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Delta Is Now BTN's Winningest AirlineBy Michael B. Baker

Delta Air Lines claimed a record-setting seventh year atop BTN's annual airline survey of corporate travel managers and agents, once again steamrolling... KEEP READING

Passenger Bumping Incidents Decline to Historic Levels in Q3By Michael B. Baker

Passenger bumping by U.S. airlines reached a record quarterly low of 0.15 per 10,000 passengers in the third quarter, according to the Department of... KEEP READING

Airline Traffic & Airfares Increased in OctoberBy Michael B. Baker

Higher sales volumes and airfares pushed the dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies in October up 7 percent year over year... KEEP READING

WestJet & Air-France-KLM Enable Reciprocal Frequent-Flyer RedemptionBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet and Air France-KLM now allow reciprocal point redemption for their frequent-flyer programs, the carriers announced. They began reciprocal... KEEP READING

Alaska Airlines Is Working with Farelogix on Direct DistributionBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines is developing direct-channel content using Farelogix's FLX Merchandise engine. Farelogix CEO Jim Davidson said the carrier, which has... KEEP READING

Hertz Makes Q3 Pricing Gains Despite Pressured Corporate RatesBy Michael B. Baker

Hertz reported its first quarterly profit in a year as pricing improved in the third quarter, though the gains largely were on the leisure side.... KEEP READING

Alitalia Exec Says There Are No Distribution Charges in the Near FutureBy Michael B. Baker

Alitalia says introducing a surcharge for global distribution system bookings, as its partner Air France-KLM has done, is "on the table." Still, the... KEEP READING

Spirit Airlines' Surprise Appearance Atop On-Time Performance ListBy Michael B. Baker

Spirit Airlines—no, that was not a typo—was the most on-time major North American carrier in October, getting 87.8 percent of flights to the gate within... KEEP READING

Enterprise Leads J.D. Power Ratings for Fourth Year in a RowBy Michael B. Baker

Lower prices are driving up customer satisfaction with car rental companies in North America, according to J.D. Power's annual survey of the industry.... KEEP READING

Adelman Taps Disruption Data from FlightsayerBy Michael B. Baker

Flight delay predictor Flightsayer will provide data to Adelman Travel's virtual assistant mobile app AVA. Flightsayer—which uses data like weather and... KEEP READING

Deem Provides Targeted Ground Transportation-Booking OptionsBy Michael B. Baker

Deem has launched a ground transportation technology platform, Ground Work, within its Work Fource platform to provide policy-relevant ride options for... KEEP READING

Avis Budget Commercial Pricing Stabilizes in Q3By Michael B. Baker

In the third quarter, Avis Budget Group's commercial pricing held steady year over year for the first time in more than two years, although pricing on... KEEP READING

Qatar Airways Buys Stake in Cathay PacificBy Michael B. Baker

Qatar Airways announced it has acquired 9.6 percent, or about 378 million, of Cathay Pacific's shares. It bought them from Hong Kong's Kingboard... KEEP READING

Southwest Will Expand Oakland's Summer ServiceBy Michael B. Baker

Next summer, Southwest Airlines will bulk up its service out of the Bay Area's Oakland International Airport, including daily nonstop service to San... KEEP READING

Air France Joins the GDS Surcharge ClubBy Michael B. Baker

In April, Air France-KLM will begin charging an 11 euro fee on global distribution bookings, becoming the last of the Big Three European carriers to... KEEP READING

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