Transportation

Blacklane Becomes Available on Concur & Other Booking ToolsBy Michael B. Baker

Chauffeured ride service network Blacklane has integrated with Groundspan, which makes its content available in corporate booking tools like Concur... KEEP READING

JetBlue Names Priest CFOBy Michael B. Baker

JetBlue has promoted Steve Priest to CFO. He joined JetBlue in 2015 as VP of structural programs and has led a cost-savings plan projected to save as... KEEP READING

Air Canada Revenue Increases on International GrowthBy Michael B. Baker

Air Canada's passenger revenue increased 7 percent year over year to $3 billion in the fourth quarter, a result of a full year of capacity growth that... KEEP READING

Avis Budget Commercial Demand & Pricing Falter in Q4By Michael B. Baker

Avis Budget Group's revenue dipped 1 percent year over year to $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter as the car rental supplier commercial volume and... KEEP READING

American Airlines Loses Another Executive to UnitedBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines SVP for network, planning, alliances and sales Andrew Nocella is resigning from his position to take a senior position at United... KEEP READING

Alaska Hires IT Pro for Virgin America IT IntegrationBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines has hired Charu Jain as chief information officer to assist with technology integrations following its acquisition of Virgin America.... KEEP READING

Travelport Enables Paid Seat Selection for Emirates BookingsBy Michael B. Baker

Paid advance seat selection for certain Emirates discount economy fares is now available on Travelport. Emirates began selling the ancillary on its... KEEP READING

ANA Names New President/CEOBy Michael B. Baker

On April 1, ANA EVP Yuji Hirako will succeed Osamu Shinobe as president and CEO. Hirako has been with ANA since 1981 and has led several divisions,... KEEP READING

Terrorism & Overcapacity Hurt Air France-KLM Revenue in Q4By Michael B. Baker

Air France-KLM passenger revenue declined 3.7 percent year over year to €4.8 billion in the fourth quarter. The company cited soft demand to France as... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Approves Pay Increase for Union PilotsBy Michael B. Baker

Lufthansa has approved a pay increase of 8.7 percent for 5,400 pilots, per the recommendation of a mediator in its ongoing dispute with the pilots'... KEEP READING

U.S. Travel Agency Air Transactions Rose YOY in JanuaryBy Michael B. Baker

Total airline ticket transactions sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 11 percent year over year in January, according to Airlines Reporting... KEEP READING

Air Canada Will Expand Ancillary Distribution with TravelportBy Michael B. Baker

Air Canada has signed a multiyear full-content agreement with Travelport and will use the global distribution system's Rich Content and Branding... KEEP READING

U.S. Airlines Set Operations Records in 2016By Michael B. Baker

U.S. airlines' canceled domestic flights and mishandled baggage reports were the lowest they've been in decades in 2016, according to the Department of... KEEP READING

WestJet Adds Quebec CapacityBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet is boosting its capacity in Quebec by 74 percent, adding 105 weekly flights to the province over the next several months. New service additions... KEEP READING

Delta Moves to Increase Aeromexico StakeBy Michael B. Baker

Delta has launched a cash tender offer to acquire up to an additional 32 percent of Grupo Aeromexico's shares through the Mexican Stock Exchange for 53... KEEP READING

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