Vueling, the new-generation airline, carried a total of 2,896,005 passengers during the first half of 2008, a 15.8 percent increase in relation to the same period of 2007. The airline also increased the number of passengers carried during the second quarter in the year, to 1,480,109, a 3.7 percent increase with regards to last year.
British Airways announced an agreement to acquire French airline L’Avion and integrate the company with its subsidiary OpenSkies, which recently launched daily flights between Paris Orly Airport and New York John F. Kennedy Airport. L’Avion operates two Boeing 757 aircraft between Paris Orly and Newark Airport.
Star Cruises sold its Orient Lines brand to Origin Cruise Group, an entity headed by Wayne Heller, founder of Orlando-based cruise retailer Cruises Only.
Southwest Casino Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Palace Resorts to manage the casino at the Moon Palace Casino, Golf and Spa Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez announced that businesspersons from the Balearic islands want to invest 3.7 billion Euros into the tourism industry in the next four years.
The same group have already invested heavily in the country but want to build a railway linking Santiago and Santo Domingo; likely to significantly boost the country’s development.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez announced that businesspersons from the Balearic islands want to invest 3.7 billion Euros into the tourism industry in the next four years.
The same group have already invested heavily in the country but want to build a railway linking Santiago and Santo Domingo; likely to significantly boost the country’s development.