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Airguide Online, Oct 14, 2004

Delta will provide customers with a convenient link between the financial capital of the United States and the capital of Germany with new, daily nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport beginning May 2, 2005. With this new service, Delta will be the only carrier serving Berlin non stop from the U.S. Delta will operate its daily nonstop flight between New York-JFK and Berlin with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, with the capacity to carry up to 204 passengers in a two-class configuration and featuring Delta's award-winning BusinessElite service. Delta already serves Germany with six daily nonstop flights from the U.S. From New York-Kennedy, Delta currently offers daily service to Frankfurt. From Atlanta, the carrier offers one daily flight to Stuttgart and Munich, and two daily flights to Frankfurt. From Cincinnati, Delta offers daily service to Frankfurt. This year Delta is celebrating its 25th anniversary of serving Germany from the U.S. Oct 8, 2004

Emirates is offering its First Class and Business Class passengers a new Good Morning London service at both Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Passengers originating from Dubai and flying to Gatwick may shower in a changing room, eat a continental breakfast and obtain a First Class one- way rail ticket to Victoria Station. They will be using the Delta arrivals lounge in the Le Meridien Hotel. At Heathrow, there are 14 shower rooms with changing facilities, a valet to press suits, a First Class ticket to Paddington Station and continental breakfast. Passengers will use United's lounge on the balcony of the arrival hall of Terminal 3. Passengers also can opt instead to use the airline's chauffeur service, which must be booked at the time of reservation. Oct 13, 2004

Eurostar is busy promoting its high speed services from central London in 2007 and has confirmed that no final decision has been made whether to close its existing Waterloo terminal when St. Pancras International opens. Fastest London to Brussels journey time will be 1 hour 53 minutes whilst the target to Paris is 2 hours 15 minutes. However some trains will stop at Stratford, Dartford and Ashford. Onboard wi-fi services will be introduced on all Eurostar trains next year. The new premium class coach interior can be seen on the ABTN web site. http://www.eurostar.com Oct 4, 2004

Horizon Air has simplified its entire fare structure and eliminated the weekend-stay rule, on all fares to all cities the airline serves. Now all of Horizon's fares, including its lowest regular prices, sale fares and Web-only specials, have only a one-night minimum stay or none at all. Gone, too, are maximum-stay restrictions and fuel surcharges. Horizon's latest and final wave of fare simplification has also resulted in many new, lower fares between cities Horizon serves in the Northwest. The simplified fare structure also applies to cities Horizon serves in partnership with Alaska Airlines. While everyone can benefit from the simplified fare structure, banishment of the weekend-stay rule will be especially appealing to business travelers. That's because they can qualify for a lower fare without having to stay past a Friday or Saturday before returning. "Now, whenever and wherever you fly Horizon or Alaska, you can have a low fare without having to give up part of your weekend to get it," said Patrick Zachwieja, Horizon's vice president of marketing and planning. Reservations and tickets are available at www.horizonair.com, by calling 1-800-547-9308, or through any travel agent. Horizon now guarantees that travelers will always find the lowest fare on www.horizonair.com. If a traveler finds a fare online that's more than US$5 lower for the same Horizon itinerary than through www.horizonair.com, the company will refund the difference. Travelers that purchase their tickets at www.horizonair.com also earn 1,000 Bonus Miles and avoid the booking fees that most major travel sites charge. Oct 14, 2004