[ad_1] The recovery of international business travel still is nascent, and the banning of Russian flights from the airspace of the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine adds another layer of complexity to the segment. The United States Tuesday night announced it would close its airspace on Wednesday.…

[ad_1] Egencia has added American Express Global Business Travel’s special negotiated airfares to the Egencia Preferred Rate program, Egencia announced. The negotiated fares, which cover more than 90 airlines and have discounts of up to 25 percent on top air routes, are available through the Egencia booking platform as of Wednesday. Amex GBT completed its acquisition…

[ad_1] Deem is partnering with Uber for Business to enable on-demand and scheduled ride bookings to be made through the Etta corporate booking platform, the company announced. With the integration, which Deem said will be available in the Etta app sometime this summer, travelers will be able to “book and manage both their travel and…

[ad_1] Ground transportation provider Sixt cited strong growth in both the United States and Europe as the driver for the company’s full-year 2021 earnings of €442 million before taxes, a company record, Sixt announced Wednesday. The figure is 43.4 percent above 2019 earnings.  The company also noted that higher market prices led to a 49…

[ad_1] Air technology provider Accelya has promoted former Farelogix chief Jim Davidson to CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Wednesday.  Davidson joined Accelya as chief product officer after the company acquired Farelogix in 2020. He most recently served as president and chief strategy officer and had been leading the company since John Johnston stepped down as CEO…

[ad_1] Global travel management platform TravelPerk has launched an open API to help companies measure their travel carbon footprint and manage emission reduction efforts. TravelPerk’s GreenPerk API provides access to “granular, accurate data to get an understanding of their carbon footprint,” including air, rail, lodging and car hire, according to TravelPerk head of ESG and…

[ad_1] The United States will close its airspace to Russian aircraft, effective, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night during his State of the Union address to Congress. Biden cited Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine as justification for the airspace closure. The United States will join the European Union and Canada in closing its airspace; Russia subsequently closed…

[ad_1] The International Air Transport Association projects that overall air passenger numbers will reach 4 billion in 2024, about 103 percent of the pre-Covid-19 levels of 2019, the association reported Tuesday.  IATA’s new forecast was not negatively affected by the omicron variant as compared with its previous forecast in November, and this latest forecast does…

[ad_1] United Airlines plans to drop 17 domestic routes from its schedule, the carrier confirmed to BTN.  The Points Guy first reported the cuts based on data obtained via Cirium.  “United makes regular adjustments to its schedule in response to market demand and staffing resources to ensure we can best serve our customers,” according to a…

[ad_1] The 6.2 million total flights operated by the 10 largest U.S.-based carriers in 2021 exceeded the 2020 total but was only 78 percent of the 2019 figure of 7.9 million, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report, issued Monday.  The report includes airlines that have at least 0.5 percent…