Business Travel 360

Linking the Travel Industry | JetBlue, American Airlines & United Airlines Increase Bag Fees

March 08, 2024 By Riaan, Ann & Aash Season 2 Episode 16
Business Travel 360
Linking the Travel Industry | JetBlue, American Airlines & United Airlines Increase Bag Fees
Show Notes

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 -

  • Spain plans to ban short-haul flights, however the news comes with plenty of exceptions and criticism. 
  • Just days after JetBlue and American Airlines announced price increases for checked bags, United Airlines does the same.
  • ... and transporting pets with IAG Cargo (one of the largest providers of this service globally) is now 400% more expensive as of today.
  • Air India Limited announces non-stop services to Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle coming soon.
  • The RyanAir OTA partner of the week is (unexpectedly) On the Beach
  • Another week, another acquisition for TAG, this time it's Apex Travel in Australia. 
  • Sabre Corporation teams up with Atriis Technologies.

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