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Can a "coalition of the willing" fix airline distribution?

By Linda Fox | October 6, 2022

Airlines are facing the fact that transformation is needed across front- and back-end processes. Read More

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Air France-KLM imposes surcharge on legacy GDS corporate bookings

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | March 28, 2022

The airline group will do away with private-channel arrangements that allowed some corporate travel agencies to avoid the surcharge on legacy GDS bookings. Read More

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Airline execs push back on tech naivete claims

By Linda Fox | October 26, 2021

Airline industry figures believe carriers are moving to modern technology such as cloud as they look to match the experience of online retailers. Read More

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Different paths on offer as airline distribution standard NDC evolves

By Linda Fox | July 13, 2021

Eight years on from NDC's inception, some old challenges remain and the pandemic has added some new ones. Read More

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What's next for airline distribution as IATA pushes its retailing vision?

By Linda Fox | January 26, 2021

IATA lays out our three areas of focus in 2021 to get closer to airline retailing. Read More

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Airlines need new data sources to predict demand and gain flexibility

By Linda Fox | January 7, 2021

The airline industry has had 21 years of growth stripped from it in 2020. Managing cash burn and operational flexibility will be key to survival in 2021. Read More

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Q&A: Air France-KLM on why NDC remains core to its distribution strategy

By Linda Fox | September 17, 2020

Air France-KLM distribution boss talks to PhocusWire about its NDC strategy. Read More

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Delta pauses NDC development, "doubles down" on existing distribution strategy

By Linda Fox | September 10, 2020

As Delta moves away from NDC to focus on its existing infrastructure, Air France-KLM continues its NDC strategy. Read More

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Lufthansa Group airlines to be removed from Sabre as pair fail to reach distribution agreement

By Linda Fox | May 14, 2020

Lufthansa and Sabre have been wrangling over distribution costs since 2015 - now the group's airlines are to be removed from the latter's global distribution system. Read More

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Investors on travel survivors, pent-up demand and bailouts

By Linda Fox | April 2, 2020

Seeking Alpha asked some of its marketplace authors to comment on the outlook for travel stocks, the likelihood of travel returning to pre-coronavirus levels and the segments that might come... Read More

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Travel value chain under scrutiny as airlines get bailouts and intermediaries plead for help

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2020

IATA's mention of the value chain has faced significant criticism in the past week from some areas of the intermediary community, seemingly for acting in isolation. They believe the industry is in this... Read More

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Aviation body says coronavirus could bankrupt most airlines in three months

By Linda Fox | March 16, 2020

The membership organization is calling for urgent “coordinated” government and industry action in light of the impact of coronavirus on the travel industry. Read More

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Accor talks up loyalty deals, seeks new partners for some business elements

By Linda Fox | February 21, 2020

Accor highlights big plans for loyalty partners as it announces full-year results for 2019. Read More

Opinion / Online

What’s good for millennial travelers is good for all generations

By Matt Walker - LikeWhere | September 18, 2019

The soft boundary lines have come in this not-so-exact science of generation naming and these parameters no longer circumscribe the soundest foundation on which to base travel's marketing efforts. Read More

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VIDEO: Air France KLM on sales across social, China and being where customers are

By Linda Fox | September 16, 2019

PhocusWire spoke to Air France-KLM vice president of digital strategy Guido van Til about the social media strategy across the airlines and staying on top of digital developments. Read More

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