flights to LaGuardia Airport (LGA).

Air Canada will operate a total of up to 38 non-stop return flights a day between Canada — from Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary — and New York City.