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Pursuing Premium: Suppliers Add New Products To Attract Growing Number Of High-End Business TravelersBy Jay Boehmer

As premium-class business travel rebounds and some corporations loosen class-of-service policies, airlines increasingly tailor networks and products to... KEEP READING

Turbulence Subsides At United A Year After Passenger Services System CutoverBy Jay Boehmer

A year ago this month, United Airlines in the wake of the merger with Continental Airlines was reeling from a buggy transition to a single passenger... KEEP READING

The bankruptcy court judge overseeing AMR Corp.'s reorganization approved the merger between American Airlines and US Airways,

Iberia CEO Rafael Sánchez-Lozano "with immediate effect" will leave the airline, to be replaced by Iberia Express CEO Luis Gallego,

SAS in June will replace existing classes of service with two new "service concepts" in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe,

Survey: Bothersome U.S. Entry Procedures Stymie Inbound International TravelBy Holly Leber

According to newly released survey results, the U.S. customs and entry procedures for inbound international travelers is "embarrassingly" lengthy and... KEEP READING

JetBlue Preps Transcon Premium Product, Eyes Wi-FiBy Jay Boehmer

JetBlue Airways plans to launch next year a premium product on transcontinental services connecting New York and Boston to San Francisco and the Los... KEEP READING

IATA Boosts 2013 Air Demand Growth Forecast Despite Economic UncertaintyBy David Jonas

The International Air Transport Association's newest financial forecast, released Wednesday, includes larger 2013 industry profits for most global... KEEP READING

Southwest Airlines announced that it completely connected its network to that of subsidiary AirTran.

With A Greeting At Check-In, Delta Embarks On Corporate Traveler RecognitionBy Jay Boehmer

Delta Air Lines last month took a small but potentially meaningful step in acknowledging corporate travelers, piloting with 31 large corporate clients... KEEP READING

Avis Budget Group closed its acquisition of car-sharing firm Zipcar,

Qatar Airways will place its code on JetBlue Airways-operated flights covering 26 markets to and from New York JFK and Washington Dulles,

European Commission Proposes Stronger Air Passenger ProtectionsBy Holly Leber

The European Commission is striving to further improve air passenger rights. On Wednesday it announced a new set of proposed measures related to long... KEEP READING

Groups Explore Payment, Transport Uses For Near-Field Communications TechBy Mary Ann Mcnulty

More than 100 million mobile phones, tablets and e-readers equipped with near-field communication technology were sold in 2012, and an estimated 300... KEEP READING

Finnair "later this year" plans to join Oneworld partners American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia in their joint venture,

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