In a statement on EVA Air's website, the airline from Taiwan says that the cabin crew strike is over. EVA Air apologizes to travelers for the inconvenience caused during the strike, including the many canceled flights.
During the summer holidays (6 July to 1 September), an average of 220.000 people travel to, from or via Schiphol every day. There are a total of 12,8 million travellers, a slight increase of 0,8% compared to the 2018 summer holidays. To ensure a pleasant start to everyone's holiday, Schiphol has taken holiday measures and has tips for traveling well prepared.
Airbus and THAI Airways enter into a partnership
Airbus and THAI Airways intend to enter into a partnership. Thailand wants to use the industrial zone, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) for this purpose.
Fly and pay for the luggage
For flights within Europe, paying for checked baggage has been a fact for some time. What about air travel outside Europe?
Airline EVA Air from Taiwan failed to reach an agreement with the cabin crew on Saturday evening. The strike, which has now lasted more than 10 days, will continue. The parties will negotiate again on Tuesday.
Electronic information points at Schiphol should improve the provision of information to travelers
Schiphol is deploying new communication channels to help travelers in the terminal even better with questions or problems.
The editors received a number of concerned e-mails from readers about the cancellation of a number of EVA Air flights from Amsterdam to Thailand. You can read and respond to them below.
In 2021, airline tickets will already be more expensive due to a flight tax, but that is not yet enough for the cabinet. For example, there should also be a kerosene tax and preferably in a European context.
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KLM adds Apple Pay to KLM app
Apple Pay is available from today for Dutch users of KLM's iOS app. With Apple Pay, customers can quickly, easily and securely pay for airline tickets and additional services, such as checked baggage or seats with extra legroom.
The AoT will develop Airport City at 1623 rai
The AoT will develop a project near Suvarnabhumi airport for an amount of 11 billion baht. The project will be financed by companies and covers an area of 900 rai (Zone A) and 723 rai (Zone B). The project should be operational in 4 years.
Passengers who fly with KLM to distant destinations, including Thailand, will now have to pay extra for their suitcase with the cheapest ticket types. The scheme should be introduced on all flights by the middle of next year.
Holidaymaker indispensable player for Schiphol
Two-thirds of all passengers at Schiphol have a leisure motive for flying. They fly to go on vacation, visit family and friends. This ratio applies to both direct flights and transfer flights, and also applies to large and small destinations.
Travel industry organization ANVR supports the introduction of a flight tax if it benefits the environment. But the travel umbrella is against an air passenger tax as the cabinet wants to introduce on January 1, 2021, only because - according to the Ministry of Finance - "International flying, unlike the car, bus or train, is not taxed in any way."
A new domestic route was opened by Bangkok Airways in April. You can fly directly to Krabi from Chiang Mai, the duration is two hours.
Emirates also comes with Premium economy class
From 2020 you can also opt for the premium economy class of Emirates. The airline from Dubai introduces the popular intermediate class in the A380, followed by the Boeing 777.
The Taiwanese airline EVA Air, popular with Thailand travelers, will not use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the route from Schiphol.