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Online travel slow-down warning
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
The online travel industry could be facing a “serious slow-down” driven by consumers’ desire to hunt for the cheapest priced…
Categories: Operators
MyTravel details cruise ambitions
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
MyTravel’s return to cruise operations is dependent on access to the right tonnage. The group’s UK managing director John Bloodworth,…
US airlines in merger frenzy
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
The merger business has whipped into a frenzy of activity among US airlines. AirTran has made a bid for Midwest.…
First Choice de-clutters agency windows
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
New £250,000 lectern-style window displays are being introduced across the First Choice retail network. They will replace hand written window…
New generation multi-carrier flight search for lastminute.com
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
Sabre-owned lastminute.com has launched an online multi-carrier flight search display in a calendar format supplied by Amadeus. The functionality is…
VLM expands from Manchester
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
Regional carrier VLM is to start direct flights from Manchester to Rotterdam. Two flights a day will run from February…
SkyScanner recruits from Amadeus
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2024
Flight search engine SkyScanner has named Aaron Ritoper in the newly created position of head of global sales. He joins…
Cruise and domestic targeted by MyTravel
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2024
MyTravel has signalled a return to cruise operations as well as entry into the UK domestic market. The company sold…
MyTravel says First Choice mainstream is ‘one of a number of opportunities’
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2024
MyTravel has cut UK operating losses and confirmed that the possible acquisition of the First Choice mainstream holiday arm is one of…
Qantas accepts revised $8.7bn takeover bid
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2024
Qantas has accepted a revised proposal from Airline Partners Australia to acquire the airline for A$11 billion ($8.77 billion). APA…
CT2 Flights collapses
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2024
The Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that HCCT (Holidays), trading as CT2 Flights, has gone into administration. The Sale-based company…
New runways at Heathrow and Stansted still on cards
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2024
The Government is expected to renew backing for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted. In a progress report to the…
