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Yapta Price-Tracking Tools Integrate with Third GDSBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus has integrated Yapta's airfare and hotel price-tracking services into its global distribution system, which enables corporate travel programs... KEEP READING

Star Alliance Empowers Carriers to Share Digital ServicesBy Michael B. Baker

Star Alliance is facilitating digital and mobile service integration among its air carrier members. Via a new digital services platform, developed with... KEEP READING

Brussels Airlines Changes LeadershipBy Michael B. Baker

Brussels Airlines will be under new management in a few months as parent company Lufthansa moves forward with integrating the airline with low-cost... KEEP READING

Amadeus Will Display Routehappy Airline ContentBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus is integrating Routehappy content—including headlines, descriptions and photos of cabins and amenities—into its channels, including its Selling... KEEP READING

Alaska Led in January North America On-Time PerformanceBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines had the best on-time performance among major North American carriers in January, getting 89 percent of flights to the gate within 15... KEEP READING

U.S. Carrier Passenger Bumping Hit Historical Low in 2017By Michael B. Baker

U.S. airlines bumped 0.34 per 10,000 passengers in 2017, its lowest annual rate since tracking began in 1995, according to the U.S. Department of... KEEP READING

Airline Capacity Plans Have Rattled Investors but Mean Good News for BuyersBy Michael B. Baker

For airline analysts, the big headline from earnings season so far has been United's plans to grow capacity aggressively over the next few years. While... KEEP READING

Airlines Renew Investments in Lounge ExperienceBy Michael B. Baker

Carriers around the world, including the three largest U.S. ones, have been developing and opening new airport lounges, including specialized products... KEEP READING

WestJet Sees Higher Fares Amid Economic ImprovementBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet passenger revenue increased 8.5 percent year over year to 941.6 million Canadian dollars in the fourth quarter. Traffic rose 8.6 percent as... KEEP READING

2017 Saw Strong Global Air Travel Demand & Record Load FactorBy Dawit Habtemariam

Globally, air travel demand rose 7.6 percent in 2017, well above the 10-year-average annual growth rate of 5.5 percent, according to the International... KEEP READING

Winding Tree Initial Coin Offering Reaches Soft Cap in Three HoursBy JoAnn DeLuna

Startup Winding Tree launched its initial coin offering Feb. 1 in an effort to raise $10 million to continue developing a blockchain-based travel... KEEP READING

Alaska Airlines Names First Sales VPBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines has hired former United sales director David Oppenheim as VP of sales, a new position for the carrier. Alaska has tasked him with... KEEP READING

Uber for Business Launches Alliances with Four TMCsBy Michael B. Baker

Uber for Business has forged alliances with four travel management companies. Those alliances could grow to encompass data integration for reporting,... KEEP READING

ATPCO Acquires RoutehappyBy Michael B. Baker

Airfare publishing firm ATPCO has acquired airline shopping data provider Routehappy. The acquisition is ATPCO's first in its over 50-year history,... KEEP READING

Korean Air Anticipates U.S. Corporate Growth with New Terminal & Delta JVBy Michael B. Baker

With a new terminal for its operations in Seoul and final approval nearing for its joint venture with Delta, Korean Air hopes to win a significant new... KEEP READING

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