Aegean Airlines Adds a Surcharge as Distribution Upheaval Continues
Yet another airline hurt by the pandemic is rethinking its distribution.
Articles tagged “amadeus”
Air France-KLM and Amadeus Sign Landmark Distribution Deal
For years, airlines, travel agencies, and their technology partners acknowledged they could adopt more modern ways of selling plane tickets. The sticking point lately has been less technological than commercial. Thursday's deal is a seismic moment serving as a model for how the sector might afford to transition to the future.
Money to Travel, Just Not Booking Yet: Amadeus Consumer Poll
The year has been so horrible for the travel sector that it can be easy to forget about consumers' pent-up demand to explore the world. This survey is a helpful reminder.
Booking Holdings Is Holding Its Own Amidst the Wreckage But Then There’s Google
The Skift Health Score ranked Booking Holdings as the overall leader in August among 100 public travel companies but the entire travel industry faces grave uncertainties. Then there's that little search engine Google, which has an even larger travel business than Booking.
Corporate Travel Agencies Still Busy Helping Repatriate People — And Even Pets
Evacuations are difficult at the best of times. Now corporate travel agencies are battling border closures, offline bookings, canceled flights and quarantines.
Southwest Airlines’ Corp Travel Biz: A Year On, Down But Not Out
The pandemic will have marred the first anniversary celebrations, but this fledgling corporate travel unit should have enough experience behind it to ride out the storm.
Amadeus Isn’t Seeing a Significant Pickup in Airline Ticket Sales Yet
The first half of July saw little improvement in travel agency bookings compared with the first half of June, according to the world's largest processor of airline tickets. Sigh.
Amadeus to Scale Up Its New Distribution Effort in 2021 Starting in Asia
It's a fascinating question whether airlines and travel agencies will be able to keep pushing forward on modernizing the sector's tech. But Amadeus aims to press on with its part in the process.
From a WhatsApp Channel to Latin America’s Latest Online Travel Startup
Despite rising coronavirus cases and airlines on the brink of collapse, Milla Travel could still make its mark in a region that's long overdue for modernization in the travel management space.
Corp Travel Agencies Face More Airfare Uncertainty as Carriers Miss Distribution Deal Deadlines
The juries are still out over whether airlines and the global distribution systems will kiss and make up soon. Corporate travel agencies will be hoping it won't be much longer though, otherwise some may face the prospect of having to explain higher airfares to their clients.