Tag: British Airways
Airlines Expect Corporates To Pay For The Provision Of ‘NDC Content,’ But What And Where Is It?
Hailed as a solution for the challenges of fare unbundling, NDC has been in development for nine years. What does it have to show for…
Some Things Happened In Airline Distribution This Year, Part Two
There’s a line of thinking that says the pandemic is widening a gap between Amadeus and its key rivals, Sabre and Travelport. Not only was…
Some Things Happened In Airline Distribution This Year, Part One
With reaction, assessment and recovery on their minds, corporate travel professionals understandably did not focus closely on airline distribution developments this year. Inasmuch as they…
Reporter’s Notebook: Reviewing Job Performance During Covid, Coordinating Travel Mgmt. And Security, Reconsidering Corp. Airline Deals, Pursuing Testing Standards
This autumn isn’t panning out the way many of us expected. Business travel hasn’t bounced back, and in-person industry education is non-existent. Fortunately, virtual forums…
Frustrated With Airlines’ GDS Bypass Programs And Threats, BCD Travel Pays Microsoft To Build An Agent Desktop
BCD Travel is paying Microsoft about $20 million for a multi-GDS search and booking desktop system that also could help agents manage bookings made outside…
Big Companies Turn To Biofuel To Help Cut Business Travel Air Emissions
It seems each new week brings another announcement about plans for sustainable aviation fuel. Several European airlines recently gave customers opportunities to get involved. Microsoft…
With UK’s Business Travel Direct And BA, SAP Concur Flies Through NDC Headwinds
New York — For SAP Concur, NDC is a “mess,” a “grey area,” and a “huge job.” But there is progress. That includes a recent…
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