Kuwait-Suhag service THE national carrier revealed this week plans to operate a new international service to Kuwait from the Upper Egypt city of Suhag. Effective next Thursday 30 September, the airline will operate two flights weekly between the two cities via Cairo. The carrier in July launched a domestic service between Cairo and Suhag, shortly after the newly constructed Suhag airport was inaugurated. The domestic service was operated by the domestic airline EgyptAir Express. But not the international connection. "As an international service and to serve Kuwait with bigger aircraft, we decided to switch the operation from Express airlines which operates a fleet of small planes to the main airline which mainly uses medium and wide airplanes to better serve the route from Cairo-Suhag-Kuwait," explained EgyptAir airlines chairman captain Alaa Ashour. Wataniya expands services KUWAIT'S Wataniya Airways has announced its 2010/2011 winter flight schedule, which will be introduced from November, including more flights and further improvements to departure and arrival times. A key feature of the new schedule is the continued expansion of the Vienna service, which will feature three direct flights a week from Kuwait to Vienna (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays) and three flights a week to Vienna via Beirut (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Chairman and Managing Director of Wataniya Airways Abdulsalam Al-Bahar announced that the airline would continue its services to Istanbul throughout the winter, offering three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays. "Sharm El-Sheikh, one of the company's most popular leisure and short break destinations, will now be served by four flights a week during the winter months, with flights leaving on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday," he explained. Other features include increasing the number of weekly flights to Bahrain to sixteen, improved departure times for services from Kuwait to Amman, and maintaining the regular three flights a day service to Dubai, with convenient departure and arrival times for both business and leisure travellers. BA's new first class BRITISH Airways, the first UK airline to take delivery of the long range Boeing 777-300ER, has announced commitment to deliver world-class services to its customers at great value by introducing the new first class in Club World (Business) class during the whole month of September 2010 for travel dates up until March 31, 2011. The new rate will allow even more passengers to discover the award-winning benefits of Club World (Business) classes at a special rate. "As our operations around the world continue to achieve the very highest standards and our customers are showing their appreciation, we recognise the importance of adapting to the needs of our clients," said Mervat Alfy, country commercial manager for British Airways in Egypt. "British Airways is excited to offer our award-winning services at an excellent value for our premium travellers." British Airways has a worldwide network that covers more than 140 destinations in more than 70 countries. This year, British Airways was voted "Airline of the Year" by frequent travellers from across the world at the Business Traveller Airline Awards.
