Transportation

United & Avianca Will Pursue PartnershipBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines and Avianca, the second-largest airline company in Latin America, plan to negotiate "a long-term strategic commercial alliance," the... KEEP READING

Delta Diamond Members Gain Third Option for Choice BenefitsBy Michael B. Baker

Delta Sky Club access is no longer an automatic benefit for Diamond-level SkyMiles members but rather is becoming one of the benefits from which Diamond... KEEP READING

Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Chao as Transportation SecretaryBy Michael B. Baker

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Elaine Chao's Secretary of Transportation appointment by a 93-to-6 margin. Chao's nomination, approved... KEEP READING

ICars Acquires Limos.comBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate ride booking platform iCars has acquired the assets of transportation network Limos.com. ICars, which offers a mobile app and a Web portal for... KEEP READING

Delta Waives Change Fees as Cancellations LingerBy Michael B. Baker

Delta has issued a change fee waiver for travel on Monday rebooked by Friday as it recovers from an outage of essential IT systems that grounded... KEEP READING

United Sets Target Date for Basic Economy LaunchBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines is telling its corporate and agency customers to be prepared for the sale of Basic Economy fares by Feb. 21 for travel dates beginning... KEEP READING

American Airlines Will Add Sales Staff in 2017By Michael B. Baker

American Airlines plans to beef up its corporate sales force this year in an effort to gain market share, executives said during the carrier's earnings... KEEP READING

Marcou Transportation Group Moves Closer to On-Demand Tech by Acquiring GroundLinkBy Michael B. Baker

To speed up development of an on-demand platform for chauffeured transportation suppliers, Marcou Transportation Group, parent company of Dav El and... KEEP READING

Southwest Reports 'Better Than Expected' Business Travel Demand in DecemberBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines reported strong business travel demand in the fourth quarter as it topped quarterly records in both passenger revenue and load... KEEP READING

JetBlue Traffic & Revenue Increased in Q4By Michael B. Baker

JetBlue's passenger revenue increased 2.7 percent year over year to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter. Traffic increased 6 percent year over year... KEEP READING

Enterprise Will Add Locations in Armenia & GeorgiaBy Michael B. Baker

Enterprise Holdings plans to expand into Armenia and Georgia via a franchise agreement with Armenian car rental company TravelCar. The company will open... KEEP READING

TSA Adds 11 Airlines to PrecheckBy Michael B. Baker

Eleven additional airlines now are participating in the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's Precheck program, including Avianca, Emirates,... KEEP READING

Uber Was the Single Most-Expensed Supplier in the Fourth QuarterBy Michael B. Baker

Uber was the most frequently expensed vendor among all categories in the millions of expense reports processed by Certify during the fourth quarter of... KEEP READING

Aeroflot Reports Double-Digit Traffic Growth in 2016By Michael B. Baker

Aeroflot traffic increased 11.6 percent year over year in 2016, and capacity increased 8.9 percent. Its load factor increased 2 percentage points to... KEEP READING

Etihad CEO & CFO Will ResignBy Michael B. Baker

Etihad Aviation Group president and CEO James Hogan will leave his position in the second half of this year.... KEEP READING

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