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Winding Tree Initial Coin Offering Reaches Soft Cap in Three HoursBy JoAnn DeLuna

Startup Winding Tree launched its initial coin offering Feb. 1 in an effort to raise $10 million to continue developing a blockchain-based travel... KEEP READING

Alaska Airlines Names First Sales VPBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines has hired former United sales director David Oppenheim as VP of sales, a new position for the carrier. Alaska has tasked him with... KEEP READING

Uber for Business Launches Alliances with Four TMCsBy Michael B. Baker

Uber for Business has forged alliances with four travel management companies. Those alliances could grow to encompass data integration for reporting,... KEEP READING

ATPCO Acquires RoutehappyBy Michael B. Baker

Airfare publishing firm ATPCO has acquired airline shopping data provider Routehappy. The acquisition is ATPCO's first in its over 50-year history,... KEEP READING

Korean Air Anticipates U.S. Corporate Growth with New Terminal & Delta JVBy Michael B. Baker

With a new terminal for its operations in Seoul and final approval nearing for its joint venture with Delta, Korean Air hopes to win a significant new... KEEP READING

Qatar Airways Pledges Financial Transparency to Preserve Open Skies with U.S.By Michael B. Baker

U.S. and Qatari diplomats have reached an agreement to maintain Open Skies agreements between the two countries in exchange for greater financial... KEEP READING

How Uber & Lyft Market Share Changed in 2017By Dawit Habtemariam

While Uber's share of ground transportation business travel expenses rose from 52 percent in 2016 to 56 percent in 2017, Lyft's grew at a faster pace,... KEEP READING

Air Canada Will Add Alberta-British Columbia RoutesBy Michael B. Baker

In July, Air Canada will add several new domestic routes within Alberta and British Columbia, including year-round service between Edmonton and Kelowna... KEEP READING

In-Flight Wi-Fi Availability Grows to Nearly Half of Global Airline CapacityBy Michael B. Baker

Global Wi-Fi connectivity on airlines increased to 43 percent of available seat miles offering at least a chance of Wi-Fi, up from 39 percent a year... KEEP READING

African Nations Enact New Agreement to Liberalize Air AccessBy Michael B. Baker

On Monday, 23 African countries signed on to create the Single African Air Transport Market, which will ease restrictions for carriers to operate... KEEP READING

WestJet Plans Hub Growth in Summer ScheduleBy Michael B. Baker

This summer, WestJet will add almost 200 weekly flights to its hubs, including 60 from Vancouver, 72 from Calgary and 28 from Toronto. Additionally,... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Enhances Automatic Check-In CapabilitiesBy Michael B. Baker

Lufthansa has enabled automatic check-in for all domestic flights and many within Europe. Twenty-three hours prior to departure, the airline now sends... KEEP READING

Southwest Claims Remaining Capacity at Seattle-Area's Paine FieldBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines will add service to Paine Field in Everett, Wash., north of Seattle, when the airport opens to commercial aircraft this year,... KEEP READING

JetBlue Revenue & Average Fares Rise in Q4 2017By Michael B. Baker

JetBlue's passenger revenue increased 5.9 percent year over year in the fourth quarter to $1.56 billion as its average fare rose 3.2 percent to... KEEP READING

American Airlines Closed Out 2017 with Strong Corporate Sales GrowthBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines' corporate business had its strongest quarterly year-over-year growth rate in two years in the final quarter of 2017, executives said... KEEP READING

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