Tag Archives: Madrid

Emirates flies Real Madrid in style ahead of the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh

Emirates helped the iconic football club take to the skies in style and ‘fly better’ from Madrid to the Saudi capital on a specially planned charter flight, ahead of the Spanish Super Cup match. Onboard the special charter flight, Nacho Fernández, Eduardo Camavinga, Vini Jr., Luka Modric and other star players experienced bespoke inflight services to rest and recharge ahead of the match. A customized menu for the club featured creative culinary delights inspired by their trip. Specially branded touchpoints and meticulous attention to detail rounded off the inflight experience. The players were also spoilt for choice as they browsed their favourite shows, movies and music on Emirates’ ice inflight entertainment system. Emirates has been proudly supporting Real Madrid as its official partner since 2011, joining up fan experiences with the iconic club to reach its massive fanbase of over 500 million loyal followers around the world. The airline has helped connect Real Madrid on special flights for numerous tours, including sporting events staged in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The airline will continue as the Official Main Airline Partner of Real Madrid until 2026, making it the longest shirt sponsorship in the history of LaLiga.

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IFEMA Madrid boosts its cultural and leisure offer with great flamenco shows to coincide with its main fairs

IFEMA MADRID is launching a new project to increase its commitment to cultural and leisure events in the capital. The latest innovation is Fiesta Flamenca by IFEMA MADRID Live, a selection of prestigious flamenco shows scheduled to coincide with major trade events. The shows will be an ideal opportunity for visitors, exhibitors, and the general public to enhance their stays in Madrid and enjoy a gastronomy featuring high-quality Spanish products. The new project is provided by SO-LA-NA Entertainment, the world’s leading producer of flamenco events, which has been organising international flamenco projects as a cross-cutting area since 2011, supporting international appreciation of Spanish dance, art and culture. The company has succeeded with international projects such as Las Minas Puerto Flamenco, Faro, Summer Flamenco Experience, and the prestigious Flamenco Real cycle, with more than 400 shows at the Teatro Real in Madrid since 2018, and since 2022, it has been working internationally. The producer became a world leader with Authentic Flamenco, with three simultaneous international tours co-produced with the Teatro Real and Fever, taking flamenco to 15 countries in America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, with more than 450 performances to great public acclaim. Fiesta Flamenca will premiere at IFEMA MADRID Live within the framework of Fruit Attraction 2023, a flagship, extremely international fair that will bring together more than 1,800 companies from 47 countries, including the institution’s most important and most international fairs and more than 89,000 trade professionals from all corners of the earth. The show “Origin” will premiere on 3, 4, and 5 October, a show starring one of the world’s best dancers or “bailaores” – Eduardo Guerrero – accompanied by a cast of seven prestigious …

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Kuwait Airways launches flights to Madrid and Malaga

In its continuous efforts to expand its network of destinations and develop its services to the highest levels of quality, Kuwait Airways announced the launch of first scheduled commercial flights to the cities of Madrid and Malaga in Spain, with three flights per week on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, commencing from 11th June 2022. Kuwait Airways CEO, Eng. Maen Razouqi stated, “Kuwait Airways is pleased to launch its flights to Madrid and Malaga in Spain, which are among the most important destinations for our customers, and the commencement of operations is in response to the significant and growing requirements of customers in Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf region.” Razouqi added, “Kuwait Airways is steadily progressing in its strategic plans to expand its network, as it has recently launched a number of destinations, foremost of which are Casablanca, Manchester, Alexandria, Sharm El-Sheikh, Sohag, Trabzon, Bodrum, Izmir, Mykonos, Salalah, and most recently to Sarajevo, which will be followed shortly by operations to destinations such as Nice in France, and Vienna in Austria. This is also in addition to commencing operations to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Kathmandu, Nepal in the coming months.” Razouqi explained that the Airbus A330neo, which was recently included to Kuwait Airways’ fleet of aircraft was designated to facilitate the travel of passengers to Madrid and Malaga, due to its unique technological features and characteristics, spacious seating arrangements, which are in accordance with its latest features present in the air transport sector. The inaugural ceremony for the commencement of operations to Madrid and Malaga was attended by Kuwait Airways CEO, Eng. Maen Razouqi, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the State of Kuwait, H.E Miguel Jose Aguilar and …

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airBaltic extends operating season of Riga – Abu Dhabi flight from Oct 2018 to Apr 2019

The Latvian airline, airBaltic, in cooperation with Etihad Airways, has announced extension of the operating season of flights between Riga and Abu Dhabi in 2019. The flights will restart on October 28, 2018 and continue until April 29, 2019. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP, Network Management, airBaltic, said, “When we launched flights to Abu Dhabi last year, it instantly became one of the most demanded routes during the winter season. As more of the Airbus A220-300 aircraft are joining our fleet, we are now extending the operating season of these flights by additional two months in 2019. In addition to serving the point-to-point demand, the cooperation with Etihad Airways offers a multitude of travel options to the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and Australasia,” Reuss added. This winter season, airBaltic will also continue flights from Riga to holiday destinations like Malaga, Madrid, Lisbon and Nice. airBaltic will restart flights from Riga to Abu Dhabi on October 28, 2018 and will operate the route 4 times weekly. Passengers will board an Airbus A220-300 aircraft for a flight that will last 6 hours and 15 minutes. One-way ticket prices start at 129 EUR, including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company’s homepage at www.airbaltic.com.

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