A round-up of this week's stories in brief
Double up on business
ETIHAD AIRWAYS is offering customers the chance to buy two Pearl Business Class tickets for the price of one if they book in the next two days. Irish customers can purchase two return Business class tickets from Dublin via Abu Dhabi to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane for €4,636; Johannesburg and Cape Town from just €3,524; Bangkok from €3,347; Muscat from €3,195 and Beijing from €3,006. All fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges. Bookings must be made before October 11th, for travel up to December 10th, 2010. See etihadairways.com
Putting Wi-Fi on the road
BUS ÉIREANN customers using its Dublin-Galway route can avail of free Wi-Fi after the company introduced a three-month trial of the service.
All coaches operating on the route have been fitted with Wi-Fi equipment and customer reaction to the service will be reviewed over the coming months. If the trial proves successful, Bus Éireann intends making it available across its 30 Expressway routes.
In numbers:
2.5m: The number, in millions, of Ryanair passengers who have been delayed so far this year as a direct result of Belgian, French and Spanish ATC strikes and work to rules, according to Michael O'Leary