Airbnb reveals secret plan to launch an airline to help company become "˜one-stop shop for travel"™
AIRBNB has revealed plans to launch an airline to help it transform into a "one-stop shop for travel". The company"™s 36-year-old billionaire founder Brian Chesky made the announcement in a recent interview. Mr Chesky told the Sunday Times: «We’ve seriously considered a lot of things around aviation and we’ve spent a lot of time exploring […]
Airlines Reporting Corporation and British Airways successfully test enhanced settlement
Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is pleased to announce the successful testing and implementation of enhancements to its settlement platform, initially announced late last year. In October, ARC began the testing process with airline partner British Airways to ensure the functionality and flexibility of these enhancements. As a result of this collaboration, ARC"™s settlement platform is […]
Trump wants higher TSA fees on airline tickets
President Trump proposed again Monday in his budget blueprint to raise Transportation Security Administration fees on airline tickets, which has been a non-starter in Congress. But TSA technology has been supported by lawmakers, and Trump proposed to invest $71 million in new equipment to make airport screening more effective and faster. Trump proposed to raise […]
Hainan Airlines to launch direct flight from Beijing to Mexico
Hainan Airlines, one of China’s four largest carriers, announced at a meeting on February 2 that it will launch a direct route from Beijing to Mexico on March 21. The launch will mark the first-ever non-stop route from China to Latin America operated by a Chinese airline. The flight will first stop in Tijuana, a […]
USA: 2017 Airline Bumping Rate Lowest in Decades
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its February 2018″Air Travel Consumer Report»on air carrier data compiled for the month of December 2017 and calendar year 2017. In 2017, the carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.34 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest annual rate based on historical data dating back to 1995. The previous […]
España, entre los países europeos donde más subirán las tarifas aéreas y hoteleras en 2018
España será uno de los países europeos donde más crecerán las tarifas aéreas y hoteleras este año, con subidas de hasta un 4% y un 5,3%, respectivamente, según el Global Business Travel Forecast 2018, que revela que estos incrementos se producirán en todas las regiones. La mejora de la economía a nivel global y el […]
Estados Unidos pierde empleos en Turismo
"SÃ, han perdido 45 mil empleos en el sector turístico, debido a sus restricciones migratorias, pero en cuanto se enteraron del negativo, las autoridades americanas, buscaron contrarrestarlo, ahà estriba la diferencia". Este es el diagnóstico del Doc (le falta poco para su doctorado) Benjamín Díaz, un estudioso del turismo. Ben "“como le dicen sus amigos- […]
BCD Travel renueva su acuerdo de distribución plurianual con Amadeus
Amadeus anunció la renovación de un acuerdo de distribución global de varios años con BCD Travel. Como resultado de esta alianza, BCD Travel tendrá acceso al amplio contenido de viajes de Amadeus. El acuerdo fortalece la relación de las dos empresas como socios a largo plazo. Clientes de BCD Travel operando en 23 países en […]
Lufthansa now offering automatic check-in
Lufthansa passengers will now benefit from an automatic check-in procedure for all flights within Germany and to destinations in Europe. The boarding pass for flights booked up to 24 hours before departure will then be sent automatically to the passenger 23 hours before departure "“ with no need for any manual check-in, thus saving time […]
Más de 2,2 millones de pasajeros ya han volado con LATAM con las tarifas más bajas
Con las tarifas más bajas de la historia para viajar dentro de Chile y la red más grande de destinos de Sudamérica, LATAM da a conocer su Barómetro "Tendencias de viaje, verano 2018". Ocho meses después de la implementación del Nuevo Modelo de Viajes por parte de la compañía, más de 2,2 millones de pasajeros […]
