Airline Business articles from January 2005

Airline Business archives from January 2005

Challenges ahead.(airline industry forecasts for 2005)
January 1, 2005... Despite a cyclical recovery in traffic, the pressure for change is unlikely to let up over the coming year as the air transport industry continues to grapple with the new realities of consumer power and an end of the old certainties It...

GDS bypass set for 2006.(global distribution system)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Airline IT provider Lufthansa Systems is to team up with software giant Unisys to supply carriers with a means of bypassing the traditional global distribution system (GDS) providers. The offering has been dubbed FACE (Future Airline Core...

GDSs back flexible prices.(Global Distribution System)
January 1, 2005... A year after it introduced a two-tier booking fee, Global Distribution System (GDS) Amadeus is adding more price bands while Sabre is planning to join the flexible pricing bandwagon. At the end of 2003, Amadeus was the first GDS to move...

China sets air liberalisation pace.
January 1, 2005... China sets air liberalisation pace China has shown remarkable leadership in liberalising its air transport market and Europe and the USA should follow its example, says IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani. With a market that has seen...