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Articles tagged “air france-klm”

Airlines

Europe’s Airlines Approaching U.S.-Like Levels of Profitability

Europe’s airline sector is a mix of thriving and struggling carriers. It’s also a mix of welcome developments, like booming transatlantic demand, and very unwelcome ones, like severe air traffic control delays.

Jay Shabat, Skift Airline Weekly | 5 years ago

Online Travel

Air France-KLM Launches a Unit to Churn Out Travel Startups

Can you really grow a unicorn in a lab? In other words, can companies like Air France-KLM read all of the innovation advice books in airport bookshops and methodically create the next Airbnb? We're skeptical. But the travel industry could use much more innovation.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Air France-KLM Launches a Unit to Churn Out Travel Startups

Hotels

AccorHotels Takes $288 Million Hit on Onefinestay and John Paul Investments

Uh oh! Is this the start of Accor's ambitious acquisition strategy unraveling or simply a bump in the road?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

AccorHotels Takes $288 Million Hit on Onefinestay and John Paul Investments

Airlines

Where Does Air France-KLM Go From Here?

Until Air France-KLM implements a long-term cohesive strategy, it probably will keep falling behind its main competitors, International Airlines Group and Lufthansa Group. But unless the macroeconomic environment changes, it should be OK. Even with rising fuel prices, now is a good time to be in the airline business.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

What Accor’s Interest in Air France-KLM Means for the Travel Industry

AccorHotels, Airbnb, and everyone else in travel are clearly thinking about what it'll take to be the "super brand of travel" before other mega brands like Amazon and Google deepen their own investments in the travel space.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

Airlines

AccorHotels Considers Buying Stake in Air France-KLM

If AccorHotels actually does invest in Air France-KLM that certainly would bring the company that much closer to being the full-service travel services company/brand that its CEO Sebastien Bazin has said he wants it to become.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

AccorHotels Considers Buying Stake in Air France-KLM

Airlines

Air France and KLM Will Stay Together Despite Recent Turmoil: KLM CEO

KLM CEO Pieter Elbers is honest. He knows some of his employees question why KLM, which is thriving, needs its long-term marriage to Air France. But Elbers knows that in airlines, the biggest carrier usually wins. Plus, he knows there's no other way forward. For better or worse, Air France and KLM are probably together forever.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 6 years ago

Airlines

Why Qantas Flies a Nonstop Every Day Between New York and Los Angeles

Tag flights — when an airline lands in one international city and then almost immediately takes off for another — are disappearing from aviation as more airlines launch ultra-long-haul nonstops that make the stop unnecessary. But Qantas will probably keep its Los Angeles-New York nonstop for awhile.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 6 years ago

Why Qantas Flies a Nonstop Every Day Between New York and Los Angeles

Business Travel

Sabre Searches for Deal as the Air France-KLM Distribution Surcharge Looms

Wasn't the whole point of these surcharges to prevent the global distribution systems from taking a cut of that juicy ancillary money that is now flowing in? One has to wonder what the terms of Air France-KLM's deal with Amadeus and Travelport really are. For now, it looks like the global distribution systems that took the new distribution capability seriously are reaping the rewards.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Airlines

British Airways Wants to Get Smarter About Selling Airline Tickets

Airlines have long hoped for a technological development that would enable them to take back control from travel's middlemen. The New Distribution Capability was supposed to be that solution, but change of this magnitude takes time. At the moment, the British Airways parent seems more than happy to eat up the cost.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

British Airways Wants to Get Smarter About Selling Airline Tickets