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Airline developments
Taking off for
a new future
TTG reports on the latest
developments in websites,
routes and technology that
have been introduced by
international airlines
WEBSITES AND.
BOOKABILITY.
Air France and KLM have launched a cen-
tral agents’ website, replacing airfrance.biz
(Air France) and agent.net (KLM).
The new site, afkl.biz, is an interactive
communication tool with the latest commer-
cial and operational data, support for making
group bookings, useful contacts, and more
lighthearted tools such as agent quizzes.
Air New Zealand has also revamped its
trade site, airnewzealandtrade.com, with a
live destination feed from Tourism New
Zealand and other new features. To encour-
age agents to check it out, ANZ has launched
a photo competition, asking agents to send
in their favourite holiday snap from a desti-
nation on the ANZ or Star Alliance network.
Photos will be showcased on the site, with a
prize of two return tickets to New Zealand.
Domestic flights on India’s JetLite, sister
of Jet Airways, are now displayed on GDSs
as code-share flights, so members of the Jet
Privilege programme can earn air miles on
internal flights as well as international.
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.
Airlines are continuing to improve the acces-
sibility of their websites on mobile phones.
The Star Alliance, which has more than 20
airline members, has devised a common IT
mobile platform that enables its members to
The first-class Kosmo Suite will feature in Korean Air’s $200 million upgrade of cabin facilities offer passengers flight schedule data, lounge
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