Bibafly connects cabin crew members for down-time ideas

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Pilots and cabin crew always come across as a fairly social bunch when you see them at hotels

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Whoops! How did that electronic device stay on during takeoff?

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The businessman in 6A is not heeding the flight attendant’s imploration: that iPad is most definitely not switched off. And neither is that smartphone in 14B: according to a recent study, 30 percent of air travelers left their devices on during prohibited times.

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A new problem for OTAs: Airline websites are outselling them in the US

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For the first time, more US fliers say they typically use airline websites to book airplane tickets than they use OTAs, says a new study from travel consultancy PhoCusWright.

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Lack of functionality remains barrier to mobile flight booking adoption

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Flight information service FlightView has compiled the results of its latest survey, showing that lack of functionality and inferior interfaces are the main barriers to wider adoption of mobile booking.

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Farely is like a Blue Book of airfares, letting you benchmark ticket prices

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New website Farely lets users calculate the cost to an airline of flying a passenger between two airports.

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How the travel ecosystem fares on the social media sea [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Which travel brands are most deftly navigating the tumultuous social media sea? This friendly infographic lays it all out in graphic glory.

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IATA strikes back at Business Travel Coalition over the NDC

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The airlines’ main lobbying organization does a point-by-point rebuttal of a draft letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking the Secretary to reject IATA’s application covering the New Distribution Capability.

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Voice activated flight search portends of tech-to-come

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The latest foray into voice-tech comes from CheapAir.com. The voice activation feature is integrated with the company’s latest iPhone and iPad release, allowing customers to use voice to search for flights amidst the 25 million aggregated fares.

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Why has no one done this before? The airplane graveyard as playground [VIDEO]

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What do you get when you combine an airplane graveyard with 40 freestyle runners and parcour-partakers? Perhaps the best travel video ever to be unaffiliated with anyone in the travel industry…

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The New York Times slams the airlines’ proposed NDC, and IATA responds

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The Gray Lady officially announced its deep skepticism about the New Distribution Capability (NDC), the airlines’ proposal for revised standards for how airlines provide airfare content to end users. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) responds.

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