Transportation

Travelport Enables Paid Seat Selection for Emirates BookingsBy Michael B. Baker

Paid advance seat selection for certain Emirates discount economy fares is now available on Travelport. Emirates began selling the ancillary on its... KEEP READING

ANA Names New President/CEOBy Michael B. Baker

On April 1, ANA EVP Yuji Hirako will succeed Osamu Shinobe as president and CEO. Hirako has been with ANA since 1981 and has led several divisions,... KEEP READING

Terrorism & Overcapacity Hurt Air France-KLM Revenue in Q4By Michael B. Baker

Air France-KLM passenger revenue declined 3.7 percent year over year to €4.8 billion in the fourth quarter. The company cited soft demand to France as... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Approves Pay Increase for Union PilotsBy Michael B. Baker

Lufthansa has approved a pay increase of 8.7 percent for 5,400 pilots, per the recommendation of a mediator in its ongoing dispute with the pilots'... KEEP READING

U.S. Travel Agency Air Transactions Rose YOY in JanuaryBy Michael B. Baker

Total airline ticket transactions sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 11 percent year over year in January, according to Airlines Reporting... KEEP READING

Air Canada Will Expand Ancillary Distribution with TravelportBy Michael B. Baker

Air Canada has signed a multiyear full-content agreement with Travelport and will use the global distribution system's Rich Content and Branding... KEEP READING

U.S. Airlines Set Operations Records in 2016By Michael B. Baker

U.S. airlines' canceled domestic flights and mishandled baggage reports were the lowest they've been in decades in 2016, according to the Department of... KEEP READING

WestJet Adds Quebec CapacityBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet is boosting its capacity in Quebec by 74 percent, adding 105 weekly flights to the province over the next several months. New service additions... KEEP READING

Delta Moves to Increase Aeromexico StakeBy Michael B. Baker

Delta has launched a cash tender offer to acquire up to an additional 32 percent of Grupo Aeromexico's shares through the Mexican Stock Exchange for 53... KEEP READING

Largest Carriers Lead North American January On-Time PerformanceBy Michael B. Baker

Delta posted the best on-time record among major North American carriers in January, getting 79.3 percent of fights to the gate within 15 minutes of... KEEP READING

Airline Sourcing's Slow Shift to Traveler CentricityBy Michael B. Baker

Despite talk of shifts to traveler centricity, cost remains king in corporate airline agreements, although some in the industry hope to speed up that... KEEP READING

Airline Execs Talk Regulations & Infrastructure with President TrumpBy Michael B. Baker

Though press pool reports from President Donald Trump's meeting Thursday with airline industry representatives did not showcase an in-depth... KEEP READING

What's Next Now That Marcou Has Acquired GroundLink?

Marcou Transportation Group's acquisition of car service platform GroundLink comes as Marcou, parent company of Dav El BostonCoach, seeks to hasten... KEEP READING

Alaska Passenger Revenue Rose in Q4By Michael B. Baker

Alaska Air Group passenger revenue increased 9 percent year over year to $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter. Alaska acquired Virgin America on Dec. 14,... KEEP READING

WestJet Notes Energy Sector ImprovementBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet's revenue from managed corporate business travel increased 15 percent year over year in the fourth quarter. Part of the uptick came from "a... KEEP READING

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