- Travelport Announces Content Agreement with China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines[Mar. 19, 2013]
Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry, has announced a new multi-year, global content agreement with China Eastern Airlines (MU), one of the leading carriers in China, and Shanghai Airlines (FM), a fully owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. The agreement ensures travel agents worldwide using Travelport platforms -- including Galileo, Apollo and Worldspan -- have access to the airlines' web fares and published inventories.
- Airline Group Seeks to Modernize Booking System[Mar. 17, 2013]
A trade group for the world's airlines is pushing to modernize a decades-old booking system to help speed along the latest airline trend - the sale of customized fare packages.
- Creating an Interstate Highway System in the Sky[Mar. 14, 2013]
It isn't your imagination: more people are flying than ever before. The FAA predicts that air travel in the U.S. alone will double in the next 20 years, and will reach one billion passengers by 2021. Unfortunately, the finite amount of airspace to handle all of this air traffic is not being used as efficiently as current technology and methods would allow.
- Airports Introduce "Weibo Inquiry" Service[Feb. 25, 2013]
On Feb. 24, Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) has cooperated with "VeryZhun", China's leading flight status service provider, to launch real time flight status and airport weather inquiry on its official Sina Weibo. One day later, Jiangxi Airport Group launched the same service on its official Weibo.
- Best Websites for Travel Fulfill the Need for Speed[Feb. 25, 2013]
Frequent business traveler John Steinberg has little tolerance for travel websites that are slow or fail to smoothly process a transaction.
- Watch a Passenger Plane "Photobomb" the Sun: Amazing Moment Jet Appears to Smash into Solar Surface[Feb. 19, 2013]
He was looking for the latest phase of solar activity. What he got was a surprise from something a little closer to Earth.
- Capital Airlines Introduces New "Micro Service"[Feb. 01, 2013]
On Jan. 28, Beijing Capital Airlines Co., Ltd. (JD) has introduced its second version of "Weibo Check-in" and new "Wechat Check-in" service after its first introduction of "Weibo Check-in" last year.
- Qatar Airways Goes Mobile with New BlackBerry, Android, and iPhone Apps[Feb. 04, 2013]
With such busy lives, customers need to be connected to Qatar Airways' services as well as the latest travel information from anywhere around the world.
- Hainan Airlines Successfully Tests Air-to-Ground Network[Feb. 04, 2013]
On Feb. 1, Hainan Airlines Company Limited (HU) has launched a test flight for the air-to-ground network connection on flight HU7137 which was from Beijing to Xi'an. At 9:40 a.m., the flight landed safely at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY), marking the success of the airline's test flight for the air-to-ground network.
- Batavia Air's Downfall Affects Ticketing Business[Feb. 04, 2013]
The closure of Batavia Air has badly affected the ticketing business with refunds for tickets and deposited funds remaining uncertain.