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Posted Jan 4, 2012
Delta Air Lines and joint venture partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia raised by $6 roundtrip surcharges on North Atlantic routes, according to FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney, who attributed the hike to the new EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Posted May 18, 2011
Re: Lufthansa Denies Improper Use Of Data
This sounds familiar, like a song we heard from a major U.S. airline more than ten years ago, that ultimately swept across the industry. We were told the intention was not to see anything inappropriate, but is that what is really happening? Back then, world events overtook the issue and domestic pricing became a minor issue and most everyone got in line.
Posted Mar 3, 2011
Lufthansa (LH) has drawn a deep line in the corporate contracting sand this year. It is demanding financial clawbacks and access to detailed, perhaps unprecedented, corporate travel data in return for providing corporate discounted fares. More on this here.
Posted Jul 9, 2010
What do the airline execs think of Google's planned acquisition of ITA Software? They're not really saying, and in many cases they probably don't know. Contacted Wednesday, most carriers declined to comment, although Lufthansa and Southwest Airlines offered some words.
Posted Mar 24, 2009
On 3 April in Cologne, Germany, corporate travel managers will convene a customer hearing to shine a bright light on Lufthansa's infamous Preferred Fares Program (PFP) during the VDR Spring Conference. Members of the press expert in travel distribution will join travel managers in questioning industry participants about PFP. At the witness table will be one empty chair--the Lufthansa chair--as the airline refuses to sit next to Amadeus and airline competitors and answer tough but legitimate questions and concerns from its best customers and from journalists.
Posted Aug 22, 2008
Global distribution system regulatory reviews tend to take, well, forever. Okay, maybe Canada was quick. Anyway, Travolution noted here that the European Parliament has scheduled a debate on the European review for Sept. 3, "with a vote the next day." If approved, the revised code would be considered by the wider European Commission for ratification, "with the new rules coming into force towards the end of Q1 09," Travolution reported. Most interesting will be any determination about whether Amadeus' three part-owning airlines will still be bound by rules on equal play with other GDSs. Mostly, though, it seems people are just ready for a conclusion already. Asked in July about what he expects, Sabre Holdings chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland said, "It's hard to know. It ebbs and flows. I would hope that it's dragged on for long enough, and it would be nice to get to some resolution over the next couple months." Click here for a timeline on the current EC review.
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