For the very first time, an Indian airline has bagged top honours at the World Travel Awards. The 31st edition of the prestigious awards gave Air India’s latest inflight entertainment the title of Asia’s Leading Airline Inflight Entertainment 2024. With this, the rejuvenated carrier joins an elite club of airlines that have bagged World Travel Awards titles in previous years.

The award recognised Air India’s full suite of inflight entertainment aboard its latest Airbus A350 fleet, which currently ferry passengers between Delhi and London Heathrow. Next month, the new-gen aircraft will serve Air India passengers en route to New York JFK. The same inflight entertainment will also be available on the 64 new widebody aircraft on firm order, and the fleet of aeroplanes that will be upgraded with a complete interior overhaul along with the latest entertainment systems.

Air India’s new inflight entertainment provides a broad choice of content. Over 3000 hours of content across formats and genres is available, including 1400 hours of movies, 850 hours of TV shows, and 1000 hours of audio.

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After starting nonstop service between Belgrade and Guangzhou less than two weeks ago, Air Serbia announced the name of the third destination in mainland China to which it would fly directly. Starting January 11, 2025, the Serbian flag carrier will begin flights to Shanghai from its primary hub. During the winter season, the airline will operate two weekly flights on the newly announced route on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The return flights will begin their journeys on Wednesdays and Sundays. Air Serbia also plans to keep the Belgrade-Shanghai route alive in the following summer season.

Once the new route goes live, Air Serbia will have established nonstop flight links to three cities in mainland China. In addition to the two mentioned above, it has been operating flights to Tianjin since December 9, 2022. The airline aims to facilitate travel between the two countries, which recently signed a free trade agreement and practice a visa-free regime.

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One of the strong players in private jet services, RightJet, has announced the opening of a private jet showroom in a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Where exactly? In the atrium of the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

The space is filled with intriguing aspects. For instance, the crew dons a 1960s-inspired uniform but uses high-tech solutions to provide information and services to visitors. The showroom also includes a private meeting room, a majlis area for guests to get all the details for making an informed decision, and a mock-up fuselage of one of the latest and fastest private jets on the market that entered service very recently.

Also, Dubai-based RightJet has created a proprietary application to present real-time aviation solutions and aircraft options to its clients.

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The Serbian flag carrier, Air Serbia, has welcomed its third Airbus A330-200 to strengthen the long-haul fleet. Flaunting Expo 2027 Belgrade livery, the aircraft’s registration code is YU-ARD. The colourful set was applied to the plane in Lisbon using 270 unique decals. The widebody aeroplane was manufactured in 2014 and features 22 seats in Business Class and 240 in Economy. Two Rolls-Royce engines provide enough thrust for a maximum flying altitude of 41,450 feet.

The Expo 2027 event is scheduled between May 15 and August 15, 2027. The newly inducted A330-200, along with the other two already in service and another one expected to join Air Serbia’s fleet before 2024 ends, will help bring international crowds from New York and Chicago in the west to Tianjin and Guangzhou in the East. The first Airbus A330-200, bearing registration YU-ARB, joined the carrier’s fleet in April 2021. The second one – YU-ARC – came into the picture in November 2022. That aircraft is named after and features an image of Mihajlo Pupin, a famed Serbian inventor.

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