by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 3, 2012 | Airlines |
For all you Facebook Fans, AUSTRIAN is holding an interesting and rewarding contest that will help you determine just how good and loyal your Facebook Friends really are.
“Wish Yourself Around The World” is designed for contestants to provide a personal story about a “Dream Destination” and then hope that their “Facebook Friends” will vote enough times for their story so that their story can advance to Austrian Airlines’ “Selection Jury”. This jury will determine the winners of some fantastic prizes which include Business and Economy Class tickets to the Winner’s Dream Destination. Each story must receive a minimum amount of votes based on their ‘Dream Destination’ region in order to advance to the Jury Selection phase.
The minimum votes required are as follows:
Austria 50
Europe 100
Middle East 100
North America 150
India 200
South-East Asia 250
Far East 300
The contest is easy to navigate as demonstrated by these screenshots:
First, choose your “Dream Destination”
Then submit your story and share it with your Facebook Friends:
Make sure you have a good and creative story! 🙂
Of all the entries that are reviewed by the Selection Jury, 3 Winners will receive 2 Economy Class tickets each to their “Dream Destination”. A Grand Prize Winner will receive 2 Business Class tickets to a destination of their choice.
The contest runs from 3 December to 20 December (11:00a CEST).
The winning contestants must complete travel between 1 January and 31 December 2013.
PLEASE USE THIS LINK VISIT AUSTRIAN’s FACEBOOK PAGE TO ENTER!
For additional Terms and Conditions, you can read them here.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 19, 2012 | Airlines |
Earlier this month, I had written a short piece when Austrian officially unveiled it’s new long-haul cabin. Since then, there have been a few updates, including a new interactive website as well as the scheduling of the first flight with the new cabin interior for Business and Economy class.
As of now, Austrian Airlines is scheduled to debut it’s new long haul cabin when it flies from Vienna to New York on December 4. The updated cabin is a significant improvement from the current cabin and promises to be among the best cabins (both business and economy class) that you can experience for travel to and from Europe. Combine that with their fantastic DO & CO Gourmet Dining that you’ll find on board and Austrian will be tough to beat!
To mark the the event, Austrian has set up a special website that takes you on an interactive tour of the new Business Class cabin complete with video, interactive Business Class “guide”. In addition, Austrian included a tool on this site that lets you see if an upcoming Austrian flight will be operated with an aircraft that has been retrofitted with the new cabin.
Here are a few screen shots from the interactive Business Class Cabin feature on Austrian.com:
A video takes you on a tour of the new Business Class seat
Interactive Business Class seat guide
Photo Gallery highlight the new Business Class seat
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 9, 2012 | Airlines |
Austrian has recently announced its long awaited 90 million Euro update to it’s long haul cabins and it looks to be a major improvement over the current product. All 10 long haul aircraft (777’s and 767’s) will go through the overhaul in coming months with the first aircraft, a 767, slated for the upgrades in late November.
With the refresh, each aircraft will be renovated with new Economy and Business Class seating along with a new Inflight Entertainment System.
According to Austrian’s CEO Jaan Albrecht, “We are investing over 90 million euros. I view that as an important investment in the future of Austrian Airlines,” and “The software, the warm and charming service we offer on board, has always been unique. When it came to the hardware, however, there was clearly room for improvement. Now, both software and hardware match up to our high standards.”
According to Austrian, it will take up to 6 weeks for each aircraft to be refitted, so it makes perfect sense to start the project during the winter when timetables are reduced, freeing up aircraft to be taken off line. The ten aircraft are slated to be updated by Spring of 2013.
I’m looking forward to the look of the new cabin and flying it next year. Considering that approximately 1.1 million passengers on 5,500 flights travel annually on long haul Austrian aircraft, I think a lot of people will be pleasantly surprised when they board an Austrian aircraft next year!
Business Class Seat Highlights:
-Full “Lay Flat” design.
-Air Cushion System allows passenger to adjust seat firmness.
-Arm Rests are retractable allowing seat to expand from 51cm (20 inches) wide to 60cm (24 inches wide).
-38cm (15 inch) video screens.
Photo’s Courtesy Of Austrian:
Economy Seat Highlights:
– When reclining the seat, the lower part of the seat slides forward creating a more comfortable “resting” position.
– Seat pitch will be 79cm (31 inches) and seats will recline 6 degrees.
– Economy Class video screens will be 23cm (9 inches).
– Seating layout will be 3-4-3 on the 777 and 2-3-2 on the 767
The color scheme of the aircraft interior will be red, white and light blue — following traditional AUSTRIAN colors.
For all you Facebook Fans, AUSTRIAN is holding an interesting and rewarding contest that will help you determine just how good and loyal your Facebook Friends really are.
“Wish Yourself Around The World” is designed for contestants to provide a personal story about a “Dream Destination” and then hope that their “Facebook Friends” will vote enough times for their story so that their story can advance to Austrian Airlines’ “Selection Jury”. This jury will determine the winners of some fantastic prizes which include Business and Economy Class tickets to the Winner’s Dream Destination. Each story must receive a minimum amount of votes based on their ‘Dream Destination’ region in order to advance to the Jury Selection phase.
