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Cheaper Air Tickets for LOT Polish Airlines Customers

2011-08-26 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Cheaper air tickets for LOT customers.

The offer, 10% off any LOT ticket, is valid from August 25 to September 10, 2011. Only LOT.com registered users can benefit from the offer.

Tags: air travel, Cheap Tickets, LOT Polish Airlines, LOT tickets

Sabre and South African Airways Deals

2011-07-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

South African Airlines landing page

South African Airways and Sabre Travel Network have just penned a multi-year deal for Sabre to distribute South African’s fares across Sabre’s vast global network.

Tags: Africa Travel, African airlines, air fares, air travel, Sabre, Sabre travel, Sabre Travel Network, South Africa travel, South African Airlways, travel distribution

Russian Billionaires, Finnair, airBaltic – Which Way Is Up?

2011-07-02 by Phil Butler

Will Vladimir Antonov resque airBaltic?

Troubled Latvian airline, airBaltic, is in the news accusing Finnair’s Estravel of attacking the carrier. airBaltic is all in the news with both positive, negative, and conflicting news of late. With staggering losses so far this year, can the Latvian carrier weather such a storm?

Tags: air travel, Baltic tourism, Baltic travel, Estravel, Finland tourism, Finnair, Finncomm, Jānis Vanags, Latvia, Latvia travel, troubled airline, Uldis Augulis, Vladimir Antonov

Agoda and Jetstar Team Up

2011-06-02 by Phil Butler

Jetstar Asia Airways landing page

In online travel news today, Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking web portal, announced a partnership with Jetstar Asia Ariways. Now Agoda’s inventory of thousands of hotels will be accessible through Jetstar’S digital storefronts, and co-op deals will be offered through the airlines holiday network.

Tags: Agoda, air travel, Asia companies, Asia OTA, Asia travel, cheap fares, hotel booking, hotel portal, Jetstar Asia Airways, online travel, Robert Rosenstein, Singapore, Singapore travel, Southeast Asia Travel

When Does an Airplane Become “Too Old” to Fly?

2011-04-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Most fliers probably don’t think about it much during air travel, although it can be quite unsettling upon easing yourself into your economy class seat to discover the armrest is still equipped with an ashtray.

Tags: air travel, Airfare Watchdog.com, airplane, airplane too old, Allegiant Air, Andy Golub, Ascend Aviation, Bill Voss, Boeing 737-300, Flight Safety Foundation, George Hobica, metal fatigue, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Boeing 737-300, Virgin America

Yapta Releases Airfare Tracker API

2011-03-31 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Yapta API

Yapta.com has released a beta version of the API for its suite of traveler tools in hopes that bloggers, travel sites, travel agencies, and others will embed the tools in their sites. The current Yapta APIs are available to developers who register and request an API key. The API uses a price-tracking system to give […]

Tags: air travel, API, applications, code, flights, hotels, mobile, price tracking, travel prices, Yapta.com

Beijing Airport Flies Past Heathrow As Second Busiest

2011-03-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Airports Council International today announced that Beijing airport has officially overtake London Heathrow as the world’s second busiest, behind Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in the US.

Tags: air travel, Angela Gittens, Beijing, Beijing Airport, China travel, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Heathrow, London travel, World airports

Getting There and Carried Away Airlines

2011-01-05 by Phil Butler

The future of air travel

The recent war between online travel agents and major airlines heats up still more. But for the travel consumer, how will all this soap opera posturing effect prices and value? The answer is fairly simple, prices will go up, and services will go down. The trend to cut everything from jet fuel to aspirin is in place, and only a paradigm shift can alter that. Comparison pricing is the only consumer weapon for value. Expedia, Google, American Airlines, the customer, what is best for business only the customer can say.

Tags: air fares, air travel, American Airlines, business travel, Expedia, fare wars, Getting There, Google, Google ITA, ITA, Jet Blue, Joe Brancatelli, Orbitz, OTA's, Portfolio.com, price war, Southwest

Greece International Arrivals Stagnant for 2010

2010-12-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Arriving in Athens

Some 10 million international tourists visited Greece so far this year. This number shows slight losses over 2009’s downward trend, giving pause to market experts and officials. 2009 was a very bad year for the industry in Greece, and the news that things are not progressing despite great prices and incentives is not good.

Tags: 2010 travel, air travel, Athens arrivals, Giannis Retsos, Greece by plane, Greek Ministry of Culture, Greek travel, plane arrivals, Santorini travel, tourism, tourism market, world tourism

Air Astana Extends Eastern Europe and Asia Reach

2010-11-15 by Phil Butler

Air Astana departure

Kazakhstan air carrier Air Astana extends its routes and online reach to include more of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. New routes to the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan round out an overall growth spurt for the award winning carrier. In other news, a deal with HRS.com and 3 other regional carriers allow customers added flexibility and convenience.

Tags: Air Astana, air routes, air travel, airline news, Aktau, Asia air routes, Cimber, Climber Sterling, Eastern Europe, Egyptair, flight services, hotel bookings, hotels, HRS.com, Icelandair, Peter Foster, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

2010 Travel Figures – To Russia With Love

2010-10-12 by Phil Butler

Russia departures from Heathrow

2010 travel figures indicate a fairly significant increase in travel outbound from London. But more significantly, inbound travel to Eastern Europe shows phenomenal growth considering the world economic situation. Will emerging Europe out pace the rest of the world in tourism? So far this year, all things considered, it certainly appears so.

Tags: air traffic, air travel, BAA, British travel, Eastern Europe travel, Estonia, European Travel Commission, FIFA 2018, Heathrow, Russia travel, travel economy, UK travel, Vladimir Putin

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