United Airlines Partners With Amazon Alexa For Check In Features

United Airlines has become the first US airline to partner with Amazon, adding features to their popular Alexa products. What Are Amazon Alexa, Echo & Echo Dot? Amazon Echo and Echo Dots are Alexa enabled hands free speakers. But they are so much more than that. Using voice commands, users can browse the internet, order […]
Eastern Airways Launches Belfast City Airport to Newcastle Flights

Just six months after they launched their first route from the airport, Eastern Airways has added another destination to George Best Belfast City Airport’s network. The inaugural flight left the runway this morning, after the airline confirmed in July that they will be flying from Belfast to Newcastle, linking business travellers from Northern Ireland to […]
Cathay Pacific announce flights Hong Kong to Dublin, Brussels, Copenhagen

Cathay Pacific have announced today that they are launching three new routes from 2018. The air carrier will be offering flights from Hong Kong to Brussels, Dublin and Copenhagen from early next year and the reaction from potential passengers has been incredibly positive. Flights to and from Dublin and Brussels will run year round, four […]
Easyjet Launches ‘Hands Free’ Luggage in European Airports

Easyjet is introducing a new system, permitting business and leisure travellers to check in hand luggage at the airport, before boarding their plane. Introducing Easyjet Hands Free The initiative, called Easyjet ‘hands free’, will see passengers being offered the opportunity to rid themselves of bulky carry-ons, for a fee of £4 each way. The smaller […]
Aviation Groups Complain to EU Over ‘Chaotic’ Border Checks

A number of influential air industry groups have written a joint letter to EU bosses over the havoc caused by border checks this summer. Many of our business travel clients endured long delays during journeys around Europe, as queues at passport control and immigration grew ever longer while July and August dragged on. New EU […]
Big Data Revolution & the Impact on Business Travel

The Big Data revolution has had a huge impact on almost every industry and business sector globally. The travel sector is no different. The potential impact and benefits of information gathered from mobile bookings, check ins, searches and payment transactions is huge. The data can be used not only to reduce costs but also to […]
Typhoon Hato nears Hong Kong: Hundreds of Cathay Flights Cancelled

Hundreds of flights in and out of Hong Kong have been cancelled due to severe weather conditions. Typhoon Hato is drawing close to the city, which has caused Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon to cancel all but a few of their flights. The Hong Kong Observatory has warned that there is ‘considerable threat’ to Hong […]
KLM connects Belfast business travellers to LA, Hong Kong & beyond

Do you travel to Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Moscow, Johannesburg or Bangkok for business? Check out the convenient and seamless travel options direct from Belfast with KLM this autumn / winter. One of Europe’s largest airline groups, AIR FRANCE KLM, flies direct from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. This […]
Win flights to Amsterdam with BlueBiz & Beyond Business Travel

Beyond Business Travel have teamed with BlueBiz to offer an excellent prize to our loyal clients and followers. Bluebiz, an Air France, KLM, Delta and partner airlines’ joint loyalty programme for businesses, will award your company 50 complimentary Blue Credits if you sign up before 31 December 2017. If registering independently just enter the code […]
Belfast City Airport named most punctual UK airport

Flown from George Best Belfast City Airport recently? If so, chances are your flight departed on time or at least within ten minutes of when it was scheduled. Britain’s best and worst airports – in terms of punctuality – have been revealed this week and Belfast City has been named the UK’s most punctual airport. […]