Transportation

DOT Delays Airline Fee Disclosure Proposal To 2012By Jay Boehmer

The U.S. Department of Transportation does not expect to publicly reveal before January 2012 a new proposal on airlines' disclosure of optional service... KEEP READING

House Appropriations Committee Won't Fund Advanced Body ScannersBy Lauren Darson

The House Appropriations Committee did not include in its proposed fiscal year 2012 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill $76 million... KEEP READING

GetThere Partners With SilverRailBy Jay Boehmer

GetThere agreed to use SilverRail Technologies to bulk up its rail content, the booking tool provider announced.... KEEP READING

5Q With Delta's Vinay Dube

Reversing a decision from last September, the U.S. Department of Transportation this week tentatively approved antitrust immunity for Delta Air Lines... KEEP READING

DOT Reallocates High-Speed Rail Funds Rejected By Florida GovernorBy Lauren Darson

After Florida Governor Rick Scott rejected $2 billion in federal funding for a high-speed rail link connecting Orlando and Tampa, the U.S. Department of... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Denies Improper Use Of Client DataBy Amon Cohen

Lufthansa in letters sent this month to German travel managers denied that the airline learns what corporate clients pay competing carriers when it... KEEP READING

Hertz: Dollar Thrifty Acquisition Would Help Corporate SalesBy Jay Boehmer

The bidding war for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group started anew on Monday, as Hertz proposed to acquire the car rental company for more than $2... KEEP READING

Airlines Fighting High Fuel Prices With Fare HikesBy Jay Boehmer

On the first business day of the year, West Texas Intermediate crude oil opened at $91.30 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the last day of the... KEEP READING

Air Berlin Using 'Simple Process' For Corporate NegotiationsBy Amon Cohen

Air Berlin is aiming to expand the number of corporate contracts it has outside Germany, the carrier's head of corporate sales told BTN. The airline,... KEEP READING

Germany Launches Probe Into Lufthansa Corporate ContractsBy Amon Cohen

The Federal Cartel Office, Germany's competition authority, has launched an investigation into whether Lufthansa forced corporate clients to release... KEEP READING

Euro Poll: Corp. Agreements Rank Low In Air Selection CriteriaBy Jay Campbell

Corporate airline agreements generally are considered by occasional European business travelers to be less important than schedule, price, loyalty... KEEP READING

Slots, Visas Stymie U.S.-China Open SkiesBy Jay Boehmer

Phoenix - As much as Air China would like to develop a deeper relationship with its U.S.-based Star Alliance partners, the possibility of forging an... KEEP READING

U.S. OKs Southwest Acquisition Of AirTranBy Chris Davis

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division on Tuesday announced that it had approved Southwest Airlines' acquisition of AirTran Airways,... KEEP READING

AA: Distribution Disputes Hurt Q1 RevenueBy Jay Boehmer

American Airlines acknowledged its distribution approach diluted revenue during the first three months of 2011, a period in which it briefly pulled out... KEEP READING

GBTA: DOT Should Require Carriers To Display Fee InformationBy Jay Campbell

The Global Business Travel Association "encourages" the Department of Transportation "to move quickly and require airlines to provide ancillary fee and... KEEP READING

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