IATA and Travel Capitalist Ventures Launch NDC Innovation Fund
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) partnered with Travel Capitalist Ventures, a leading travel-focused investment firm, to create the NDC Innovation Fund. This fund will support innovation in airline distribution using the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. NDC is a travel industry-supported program launched by IATA for the development and market adoption of a new […]
La gala de los World Travel Awards en Asia se celebró en Delhi
China ha resultado uno de los grandes ganadores en la ceremonia de los World Travel Awards Asia "“ Australasia, recibiendo una gran cantidad de premios. La gala, celebrada en The Oberoi, New Delhi, hotel que también tenía razones para estar satisfecho, al recoger el trofeo de "˜mejor hotel de lujo"™ de Asia. La ceremonia fue […]
Demand for Air Travel Picks-up In August
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for August showing a slight pick-up in demand over the previous month. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) increased 5.9% compared to August 2013, which was above the 5.4% year-over-year increase recorded in July. August capacity climbed 5.5%. The load factor stood at 83.9% which […]
Unplugged Travel to Rise as Travellers Seek a Real Escape from the Pressures of Modern Living "“ Lonely Planet Reveals the Future of Travel
Lonely Planet, the world"™s leading travel media company, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have joined forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of commercial air travel by revealing Lonely Planet"™s top 10 predictions for the future of world travel. According to Lonely Planet"™s team of travel experts holiday makers are set to demand more […]
July Passenger Travel Shows Strong Growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing demand growth of 5.3% (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) over the previous July. Capacity expanded exactly in tandem with demand (5.3%), resulting in a global load factor of 82.3%, unchanged from last year. "July was another strong month of […]
Air France presenta Travel, su nueva guía turística online
Hay muchos lugares diferentes para descubrir durante las vacaciones de verano. Para ayudarlo a escoger su destino ideal, Air France ha lanzado su nueva guía turística. Disponible en francés, inglés y chino, la guía destaca más de 60 destinos a nivel mundial. Una guía de la ciudad para todas sus necesidades de viaje Navegue de […]
Air Travel Demand Stays Strong in May
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing demand growth of 6.2% compared to May 2013. While this represented a deceleration compared to April year-over-year traffic growth of 7.6%, the performance is indicative of improving demand drivers. May capacity rose 5.2% and load factor climbed 0.7 percentage points to […]
IATA AGM 2014: Breaking Travel News 2013 round-up
With the 70th International Air Transport Association Annual General Meeting now just days away, Breaking Travel News here takes a look back at the 2013 event in Cape Town. Top of the agenda last year were concerns about emissions, with the IATA AGM unanimously backing a call for an emissions market to offset growth in […]
Demand for Air Travel Decelerates in March
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March showing a moderation of the pace of growth in demand. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) increased 3.1% compared to March 2013. Although this represented a slowdown in comparison to the February year-over-year traffic increase of 5.6% , cumulative traffic growth for the […]
Solid Demand for Air Travel Continues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing demand growth of 5.4% compared to February 2013. Although this represented a slowdown compared to the January traffic increase of 8.2%, cumulative traffic growth for the first two months of 2014 was 6.9%, which compares favorably with the 5.2% overall growth […]
