AF launches a new private jet service
AIR France, in partnership with Wijet, is offering a new range of private jet services for
La Première customers and their travel companions travelling in business class. The
service is exclusively for passengers connecting at Paris-Charles de Gaulle before or
after their long-haul flight on Air France. The private jet services are operated by Wijet,
which operates from 1 200 airports in France and Europe, using a Cessna Citation.
Customers can choose their own departure time and time for check-in formalities,
boarding and baggage collection is significantly reduced. Fares start at €2 400
(R33 817) per aircraft per hour, including tax, for a return trip to or from Paris-Charles
de Gaulle. The return trip must be made within two days of departure. A limousine is
provided between the long-haul flight and the private jet and vice versa. Customers can
also access the La Première lounge.
EY to add daily Entebbe flights
ETIHAD Airways will build on its Entebbe cargo flights with the launch of a new
passenger service in May next year. Daily flights from Abu Dhabi will operate to
Entebbe International Airport using an A320 with 16 business-class seats and 120
in economy class. EY has announced six new routes for the first half of 2015, starting
with Kolkata in February, Madrid in March, Entebbe in May and Edinburgh, Hong Kong
and Algiers in June. Bookings for the Entebbe flights are now open. Flight EY0645 will
depart AUH at 08h20 and arrive in EBB at 12h45. The return flight, EY0646 will depart
EBB at 13h45 and arrive in AUH at 20h25.
SAA, JetBlue expand codeshare
SAA and JetBlue Airways have begun codeshare operations on flights between
Washington, DC Dulles Airport (IAD) and Dakar, Senegal. JetBlue now places its B6
code on SAA-operated flights between IAD and Dakar. JetBlue tickets to Dakar are
now on sale through its website or travel agencies for travel effective immediately. SAA
offers the only daily non-stop service between the US and Dakar, operated by an Airbus
A340. JetBlue flight 5203 departs IAD at 17h40 and arrives in Dakar at 05h50 +1
daily. Flight 5202 from Dakar departs at 01h55 and arrives at IAD at 06h25 daily
