Airlines
APG MAKES A MOVE
APG CANADA INC. has relocated it headquarters to the Airways Centre complex at Toronto International Airport. APG CANADA is a full partner in the APG WORLD NETWORK for Airline Services. It originally operated as AIRBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INC., but has been an independent entity for the past year. In its new location, APG CANADA offers an expanded range of outsourced services, known as the APG WORLD PROGRAM. The APG NETWORK, in addition to General Sales Agency, provides such services as access to BSP and ARC, Interline-Electronic-Ticketing, Fares filing and a comprehensive Commercial and...
A DEAL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
American Airlines and Farelogix have unveiled details of a new, seven-year agreement. The deal will see Farelogix continuing to provide enhancements and support for American's direct connect, a technologically advanced system which enables the sale of American's fares and other products by travel agencies. Cory Garner, managing director of sales operations and distribution for American Airlines, said that: "Using direct connect technology, we can make individually tailored offers possible in real time, transparently, no matter where the customer chooses to shop. Third-party distribution...
ETIHAD PICKS DWM IN THE WEST
Etihad Airways has selected Discover the World Marketing to provide sales and marketing development support in Western Canada, Latin America, and Europe. The new agreement is for representation in Western Canada including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon as well as Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. In addition the partnerships have been renewed in Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Ukraine, and Venezuela. Go to...
A BUNDLE OF UPDATES
WestJet's fare bundles have been live for just over one month now and the carrier is updating agents on them. Effective April 11, 2013, WestJet will move the P fare class to the Econo bundle. This will provide more availability for our guests that are primarily looking for the lowest fare option.á Please note that bookings on P fare class made prior to April 11, 2013, will continue to have the change, cancel and other Flex fare attributes associated to those bookings. As well, WestJet reports that the full reconfiguration of its fleet is almost done. Once complete, all 737s will have 36...
BETTER USE, BETTER NUMBERS
All the airlines in the Lufthansa Group profited in the first quarter of the year from improved capacity steering and, as expected, lifted the utilization of their aircraft in comparison with the year-earlier level. The Lufthansa Group raised the seat load factor in passenger traffic by 1.9 percentage points year-on-year to 76.1%. The cargo load factor rose by 0.6 percentage points to 70.5%. Due to the Group-wide 2.7% reduction in capacity (in terms of available seat kilometres), the number of passengers carried by Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines in the period from...
DIFFERENTIATE & DISTRIBUTE
Travelport has unveiled its new Travelport Merchandising Platform which has been developed to transform the way airlines deliver their products and the way that those products are displayed to travel agents. The new platform lets airlines differentiate and distribute their full suite of products and services, including fares and ancillaries with complete consistency across all channels; distribute their content using whichever technology best suits their business model; achieve greater brand consistency by controlling how their product is presented across all channels; maximize return on...
REDRAWING THE MAP
Etihad Airways' president and CEO, James Hogan says that the global air travel map is being redrawn as new markets evolve, traditional markets decline and the airline industry reshapes itself to accommodate changing conditions. Speaking in Abu Dhabi on April 10 at the World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit, Hogan told more than 800 senior travel executives that legacy airlines were unlikely to progress unless they radically changed the way in which they did business. And in addition to the ongoing challenges of economic instability and uncertainty surrounding fuel prices and supply,...
PORTER FLIES HIGH
Porter Airlines is set for major expansion after signing a conditional purchase order for 12 Bombardier CS100 aircraft, with options for an additional 18. Delivery of Porter's first CS100 would be in 2016, making it possible to open up new destinations such as Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Los Angeles, Florida and the Caribbean out of Toronto's Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. The total purchase price could reach $2.3 billion if all options and purchase rights are exercised. The entire plan is conditional with Porter Airlines requiring the support of the signatories to the...