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Asia Miles introduces ‘Gift Miles’ program

Emirates to benefit from US trade development agency grant

Asia Miles introduces ‘Gift Miles’ program

Asia Miles recently announced the launch of Asia Miles-Gift Miles, a new program feature which allows the purchase of Asia Miles online. Asia Miles has become the first reward program in Asia to introduce a gift miles concept.

Through a simple web interface, anyone - even non-members of Asia Miles - can purchase Asia Miles online and have the miles credited to a member’s account within 24 hours. The member can then redeem the miles for free flights, upgrades and other exciting lifestyle rewards.

The idea behind Asia Miles-Gift Miles is to make the purchase of miles easy and convenient, making it an ideal gift for family and friends, or for the buyers to travel themselves. There is no paperwork and everything is done online with just a few clicks.

Asia Miles is the first in Asia to introduce Gift Miles as a feature. The ability to send Asia Miles as a gift to friends adds utility and value to the Asia Miles currency. There are 14 airline partners including Cathay Pacific Airways, Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Dragonair, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Japan Asia Airways, LanChile, Qantas Airways and SWISS.

The 12 non-airline partner categories including financial services, hotels, telecommunications car rental, insurance, dinging, tour operators, luggage and travel accessories, health and beauty, florists, wine merchants and Internet. Members can earn Asia Miles with any of these partners and redeem for free flights, upgrades and companion tickets as well as other exciting rewards.

Asia Miles is free to join, simply enroll online at www.asiamiles.com or visit the web site for further information.


Emirates to benefit from US trade development agency grant

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Emirates, has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency under which a training grant will be made be made available for Emirates personnel with the focus on UAE nationals.

HE Marcelle M. Wahba, US ambassador to the UAE, signed the agreement, which runs until December 2005, on behalf of the agency. The grant is for US$425,000 and has been made in recognition of Emirates’ commitment to buy GE-Pratt and Whitney Engine Alliance engines for its fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft. The engines ordered have a list price, including options, of approximately US$1.5 billion (Dhs5.5 billion).

Sheikh Ahmed said, “I welcome this agreement as a means of providing greater opportunities to the UAE’s young professionals. I am confident that the world-class technology and expertise that the Engine Alliance provides will enable Emirates to become even more successful in the future.”

The airline will direct this new training opportunity to its UAE nationals and has already identified as suitable a number of IATA training programs in North America and the UAE. The grant is funded by the US government and is intended to support the development of US business opportunities around the world.

The training being offered under the Trade and Development Agency grant will help the airline to reach its goal of being a carrier with a world-wide reach.

Emirates signed an agreement earlier this year with the general Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance for the GP7000 engine family to power the airline’s super jumbo Airbus A380-800 aircraft.

Emirates is the main launch customer of the A380 double-decker, with 22 on firm order and 10 options. Delivery of the first aircraft is expected by September 2006.



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