All Systems & interiors articles – Page 522
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Staying relevant
Global distribution systems (GDS) continue to weather airline criticism over transaction fees, but they claim to be responding with new price models and more attractive products, while simultaneously repositioning their own businesses
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From rhetoric to reality
The excitement over new distribution alternatives has died down, but they have gained significant ground in the battle for the airline distribution dollar
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Mixed message for remodelled United
The first weeks out of bankruptcy for United Airlines saw its traffic rise and its newly issued shares fall.
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What price loyalty?
Frequent-flyer programmes range from simple air miles reward schemes to elaborate partnerships. Do they have a place in the business model of the low-cost carrier?
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Marketing: Good relations
Carriers are once again pushing customer relationship management to the top of the agenda as a way to boost revenues. A study by Unisys Transportation Consulting on behalf of Arab carriers points the way forward.
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Paying for extra frills
The price of product attributes is becoming more explicit, writes Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun of Flight Insight
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NewsZealots drive down costs
Low-cost carriers from around the globe are unanimous about two things: cutting costs and the quest for boosting ancillary revenues
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Congress closes ranks on EU/US Open Skies plan
Europe-USA aviation liberalisation is facing an increasingly objecting and obstructive US Congress.
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Channel hopping
The balance of power in the distribution world is shifting as carriers, which once had little or no influence over their distribution outlets and costs, begin to exert more authority over the sale of their product
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Don’t break the code
As the European Commission moves to eliminate its Code of Conduct for computer reservation systems, Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the US-based Business Travel Coalition (BTC), puts the case for retaining the code, which he believes offers unbiased choice, a level playing field and affordable air fares
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Beleaguered Alitalia gets unlikely vote of confidence
As it appeals against a Rome court decision to block its proposed take-over of low-cost carrier Volare, Alitalia can take heart from a rare vote of confidence from the financial community – an upgrade from investment bank Morgan Stanley.
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NewsTotal control: Interview with Qatar Airways' Akbar Al Baker
It is with an iron grip on all aspects of its business affairs that Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, has thrust the flag carrier of this Gulf state into the mainstream
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Inflated Paris airport charges come under fire
IATA has hit out at airport operator Aéroports de Paris (ADP) over the imposition of an annual 5% increase in airport charges over the next five years, in what is the latest in a series of rows between airlines and airport operators.
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NewsBanmiller turns the tide at Aloha Airlines
Aloha Airlines is back on course after filing for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the Hawaii-based carrier still faces hostile tides.
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Milton hits out at airline whingers
Not pulling any punches, Robert Milton criticised those who attack the likes of Emirates and called for a radical industry shake-up.
