TRX for several years has been shifting its strategic direction by reducing reliance on airline transactions, emphasizing its data reporting business over transaction processing services, and minimizing its dependency on a small number of large customers. Read More »

Everyone now knows of talk of a merger between US Airways and American Airlines after the former last week announced deals with three of the latter's biggest worker groups. US Airways executives today in prepared remarks during a quarterly earnings conference call explained their rationale. Read More »

Japanese distribution system Axess International Network struck a long-term deal with Travelport for hosting and other IT services. It also announced that Japan Airlines Co. acquired the 25 percent stake in Axess previously held by Sabre Holdings. Read More »

American Express for its Global Commercial Services reported corporate travel sales of $4.8 billion, down 2 percent from a year earlier. It was the first such quarterly decline since late 2009. Read More »

TRX on Tuesday reported a solid set of financial metrics for 2011, including reduced debt, lower operating costs and cash flow that was double the 2010 level and highest in five years, according to executives Read More »

Citing strong performance in both its distribution and IT solutions businesses, Amadeus reported "record" financial results for full-year 2011, including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of €1.039 billion, the first time the company surpassed the billion-euro mark. Read More »

Cathay Pacific this weekend plans to switch to the Amadeus Altea reservations systems from an in-house one built in the 1980s. Will its experience be smooth or bumpy? Read More »

Air Canada in August 2011 soft-launched a new small-business program that uses technology from nuTravel, and the companies this week told The Beat that more than 1,000 corporations are using the service. Read More »

Sabre and reportedly Travelport are pushing forward with new tech initiatives meant to simplify payment processes for travel management companies. Read More »

United Airlines has "spared no expense" in preparing for the switch to a unified passenger services system, scheduled to occur before the end of the current quarter, according to senior vice president of worldwide sales Dave Hilfman. Following its merger with Continental Airlines, United opted to consolidate operations on Continental's pre-existing Shares system, furnished by HP.

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