[ad_1] Finnair on March 26, 2023, plans to resume its Helsinki-Osaka, Japan, route, operating three times weekly with Airbus A350 aircraft, the carrier announced Tuesday. Helsinki to Osaka flights will operate each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, with return flights operating each Thursday, Saturday and Monday. In addition, Finnair starting March 27 will fly four times…

[ad_1] All Nippon Airways plans to increase its upcoming frequency between Tokyo and four Asia-Pacific destinations, the carrier announced Tuesday. Beginning Dec. 30, the Narita-Shanghai route will operate three roundtrips per week, up from two. Between Jan. 16 and March 25, 2023, ANA also will operate daily roundtrips between Narita and Hong Kong, up from…

[ad_1] Air France-KLM is making its New Distribution Capability-based dynamic seat bundle product available via travel platform Atriis, the companies announced. The bundle, which consists of a ticket fare combined with the best available seat reservation with the travelers’ Flying Blue status taken into consideration, initially is available in the Netherlands and will be “gradually”…

[ad_1] Average North American airline on-time performance in November slipped a few percentage points to 76.4 percent, down from 79.5 percent in October, according to Cirium’s monthly report. It was the first dip since June 2022. Of the eight carriers that made the list, only Southwest Airlines, which came in third, showed a slight month-over-month…

[ad_1] Six of the largest travel management companies have called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to alter its proposed rule around airline ticket refunds and consumer protections, noting that as currently written, it “would create misplaced liability and uncertainty for travel management businesses where they have no control,” according to a letter the group…

[ad_1] Aeromexico is partnering with Accelya to sell bundled offers using New Distribution Capability standards across multiple channels, Accelya announced. The carrier is using Accelya’s offer creation tool to bundle offers with ancillary products and manage them across multiple channels, including travel agencies, call centers, airport kiosks and Aeromexico’s website. Additionally, Aeromexico is using other…

[ad_1] American Express Meetings & Events has enhanced its business intelligence platform Meetings Insights, using real-time data served by APIs and a self-service approach with customizable reports and dashboards, the company announced. Reports are organized into five themes: spend and savings, program, supplier, travel and meetings, and benchmarking. The latter uses Amex M&E’s aggregated client…

[ad_1] Zoom Video Communications partnered with interactive SaaS platform 22Miles on a booking solution dubbed 22Miles Space Booking Marketplace, integrating an organizations’ existing calendar to reserve meeting spaces within their facility, the companies announced Tuesday. The 22Miles Space Booking Marketplace tool gives users access to the Zoom Marketplace— effectively Zoom’s app store—and Zoom account owners can…

[ad_1] Etihad Airways effective April 24, 2023, will increase its nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Abu Dhabi to twice daily, the carrier announced Thursday. Etihad currently operates 11 weekly flights between JFK and Abu Dhabi. Flights will be operated on Airbus A350 and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, according to Etihad. Meanwhile,…

[ad_1] American Airlines in March 2023 will add rewards tiers to its AAdvantage loyalty program, allowing members to earn perks when reaching certain loyalty point thresholds, the carrier announced Thursday. American also raised the number of points necessary to qualify for AAdvantage status levels. American created new reward levels based on the number of loyalty…