Fights break out in Ft. Lauderdale airport after Spirit airlines cancels 9 flights
Hundreds of people’s tempers flared in a Fort Lauderdale International Airport terminal for Spirit Airlines Monday night after several flights were canceled. In footage captured by witnesses, airport security is seen moving in quickly and a number of people are arrested. It all started after nine flights were canceled. Spirit Airlines is currently negotiating with […]
Sabre inaugura en Uruguay su nueva sede central regional
Una moderna sede en Montevideo, equipada con tecnología de vanguardia, será el "headquarter" regional para el principal negocio de Sabre "“la línea de negocio Travel Network"“. Las instalaciones, en el parque tecnológico Zonamerica, serán inauguradas el 10 de mayo con la presencia de miembros de la alta gerencia de la compañía. El miércoles 10 de […]
Sabre designa nuevos ejecutivos para liderar los negocios Travel Network y Airline Solutions
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) designó recientemente a Wade Jones como vicepresidente ejecutivo y presidente de Sabre Travel Network, y también suma a sus filas de senior management a Dave Shirk como vicepresidente ejecutivo y presidente de Sabre Airline Solutions. Previo a este anuncio Jones ocupó el cargo de presidente interino de Travel Network, el sistema […]
Fixing airline customer service: Lawmakers should treat disease instead of symptoms
The Tuesday congressional hearing on airline"™ consumer practices might feature a lot of talk on issues like overbooking and passenger compensation, but one major issue underlies major carrier"™ recent foibles: dwindling choice in the aviation marketplace. One of the four biggest domestic airlines (American, Delta, Southwest and United) currently controls over 50 percent of seat […]
ALTA TRAFFIC REPORT FEBRUARY 2017
"‹"‹ "‹ The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 12 million passengers in February, up 8.2% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil, marking the 66th consecutive month of passenger traffic growth for Latin America and Caribbean airlines. Traffic (RPK) grew 8.4% […]
Inicia Panama Sale Travel Show
Este 7 y 8 de abril de 2017 se llevará a cabo la quinta versión del Panama Sale Travel Show, que este año busca incentivar el concepto de conocer a Panamá con ofertas turísticas de primer nivel en un solo recinto, informaron sus organizadores. El evento, creado por Maru Gálvez y Úrsula Kiener, reunirá a […]
Strong Passenger Demand, Record Load Factor in February
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a second month of strong demand growth to begin 2017. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 4.8%, compared to the same month last year. Although this was below growth achieved in January, year-to-year comparisons are distorted because February 2016 was a […]
Munich Airport aims to simplify and enrich customer experience with Strategy 2020
As the Head of Innovation Management at Munich Airport, Sarah Wittlieb is responsible for ensuring that the German hub is on top of the latest technologies and trends, and for delivering solutions that can positively impact the customer experience. From leveraging mobility to empower passengers with real-time information, to helping to increase revenues in duty […]
United Airlines social media disaster shows it’s time for brands to think beyond the office
United Airlines inadvertently entered a public relations storm on Twitter this week that few companies could have come out of unscathed. People were enraged about passenger dress standards and the airline was left trying to pick up the pieces with its pants down. In case you didn’t hear about it, United was accused of not […]
Aviation’s evolution: Fuel cells, 3D-printed planes and beyond
There"™s no denying that the aviation industry has taken a toll on the environment. Air travel has become the norm in most parts of the world, and reductions in airfare have increased the number of flights yearly. As a result pollution, particularly carbon dioxide, has continued to rise. However, these effects have not been ignored […]
