Allan Leibowitz, Skift
Australia’s largest travel agent, Flight Centre, is not resting on its laurels after posting record revenues and strong profits. To ensure it stays on track, the group is shedding underperforming businesses, and dumping some of its leisure brands. It is also chasing growth in emerging business lines ranging from destination management to foreign exchange services.
1 year ago
Tom Lavell, Bloomberg
The collapse of Monarch Airlines and Air Berlin already provided the writing on the wall. These smaller European carriers are facing further consolidation.
1 year ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
It could still be several weeks before the Marriott-Starwood deal is wrapped up — and much longer before the two companies are integrated — but travel buyers and travel management companies are wise to start preparing now for eventual negotiations with the bulked-up company.
3 years ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
Big travel management companies are going to look to acquire technology companies and smaller competitors as they struggle to scale up their technology platforms.
3 years ago
Mary Ann Milbourn, Orange Country Register
Although airlines are not completely pulling out from the smaller airports, they are flying smaller planes leading to fewer passengers and lower revenues for the hubs.
5 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Airline consolidation is getting disruptive these days -- and not just for stressed out passengers. New global joint ventures such as Virgin Atlantic-Delta and Emirates-Qantas are shaking up the status quo, and will be increasingly challenging to global airline alliances.
6 years ago
Robert Wall, Bloomberg
Walsh has been spending time with heads of the Middle East’s thriving airlines and he's leaning toward their strategy of investments over alliances. His musings are theoretical now with EU regulations limiting action.
6 years ago
Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal Constitution
The new American doesn’t step on toes in Atlanta, but it does pose a significant challenge to Delta’s ambitious plans for expansion at New York’s LGA coming in just behind Delta's 45.5% slot control.
6 years ago
Kari Lundgren and Robert Wall, Bloomberg
Stalwarts Virgin and Qatar gave in and joined forces with other airlines this year due to rising operation costs and increased competition. Who will the last solo airlines hook up with in 2013?
6 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Richard Anderson has long been an advocate of airline consolidation, and believes an American-US Airways merger will happen soon and will be healthy for the industry. Whether that benefits consumers is another story.
6 years ago