New airport terminal for Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA Airports Authority will open a new terminal at Dar es
Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport in June. The new
terminal is expected to make the airport a tourism hub, capable
of handling six million passengers a year. The airport is Tanzania’s
biggest and busiest international airport, and will have parking space
for 2 075 vehicles, and screening systems capable of processing
2 800 people an hour, translating into an average of 400 people in
10 minutes.
TK postpones Marrakech launch
TURKISH Airlines has postponed the date of its first flight to
Marrakech to April 15, after initially planning to launch the service
on March 27. The airline will operate the service five times a week.
Marrakech will be the airline’s second destination in Morocco after
Casablanca.
Air Canada – card-only payments
AIR Canada has extended the list of airports where it will no longer
accept cash payments to include Vancouver (YVR), Halifax (YHZ), St
John’s (YYT), Victoria (YYJ), Saskatoon (YXE), Toronto Island (YTZ) and
Quebec City (YQB). Customers now have the option of paying for
tickets, baggage and other fees with any major credit or debit card.
There is also the option of pre-paying for baggage and other fees
online at time of check-in, from 24 hours before the flight until the
check-in deadline. ReadySTATION kiosks are available for customers
who do not have a credit card. These kiosks offer cash conversion to
a prepaid credit card.
RwandAir, Amadeus expand partnership
RWANDAIR and Amadeus are expanding their partnership to include
new technology solutions with the aim of improving the customer
experience. Having previously provided RwandAir with distribution
services, Amadeus will now assist the airline with solutions ranging
from passenger systems, revenue management, loyalty management,
payments and data to analytics.
New cabins on AF A330 long-haul flights
AIR France will make its new long-haul cabins available exclusively on
board its Airbus A330s, serving destinations in Africa, North America
and India, which include Houston, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Bengaluru
and Delhi. The new business-class cabins feature 36 seats that
convert into 2m-long, 57cm-wide lie-flat beds, a sliding panel that
can be used to increase privacy during the fight and a new 47cm HD
touch-screen with over 1 400 hours of entertainment options. The 21
premium-economy seats have a 130-degree recline and a width of
49cm. Seat pitch is 102cm, and the screen is 34cm. Features on the
167 economy-class seats include greater space between armrests,
118-degree recline, 79cm of leg-room, a larger tray table, and a
wider, 29cm HD screen.
Delta app: use miles to buy upgrades
SKYMILES members can now use the Fly Delta app to purchase
a seat upgrade using miles instead of cash. This new option lets
members travelling for business or leisure use their personal miles via
the Fly Delta app or Delta.com to upgrade their experience whenever
they fly. Miles can be used to upgrade a single leg or multiple legs of
a journey. Customers can log in to the Fly Delta app and click on the
‘My Trips’ tab. They then select the trip for which they would like to
buy an upgrade, and select a seat from the available premium seats
displayed on the seat map. The cash price as well as the amount of
miles needed to buy the seat will show. Members can then confirm
their preferred seat and complete the purchase.
