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Lufthansa Acquisition of Remaining Brussels Airlines Shares Will Close in 2017By Michael B. Baker

Deutsche Lufthansa AG's supervisory board approved the acquisition of all remaining shares of Brussels Airlines parent company SN Airholding. Lufthansa... KEEP READING

Uber for Business Adds Auto-Audit FeatureBy Michael B. Baker

Uber for Business has added an audit feature that automatically flags rides that appear to be nonbusiness-related, product and engineering lead Greg... KEEP READING

Jet Airways Expands Codesharing with Both Delta & Air France-KLM

India's Jet Airways is broadening its partnership with Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM with added codeshares and full reciprocity among the carriers'... KEEP READING

American Airlines Begins Free Preferred Seat Access for Corporate TravelersBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines launched a website on Monday giving corporate travelers access to economy cabin Preferred Seats at no charge regardless of status. As... KEEP READING

OneJet Will Launch Pittsburgh-Cincinnati ServiceBy Michael B. Baker

Regional air transportation network OneJet will begin service between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati on Oct. 19. The network, which launched in April 2015,... KEEP READING

Delta Pares Down Legalese & Pricing Tables in Corporate ContractsBy Michael B. Baker

Delta Air Lines will begin offering simplified versions of its contract to global corporate accounts Oct. 1.... KEEP READING

Alaska-Virgin America Merger Close Reportedly Pushed BackBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Air Group and Virgin America have pushed back merger plans to give the U.S. Department of Justice more time for an antitrust review, Bloomberg... KEEP READING

Brussels Airlines Appoints New CMOBy Michael B. Baker

Lufthansa's Brussels Airlines has named Lufthansa executive Christina Foerster as chief marketing officer, effective Oct. 1. Foerster, currently... KEEP READING

Finnair to Begin Service to Fourth U.S. DestinationBy Michael B. Baker

Next year, Finnair will add service to San Francisco, its fourth U.S. destination, and boost its capacity to Spain. The Finnish carrier, a Oneworld... KEEP READING

Among the World's Air Carriers, U.S.'s Big Three Earn the Most from Ancillary RevenuesBy Michael B. Baker

Airlines collected $40.5 billion in ancillary revenue globally in 2015, accounting for 8.7 percent of their total sales, according to the CarTrawler... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Group & Air China Will Begin Codesharing Next SummerBy Michael B. Baker

The Lufthansa Group and Air China will begin a commercial joint venture next year on all connections between Europe and China.... KEEP READING

Taylor Leaves Starwood To Lead American Airlines' Sales TeamBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines has named Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide senior vice president of global sales Alison Taylor to lead its global sales team,... KEEP READING

Uber Plans Self-Driving Research Center in DetroitBy Michael B. Baker

Following the launch of self-driving service in Pittsburgh last week, Uber is increasing its investment in autonomous vehicles with a new research... KEEP READING

Delta Private Jets Will Work More Closely with Delta's Commercial SideBy Michael B. Baker

With an expanding fleet and a relatively new leadership team in place, Delta Private Jets is exploring ways to work more closely with its big commercial... KEEP READING

August YOY Air Ticket Sales: Number of Tickets Outpaced Dollar VolumeBy Amanda Metcalf

The number of airline tickets Airlines Reporting Corp. settled from January through August rose 5.3 percent year over year, while the value of those... KEEP READING

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