Linking the Travel Industry - Week 32

Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.

Stories covered on this session include -

• Indian airline IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) is pushing the boundaries again with the world's first use of 3 doors on an aircraft for boarding and disembarkation. Erika Armstrong explains why it's not all good news. https://lnkd.in/dfQRCTXT
• Relating to the most tracked flight in history, Alexandra Vukolova discuss the vast amount of instant data available at our fingertips. https://lnkd.in/dSXm6s2r
• Qantas asks their executives to step in as baggage handlers. https://lnkd.in/dmF2qBRp
• Sabre Corporation buys Conferma Pay, the significance of this nicely explained in a post by John Harvey. https://lnkd.in/dKqPDiYS
• BCD Travel invests heavily in FairFly (an airfare savings solution), in a deal estimated to be worth $10 - $15m per year over 5 years. https://lnkd.in/d9vqr8RR
• United Airlines demonstrates their commitment to sustainable travel with a substantial downpayment for eVTOL aircraft yet to be built. Shashank Nigam ✈ shares his recent interview with Lauren Riley, their Chief Sustainability Officer. https://lnkd.in/d9_fZCY8
• Turkish Airlines reaps the benefit of their bold move to return to many of their routes during the pandemic with a full financial recovery. Bernard L. tells us more - https://lnkd.in/dWQrfsJb

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