Amadeus closed the first half of 2026 with the kind of headline numbers that read fine on a shareholder call, group revenue up 5.1% at constant currency, adjusted EBIT up
By Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu, Head, Customer Operations, OnePipe Inc International airlines have spent decades perfecting the customer experience, from online booking and dynamic pricing to loyalty programmes and ancillary services. Yet
The International Air Transport Association has appointed Saadia Zahidi as its next Director General, the first woman to lead the trade body in its history. The appointment was confirmed by
TDN reported on 10 July that Air Zimbabwe’s return to London was a regulatory workaround in search of a distribution strategy. The airline had cleared UK airspace access through a
Travelport and Turkish Airlines have signed a new multi-year distribution agreement that, for the first time, brings New Distribution Capability into the scope of their partnership. The deal extends a
Etihad Airways is extending its presence in Zimbabwe months before launching flights to the country, signing a partnership with Fastjet Zimbabwe that gives the Gulf carrier immediate commercial access to
While much of the airline industry continues operating on older versions of IATA’s New Distribution Capability, EgyptAir has taken a notable step forward. The airline has gone live with IATA’s
South African low-cost carrier LIFT is set to go live within weeks on GO7’s Orchestrated Virtual Interlining (OVI) solution, becoming one of the first airlines worldwide to adopt the model.
Travelport has spent the past year building a case that AI agents cannot safely book a flight without a deterministic system underneath them. On 1 July, that case moved from
Across Africa, the payments infrastructure that underpins most global airline retailing was not built for the markets it is supposed to serve. Card penetration varies sharply by country. Mobile money
