A challenging landscape for LCCs in China
West Air and China United Airlines officially announced on 29th March 2015 their transformation into low cost carriers (LCC). This results in a total of six LCCs in China, since direction was given by CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) in December 2013 to encourage the growth of LCCs in the country. These include Spring Airlines, China United Airlines, West Air, Juneyao Airlines, Lucky...
Travel suppliers as buyers
I often field questions and comments from friends and family about my job and what it’s like working for a global company engaged in helping airlines and travel providers alike. And as Head of Airline Retail for Datalex, I do have incredible opportunities to travel, as well as to experience first-hand what our software can do, live and in person. Having flown over 35 airlines (it took me awhile...
No Waitlists Permitted
When you think of Generation Y (or the millennials), the image painted in your mind is likely to be a twenty-something, who in a matter of seconds has shared with 600 people they’re going to be in the same room as you, before you even walked in the door. In fact, not only have they notified their outrageously large contact pool, they have also provided a picture of themselves in a chair, right...