Southwest Airlines Says It’s Finally Flying to Hawaii
Looking for an affordable flight to Hawaii? The search will get a bit easier starting next year. Low-cost airline Southwest is expanding its service to Hawaii in 2018, the carrier announced Wednesday, a move that has been speculated on for years by customers and industry-watchers alike. Southwest"™s decision to fly to Hawaii could have an […]
UATP: msts selected to facilitate IATA Easypay system in 24 markets
Multi Service Technology Solutions (MSTS) has won a contract to a newly launched remittance service that modernizes payments between accredited travel agencies and airlines. MSTS has been awarded 24 of IATA"™s Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) markets, and it will process payments in those markets by partnering with UATP, the airline-owned travel payment technical solution […]
JetBlue"™s customer service can now track you across every platform
We all love to complain about air travel. And thanks to technology, there are increasingly more places than ever to scream into the void. But the surfeit of technology platforms can make it difficult for airlines to track and address complaints. One airline thinks it has a solution. Starting this year, JetBlue is overhauling its […]
¿WiFi o más espacio entre asientos? Cuéntale a las aerolíneas tus preferencias
Porque las aerolíneas quieren conocer las opiniones de los usuarios del transporte aéreo comercial, la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés) está realizando la encuesta global de pasajeros 2017, oportunidad única para compartir directamente con la industria la visión y experiencia de los usuarios a la hora de viajar. Para […]
Singapore Airlines Q1 profit rises 45.6 pct on higher revenue
Singapore Airlines Ltd on Thursday reported a 45.6 percent rise in first-quarter operating profit, with revenue rising as it filled a higher proportion of seats. The carrier, which is seen as a barometer of the Asian airline industry, made S$281 million ($207 million) in the three months ended June 30, up S$88 million from a […]
YY Fares Retire after Seven Successful Decades
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the YY Fares will be rescinded from 31 October 2018. The decision to rescind YY Fares was taken with a vote by the IATA Passenger Tariffs Conference on 28 June 2017. The rescinding of YY fares reflects the dramatic transformation that continues to take place in the […]
Chile: Tasas de embarque recaudaron US$ 234 millones en un año.
La tarifa, que no ha variado desde 2001 para los vuelos nacionales, está en medio de la polémica. Según datos de Sky, desde el 16 de marzo, 40 mil personas han comprado pasajes en que las tasas de embarque superan el valor del ticket . En LATAM explican que, en promedio, en sus tarifas promocionales, […]
Latam Perú: "La tarifa estructural va a bajar 25% en promedio"
Hace unos días, Latam Airlines lanzó su nuevo modelo de tarifas para vuelos nacionales. El cambio es parte de las acciones de la aerolínea para llegar a su objetivo de transportar diez millones de pasajeros al 2020. En esa línea, la compañía también lanzó recientemente Mercado Latam, su programa de cobro de comida a bordo, […]
Sky Airline"™s Price War Paying Off as It Snaps at the Heels of Latam
Sky Airline is on track to reach its target of 5 million domestic passengers in Chile before 2020 as the low-cost airline seeks to take market share from Latam Airlines SA, according to Luis Felipe Ross, the carrier"™s recently appointed chairman. While a price war in the local market has driven down costs for consumers […]
Level flights now avaiable at vueling.com
Flights on LEVEL can now be booked via the website of its sister airline Vueling at vueling.com in addition to flylevel.com Customers from across Vueling"™s 137 European destinations can book flights to the airline"™s home base at Barcelona which connect onto LEVEL"™s longhaul network with a single ticket. The first LEVEL flight will take off […]
