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TMCS Continue to Outperform Public Online Booking Sites!
Topaz International audited low fare performance replicating business trips on public booking sites, like Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, and airline direct websites. The results from 2007 found that business travel itineraries booked by a designated corporate travel management company averaged $56 less than the exact same itinerary booked on a public internet site. View Report
United is changing a frequent flyer policy
United says it will no longer award a minimum of 500 frequent-flier miles on each flight starting with its July 1 flights no matter when they were ticketed.
OpenSkies Approved for Launch
May 16, 2008 - OpenSkies, a premium transatlantic airline from British Airways, received approval today from the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin operations. The new airline will offer flights between Paris' Orly Airport and New York's JFK Airport starting in June.
Soaring fuel costs ground cheap airlines
May 16, 2008 - As rising fuel prices propel airfares steadily upward, most travelers would like nothing better than to see a new low-cost carrier with rock-bottom ticket prices.
Airlines carried more on fewer planes in February
May 15, 2008 - U.S. airlines carried nearly 3 percent more passengers in February compared with the same month last year, but did so while operating fewer flights, the government said today.
Fewer Passengers Expected to Fly This Summer?
May 15, 2008 - Register Staff Record-high jet fuel prices, a shaky economy and airline capacity cuts will lead to fewer passengers flying on U.S. airlines this summer, compared with a year ago, the industry's main trade group said Tuesday.
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