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February Air Ticket Sales Totaled $8.28 BillionBy Dawit Habtemariam

The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies rose 2.8 percent year over year in February to $8.28 billion,... KEEP READING

CWT Expects Average Corporate Ticket Prices to Trend Upward Through 2019By Dawit Habtemariam

The average air ticket price paid by CWT clients rose 6 percent in January and 3 percent in February, according to CWT's Air Trends Report. The travel... KEEP READING

Emirates Signs Content Deal with ATPCOBy Michael B. Baker

Emirates has signed a three-year content deal with ATPCO to develop and distribute rich content across its sales channels. Through ATPCO's... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Reports 2018 Revenue Growth on Long-Haul Network StrengthBy Michael B. Baker

The Lufthansa Group's revenue increased 6 percent year over year to 35.8 billion euros in 2018, not counting the effects of new accounting standards.... KEEP READING

Swiss Will Add Premium Economy ClassBy Michael B. Baker

Swiss International Air Lines will begin offering a Premium Economy Class on long-haul flights in spring 2021. The 24-seat class, which will provide... KEEP READING

U.S. Joins: Boeing 737 Max 8 Aircraft Now Grounded WorldwideBy Michael B. Baker

On Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced an "emergency order of prohibition" to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 and 737 Max 9 aircraft in the... KEEP READING

The Effect of IPOs on Transportation Network CompaniesBy Global VP of sales and marketing for Windy City Limousine & Bus Worldwide Dave Kilduff

There's good disruption and bad, and plenty of corporate travel buyers will argue whether the disruption in ground transportation by transportation... KEEP READING

GBTA Lobbyist Talks About Making Sure Business Travel Has Its Say

Global Business Travel Association VP of government relations Shane Downey said GBTA lobbying has focused on taxation and fees, as well as maintaining... KEEP READING

Boeing 737 Max 8 Faces Scrutiny After Deadly Ethiopian Airlines CrashBy Michael B. Baker

Aviation authorities in the EU and several countries have ordered airlines to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after a deadly Ethiopian Airlines... KEEP READING

Domestic Air Travel Grew Faster Than Crossborder Demand in JanuaryBy Dawit Habtemariam

Global air traffic rose 6.5 percent year over year in January, and capacity grew 6.4 percent, according to the International Air Transport Association.... KEEP READING

United Debuts Meetings PortalBy Elizabeth West

In yet another sign that meetings are driving major business to travel suppliers, United Airlines will debut a meetings portal today as part of its... KEEP READING

AirAsia Seeks to Be 'More Than an Airline' with New Venture Capital FundBy Michael B. Baker

Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia wants to germinate a "travel technology ecosystem" through a venture capital fund in partnership with San Francisco-based... KEEP READING

U.K. Reciprocity Declaration Allays Some Air Travel Qualms for a No-Deal BrexitBy Dawit Habtemariam

The British government declared on Thursday that in the event of a no-deal Brexit on March 29, it will reciprocate the European Union's provisional... KEEP READING

Supply & Demand on Crossborder Passenger Flights in 2018

The International Air Transport Association's crossborder, as opposed to domestic, passenger flight data is based on air carriers that are members of... KEEP READING

United Launches United for Business BrandBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines has moved its business-to-business sales functions under a branded umbrella, United for Business, moving away from what worldwide sales... KEEP READING

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