Airline vs. online fight may change booking, fares
Airlines and companies are struggling for control of online flight reservations, and travel agents and travelers are starting to feel the effects.
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Travel Notes: Fewer empty plane seats
If it feels a bit more crowded in your airplane cabin lately, it's probably not your imagination. Airline experts say the industry is rebounding from the recession partly by limiting the number of new planes they add while the number of passengers continues to rise.
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Kale: IATA's SIS is 'essential initiative' for airline industry
Kale Consultants conducted a survey on the airline industry's readiness for IATA's Simplified Interline Settlement initiative, and over 80% of respondents from more than 55 airlines rated SIS compliance as a "high" or "very high" priority. It is considered to be "an essential initiative for the airline industry," Kale said. The industry-wide platform, aimed at removing paper from the billing and ...
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