May 21, 2012 - 12:10 PM ET
IJet named co-founder and president Bruce McIndoe to serve as CEO and appointed travel and medical assistance veteran John Rose as COO. McIndoe succeeded Stephen Hoffman, who left the travel risk management and intelligence firm to "pursue other professional interests," according to iJet. Rose is charged with overseeing day-to-day operations and business development. His career has included 15 years at travel insurance and assistance firm Travel Guard Worldwide and a stint as a travel and information program director for the U.S. Department of Defense. IJet said the new appointments "follow four years of double-digit revenue growth for the company."
May 10, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Total U.S. travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in April 2012 decreased by 0.4 percent year over year, the smallest of three
consecutive monthly declines. Total April air sales, including fares, taxes and
fees, after marginally retreating in February and March, increased by 5.8
percent over April 2011 levels. Domestic U.S. airfare sales increased 5.5
percent but transactions fell by 2.2 percent. The situation was reversed for
international flights as transactions rose by 4 percent while fare sales
dropped 0.9 percent. ARC also reported that total passenger segments for the
first four months of 2012 increased 0.9 percent year over year.
May 09, 2012 - 01:40 PM ET
Concur announced a duty-of-care service to help companies locate and alert travelers and employees in a particular region in an
emergency. The service links a corporate human resources database with travel
bookings and itinerary data to enable companies to communicate to those
affected via email, text or voice calls, Concur president and COO Raj Singh
told attendees at its user group meeting.
May 08, 2012 - 12:40 PM ET
The Global Business Travel Association appointed two travel buyers and two supplier representatives to a new advisory board for Asia. Buyer members are HSBC corporate business travel manager Jenny Ng and UBS Asia/Pacifc regional travel head Debbie Winston. Supplier members are Carlson Wagonlit Travel global business travel consultant Paul Boyle and Roger Pfund, Radius Asia/Pacific general manager for corporate sales and client services. According to GBTA Asia regional director Welf Ebeling, "Our first tasks as a group will be to establish the roadmap for education in the region and to identify a chairman to head up the new GBTA Asia advisory board in the long term. The network will be looking for further board members in the following months to be fairly represented in this ethnically and politically diverse region."
May 04, 2012 - 12:45 PM ET
AirTran Airways in April for a sixth consecutive month was the most punctual major U.S. carrier, with nearly 94 percent of its flights
arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, according to
FlightStats. Alaska Airlines and US Airways tied for second, delivering 90
percent of flights on time. North American airlines aggregately posted an 81
percent on-time average, with Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways and American
Airlines performing above average, and United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and
Air Canada below average, according to FlightStats.