Carnival Air Lines forms world-wide travel partnership with more than 20 international carriers.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1996--Carnival Air Lines has formed a world-wide partnership with international carriers, intended to provide passengers with a convenient and cost-effective way of traveling the globe. Three of Carnival's main points of operation -- New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Miami, and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- are ideally positioned to provide connecting service to Europe, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the Caribbean, Middle East and Far East. The airline has teamed-up with more than 20 international airlines to provide joint fares, direct baggage routing and seamless connections. From New York and Los Angeles, passengers can connect, via Miami, on: ACES (Colombia); AeroPeru; Air Jamaica; ALM (Antilles); Cayman Airways Cayman Airways is an airline based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and is the national flag carrier of the Cayman Islands. It operates mainly as an international and domestic scheduled passenger carrier, with cargo services available on all routes and a limited charter service ; Faucett (Peru); Iberia (Spain); LAPSA (Paraguay); Lloyd Aero Boliviano bo·li·vi·a·no n. pl. bo·li·vi·a·nos See Table at currency. [Spanish, Bolivian, boliviano, from Bolivia.] Noun 1. ; SAETA (Ecuador); Servivensa (Venezuela); and VASP VASP Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein VASP Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation Package VASP Viação Aérea São Paulo SA (Brazilian airline) VASP Value Added Service Provider VASP Virginia Academy of School Psychologists (Brazil). From Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach, passengers can connect, via JFK, on: Air India; Egypt Air; Finnair; Gulfair (Baharain); Icelandair; Pakistan International; Royal Jordanian; Saudi Arabian; TAP (Portugal); Tarom (Romania); Turkish Airlines; and Virgin Atlantic (England). Carnival is also in the final stages of securing partnerships that will offer passengers flights between South Florida and the Orient via Los Angeles. "This is one of the industry's most extensive partnerships of world-class carriers. And we are not finished; new partners are joining our program every month," said Carnival Air Lines Carnival Air Lines was a charter and low-cost air division of Carnival Cruise Lines started in 1988 after Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines. History Chairman Reuven Wertheim. "With our competitive fares and convenient connecting times, passengers have a new choice when traveling abroad." The two keys to the partnership program are the seamless connection times and simple booking procedures. Carnival's existing flight schedule conveniently connects with its international partners -- both to and from the United States. And baggage is checked from the originating city to the final destination. To book an international flight, travelers can call their local travel agent or contact the international carrier directly, who can also book the Carnival domestic portion. In addition to joint service, Carnival will provide its aviation partners with various marketing vehicles, such as co-op advertising and joint sales meetings. Last week the airline introduced its international partners to more than 1,000 travel agents at meetings held in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Boca Raton. "Travel agents around the country are excited about this program. They understand what it can represent to their bottom line," added Wertheim, who personally addressed the agents at the events. Carnival Air Lines, based in Fort Lauderdale, is the largest scheduled passenger airline headquartered in Florida. The carrier operates 25 aircraft with scheduled service between the Northeast, Florida, California and the Caribbean. Carnival enjoys interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in agreements with more than 120 domestic and international airlines, as well as two code-share partners -- Iberia on the Los Angeles/Spain route, and SAETA on the Los Angeles/Ecuador route. CONTACT: Carnival Air Lines, Fort Lauderdale Gabriel Gabor, 954/923-8672 x 2238 |
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