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Linking the Travel Industry | Southwest Airlines appears on Google Flights

May 31, 2024 By Riaan, Ann & Aash Season 2 Episode 28
Linking the Travel Industry | Southwest Airlines appears on Google Flights
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Linking the Travel Industry | Southwest Airlines appears on Google Flights
May 31, 2024 Season 2 Episode 28
By Riaan, Ann & Aash

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Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.

Stories covered on this session include -

  • American Airlines had to address strong rumours about Vasu Raja, their CCO, and his future with the airline.
  • A Singapore Airlines flight from London experienced abnormal and severe turbulence, resulting in the death of one passenger and multiple injuries. 
  • IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) hit the headlines with three stories:
    - One of their flights had to return to the stand after an "extra passenger" was spotted standing at the rear of the aircraft during taxi.
    - They posted profits of $1 billion for 2023/2024.
    - They are going to launch a business class offering.
  • Airport lounges are big business for airlines, as is revealed in a CarTrawler study. 
  • SITA acquires passenger handling system Materna IPS GmbH
  • Several data protection groups file complaints against Ryanair for their online biometric verification methods. 
  • Sabre Corporation launches a new offer/order solution for airlines named SabreMosaic.
  • Southwest Airlines fares appear on Google Flights, a significant move for multiple reasons as per the team at Skift.
  • The Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC is offered the opportunity to have an assembly line in Saudi Arabia.

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, Alexa or your favorite podcast player.

This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!

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Show Notes

Send us a Text Message.

Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.

Stories covered on this session include -

  • American Airlines had to address strong rumours about Vasu Raja, their CCO, and his future with the airline.
  • A Singapore Airlines flight from London experienced abnormal and severe turbulence, resulting in the death of one passenger and multiple injuries. 
  • IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) hit the headlines with three stories:
    - One of their flights had to return to the stand after an "extra passenger" was spotted standing at the rear of the aircraft during taxi.
    - They posted profits of $1 billion for 2023/2024.
    - They are going to launch a business class offering.
  • Airport lounges are big business for airlines, as is revealed in a CarTrawler study. 
  • SITA acquires passenger handling system Materna IPS GmbH
  • Several data protection groups file complaints against Ryanair for their online biometric verification methods. 
  • Sabre Corporation launches a new offer/order solution for airlines named SabreMosaic.
  • Southwest Airlines fares appear on Google Flights, a significant move for multiple reasons as per the team at Skift.
  • The Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC is offered the opportunity to have an assembly line in Saudi Arabia.

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, Alexa or your favorite podcast player.

This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!

Support the Show.