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Air Ticket Sales Rose 10.9 Percent in JulyBy Dawit Habtemariam

The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 10.9 percent year over year in July, totaling $7.7... KEEP READING

Latam Revamping Long-Haul Business & Short-Haul Economy CabinsBy Michael B. Baker

Latam Airlines Group will invest $400 million to renovate interiors of more than 200 aircraft, about two-thirds of its global fleet, over the next few... KEEP READING

American Announces European Route Expansion & Asia Route CutsBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines will launch nine new European routes next summer but also is pulling back on a few Asian routes amid higher fuel prices. In late... KEEP READING

Jet Airways Expands Codeshare Network with Bangkok AirwaysBy Michael B. Baker

Jet Airways and Bangkok Airways are expanding codesharing to additional routes in India, Thailand and Vietnam. On Aug. 23, Jet Airways will place its... KEEP READING

TSA Administrator Pekoske Pledges to Uphold Precheck Advantage Amid Overall Security EnhancementsBy Michael B. Baker

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration plans to experiment with "further segmentation of passengers by risk" beyond its Precheck program in the... KEEP READING

Southwest Invests for Corporate Sales Growth & New Distribution StrategyBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines is on track to quadruple year over year its number of new corporate contracts in 2018, armed with a bigger and newly structured sales... KEEP READING

Air France-KLM Names Air Canada President as New CEOBy Michael B. Baker

Air France-KLM has appointed Air Canada president and COO Benjamin Smith as its new CEO, a role he will assume by Sept. 30, the board announced on... KEEP READING

Southwest Promotes Harvey to Corporate Sales VPBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines has promoted managing director of corporate sales Dave Harvey to VP of corporate sales. Harvey's promotion is among a slate of... KEEP READING

Virgin Atlantic Names New North America VPBy Michael B. Baker

On Sept. 1, Yuli Thompson will be Virgin Atlantic's VP of North America, taking charge of the carrier's commercial operations, including sales.... KEEP READING

National Will Offer Car & Driver Services in ChinaBy Michael B. Baker

This fall, National Car Rental will launch a service in China that provides both cars and drivers for travelers via a partnership with Deem. National... KEEP READING

Uber for Business Introduces Predictive Technology for Profile ManagementBy Michael B. Baker

Uber for Business now offers profile recommendations that tap into data from the billions of trips it processes annually to predict the purpose of a... KEEP READING

United Adds Priority Benefits for Corporate TravelersBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines has launched a benefits program for corporate travelers to receive priority consideration for upgrades and reaccommodation. The United... KEEP READING

Delta & Virgin Atlantic Plan NDC-Based Distribution EnhancementsBy Michael B. Baker

Delta and Virgin Atlantic are working in tandem on enhancing the shopping experience across distribution channels with the International Air Transport... KEEP READING

Delta Commits to SAP Concur TripLinkBy JoAnn DeLuna

Delta Air Lines has signed as an airline partner with SAP Concur TripLink. Once the partnership is live, travelers can link their Concur accounts and... KEEP READING

Concur Locate Links with Uber For BusinessBy JoAnn DeLuna

Traveler coordinates from Uber for Business now feed into Concur Locate, SAP Concur's duty of care solution. That adds one more data source for Concur... KEEP READING

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