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It seems almost too good to be true. A job where you get to travel the world and have people listen to what you think of the whole experience.
But that’s exactly what’s being offered by Finland’s flagship airline Finnair.
This month the airline is searching for four “Quality Hunters” to scour the globe and report back on all that’s good — and not so good.
According to a press release issued by the airline, the “Quality Hunters” will travel to cities in Europe, Asia and the US throughout October and November at the same time “assessing flights, airports and destinations.”

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Egypt Air has become the latest airline in the Middle East region to offer in-flight connectivity to passengers.
The Egyptian flag-carrier equipped its latest A330-300 with the technology, which allows passengers to use GSM, SMS and GPRS services from their mobile providers on board.
Passengers will also be able to use wifi connections throughout the flight, said the airline, thanks to an arrangement with OnAir which will see the technology rolled out across the fleet.

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Aircraft on 24th August 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines is to offer private jet transfer in Europe to passengers flying from Australia, the airline confirmed last week.
A partnership with Lufthansa’s Private Jet services will mean that passengers flying to one of Singapore Airline’s 14 European destinations will be able to continue their journey on a private jet to one of over 1,000 airports in Europe.
The model is almost exactly the same as PrivateConnect, the British Airways tie-up with CitationAir announced earlier this year which provides private jet connections in North America for passengers arriving on BA flights.

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JetBlue is bringing back its popular All-You-Can-Jet pass, which allows anyone to travel to an unlimited number of cities over a one-month period.
The “All You Can Jet” pass is being offered for travel between Sept. 7 and Oct. 6.
There are two price tiers: an unlimited pass for $699 or a $499 pass that excludes travel on Fridays and Sundays.
The passes are being issued during a traditionally sluggish travel period wedged between the summer vacation and winter holiday seasons.


Austrian Airlines has topped a list of the best business class in-flight wines from US-based Global Traveler magazine.
It beat Qatar Airways by only 0.28 of a point to take the award, which the magazine said “was not dependent on one or two high-scoring blockbusters pulling the rest of its wines into the winner’s corner.”
Instead, the wines selected by Austrian’s 55 sommeliers scored consistantly highly across all categories, with its Champagne, both its white wines and one red wine all placed in the top ten lists for their respective categories.

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Anakin in
Travel on 23rd June 2010 |
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Vietnam Airlines joined the SkyTeam alliance earlier this month, the latest airline to join one of the three loose confederations that dominate the aviation industry.
For most passengers, the membership lists of SkyTeam, OneWorld and Star Alliance are of little concern, as they make very little noticeable difference to the day-to-day services offered by the airlines.
But alliances are an important factor in travel and knowing who is who can often save travelers time and money, as well as increasing the comfort of the journey.
Alliance agreements almost always involve the creation of so-called “codeshare” routes, where airlines can sell space on board a flight operated by another alliance member as if it were their own.
