Transportation

Avis App Enables Parking Booking & PaymentBy Michael B. Baker

Avis has integrated the Arrive platform into its mobile app to enable booking of and payment for parking. Avis app users now can search and pre-pay for... KEEP READING

Jet Airways Board Approves Bailout PlanBy Michael B. Baker

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal stepped down as chairman of Jet Airways and resigned from the board as a part of a bailout plan to keep the Indian... KEEP READING

Air Travel Tech AdoptionBy Amanda Metcalf

Air travel technology is improving traveler satisfaction, according to SITA, an air transport IT and communications company owned by more than 400... KEEP READING

United Adds Non-Binary Gender Options for PassengersBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines has added non-binary gender options in all its booking channels. Travelers can identify as undisclosed (U) or unspecified (X) and can... KEEP READING

What's in Store for China's Aviation Industry?By Michael B. Baker

Despite the shaky trade relationship between the U.S. and China, demand for international air travel to China has remained strong. The future role of... KEEP READING

Security Screening in Canada Could Go PrivateBy Michael B. Baker

Canadian lawmakers this year plan to introduce legislation to restructure the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority into an independent, nonprofit... KEEP READING

TravelBank Upgrades to Next Generation Storefront DisplayBy Michael B. Baker

Travel and expense platform TravelBank launched a new display for flight shopping today based on Next Generation Storefront standards. The display sorts... KEEP READING

Travelport & Japan Airlines Plan GDSBy Michael B. Baker

Travelport and Japan Airlines are forming a joint venture to combine the Travelport Japan K.K. platform and JAL's Axess International Network into a... KEEP READING

February Air Ticket Sales Totaled $8.28 BillionBy Dawit Habtemariam

The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies rose 2.8 percent year over year in February to $8.28 billion,... KEEP READING

CWT Expects Average Corporate Ticket Prices to Trend Upward Through 2019By Dawit Habtemariam

The average air ticket price paid by CWT clients rose 6 percent in January and 3 percent in February, according to CWT's Air Trends Report. The travel... KEEP READING

Emirates Signs Content Deal with ATPCOBy Michael B. Baker

Emirates has signed a three-year content deal with ATPCO to develop and distribute rich content across its sales channels. Through ATPCO's... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Reports 2018 Revenue Growth on Long-Haul Network StrengthBy Michael B. Baker

The Lufthansa Group's revenue increased 6 percent year over year to 35.8 billion euros in 2018, not counting the effects of new accounting standards.... KEEP READING

Swiss Will Add Premium Economy ClassBy Michael B. Baker

Swiss International Air Lines will begin offering a Premium Economy Class on long-haul flights in spring 2021. The 24-seat class, which will provide... KEEP READING

U.S. Joins: Boeing 737 Max 8 Aircraft Now Grounded WorldwideBy Michael B. Baker

On Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced an "emergency order of prohibition" to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 and 737 Max 9 aircraft in the... KEEP READING

The Effect of IPOs on Transportation Network CompaniesBy Global VP of sales and marketing for Windy City Limousine & Bus Worldwide Dave Kilduff

There's good disruption and bad, and plenty of corporate travel buyers will argue whether the disruption in ground transportation by transportation... KEEP READING

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