W4B launches AI tool
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Website 4 Bookings) (W4B) has launched a new AI automation tool for its web site.
Younger passengers changing views on air travel
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Travellers are eager to fly and plan trips, but they remain cost conscious and, depending on the generation, less swayed by traditional airline loyalty programs, according to OAG’s latest survey, 'Beyond the Ticket: Winning Traveller Loyalty with Rewards and Ancillary Services'.
US DoT to fine international trio
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
A month after the US Department of Transportation (DoT) told airlines they would have to pay refunds to passengers on significantly delayed flights, it says Lufthansa, South African Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airways will pay US$900 million due to refunding failures during the Covid pandemic.
Qantas backing Boeing
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Major airline customers including Australia's Qantas say Boeing will bounce back from the quality problems that have hit its management as well as production of some of the best-selling planes in history.
Walsh calls for end to unviable 'green' policies
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Green aviation policies should be subject to economic realities and abandoned if their costs outweigh the benefits, according to Willie Walsh, the former airline ceo who now is director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
IATA launches FuelIS
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched IATA FuelIS, an advanced analytics solution to optimise airline fuel consumption.
Borghetti to chair Crown Resorts
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Former Qantas and Virgin Australia senior executive John Borghetti will Chair Crown Resorts as of 01 July 2024.
40 airlines already on board IATA's Schedule Data Exchange Program
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says some 40 airlines have signed a formal agreement to contribute their schedules data to the IATA Schedule Data Exchange Program.
India wins IATA's 2025 AGM
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says India's IndiGo will host the 81st IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Delhi, India, on 8-10 June 2025.
Diversity and inclusion winners named
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named the winners of the 2024 edition of IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards:
Fiji Airways joins oneworld alliance
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Airline marketing alliance oneworld has named Fiji Airways as its 15th full member airline after five years as a 'oneworld connect' partner.
Qatar Air sees light at the end of Australian tunnel
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Qatar Airways says despite being snubbed previously, it is back in talks with the Australian government to increase services to the country.
Southwest hikes priority fees
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The US's Southwest Airlines offers Upgraded Boarding and EarlyBird Check-In for passengers, but its most recent price hikes reportedly have upset some customers.
