Travel Service finaliza pedido por cinco 737 MAX adicionales

Travel Service Airlines ha finalizado un pedido adicional por cinco aeronaves Boeing 737 MAX 8 en un acuerdo valorado en 550 millones de dólares. En la edición 2013 del Salón Aeronáutico de París, la aerolínea ya había realizado un pedido por tres 737 MAX 8 en un acuerdo de 301 millones. Las aeronaves estarán equipadas […]

Digital reading above the clouds- Lufthansa has a wide selection

A huge selection of magazines and newspapers, available at any time and never out of print – Lufthansa is switching over to e-journals for its reading selection for passengers. Whether it be sport, news, cars, or even travel, celebrity gossip, music or food – the range of themes covered by the magazines and newspapers on […]

San Diego Airport program offsets flight miles for climate change

San Diego Airport’s Good Traveler program has offset approximately 11.5 million flight miles since its establishment in September 2015, the airport announced Thursday. Meanwhile, SeaTac airport in Seattle and Austin-Bergstrom Airport in Texas have newly signed on to the initiative. Under the Good Traveler program, fliers purchase credits to offset the carbon emissions of their […]

SWISS earns IATA Fast Travel Platinum Award for its self- service facilities

SWISS has been honored with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Fast Travel Platinum Award for its wide range of innovative self- service facilities. SWISS CEO Thomas Klí¼hr accepted the prestigious distinction from IATA today in a ceremony at SWISS"™s Kloten headquarters. SWISS has been an active member of the IATA Fast Travel program since […]

Las aerolíneas aumentarán este año sus ingresos por servicios extra casi un 14%

Ingresarán 67.400 millones de dólares este año por servicios extraordinarios, un 13,8% más que en 2015 y un 200% más que 2010, momento en el que se realizó el primer análisis Estos datos están incluidos en un informe elaborado por la consultora IdeaWorksCompany y la plataforma de alquiler de coches en Internet CarTrawler, que analiza […]

Iberia doblemente premiada en los IBTA

Iberia ha sido doblemente galardonada en los Business Travel IBTA, unos premios reconocen las buenas prácticas en el sector del turismo y MICE (reuniones, incentivos, congresos y eventos). La compañía aérea ha sido premiada como la mejor aerolínea para las rutas nacionales y la mejor aerolínea para las rutas con América. El director de ventas […]

Passenger Services Conference Approves Resolution on ONE Order Standard Will Modernize and Simplify Airline Order Management

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the Passenger Services Conference (PSC) adopted a Resolution on a standard for the ONE Order initiative. Leveraging the data communication advances from the New Distribution Capability, ONE Order will modernize and simplify airline order management, including the delivery, fulfilment and accounting processes related to airline products and […]

Security increasing priority for tech investments by world’s airports

Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year. This is according to the 2016 Airport IT Trends Survey, the extensive annual study of IT trends within the global airport industry co-sponsored by SITA and Airports Council International […]

IATA Achieves Key NewGen ISS Milestone

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the IATA Passenger Agency Conference (PAConf) adopted Resolutions supporting the development of the New Generation of IATA Settlement Systems (NewGen ISS). «IATA Settlement Systems are the financial back office of the air transport industry. Since its introduction 45 years ago, the Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) has […]

Amadeus lanza en Argentina sus soluciones de Amadeus Travel Payments

Atendiendo las necesidades del mercado, Amadeus ofrece a las agencias de viaje en Argentina su portafolio de soluciones Amadeus Travel Payments, el cual permite convertir el proceso de pagos de pasajes aéreos en una tarea sencilla y segura durante todo el ciclo de la venta, ayudando así a una mejor gestión del negocio, y garantizando […]