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  • Bamboo Airways awarded best cabin crew, most improved airline in Asia

    Bamboo Airways awarded best cabin crew, most improved airline in Asia

    Bamboo Airways won the “Best Cabin Crew in Asia” and “Most Improved Airline in Asia” awards at the PAX Awards 2022 ceremony in Hamburg, Germany.

    PAX Awards 2022 was held on June 15 (Hanoi time) by the Canadian leading magazine covering cabin services industry PAX International.

    Truong Phuong Thanh, deputy general director of Bamboo Airways, said: “PAX Awards 2022 provides precious recognition by domestic and international customers and experts of Bamboo Airways’ efforts in upgrading service quality. We see this as a great motivation and encouragement to gear up our roadmap towards 5-star oriented services that we have determined to achieve since the earliest days.”

    PAX Awards is held annually by PAX International magazine based on online voting from around the world. PAX Awards is recognized among prestigious aviation awards honoring excellent service quality and development efforts of the world’s leading airlines and aviation service suppliers.

    This year’s ceremony was held within the framework of World Travel Catering and Onboard Services Expo – WTCE 2022 and Aircraft Interiors Expo – AIX 2022.

    At the previous PAX Awards ceremony, many prominent names in aviation including Qatar Airlines, Air Canada, Emirates Flight Catering… were honored for Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier, Airline Caterer of the year, Best Inflight Duty Free Program, Best Cabin Interior Experience and Best Lounge.

    Bamboo Airways has transported over 10 million passengers safely and led on-time performance across the Vietnamese aviation industry since its establishment.

    Adding to PAX awards, Bamboo Airways continues to grow its footprint in this key market with the launch of a second regular nonstop route to Germany from June 16, connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Frankfurt with one return flight per week.

    With this nonstop service, Bamboo Airways is showing determination in gearing up international network expansion in general and route operation to Europe like the U.K., Germany…in particular. The airline targets a network of 120 routes, including 40 international routes in 2022 to meet heavy travel demands after pandemic.

    The airline has been focusing on methodical training for cabin crew in 5-star service orientation. Bamboo Airways also constantly organizes many global events to recruit flight attendants, attracting a large number of potential candidates from many countries, thus adding qualified personnel and creating opportunities for passengers to experience 5-star oriented services.

  • Asian pax growth of 3.2% at Changi lifts November traffic

    Asian pax growth of 3.2% at Changi lifts November traffic

    Singapore Changi Airport has reported 4.78m passenger movements for November 2016, representing a +3.2% rise on November 2015, while total passenger traffic handled during the first 11 months of 2016 increased by +5.7% to 53m.

    During the same two periods, cargo shipments grew by +6.1% to 1.79m tonnes and aircraft movements rose by +4.1% to 328,520 landings and take offs, while in the first 11 months cargo grew +7.9% to 173,170 tons and take offs and landings by +3.4% to 29,710.

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore stated: “Passenger traffic for the month of November was supported by growth in air travel to and from South-east Asia, North-east Asia and South Asia.

    STRONG GROWTH TREND TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES

    “Among Changi’s top 10 country markets, China (+13.7%), Vietnam (+9.9%) and India (+9.8%) led the gainers. As for Changi’s top 10 cities, strong traffic growth was observed between Singapore and Southeast Asian cities, such as Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar, and Ho Chi Minh City.”

    The CAAS also pointed to new services to India, with Air India Express launching four weekly services to Kolkata on 20 November, and Jet Airways starting daily services to Bangalore on 14 December.

    SilkAir also has launched four weekly services to Fuzhou in China, while Xiamen Airlines increased the frequency of its Singapore-Xiamen services from 14 weekly flights to 17 from 18 November. In addition, Myanmar National Airlines also raised its number of flights to Yangon from seven to 12 weekly services from 1 December.
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    NEW TERMINAL 3 RETAIL OUTLET ‘DEBUT’

    Meanwhile, between 16 November to 18 December 2016, CAAS added that the sole new store opening in Terminal 3’s Basement 2 over the period was by Etoz, which it describes as a manufacturer and retailer ‘of quality home and bedding products’, which has made its airport store debut at Changi.

    In addition, a ‘Teahouse by Soup Restaurant’ offering a variety of ‘unique’ Nanyang Dim Sum has also opened in the Terminal 1 public area.

    Changi Airport management said that as of 1 December 2016, more than 100 airlines were operating at Changi Airport, flying to around 380 cities in 90 countries and territories worldwide.