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Japan Airlines, Liverpool Football Club open lounge at Anfield Stadium
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Liverpool Football Club (LFC) announced the grand opening of the Japan Airlines Lounge at Anfield Stadium on 25th August. The opening of the lounge marks a key milestone in their new multi-year partnership which kicked off in June of this year. Officially opening hours ahead of LFC's first home match on August 25, the new lounge occupies the former 1892 hospitality space. Its aesthetic, however, offers a fresh and unique experience that blends Japanese hospitality with the excitement of English football. Reflecting the serenity and luxury of JAL's service, the lounge design was inspired by elements of Japanese nature and architecture, seen in the use of timbers, soft lighting, and clean lines with modern contemporary furnishings throughout. According to JAL deputy vice-president for customer experience Junko Sakihara: "We are thrilled to launch the Japan Airlines Lounge at Anfield, marking an initial key step in our multi-year partnership with Liverpool FC. This lounge uniquely blends Japanese hospitality with football, uniting two cultures that value tradition, excellence, and community. We look forward to building a strong connection between our brands." Expanding the partnership The lounge unveiling is part of a broader partnership between Japan Airlines and Liverpool FC, united by a shared commitment to caring for people and communities. Additional collaborations will include joint efforts through the LFC Foundation, which already kicked off with a youth soccer clinic in Philadelphia during LFC's US pre-season tour. New programmes are also in the pipeline for Thailand and other regions, further strengthening ties between the two global brands. Together, Japan Airlines and Liverpool FC are set to inspire and connect fans and travelers worldwide, building bridges between cultures, communities, and people.
Britain’s Liverpool John Lennon Airport gets first covid PCR testing lab
Leading British healthcare and testing company Salutaris People - which operates the rapid PCR testing services for airline passengers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in partnership with Test Assurance Group (TAG), has unveiled a brand new COVID testing laboratory at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The state-of-the-art facility is in partnership with Source BioScience - a leading international provider of laboratory services to clients in the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, clinical, life science research and biopharma industries - and Salutaris People in partnership with Test Assurance Group Ltd (TAG) are providing COVID and PCR testing at Liverpool John Lennon airport. The new laboratory has been designed to perform 500 tests per day but can easily be increased in scale to facilitate 1000 tests and beyond if required. Source BioScience are Accredited to ISO 15189: 2012 standards and is also a DHSC listed provider of COVID-19 testing. The new facility - the only one of its kind at a UK airport - is operated by four laboratory tech staff including a shift supervisor and has 8 PCR analysers on site, a Bio Molecular Systems liquid handler and a thermal cycler to offer a rapid real-time qualitative PCR method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. The service enables airline passengers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport and those flying from other UK airports with a Rapid Fit to Fly testing service with a turnaround time of three hours, alongside a Standard 24 hour Fit to Fly testing service. Samples are also collected on site at Liverpool and processed at Source Bioscience’s main laboratory in Nottingham enabling Day 2, Day 8, Test to Release and a diagnostic PCR COVID testing service for customers. For airline passengers using Liverpool John Lennon airport, or any other UK airport for that matter, they can book a test with confidence, knowing their COVID test will be administered by trained healthcare staff and then processed on site within our laboratory, with results back in three hours or 24 hours depending on the service chosen. Commenting on the new facilities at Liverpool airport, commercial director Lucy O’Shaughnessy, said: “We are delighted to be the first airport in the UK to have such a unique facility and service. Liverpool John Lennon Airport can now provide our valued airline passengers with a state-of-the-art COVID testing facility on site here at the airport as we start to resume our flight schedules and have more passengers flying again.”
Loganair takes over former Flybe route from Isle of Man to Liverpool
Loganair will commence the emergency provision of scheduled services between Isle of Man and Liverpool John Lennon Airport from 12 March - stepping into the breach left by the failure of Flybe. The twice daily service, which maintains essential connectivity for the island, will initially operate using a Saab 340 turboprop aircraft. Patient travel is hugely important to the Isle of Man and Loganair has extensive experience of delivering services to the NHS in Scotland, where patient travel accounts for around 8% of its business. Scotland’s airline, which was formed in 1962, is now the UK’s largest regional airline. Last week it announced that it would be taking over 16 other former Flybe routes using aircraft based in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Newcastle. Jonathan Hinkles, CEO of Loganair said: “We understand how important this link is to the Isle of Man, and we have worked with the Isle of Man government to provide this initial interim service. We fully expect to announce an expansion of our services in the coming weeks.” The carrier already operates services from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh and to London City on behalf of BA CityFlyer.
Red champs: Qatar Airways congratulates Liverpool FC
Qatar Airways has extended its congratulations to Liverpool FC, who were crowned World Club Champions following their 1-0 victory over Flamengo at the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 final in Doha. Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive of Qatar Airways said: “As the national carrier of Qatar, we were delighted to bring thousands of football fans from all over the world to watch the world’s best clubs. Qatar will be the stage once again for the FIFA Club World Cup in 2020 and we now also look forward with tremendous anticipation to 2022, when the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be hosted in our home country.” Qatar Airways holds an extensive global sports portfolio, sponsoring top-level sporting events and some of the biggest football clubs around the world including AS Roma, Boca Juniors and FC Bayern Munich.
Cor fly me: Ryanair connects Liverpool to Corfu for Summer 2019
Agios Georgios Pagon beach on Corfu, Greece Irish low cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair, has announced passengers flying from the North West of England will be able to experience more bang for their buck with cheaper fares and, what the airline calls, “Always Getting Better” improvements, on its new route to the Mediterranean island of Corfu, off the coast of Greece. The twice weekly Liverpool-Corfu service will introduce reduced checked-in bag fees – EUR 25 (USD 28.95) per 20kg check bag, EUR 8 per 10kg check bag as well as access to Ryanair Rooms with a 10% off travel credit, when the flight kicks off next summer. Full details of the LCC’s Liverpool Summer 2019 schedule have yet to be confirmed, though are expected in upcoming weeks. To celebrate its new Corfu route, Ryanair has launched a seat sale, with seats from Liverpool available from under GBP 10.00 (USD 13.20), for travel in October, November, December and January. Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s director of aviation development, Paul Winfield said: “Liverpool Airport is delighted to welcome this latest new route with Ryanair. This new route will allow passengers from across the North West to travel to Corfu from Liverpool, the faster, easier, friendlier airport in the North West.” Ryanair’s head of communications, Robin Kiely (above), said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Liverpool route to Corfu commencing in June, which will operate twice weekly as part of our Summer 2019 schedule. Customers in the North West region can now book flights to the Greek sunshine as far out as October 2019, with our full schedule launching soon. Like Ryanair’s notoriously opinionated CEO, Michael O'Leary, Kiely closed his comments with a sales pitch: “To celebrate, we are releasing seats across our network from Liverpool from just GBP 9.99 for travel up to January 2019. This offer is available for booking until midnight Saturday 13 October. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto the Ryanair.com and book a bargain break today.”
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