Air France flies to its hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2 from 7 UK airports - London Heathrow, London City, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham - with simple, same terminal connections to its extensive worldwide network. A choice of cabin classes is offered: Tempo - For good value economy travel with French style. L'Espace Affaires (Business) - Benefit from an electronically controlled modular seat which adjusts to your own body shape. Individual in-seat video with games, film and digital music channels. Tranquil cabin and personalized service. Option of traditional menus or lighter meals. L'Espace Premièr (First) - In-flight luxury with a peaceful, quiet atmosphere. The seat reclines to become a completely flat bed, complete with duvet, pillows and lounging suits, to ensure that you arrive completely rested and relaxed.
Air Mauritius fly from London Heathrow six times per week and offer incomparable Mauritian hospitality. The outbound flights are overnight whereas the inbound flights are a mix of day and night flights. On the A340-300E, there are three classes of travel on offer. Economy Class seats offer a 31-32" pitch, an individual seat-back TV screen with audio and video on demand and an adjustable headrest. Two menus, aperitifs and spirits are all included. The new Club Mauritius Class offers passengers the additional benefit of the exclusive lounges and dedicated check-in areas at Heathrow and Mauritius. Each spacious seat has a 38" pitch, full audio and video on demand, three gourmet menus and luxury amenities. First Class offers ultra comfortable leather 'cocoon'-type seats with an 80" pitch and impeccable service. Passengers also benefit from the dedicated premium check-in counters and use of the lounges at Heathrow and Mauritius.
Transfers: Why not arrive at your hotel in style, by arriving by helicopter? Save yourself a car journey and be at your resort within minutes, while experiencing the beautiful island of Mauritius from the air. The If Only? reservation team will be pleased to advise which hotels have the facilities to transfer by helicopter. Sight-Seeing Tours: Experience the beauty of the island and feast your eyes with enchanting sights of picture post-card transparent lagoons, pristine coastline, undulating sugar cane fields and other spectacular views. Tours range from 15 minutes to 1 hour whereby the itinerary depends on the flight duration, helipad location and weather conditions. These tours are bookable through our local agents, White Sand Tours. Heli-Golf: Fly to some of the most beautiful and challenging golf courses in Mauritius. Within minutes you could be on the first tee.
Air Seychelles, the government-owned national airline of the Seychelles has been operating from the UK for over twenty-one years. Operating a B767-300 between London and Mahe twice a week, Air Seychelles offers passengers the only non-stop (and the fastest) flight of only ten hours, with a two class configuration. Pearl Class (Business) has twenty four seats with a 50" seat pitch and Economy Class has two hundred and twenty-two seats with a 32" seat pitch. On the domestic routes there is a very frequent service (up to twelve flights per day) between Mahe and Praslin, and flights to other islands like Bird, Denis, Fregate, Desroches, Alphonse and Silhouette are operated in conjunction with the islands as semi-charter flights
On the ground and in the air, British Airways sets itself the highest standards in everything it does. So whichever cabin you choose to travel in, you can be sure we will get your holiday off to a flying start. There is a choice of four cabins: World Traveller offers seat-back video screens with a choice of up to 18 video and audio channels*. World Traveller Plus - a new world of space between economy and business.The first major airline to offer a fourth cabin - a new class of travel for longhaul economy travellers. In Club World you are able to experience the world's first fully flat bed in business class. Alternatively, you can enjoy a luxury travel experience in FIRST with the ultimate in comfort, service and privacy. *Available on most aircraft.
Emirates operates 13 daily return services to Dubai, five from Heathrow, three from London Gatwick, two from Manchester and Birmingham, and one from Glasgow. From Dubai passengers can enjoy quick and convenient transfers to destinations in the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, the Far East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand. Winner of over 300 international awards, Emirates offers unrivalled levels of service, state-of-the-art facilities and convenient scheduling to guarantee your comfort, whether you are travelling on business or pleasure. Emirates' modern fleet of aircraft offer telephones and individual TV screens in every seat, with more than 40 in-flight entertainment channels. The new ice system which is being rolled out across the fleet, will feature more than 600 entertainment channels.
Etihad Airways, the world's fastest growing airline, now flies brand new, custom designed aircraft on all of our UK routes Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester. With cutting-edge in-flight entertainment, outstanding guest hospitality, and competitive fares, Etihad describes its customers as guests not passengers. Coral Zone (economy) offers a 10.4" personal TV screen and video-on-demand in every seat, with catalogues of films, TV programmes, CDs and interactive games. A generous seat pitch and width, 30 degrees of recline, and adjustable legrest mean that the seat is spacious and customisable. Pearl Zone (business) features seats which transform into a 180o fully flat, 6'1" bed. Each seat is fitted with a 15" personal video screen, individual reading light and magazine rack. The new Diamond Zone (first class) offers seats that rotate to allow guests to enjoy meals or meetings together. Etihad offers one of the highest ratios of crew to guests in the sky, and for guests travelling in Pearl and Diamond Zones, a luxury car transfer is provided in the UK and the UAE.
Gulf Air has undergone an incredible transformation, with the introduction of a talented team of on-board chefs in First Class, upgraded check-in facilities and airport lounges, yet still effortlessly maintains ancient Arabian traditions of hospitality toward travellers. Offering two daily flights from London Heathrow to Muscat with excellent onward connections to the rest of the world. Economy Class seats offer a 32-34 inch pitch, individual seat back video screens on most aircraft, excellent food and drinks including alcohol. The newly refurbished First and Business Class cabins offers one of the most comfortable seating and sleeping environments in the sky. Personal video screens, menus designed and supervised by award winning onboard Sky Chefs, with a Sky Cellar offering a range of hand-picked wines together with deluxe spirits. Gulf Air also offer the unique sevice of an on-board Sky Nanny to help younger passengers enjoy their flight.
World Business Class offers 60-inch seat pitch, with backrest adjustable to 170 degrees for improved sleeping comfort, adjustable headrest and footrest, personal reading lamp and telephone. An interactive audio and video on demand system, provides passengers with individual screens and control panels so that they can start and stop their entertainment programs as they wish. Elegant "Comfort Kit" presented in a metal box containing practical travel accessories. KLM also offers customers a unique gift: a Delft Blue miniature of a typical historic Dutch house. Economy Class (intercontinental) offers adjustable headrests and all passengers on the B777 have an interactive audio and video on demand system, the same as World Business Class passengers. All seats are equipped with a satellite telephone and have a 30"/31" pitch. Please note that the above information is correct when travelling on the B777 to Dubai.
Award-winning Qatar Airways is one if the fastest growing carriers in the world using 47 modern all-Airbus aircraft. The airline flies from London Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester to over 70 destinations worldwide, including the Maldives via its hub, Doha. It has earned the exclusive Five Star ranking for service and excellence awarded by industry monitoring agency, Skytrax. It has also been named Best Cabin Crew in the Middle East, and ranked 6th Best Airline in the world. Economy Class features up to 34" seat pitch. Business Class offers Sogerma Sleeper seats which recline up to 160 degrees, seat pitch of up to 60" and special menu including champagne on departure. First Class offers flat bed seats with up to 70" seat pitch, and onboard First Class lounge on the A340s complemented by feather duvet, slippers and pyjamas on night flights. All cabins feature Audio-Video-On-Demand with Live TV on personal seat-back video screens, laptop power and personal phone.
Virgin Atlantic is Britain's second largest longhaul carrier, operates one of the most modern airline fleets in the world and now flies to 28 destinations around the globe. Travelling with Virgin Atlantic, you will always experience that little bit extra - a quality that sets it apart. In Economy class, the comfortable seats have a 32" pitch and seatback screens offering up to 20 channels of award winning entertainment. The Premium Economy seats feature a headrest, legrest and a pitch of up to 38". Passengers travelling in Premium Economy also benefit from dedicated check in facilities, a preflight glass of champagne, and a full range of newspapers and inflight entertainment channels. At the touch of a button, Virgin Atlantic's latest innovation, the Upper Class Suite flips over to become a fully flat bed - the biggest in comparison to any other airline's business class.
Air Seychelles, the government-owned national airline of the Seychelles has been operating from the UK for over twenty years. Operating a B767-300 between London and Mahe twice a week, Air Seychelles offers passengers the only non-stop (and the fastest) flight of only ten hours, with a two class configuration. Pearl Class (Business) has twenty four seats with a 50" seat pitch and Economy Class has two hundred and twenty-two seats with a 32" seat pitch. On the domestic routes there is a very frequent service (up to twelve flights per day) between Mahe and Praslin, and flights to other islands like Bird, Denis, Fregate, Desroches, Alphonse and Silhouette are operated in conjunction with the islands as semi-charter flights.
