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Chris Gray
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In brief
Amadeus adds
■ BAA passenger traffic up 0.8% in November
Traffic at all BAA airports in November rose 0.8%
year-on-year to 9.9 million, the first monthly rise
since March 2008. Heathrow traffic was up 1.1%
consolidator fares
on November 2008, Stansted showed the slowest
rate of decline since March 2008, and Edinburgh
grew for the eighth consecutive month. agents to quickly and easily find the best offers
Chris Gray.
AGENTS can book fares from consolidators, available. This means they will be able to spend
■ Brussels Airlines joins Star Alliance no-frills airlines and scheduled carriers in one more time with their customers,” she said.
Brussels Airlines has become a member of search on a GDS from this month. “As Fare World gains momentum, it will
Star Alliance, making Brussels airport one of Amadeus’s new Fare World system brings become an increasingly valuable tool for travel
the alliance’s hubs. Brussels Airlines operates flights from consolidators on to the GDS for agents, and an increasingly lucrative distribution
51 aircraft and 200 daily flights to 55 European the first time, meaning no-frills and scheduled channel for consolidators.”
airports and 14 African destinations. The carrier is published fares are available in one place. JTA managing director Wayne Darrock added:
also increasing flight frequencies between Bristol Fare World is starting in the UK with content “Fare World is a valuable new marketing tool for
and Newcastle airports and the Belgian capital from consolidators JTA, Emerald, Thriftway, Air consolidator content. The product will take our
from January 10, offering three daily flights from Travel Guide and Trayvale Travel. fares out to a much broader range of consumers.”
each, up from twice-daily and daily respectively. Amadeus said it would soon reveal agreements Fare World also allows agents to search
with more consolidators. It is also developing a across individual routes, offers seat maps, and
■ Tui adds Bristol flights to Caribbean cruises web-based Fare World tool for non-GDS users. automatically displays the cheapest option
Tui Travel has added two flights from Bristol Elaine Seeto, the GDS’s marketing director regardless of its source.
to the Caribbean next winter to serve its cruise for the UK and Ireland, said Fare World was
programme. The first flight will link with about “empowering travel agents” to improve ■ Amadeus has also launched Ticket Changer, a
departures on Thomson Dream as it sails from customer service. system which it claims will allow agents to change
Bridgetown to Havana, Cuba, in December 2010. “Fare World will bring several different customers’ tickets anywhere in the world in
The second flight will operate to the Dominican sources of fares into one place, helping travel seconds, saving them up to 25 minutes per ticket.
Republic in March 2011, aimed at passengers
joining Thomson Destiny on a cruise in the
West Indies. Both cruises are 14 nights.
Cruise feature, starts p36
Lufthansa and
■ Ukrainian carrier adds Gatwick-Georgia flights
Ukraine International Airlines has increased the
GTC get festive
frequency of its flights from Gatwick via Kiev to
Tbilisi, Georgia, from four to six times a week. It GERMAN TRAVEL Centre, the specialist agency
plans to make the service daily next April. The based in Harrow, London, celebrated Christmas
airline said the extra flights were aimed at winter with Lufthansa after a year of working with the
sports customers heading for the ski season airline to promote short breaks and sales for
in Georgia. The airline carries one set of ski special events such as the Munich beer festival
equipment per passenger free of charge. and 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Black Sea report, p39 Pictured from left are: Susanna Rainsborough
and Judy Bullen, both Lufthansa; LeRoy
■ KLM unveils Economy Comfort seat Sheppard, Maritim; Tahir Bhimani, German
KLM has unveiled a new Economy Comfort seat Travel Centre; and Theodora Varsamis, Lufthansa.
offering up to 10cm more legroom and twice
the recline of its standard seats. Service and
meals in Economy Comfort are the same as
those in Economy Class. The fee for an Economy DON’T MISTLETOE YOUR FLIGHT! The
Comfort seat will range from ¤80 to ¤150. world’s largest sprig of “mistletoe” has
been unveiled at Heathrow’s T5. The airport
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