Airlines
Emirates appoints new western sales manager
Emirates Airlines has announced the appointment of Savio Pires to the position of sales manager for Western Canada. In his new role, Pires will be responsible for Emirates' sales operations in Western Canada and for facilitating local partnerships and initiatives. Pires is the airline's first sales manager in Western Canada and has a background of experience in the airline, cruise, tour and online consumer travel industries. His appointment comes shortly after the airline announced an interline agreement with WestJet, and before the launch of a new daily service from Seattle, starting March...
Malev Airlines shuts down
The Hungarian flag carrier ceased operations today (Feb. 3) after 66 years of virtually continuous operations. In a statement on its web site, Malev said that its board of directors made the decision to shut down in order to minimize its losses. The carrier advised passengers to call +36-1-802-11-11 or e-mail malev@malev.com...
Lufthansa, Austrian resume Tripoli flights
Both Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have resumed their flights to Tripoli. Lufthansa began its service on Feb. 2 and Austrian will recommence its operations to Tripoli on March 25, 2012. The Libyan capital will be served by Lufthansa three times a week from Frankfurt. When it resumes its service, Austrian will operate to Tripoli five times a week from Vienna. Go to http://www.lufthansa.com or visit http://www.austrian.com for additional...
3 Events, 1 Objective — MORE MONEY!
Kind of like a math problem, isn't it? So what's the answer, well it's pretty simple. Register for the Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) conference, the Canadian Tourism Marketing Summit (CTMS) and Online Revealed Canada (ORC) event -- which take place March 5, 6 & 7 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto -- before Feb. 6, 2012 (that's Monday -- so be quick, quick, quick) and you can save some money. Choose your conference, choose your breakout sessions and you're good to go. Need more information? Well if you're into tourism marketing, check out the Canadian Tourism Marketing Summit which in one of...
Air France warns of possible strike action
Following a call for strike action from Feb. 6-9 by several unions in the airline sector, Air France is doing all it can to limit the impact of this strike on its operations and to inform its customers in advance. In a statement, Air France said it "apologizes to its passengers for the disruption and inconvenience that this strike may cause, which will affect the whole French air transport industry."In case of cancellations, delays or postponed flights, Air France will directly inform its customers of the disruption affecting their flight by telephone, text message or e-mail. In order to be...
Malev Airlines shutdown
The Hungarian flag carrier ceased operations today (Fri., Feb. 3, 2012) after 66 years of virtually continuous operations. In a statement on its web site, Malev said that its board of directors made the decision to shutdown in order to minimize its losses. The carrier advised passengers to call +36-1-802-11-11 or e-mail malev@malev.com...
Malev Airlines shutdown
The Hungarian flag carrier ceased operations today (Fri., Feb. 3, 2012) after 66 years of virtually continuous operations. In a statement on its web site, Malev said that its board of directors made the decision to shutdown in order to minimize its losses. The carrier advised passengers to call +36-1-802-11-11 or e-mail malev@malev.com...
Travelport survey looks at agents and ancillary services
A new survey on global airline merchandising by Travelport indicates that there is "strong support amongst travel agencies to assist airlines in selling ancillary services through the GDS." The Travelport survey also highlights the challenges travel agents face in the selling of these services, amid their own pressures to grow revenues, reduce costs and increase productivity. With the unbundling of fares and services in recent years, ancillary products, such as checked baggage, meals, lounge passes and upgrades, have grown dramatically. In the newly released survey, agency respondents were...