FairSearch blasts Google Flight Search ad model as online travel group enlists

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FairSearch is alleging that Google Flight Search may be violating consumer protection laws on code-sharing and bag-fee disclosures as the lobbying group picked up a key new member, the Interactive Travel Services Association.

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Start of American Airlines-Sabre antitrust case extended two months

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With American Airlines bogged down in its reorganization efforts, a judge in a Texas state court has delayed the beginning of a jury trial in the airline’s antitrust suit against Sabre for a couple of months.

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US rejects delay request from global airlines on bag fee transparency

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The US Department of Transportation rejected a request from US and foreign airlines to delay new disclosure requirements about bag fees, but there will be few enforcement actions as they relate to interline itineraries or code-shares for six months.

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KLM moving ahead with social seating for Facebook and LinkedIn

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Despite questions about its practicality, KLM is moving ahead with its social-seating initiative, with the implementation to take place on Facebook and LinkedIn, the airline says.

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Google Flight Search results now high in Google organic search results

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Google Flight Search — kaboom — is taking the next step and expanding in a major way into Google search results pages.

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Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?

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Is flight metasearch about to get more personal?

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Google Flight Search expands as Wertheimer finally talks and Hafner takes his shots

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It was a coming out party of sorts for Jeremy Wertheimer, Google’s vice president of travel, as Google Flight Search took some baby steps to expand its coverage area.

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Bluetooth flight check-in and boarding — Sabre builds a prototype

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Just when you may be getting used to online check-in and mobile boarding passes for your flights, Sabre has built a prototype for a system that would use Bluetooth technology to enable passengers to check-in for their flights and board the aircraft.

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Airline bag fees step aside — change fees are unsung hero

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While consumer outrage against airline bag fees in the U.S. gets the most attention, airline reservation cancellation and change fees are holding their own and are huge.

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Will Google Flight Search adopt open advertising model? With airlines safe, Farelogix exits FairSearch

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With the beachhead secured, Farelogix dropped out of FairSearch.org, the anti-Google lobbying group.

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