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Lufthansa's DCC Architect Switches Jobs Within the CompanyBy Amon Cohen

Lufthansa Group executive vice president of sales Jens Bischof will move within the company to become managing director of SunExpress, a leisure joint... KEEP READING

Global Air Capacity Growth Outpaced Demand in OctoberBy Michael B. Baker

Global air travel demand in October increased 5.8 percent year over year, a slower rate of growth than in the previous month but in line with long-term... KEEP READING

Norwegian Air Plans U.S. ExpansionBy Michael B. Baker

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a foreign air carrier permit for low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle's Irish subsidiary to fly to... KEEP READING

Qatar Airways More Than Doubles Expansion PlansBy Michael B. Baker

Qatar Airways has added eight destinations to the seven it already had planned to launch by 2018.... KEEP READING

EVA & Air India Commence CodesharingBy Michael B. Baker

On Dec. 1, Taiwanese carrier EVA and Air India began codesharing on their respective services from Taipei and Mumbai to each Singapore and Bangkok. Both... KEEP READING

Concur Makes Plan to Store Chinese Client Cloud Data LocallyBy JoAnn DeLuna

Concur will store the data for the cloud products it offers in China locally, with China Data Corp., a Chinese data center company produced by a 2013... KEEP READING

Wyndham Buys Latin America's Fën HotelsBy Julie Sickel

Wyndham Hotel Group has acquired Fën Hotels, a management and franchise company based in Latin America. The buy adds 26 management contracts to the... KEEP READING

MasterCard Biometrics Authentication Expands to Brazil & MexicoBy JoAnn DeLuna

MasterCard Identity Check Mobile, which allows users to authenticate purchases using fingerprints or selfies taken on their mobile phones, is now... KEEP READING

American & Qantas Give Up on Expanded AllianceBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines and Qantas are abandoning plans for an expanded joint business agreement following the U.S. Department of Transportation's rejection... KEEP READING

Ctrip Will Acquire SkyscannerBy Michael B. Baker

Chinese online travel agency Ctrip will acquire United Kingdom-based airline price comparison and booking business Skyscanner for £1.4 billion, pending... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Pilot Strikes Stretch into Second WeekBy Michael B. Baker

Lufthansa has canceled 816 Tuesday short-haul flights and 890 Wednesday short- and long-haul flights as it faces its second week of strikes from its... KEEP READING

ITW's Cathy Sharpe Chases Freedom Within a FrameworkBy Elizabeth West

Cathy Sharpe signed on as ITW's director of global travel and expense in 2006 with the goal of consolidating the organization's unwieldy travel program.... KEEP READING

BA Will Renovate U.S. Airport FacilitiesBy Michael B. Baker

British Airways will invest $110 million to improve its U.S. airport facilities over the next five years. The bulk of that, $65 million, will improve... KEEP READING

Etihad & Hong Kong Airlines Expand Codeshare AgreementBy Michael B. Baker

Etihad Airways has added nine routes to its codeshare agreement with Hong Kong Airlines. The carrier now will place its code on Etihad flights between... KEEP READING

Amex GBT Projects Limited Travel Cost Increases in 2017By Michael B. Baker

Global price increases for corporate travel will be "subdued" next year as the industry contends with a host of issues causing uncertainty, including... KEEP READING

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