MakeMyTrip acquires majority stake in Thai hotel aggregator S&P revises Sabre outlook to ‘stable’ WestJet plans premium economy section, fare bundles J.D. Powers: Price is key in customer satisfaction with travel sites Germanwings to launch new branding, a la carte pricing Maxymizer and Monetate: Two approaches to ‘personalization’ World news briefing
The year 2012 was marked by moves to push airline distribution in a new direction, away from “commoditization” and toward a new model that is not simply tied to the selling of seats. At first glance, the settlement of American Airlines’ antitrust lawsuit against Sabre, approved by American’s bankruptcy court on Nov. 28, appears to maintain the status quo, but it frees American from a previous agreement with Sabre that limited its ability to openly market its Direct Connect product.
The São Paulo government has launched a bid for the construction of a much-anticipated rail link between downtown São Paulo and São Paulo-Guarulhos Airport.
Air France will launch daily Paris Charles de Gaulle-Tokyo Haneda service from the summer of 2014, when new slots will be released for international flights. Germanwings will base three aircraft at Hamburg for seasonal summer service to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Dubrovnik and Vienna from March 31. Aigle Azur launched weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle-Algiers service Dec. 2, increasing to 2X-weekly Dec. 7 and 3X-weekly Dec. 18.
Austrian Airlines has named Lufthansa CityLine MD Klaus Froese as the new managing director of its low-cost subsidiary Tyrolean Airways, effective Feb. 1.
Brussels Airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary, is targeting a €100 million ($130.9 million) cost reduction in its top-down restructuring plan called “Beyond 2012-2013.”
Virgin Atlantic will lease four Airbus A320s from Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus to carry out its new planned UK domestic services, the airline announced Monday.
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson pushed back against "rumors" that the sale of 49% of Virgin Atlantic Airways to Delta Air Lines would end the Virgin Atlantic brand.
American International Group (AIG) has agreed to sell 80.1% of International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) to a consortium of Chinese investors for $4.23 billion in cash.
American Airlines chairman, president and CEO Tom Horton said parent company AMR Corp. will “soon” make a decision on whether to emerge from bankruptcy protection as a standalone entity or as part of a merged carrier with US Airways.
London Heathrow Airport has begun a five-month trial to see if creating noise relief zones for communities under the flight path can ease disturbances for residents.
Swiss-AS was selected by Pegasus Airlines to provide and implement its maintenance and engineering software AMOS. When fully implemented, all maintenance processes for the carrier will be managed electronically.
