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Etihad Airways wins ‘Best Business Class’ at 2011 Biz Travel Forum 27-10-2011

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has won the award for “Best Business Class” at the 2011 Biz Travel Forum in Milan.

In its ninth year, the Biz Travel Forum is a travel trade exhibition, involving services and technology for business travel. The event is supported by Uvet American Express Corporate Travel.

Travel managers, human resource directors, facility managers, and travel buyers of medium and large companies involved in the Italian travel management field voted for the award.

The forum has become an important point of reference for all the sectors in the Italian transportation and travel industry, including airlines, hotel chains, car rental companies and those in the GDS booking system.

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “This is yet another wonderful recognition of how well our product strategy and service philosophy work for our guests and to win this award reinforces our ongoing commitment to excellence. It is great to see investments paying back and leading us to success in attracting more and more of the premium travel market in Italy.”

Etihad Airways’ Pearl Business Class features a seat that converts to a fully flat bed. New advanced Business Class seats have now been introduced, which are longer and wider, all with direct aisle access in a 1-2-1 configuration. The seats include larger meal and cocktail tables, luxurious leather headrests, armrests and ottomans upholstered by Poltrona Frau, ambient lighting with dimmer settings, more storage space and a state-of-the-art Panasonic eX2 inflight entertainment system with a 15.4 inch personal screen.

For an even more personalised service, the Pearl Business cabin also has a dedicated Food and Beverage Manager, providing expertise and guidance to guests on all culinary matters – a key winning component of the airline’s inspired service concept.

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Man Business Class enyoing Inflight EntertainmentFirst and Business Class passengers enjoy a comprehensive entertainment programme with the expanded Lufthansa Media World. The five categories: WatchEnjoy, ListenRelax, StudyPlay, KidsFun and FlyLufthansa can be individually downloaded onto the screen at each seat: 65 video options with 30 cinema films in up to eight languages, 25 TV programmes and 10 music magazines from all over the world, 222 CDs and audio books on demand, 30 radio programmes with numerous international channels, an extensive children’s programme for our youngest passengers, games of skill, action games and board and strategy games as well as language courses are readily available. In Business and First Class every passenger also receives the monthly Lufthansa Media World programme listing.

Passengers on the A380 can put together their own in-flight entertainment from an even greater selection of programmes: 50 films in up to eight language versions, 75 TV and music programmes, 30 Lufthansa radio channels, 222 CDs on demand and games, as well as service information about Lufthansa and a Moving Map (with 3D function).Find Cheap Flights to Europe at Rock Bottom Prices with Cheap Flights Compare Europe Flight Deals and Airline Ticket bargains!.Cheap flights to europe

Etihad Airways and American Airlines expand Frequent Flyer agreement 18-10-2011

Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and American Airlines announced today that they will offer passengers the opportunity to redeem frequent flyer miles on flights booked on each other’s networks.

Starting October 18, 2011, members of Etihad Airways’ Etihad Guest frequent flyer programme and American’s AAdvantage® programme will be able to redeem miles on eligible American Airlines flights and eligible Etihad Airways flights, respectively

. This follows the June 1 announcement that the airlines would allow passengers to earn mileage across their respective networks.

The codeshare agreement between Etihad and American, in place since August 2009, delivers a combined codeshare network of more than 50 destinations worldwide.

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “I am thrilled to offer full ‘earn and burn’ options for the valued members of the Etihad Guest and AAdvantage programmes. Codeshare and frequent flyer partnerships, such as the one we have with American, are vital to Etihad’s success as a young and growing airline.

“Through this agreement, we are able to expand our reach for our loyal guests far beyond the destinations we serve directly, as well as offer expanded services for our partner’s guests.”

Maya Leibman, President – AAdvantage Loyalty Program, said: “Etihad has been a valued partner, and this expanded relationship with them gives our customers even more options when redeeming frequent flier miles as well as more travel choices to cities in the Middle East.”