News in indian-sub-continent:

Commission cannot be replaced by transaction fees: regulator in India

Published: 15 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has reportedly issued a directive that agents will have to stop charging transaction fee and has also asked international carriers to resume their commissions to travel agents in India.

Raja Natesan joins Yatra.com as COO

Published: 04 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

Online travel company Yatra.com has appointed Raja Natesan as its chief operating officer.

MakeMyTrip acquires Ticketvala.com

Published: 12 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

Gurgaon, India-based online travel company MakeMyTrip (MMT) has announced the acquisition of online bus ticket company Ticketvala.com, operated by Travis Internet Pvt. Ltd.

Jet Airways creates communities on Facebook and Twitter

Published: 20 Jan 2010 (0 comments)

Jet Airways has come up with a social media customer connect initiative.

MakeMyTrip strengthens technology and product teams

Published: 14 Jan 2010 (0 comments)

Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip has strengthened its technology and product teams. Amit Somani has joined as chief products officer and Mukesh Singh has assumed the role of senior vice president (technology development).

Yahoo! India signs deal with Yatra.com

Published: 06 Jan 2010 (0 comments)

Yatra.com has entered into a strategic advertising partnership with Yahoo! India to promote the portal.

JetLite attempts to offer a flexible web-sale solution

Published: 11 Dec 2009 (0 comments)

JetLite, the wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India, has launched its new online booking engine.

British Airways offers reimbursements following erroneous fare offer

Published: 01 Dec 2009 (1 comments)

British Airways, in an agreement with the US Department of Transportation’s Aviation Enforcement Office, will compensate consumers for cancellation penalties and other expenses incurred due to the carrier’s erroneous offer of $40 fares between the US and India.

Jet Airways to facilitate search for the lowest fares via SMS

Published: 12 Nov 2009 (1 comments)

India's Jet Airways has launched a new mobile SMS service that will give travellers an option to check the lowest current fares on the airline network from their mobiles on any given day of travel.

How costly is going to be the US-India trip fare system glitch for BA?

Published: 12 Oct 2009 (1 comments)

British Airways has reportedly “declined to honour US-India round-trip fares of $40 to $100 that were posted by mistake” earlier this month.

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