London oxford Airport welcomed its first international scheduled service in 72 years when full-frills Swiss regional carrier Baboo commenced weekly flights to Geneva on Saturday.

Among the passengers that boarded the first south-bound Bombardier Q400 advanced turboprop were several last minute bookings. Were it not for the new oxford service they had faced waiting until Tuesday to get to Geneva owing to weather disruptions at congested airports and rail stations. “We were absolutely delighted they turned to oxford,” said London oxford Airport Managing Director Steve Jones.

Baboo CEO Jacques Bankir flew back to Geneva with the first flight. “We have really been excited about this airport. It is ideal for Baboo. Our passengers have a stress-free experience, enjoying facilities designed for business aviation clients and it is a great complement to our 11 weekly services out of London City Airport.” He confirmed that Baboo plans a connecting flight from Geneva to Rome in the New Year that will connect with the oxford departures. This is possible through the airline’s newly ratified codeshare partnership with Alitalia.

Baboo’s flights from oxford to Geneva are particularly aimed at ski traffic (no ski equipment surcharge) from the home counties, but they provide a user-friendly link between two international, high-tech destinations that are popular with tourists too.

Ahead of the Geneva services London oxford Airport invested in full winter kit, including runway de-icing and snow clearing equipment and built a modular baggage arrivals hall capable of handling 75 passengers and their luggage. The airport is also installing a fully computerized Departure Control System (DCS) which it hopes to have operational from mid January.

We expand service from 10 January – now up to three flights a day Austrian redticket from 1 February 2010: fly to Belgrade and back for 99 euros, including all taxes and charges

With Austrian Airlines, Belgrade is set to become even easier to reach in the new year: we are expanding our service to the Serbian capital from 10 January 2010 onwards, and will be flying from Vienna to Belgrade and back up to three times a day. As a special bonus for our passengers, we are also introducing the popular Austrian redticket on the route from 1 February 2010. The pleasant flights will then be available from as little as 99 euros including all taxes and charges.

With Austrian to Belgrade – gateway to the Balkans

The up-and-coming city of Belgrade has a great deal to offer business travellers. Visitors to the city can choose between old cafes and restaurants, pulsating nightlife and waterborne nightclubs on boats alongside the banks of the River Sava. Whatever your reasons for visiting Belgrade, however, Austrian Airlines has the right flight at the right time for you. On board our aircraft, we offer our passengers a wide range of services in both Business and Economy Class, and take good care of our passengers at all times. Our passengers can also earn air miles worldwide with the frequent flyer programme Miles & More, and exchange these for a wide range of different benefits.

Schedule Vienna – Belgrade from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 771 6.35 a.m. 7.40 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 773 1.25 p.m. 2.35 p.m. Daily

OS 737 10.45 p.m. 11.50 p.m. NEW – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

Schedule Belgrade – Vienna from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 738 4.40 a.m. 6.00 a.m. NEW – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

OS 772 8.20 a.m. 9.45 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 774 3.20 p.m. 4.40 p.m. Daily

Austrian redticket

We first introduced the Austrian redticket in 2003, and have steadily increased its range since, so that it now encompasses numerous European routes. From 1 February onwards, the Austrian best price, which includes the outbound and return flights, all taxes and charges and taxes, will also be available on our route to Belgrade. Our passengers will be able to use all the latest check-in possibilities, including the SMS Check-in, Web Check-in and of course Self Check-in at the airport itself. In Vienna, our passengers have the option of checking in at the City Airport Terminal in the third district. Each passenger can take 20 kilos of luggage on board with them free of charge, and receives a selection of daily newspapers on board. A snack will be served in the business class, a sweet or salty

nibble in the economy class.

Additional flights by partner JAT

The Austrian schedule is improved further still by the present codeshare agreement with the Serbian airline JAT Airways: In addition to the flights operated by Austrian Airlines, Austrian also offers seats on board of JAT operated flights.

Schedule Vienna – Belgrade from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 771 6.35 a.m. 7.40 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 773 1.25 p.m. 2.35 p.m. Daily

OS 737 10.45 p.m. 11.50 p.m. NEW – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

Schedule Belgrade – Vienna from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 738 4.40 a.m. 6.00 a.m. NEW – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

OS 772 8.20 a.m. 9.45 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 774 3.20 p.m. 4.40 p.m. Daily

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The Spanish airline is one of the four airlines that offers this service to its customers

Madrid, December 2nd, 2009

As of today, Iberia passengers flying from London Heathrow airport can check-in and print their boarding passes at Paddington train station in London before taking the Heathrow Express train to the airport.

The Customer Check- in services, launched today by Heathrow Express, consist of three easy to use check-in kiosks with touch screens located next to the Heathrow Express ticket office. Iberia passengers can print their boarding passes and view their flight information before leaving for the airport. Flight Information Display Screens have also been installed next to the ticket office and half way down platforms 6 an 7 of the Paddington train station. On them, passengers will be able to find information about the day’s flights, airlines operating them, the terminals from where the flights are leaving and departure times.

Iberia is one of the four airlines that offer its customers the possibility of using these check-in facilities at Paddington train station. The Spanish airline started offering this service in May 2002, when it first installed auto check-in kiosks in nine Spanish airports. Nowadays, Iberia passengers can use these facilities in 66 of the 111 airports where the airline flies to, including London Heathrow airport and Dublin.

Iberia offers thirteen flights a day between London Heathrow and Madrid Barajas airports, five of them under a code-sharing agreement with British Airways. From Madrid, passengers flying from the United Kingdom can continue their trip to another 36 destinations in Spain, Lisbon and Porto in Portugal, 17 Latin American cities, four U.S destinations, as well as 10 cities in Africa and the Middle East of Iberia’s network.

• We expand service from 10 January – now up to three flights a day

• Austrian redticket from 1 February 2010: fly to Belgrade and back for 99 euros, including all taxes and charges

With Austrian Airlines, Belgrade is set to become even easier to reach in the new year: we are expanding our service to the Serbian capital from 10 January 2010 onwards, and will be flying from Vienna to Belgrade and back up to three times a day. As a special bonus for our passengers, we are also introducing the popular Austrian redticket on the route from 1 February 2010. The pleasant flights will then be available from as little as 99 euros including all taxes and charges.

With Austrian to Belgrade – gateway to the Balkans

The up-and-coming city of Belgrade has a great deal to offer business travellers. Visitors to the city can choose between old cafes and restaurants, pulsating nightlife and waterborne nightclubs on boats alongside the banks of the River Sava. Whatever your reasons for visiting Belgrade, however, Austrian Airlines has the right flight at the right time for you. On board our aircraft, we offer our passengers a wide range of services in both Business and Economy Class, and take good care of our passengers at all times. Our passengers can also earn air miles worldwide with the frequent flyer programme Miles & More, and exchange these for a wide range of different benefits.

Schedule Vienna – Belgrade from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 771 6.35 a.m. 7.40 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 773 1.25 p.m. 2.35 p.m. Daily

OS 737 10.45 p.m. 11.50 p.m. NEW – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

Schedule Belgrade – Vienna from 10 January 2010 (all times local)

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 738 4.40 a.m. 6.00 a.m. NEW – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

OS 772 8.20 a.m. 9.45 a.m. Daily except Saturday

OS 774 3.20 p.m. 4.40 p.m. Daily

Austrian redticket

We first introduced the Austrian redticket in 2003, and have steadily increased its range since, so that it now encompasses numerous European routes. From 1 February onwards, the Austrian best price, which includes the outbound and return flights, all taxes and charges and taxes, will also be available on our route to Belgrade. Our passengers will be able to use all the latest check-in possibilities, including the SMS Check-in, Web Check-in and of course Self Check-in at the airport itself. In Vienna, our passengers have the option of checking in at the City Airport Terminal in the third district. Each passenger can take 20 kilos of luggage on board with them free of charge, and receives a selection of daily newspapers on board. A snack will be served in the business class, a sweet or salty

nibble in the economy class.

Additional flights by partner JAT

The Austrian schedule is improved further still by the present codeshare agreement with the Serbian airline JAT Airways: In addition to the flights operated by Austrian Airlines, Austrian also offers seats on board of JAT operated flights.

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 7131 10.55 a.m. 12.20 p.m. Daily

OS 7133 7.30 p.m. 8.55 p.m. Daily

From 11 January, JAT will also operate the following daily services from Belgrade to Vienna:

Flight number Dep Arr Days of operation

OS 7132 8.15 a.m. 9.50 a.m. Daily

OS 7134 4.50 p.m. 6.25 p.m. Daily

The new Czech Airlines winter flight schedule comes into force toady.  In it, the Airline is primarily boosting the number of flights to destinations that are in Eastern Europe, and rationalising connections to areas that are noting smaller passenger demand.  During the winter flight schedule, i.e., from 25 October 2009 to 27 March 2010, Czech Airlines, in association with its partners, will offer scheduled flights to a total of 138 destinations in 46 countries around the world.  In charter carriage, Czech Airlines will offer brand new destinations, such as the Colombian island of San Andrés, and Libéria in north-west Costa Rica.

Focus Primarily on Eastern Europe

During the winter flight schedule, Czech Airlines will intensify the network of its flights, primarily to Eastern Europe.  The number of flights to Moscow, in particular, will increase.  Czech Airlines offers three daily flights to Moscow and another one in code-share cooperation with Aeroflot.  In addition, flights to Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, and Minsk will be boosted, as well as to both of the Caucasian destinations – Tbilisi and Yerevan.  Also flights to Beirut, Barcelona, Bologna, and Ljubljana will be boosted, especially during the so-called winter high season.

Adaptation to Reduced Demand in Central and Western Europe

Due to the consequences of the economic crisis, demand for air carriage to certain destinations is down, in particular to Ostrava, Žilina, Riga, London, and Hamburg.  Czech Airlines has discontinued the flights to these destinations that were at times that were in low demand.  In the case of Oslo, Stockholm, and Venice, the service was rationalised – the morning and mid-morning flights were merged into one; on the other hand, evening flights to Norway and Sweden were boosted significantly.  Due to the fact that they were not profitable and loss-generating, Czech Airlines is closing down the service to Manchester and its own operations to New York.  From the 2009/2010 winter flight schedule onward, the service to New York will be operated by a SkyTeam partner, Delta Air Lines.  Thanks to code-share cooperation, Czech Airlines will continue to sell tickets for the Prague-New York-Prague route under its own designation – OK.

Expansion of Code-Share Cooperation

In code-share cooperation with partner carriers, Czech Airlines offers connections to 73 destinations.  Commencing with the 2009/2010 winter flight schedule, Czech Airlines has significantly boosted is code-share cooperation with Delta Air Lines, primarily on the Prague-New York route.  Czech Airlines has also newly launched code-share cooperation with the Israeli airline El Al on the Prague-Tel Aviv route.  Of particular significance for Czech Airlines is code-share cooperation on long-haul flights, which bring passengers to Prague, the vast majority of whom then use connecting Czech Airlines flights onward into Europe.  This means, for example, the Prague-Atlanta service, in cooperation with Delta Air Lines; the Prague-Seoul service, with Korean Air; and the Prague-Paris-Mexico City service, in cooperation with Aero México; as well as flights to the Russian Federation.  Czech Airlines plans to focus on Eastern Europe and Asia in code-share cooperation.  Code-share cooperation with China Eastern is planned on the Prague-Frankfurt-Shanghai route.  A direct Prague-Shanghai service is under negotiation, as is cooperation with other Asian carriers.

Code-share flights allow passengers to make an easier booking through a single contact centre, especially in the case of several connecting flights with transfers.  Code-share cooperation is based on the sharing of codes on flights operated by one of the contractual partners.  For passengers, another practical advantage of this type of cooperation is that they can purchase a single ticket for flights with several airlines.  Czech Airlines passengers are also credited miles for code-share flights in their OK Plus Frequent flyer programme.

Increases in the Number of Weekly Flights on Czech Airlines Routes in the 2009/2010 Winter Flight Schedule (as compared to the 2008/2009 winter flight schedule)

Moscow +5 flights

Tashkent +5

Yekaterinburg +2

Yerevan +2

Milan +2

Rostov-on-Don +1

Tbilisi +1

Minsk +1

Beirut +1

Ljubljana +1

Barcelona +1

Bologna +1

Decreases in the Number of Weekly Flights on Czech Airlines Routes in the 2009/2010 Winter Flight Schedule

Ostrava -5 flights

Riga -5

Žilina -5

Venice -5

London -4

Stuttgart -4

Oslo -3

Stockholm -2

Tel Aviv -2

Zurich -2

Charter Carriage

On charter flights, Czech Airlines will newly offer flights to the Colombian island of San Andrés, in the Caribbean, and to Libérie in Costa Rica: the gate to the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano and Santa Rosa National Parks and to the famous beaches of the Guanacaste province, also called the Golden Shore.  Czech Airlines will continue to fly to traditional winter destinations, such as Varadero in Cuba, the Venezuelan island of La Isla Margarita, Cancún in Mexico, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador.  In Egypt, Czech Airlines charter flights will land in Hurgada, Sharm El Sheik, and Taba.  As usual, Czech Airlines operates charter flights to the Canary Islands as well as to certain destinations in Greece, Italy, Israel, and Ireland.

Hana Hejsková

Communications Director

Czech Airlines Press Spokesperson