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Easy baggage drop offs by Lufthansa
LUFTHANSA is investing in innovative technologies that provide greater comfort for passengers. Just in time for the summer travelling season, passengers at Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg airports can now take advantage of the 39 baggage machines and drop off their luggage themselves. Passengers who have already received their boarding pass by checking in online, via a mobile device or at a check-in machine within 23 hours before departure can simply make their way to one of the baggage machines and send their luggage on its journey themselves without having to queue. Customers can then pass directly through security and go to their gate.
To date, Lufthansa passengers have already checked in more than 640,000 pieces of luggage via the machines.
Safi introduces new catering service
SAFI Airways has introduced new catering services for its business and economy classes, as part of plans to strengthen the airline’s services, knowhow and technology.
The airline currently operates two flights a day from Kabul to Dubai and daily flights from Kabul to New Delhi on the international route network and from Kabul to Heart on the domestic sector. By the end of the year couple of more destinations will be added to the route network.
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Emirates to resume flights to Libya
EMIRATES will restart passenger flights to Tripoli from September 1, 2013, illustrating Libya’s importance in Emirates’ global network and the airline’s commitment to the country.
Emirates’ three-weekly flights to Tripoli, served by a Boeing 777-200ER in a three-class configuration, will make a quick stop in Malta every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
In June 2012, Emirates reopened its Tripoli town office enabling customers to book travel on Emirates services outside of Libya including flights commencing from Tunis. The one-stop travel hub has been designed to make business and leisure travel easier and more convenient, with ticketing and reservation counters for general enquiries and dedicated counters for premium passengers, Emirates Holidays customers and travel agents.
Tripoli has been part of Emirates’ route network since March 2001, when services were launched with four flights a week.
Over the next six months, Emirates will launch a further four destinations: Haneda on June 3, Stockholm on September 4, Clark on October 1, and Milan-New York on October 1, 2013.
Routes Africa 2013 this month
THE 8th Routes Africa event will take place in Kampala, Uganda, from July 7 to 9, 2013 and will be hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda and Entebbe International Airport.
The event will open with the Routes Africa Strategy Summit and will bring together more than 250 delegates from airports, airlines, tourism authorities and other industry stakeholders from across Africa to discuss air service development.
A panel of leading industry experts will also take part in discussions and presentations addressing aviation and route development issues across the region including ‘New Carriers for New Africa – The Rise of LCCs’, ‘Driving Tourism in Africa’, ‘Public, Private Partnerships for Airport Management & Development’ and ‘Operating in Europe: Traffic Rights and Airport Slots’.